Bible Encyclopedias
Parenzo, Asher B. Jacob
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
Hebrew printer in Venice from 1580 to 1600; brother of the printer Meïr b. Jacob. He was employed by Giovanni Bragadin in printing a large number of works of Hebrew literature; among them were: Isaac Abravanel's commentary on the Pentateuch (1579); the Bible (1586); part of the "Ṭurim" (1594); etc. Parenzo states that his immediate ancestors and relatives were likewise printers.
Bibliography:- Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. cols. 2812, 2984;
- idem, Jüdische Typographie, in Ersch and Gruber, Encyc. section , part 28, p. 45.
J.
I. E.
Copyright Statement
These files are public domain.
Bibliography Information
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Parenzo, Asher B. Jacob'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​p/parenzo-asher-b-jacob.html. 1901.