The presented essays are divided into three groups. The first article concerns the book
produced by Jews in Central and Eastern Europe against the background of the world production
of Hebrew books. The second the printing of the New Testament in Yiddish (Hebrew fonts) in the
first half of the 16th century in Krakow. This also includes two articles on the Talmud. The
first article illustrates the intellectual effort of Polish Jews who faced the challenge of
printing Talmudic tractates with valuable documentary annexes. The second presents the
difficulties that the Jewish printers had to face when persecuted by the Polish censorship
authorities. The last group opens with an article describing one of the most valuable European
collections of Judaica - old prints from the Jagiellonian Library in Krakow from the former
Prussian State Library in Berlin. The second presents a part of the Saraval's collection -
priceless Hebrew incunabula that were transferred from Prague to Wroclaw. The third concerns
the 14th-century Wolff Haggadah with a Polish episode in the background. Together all the
articles form a selective introduction to the little-known world of the Hebrew book.
