Israel ben Daniel Zifroni

Printer

Israel ben Daniel Zifroni was a sixteenth century Hebrew printer. He was a native of Guastalla, near Padua, Italy, and lived in Gazzuolo, near Mantua. In 1567 he worked as corrector in Sabbioneta for Vicenzo Conti who produced three works. The period of Israel’s finest achievements was 1578–83, when he worked in Basle with Ambrosius Froben and Th. Guarin. Because of difficulties with the Basle city fathers, Froben and Zifroni printed some of their works in Freiburg-im-Breisgau. Zifroni eventually returned to Italy, where from 1588 he worked for Di Gara of Venice as corrector.