Obj. ID: 38840
Jewish printed books Machzor...ke-Minhag Roma..., Venice, 1626
This text was prepared by William Gross: Pages 121 – 201 of this machzor. The section with the Haggadah includes illustrations of some of the Passover foods.
The Bragadin press was established in Venice in 1550 by Alvise Bragadin. This press continued as one of Venice’s leading Hebrew print-shops, issuing Hebrew titles in the 18th C under several generations of Bragadins (the last of whom was Alvise III). In the last decades of the seventeenth century only the family name, Bragadin, or Nella Stamparia Bragadina appears on the title pages. Throughout the years, the output of the Bragadini press was considerable, and covered the gamut of Hebrew works. The press was somewhat unusual, however, in that the Bragadins themselves did not always take an active role in their printing-house, leaving its operation to other printers, and lending their name to other presses. Giovanni Caleoni was among the several printers who actually operated the Bragadin print-shop.