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History of the Early Printed Hebrew Book

Paper, Vellum, Watermarks

Allan, Nigel
“A Typographical Odyssey:  the 1505 Constantinople Pentateuch,” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 31.3 (1991) 343-53
http://www.jstor.org/stable/25182384

Alston, Robin Carfrae and Brad Sabin Hill
Books printed on vellum in the collections of the British Library [compiled by Alston] ; with a catalogue of Hebrew books printed on vellum [compiled by Hill].
London : British Library, 1996.
Van Pelt Library. Z921.A14 L6 1996

Brückle, Irene
“The historical manufacture of blue-coloured paper,” Paper Conservator 17 (1993) 295-325
Rare Book & Manuscript Library - Reference Collection. TS1109 .P174

Catastini, Alessandro
“An unknown parchment copy of a XVI century Seder Tefillôt”
Quntres: An Online Journal for the History, Culture, and Art of the Jewish Book 3.1 (2012)
https://taljournal.jtsa.edu/index.php/quntres/article/viewFile/81/39

Freimann, Aaron
“Die hebraischen Pergamentdrucke,” Zeitschrift für hebräische Bibliographie 15 (1911) 46-57, 82-92 and 186-7 (with addenda by A. Marx, E.N. Adler, et al.)
Katz Center - Reference Room. Z6367 .Z48
Katz Center - Stacks Z6367 .Z48
Available via HathiTrust Digital Library. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/1606086.html

Hill, Brad Sabin
"Hebrew Printing on Vellum," and, "Catalogue of Hebrew Books printed on vellum," pp. 179-212 in, Books printed on vellum in the Collections of the British Library (London :  British Library, 1996) ed. Robin C. Alston
Van Pelt Library. Z921.A14 L6 1996

Hill, Brad Sabin
“Hebrew Printing on Blue and Other Coloured Papers,” pp. 84-111 in, Treasures of the Valmadonna Trust Library.  A Catalogue of 15th-century Books and Five Centuries of Deluxe Hebrew Printing (New York and London:  Valmadonna Trust Library, 2011) ed. David Sclar
Katz Center - Reference Folio. Z228.H4 T74 2011
Van Pelt Library. Z228.H4 T74 2011

Hill, Brad Sabin
“Hebrew Printing on Coloured Paper,” pp. 56-57 in, Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana :  Treasures of Jewish Booklore:  Marking the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Leeser Rosenthal 1794-1994
Amsterdam university press, 1994
Katz Center - Reference Folio. Z688.J48 B43 1994
Van Pelt Library. Z6375 .B534 1994

Kittler, Juraj
“From Rags to Riches.  The limits of early paper manufacturing and their impact on book print in Renaissance Venice,” Media History 21 (2015) 8-22
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13688804.2014.955840

Offenberg, Adri K.
“The Dating of the Kol Bô -- watermarks and Hebrew Bibliography,” Studia Rosenthaliana 6 (1972) 86-106
Katz Center – Stacks. DS135.N4 S8
Van Pelt Library. DS135.N4 S8
http://www.jstor.org/stable/41481071?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

Offenberg, Adri K.
“Hoe waterdicht zijn dateringen met watermerken?,” De Boekenwereld: Tijdschrift voor boek & prent, 9 (1992) 2-11
Available via BorrowDirect from Cornell University or Harvard University

Spanier, Arthur
“Eine neu Entdeckte Hebräische Inkunabel aus Italien,” Mitteilungen der Soncino-Gesellschaft 6 (1930) 25-26
Available through ILL :  NYPL, Harvard University, et al.

Weiss, Wisso
"Blaues Papier für Druckzwecke, " Gutenberg-Jahrbuch (1959) 26-35
Van Pelt Library. Z1008 .G98
https://www.digizeitschriften.de/dms/img/?PID=PPN366382810_1959|log12

Yaari, Avraham
"Printed books on vellum in the Sassoon Collection," [Hebrew] Kiryat Sefer 14 (1937) 389-391 and 533 (addenda by I. Sonne)
Katz Center - Periodicals Gallery. Z6367 .K57
Van Pelt Library. Z6367 .K57

Yudlov, Isaac
"The collection of Hebrew books printed on parchment in the JNUL," Books & People: bulletin of the Jewish National & University Library 9 (1995) 2-6
Katz Center - Stacks Box 1. Z844.B48 B48

Yudlov, Isaac
“Printed Books on Vellum in the Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem,” [Hebrew]
Kiryat Sefer:  Collected Essays 68, [supplement, Hebrew] (1998) 261-73
Katz Center - Periodicals Gallery. Z6367 .K57
Van Pelt Library Z6367 .K57

Zerdoun Bat-Yehouda, Monique
Les papiers filigrane´s des manuscrits he´breux date´s jusqu'a` 1450 conserve´s en France et en Israe¨l [Bibliologia vol. 16-17]
Turnhout : Brepols, 1997
Van Pelt Library. Z2347 .Z47 1997

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