Bendowska Magdalena, Doktór Jan, The Amsterdam of Polish Jews. Old Hebrew Printed Works from the Collections of the Jewish Historical Institute, published by the Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw 2016, p. 177, dimensions 21 x 28 cm. Softcover with wings, minor spine fracture.
English translation of the book "Amsterdam of Polish Jews. Old Hebrew prints from the collection of the Jewish Historical Institute". Restrictive ordinances of the Jewish Diet of the Four Lands regarding the printing of books contributed to the decline of Hebrew printing houses operating in the Republic in the second half of the 17th century. This situation was most fully exploited by printers in the Netherlands, who largely took over the production of Jewish books destined for the Polish market. With the participation of Jewish authors, editors, proofreaders and typesetters from Poland, the Amsterdam outlets began pressing books to order for Polish Jews. Amsterdam began to serve as the world center of Jewish printing from the second half of the 17th century. In the collection of the Jewish Historical Institute there is a collection of Amsterdam old prints from the 17th and 18th centuries, consisting of more than two hundred volumes. The authors have selected thirty-one items from it, which, in their opinion, provide the best illustration of the discussed period of the development of Hebrew printing.
