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Eastern Europe, Book Production in
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1. Manuscripts

1.1. Bohemia and Moravia

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1.2. Hungary

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1.3. Poland

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2. Printed Books

2.1. Until c. 1750

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2.2. After c. 1750

Due to the continuous migration of West and Central European Jews eastwards, combined with substantial demographic growth, the vast majority of European Jewry lived in pre-partition Poland and the Russian Empire. According to the Russian census of 1897, the total number of Jews in the Empire was 5,215,805 (4.15% o…

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Cohen, Nathan, “Eastern Europe, Book Production in”, in: Encyclopedia of Jewish Book Cultures Online, General Editor: Emile Schrijver. Consulted online on 23 March 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2772-4026_EJBO_COM_042398>
First published online: 2023



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