A recently published book by the Polish bibliographer Krzysztof Pilarczyk has just crossed my desk: Drukowana ksi ążka hebrajska a religia (Kraków: Wydawnictwo Antykwa, 2012). 210 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 64 unnumbered pages of plates, 5 unnumbered maps: illustrations, color maps; 24 cm. ISBN 978-83-7676-128-2 and 978-83-60154-29-8
The title roughly translates to: The Printed Hebrew Book and Religion (corrections to my translation are welcome!). It appears within the series "Vademecum bibliogiczne" (Bibliographical Handbook), under the sponsorship of the Jagiellonian University's Institute of Religion (Instytut Religioznawstwa Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego) and the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences (Polska Akademia Umiejętności). It provides an overview of the history of Hebrew printing through the 18th century, and includes bibliographies, maps, and facsimiles of title pages. It is one of the only surveys of its kind -- perhaps the only survey -- in Polish. The author, who is affiliated with the Institute of Religion at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, has published several other book-length bibliographies, primarily in the field of Polish Jewish studies, and also on Judaica and Hebraica in Poland. At Stanford, we received this book as part of our approval plan with the "Lexicon" book agency in Warsaw. I will be happy to provide contact information via e-mail. Zachary M. Baker Stanford University Libraries
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