''Hebrew Printing in America, 1735-1926, A History and Annotated Bibliography'' () is a

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and bibliography of

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books printed in America between 1735 and 1926 by Ari Kinsberg. It records 1208 items, annotated with bibliographical information, historical context, scholarly references, approbations, and location of copies in libraries worldwide. The bibliography is chronologically arranged within broad subject or format (e.g.,

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, liturgy,

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, reference works, education, periodicals, Rabbinica, etc.) with 13 indexes, including Hebrew and English titles and authors, imprint places and years, publishers, printers, approbations, subscribers, typesetters, music arrangers, and artists; as well as reproductions of most title pages and selected interior pages, and appendices containing reproductions of relevant manuscripts and portraits of early American rabbis. In a review in Judaica Librarianship, Arthur Kiron,

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of Judaica Collections at the

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, writes that Kinsberg's bibliography "will remain the standard in the field" (43) and is "a splendid achievement" (45).

References

Hebrew Printing in America 1735-1926: A History and Annotated Bibliography
bnet.com. * * * {{cite journal , last=Kiron , first=Arthur , title=Review of Yosef Goldman, ''Hebrew Printing in America'' , journal= Judaica Librarianship , volume=13 , pages=42–46 , date=2007 , doi=10.14263/2330-2976.1084 , url=https://ajlpublishing.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1084&context=jl , access-date=2019-03-23 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921212229/http://ajlpublishing.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1084&context=jl , archive-date=2017-09-21 , url-status=dead , doi-access=free Hebrew Printing in America Jewish printing and publishing Hebrew printing Judaism in the United States Hebrew-language literature