Prince of the press : how one collector built history's most enduring and remarkable Jewish library /

David Oppenheim (1664-1736), chief rabbi of Prague in the early eighteenth century, built an unparalleled collection of Jewish books and manuscripts, all of which have survived and are housed in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. His remarkable collection testifies to the myriad connections Jews mainta...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Teplitsky, Joshua (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
Colección:Yale scholarship online
Temas:
Oppenheim, David ben Abraham, > 1664-1736.
Oppenheim, David ben Abraham, > 1664-1736
Hebrew imprints > Collectors and collecting > History.
Jewish libraries > History.
Book collecting > History.
Imprimés hébraïques > Collectionneurs et collections > Histoire.
Bibliothèques juives > Histoire.
Bibliophilie > Histoire.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Publishing.
CRAFTS & HOBBIES > Book Printing & Binding.
DESIGN > Book.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades.
Book collecting
Jewish libraries
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Creating a collector
  • Politics, patronage, and paper : books and broadsides as political objects
  • Collecting, recording, and practical knowledge
  • "To make books without end" : from the library to printing press
  • Endorsing and incriminating : Oppenheim and Approbata in the court of opinion and the courts of law
  • Epilogue and conclusion : The library moves on.

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