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The First Hebrew Printing Press

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jan 18, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 3.

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The First Hebrew Printing Press

REGGIO, the Italian city on Sicily which was recently devastated by the earthquake, was the seat of the first Hebrew printing-press. There in 1475 the first printed book in the Hebrew language—Rashi's commentary on the Pentateuch without text—was issued from the press. From Reggio the printing of Hebrew books spread throughout Italy, and the celebrated family of printers, Soncino, carried the Hebrew printing-press to Constantinople.—Hebrew Standard.