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Ḥayim ben Dov Berish Horoṿits, Sefer Ḥibat Yerushalayim. Jerusalem: Israel ben Abraham, 1844.
The first printing house in Palestine was founded in Safed, and published only six books in its short existence (1577-1587). Hebrew printing in Palestine was re-established by Israel Bak, who brought his printing equipment to Safed in 1831 from Ukraine. Whilst in Safed he lost his printing press repeatedly due to an earthquake and riots. Thus in the late 1830s he decided to move the printing house to Jerusalem. As part of his endeavour to promote prosperity in the Holy Land, Moses Montefiore supplied him with a new, modern printing press. Hayim Horowitz's book, Sefer Hibat Yerushalayim was printed in this new printing house in Jerusalem. Its title page is dominated by Bak's impressive printer's device depicting the major landmarks of Jerusalem: the Western Wall, the Temple Mount and the Mount of Olives. Our copy is signed by Nahman Nathan Coronel, a Dutch-born scholar who settled in Palestine in 1820.
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Bak device |
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