Estellina Conat Explained

Estellina Conat was an Italian-Jewish printer. She was the first woman active as a printer.^{[1] [2]}

She was married to the Jewish physician Abraham Conat of Mantua and Ferrara, who founded the first Jewish printing press in 1475.^[3] She was active in the family printing press business independently of her spouse.

See also

• Anna Rugerin
• Anna Fabri

References

1. Estellina Conat. Oxford Reference. Retrieved 15 Mar. 2021, from https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095630272.
2. Parker . Deborah . October 1996 . Women in the Book Trade in Italy, 1475-1620* . Renaissance Quarterly . en . 49 . 3 . 509–541 . 10.2307/2863365 . 2863365 . 164039060 . 0034-4338.
3. Book: Adelman, Howard . Barbara . Whitehead . The Literacy of Jewish Women in Early Modern Italy . 1999 . Women's Education in Early Modern Europe . https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780203905067-5/literacy-jewish-women-early-modern-italy-howard-adelman . 2024-01-20 . Routledge . 10.4324/9780203905067 . 978-0-203-90506-7.

Sources

• The JPS Guide to Jewish Women: 600 B.C.E.to 1900 C.E.
• Anna Bellavitis: Women’s Work and Rights in Early Modern Urban Europe
• https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/printers