Obj. ID: 37341
Jewish printed books Neviim Rishonim, Venice, 1743
This text was prepared by William Gross:
This is an edition of the First Prophets, Printed anew in "large letters" as stated on the title page. This title page is preceded by a frontispiece showing the anointing of David by Samuel from the hand of the artist Griselini, born in Venice, who lived as an academic and journalist, but later worked as an artist. There are several Hebrew publications with his engravings.
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 The Seventeenth Century Hebrew Book, when this book was published, 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. In this case the printing house is that of Foa.