Date: ca. 1750 Country: France City: Carpentras
Manuscript on paper written in Hebrew Provençal script with some French notations. Carpentras was one of the four Jewish communities of the Comtat Venaissin which had a specific liturgy based on the old Provençal rite, long preserved only in manuscript.
Collection ID: CAT_017
Date: 1765 Country: France City: Avignon
It was not until the mid-eighteenth century that Jewish printers in France began to produce books for a Jewish audience. Two Hebrew printing presses were opened almost simultaneously in the French cities of Metz and Avignon in 1764 and 1765 respectively. Coincidentally, the presses in both cities produced Haggadot in the year 1765. The title page of this compendium of prayers and Haggadah proudly states that it was printed according to the rite of “The Holy Communities that dwell in the Venaissin District.” This is the first Hebrew book to be printed in Avignon and one of only four Hebrew books to be published in that city
Collection ID: CAT_019
Date: 1806 Country: France City: Lunéville
Beginning in 1702, Lunéville was the seat of the ducal court of Lorraine, France. An edict of 1753 allowed two Jewish families to establish a community in Lunéville and five years later, Abraham Brisac, president of the Jewish community, requested and received permission from King Louis XVI to build a synagogue. Wishing to further assist the Jews of Lunéville, Brisac established a Hebrew press in the 1796. Over the course of the next thirteen years 18 volumes were published at his press.
Collection ID: CAT_025
Date: 1844 Country: France City: Bordeaux
Collection ID: CAT_037
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