ABRAHAM BEN ISAAC BEN GARTON
- ABRAHAM BEN ISAAC BEN GARTON
- ABRAHAM BEN ISAAC BEN GARTON, first known Hebrew printer. He
produced Rashi's commentary on the Pentateuch, completed at
reggio calabria on Feb. 17, 1475. Although this book bears the
earliest date, it was not necessarily the first Hebrew book (see
incunabula ) printed, as it may have been preceded by others which
have disappeared, or bear no date of publication. The only extant copy
of the book, in the De' Rossi Collection in the Palatine Library, Parma,
Italy, is slightly defective; it is in folio and contains 116 pages of
37 lines each. The text of this edition is significantly different from
later ones. De' Rossi formerly owned another copy which was lost in
transit. Abraham's country of origin is unknown, but it is conjectured
that he came from Spain. No other book that came from his press is
known.
-BIBLIOGRAPHY:
A.M. Habermann, Toledot ha-Sefer ha-Ivri (1945), 33, and
illustration 9; D.W. Amram, Makers of Hebrew Books in Italy
(1909), 24; C. Roth, Jews in the Renaissance (1959), 169–73;
Pavoncello, in: Klearchos (Reggio di Calabria), 21–22 (1964),
53–57. ADD. BIBLIOGRAPHY: P. Tishbi, in:
Kiryat Sefer, 60 (1986), 865–69.
(Abraham Meir Habermann)
Encyclopedia Judaica.
1971.
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