Among the National Library of Israel’s treasures is a book that changed the face of the nascent printing industry, by incorporating spectacular woodcuts alongside the text. Written by Hartmann Schedel, the book systematically describes the history of the world and of the human race, while also documenting antisemitism over the centuries
Revealed: 90 “New” Pages from One of the Oldest Printed Hebrew Books
Pages come from the only existing copy of a ca. 1492 edition of “Arba’ah Turim”, one of history’s most important codes of Jewish law
Meet the Oldest Printed Book in the National Library!
Printed in Rome, this book was once part of an Italian prince’s library. Years later it made its way to Argentina, and eventually to Israel. The tome is now over 550 years old…
