Meijer Marcusz Roest (19 December 1821, in
Amsterdam
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– 20 November 1889, in Amsterdam) was a Dutch bibliographer.
Life
When Roest became connected with a firm of booksellers in Amsterdam, he acquired a taste for
bibliographical studies, and as a result published in 1857 ''Catalogue de livres orientaux''. Roest's best-known work is the ''Catalog der Hebraica und Judaica aus der L. Rosenthal'schen Bibliothek'' (2 vols., Amsterdam, 1875). After Baron
George Rosenthal
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presented his collection to the
Amsterdam Library, Roest was appointed custodian of it. He contributed to various Jewish periodicals, such as the ''Dutch Spectator'' and the ''Taalkundig Magazin'', and edited the (non-Jewish) ''Navorscher'' and ''Israelietische Nieuwsbode'' for several years.
Bibliography
''Jew. Chron.'' Jan. 3, 1891, p. 14.S.
External links
Biographyat the Jewish Historical Museum website (in Dutch)
''That entry was by Isidore Singer.''
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Dutch bibliographers
Bibliographers of Hebrew literature
Writers from Amsterdam
1821 births
1889 deaths