| LC control no. | no2014098102 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Schmid, Anton von, 1765-1855 (Printer, Publisher) |
| Variant(s) | Von Schmid, Anton, 1765-1855 Schmid, Anton, active 1792-1820 (Printer, Publisher) שמיד, אנטון עדלין פאן, 1765-1855 פאן שמיד, אנטון, 1765-1855 |
| Associated country | Austria |
| Birth date | 1765-01-23 |
| Death date | 1855-06-27 |
| Place of birth | Zwettl Stadt (Austria) |
| Place of death | Vienna (Austria) |
| Field of activity | Hebrew imprints Typesetting Arabic imprints Persian imprints Haskalah Jewish religious literature Syriac imprints |
| Profession or occupation | Printer Publisher |
| Special note | Non-Latin script reference not evaluated. |
| Found in | Margolioth, Judah Loeb. Sefer Ṭal orot, 1843: title page (Anton Edlen von Schmid = אנטון עדלין פאן שמיד [partially vocalized]) Jewish Encyclopedia 1906 online (Schmid, Anton von; Christian publisher of Hebrew books; born at Zwettl, Lower Austria, Jan. 23, 1765; died at Vienna June 27, 1855; received a collegiate education at the convent and seminary but declined to become a clergyman. In 1785 he entered as an apprentice to the court printer Kurzbeck whose Hebrew types and business he eventually bought. He petitioned Emperor Francis II to obtain permission to become a printer and was granted permission on the condition that he supply the court with a copy of every book he printed. He reprinted the books of Wolf Heidenheim, and, as he became prosperous, he enlarged his establishment to include Arabic, Persian, and Syriac books. He received a title of nobility for his donations to the imperial library. His most significant Hebrew works were the Bible with German translation, the Talmud, the Hebrew periodical Bikkure ha-Ittim, the works of Maimonides and Judah Löb ben-Zeeb, and Jewish prayer books and catechisms. The firm was continued by his son Franz Schmid in 1839.) Encyclopaedia Judaica online, 2007 (Schmid, Anton von; published the standard works, the Babylonian Talmud and Shulhan Arukh, as well as halakhic works and Jewish philosophy. He employed Jewish typesetters and proofreaders, many of whom became the leaders of the Haskalah movement in Austria. His work gained high reputation, and he was ennobled in 1823. He printed Bikkurei ha-Ittim, an important Haskalah work, and the most important scholarly journal of the time, Kerem Ḥemed. He donated a collection of all the Hebrew books he had published to the Vienna Jewish community in 1814 which became the nucleus of the communal library.) Sammlung hebräischer syrischer und arabischer Bücher ...: title page (Anton Schmid; printer to the imperial crown between the years 1792 and 1820 in Vienna) |
| Associated language | heb ger ara per syc |
| Invalid LCCN | nb 98091476 n 88654799 |
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