The present paper is actually a review of Hebrew palaeotypes (i.e. books printed
in a Hebrew font between January 1, 1501 and January 1, 1551) kept at the IOM,
RAS. It gives a brief description of the ways in which the collection was formed along
with the numbers and genres of the books, while also identifying particularly noteworthy
items.
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