HistoryFigure1933–2020

Yeshayahu Vinograd (Winograd)

ישעיהו וינוגרד

Region: Jérusalem (Israël)

History register · custodian, not owner

Bibliographer who devoted about twenty years to the « Otzar ha-Sefer ha-Ivri » (Thesaurus of the Hebrew Book), an inventory describing approximately 32,000 Hebrew books printed in the world from the beginning of printing until 1863 (computerized edition: 1468–1948). He also published a thesaurus of the books of the Gaon of Vilna and a siddur (Ezor Eliyahu). His work remains a standard reference.

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