Joseph ben Gerson Concio

Joseph ben Gerson Concio was Italian poet, scholar, and printer. He was from Asti in Piedmont, and in nearby Chieri he established a Hebrew printing press, probably in 1626. Concio printed mostly his own small books which were generally in verse. These were “Ateret Ẓevi”, together with Ẓefirat Tifarah (1626) broad-sheets; “Besamim Rosh” (1627), Purim songs; “Ot le-Tovah” (1627), talmudic maxims and some poems; “Arba’ah Rashim” (1628), rhymed Midrash explanations; and “Solet le-Minḥah” (1628), devotional prayers. In Asti he printed two works in Italian; “Cinque enimmi” (1627) and “Conto di Jehudit” (1628). After 1628 publishing was continued b his son Abraham.