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      822 The Publishers' Circular Sept. I F 1...

      822 The Publishers' Circular sept . i f 188 41

      188 Fleet Street, London, E.C. : September 1, 1884.

      188 Fleet Street , London * , E . C . : September 1 , 1884 . I

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      Bohn then , , commercially having come to speaking , in its infancy century . Born try in 1796 , Henry George Bohn -, was Jwhich , in was his I I introduced to what destined to be his lifeworkAfter the

      eighteenth year , was -. learning routine I of while the trade Wellington , he becam and e German Blucher travell were er on for the his field father of Waterloo ; and it was he one was of attending his * memories an auction ' that I I

      , books at Leipzi with g . the In art 1831 of he making went money into business out of them for himself , he commenced , and , combining compiling a genuine catalogues love , and of I I Guinea His in the of Covent

      in 1841 produced his * Catalogue . ' premises vicinity Garden I became the resort of many eminent bibliophiles , and his advice was frequently ¦ sought by I

      collectors rnllfifitora like like Beckford J 3 eckiorcl and and tne the Duk JDuke e ot of Jtiamilton Hamilton ; : m in tfact act , , his ins snelvea shelves otten often tormed formed the Ma I of of * half these thftae -way and and house other other ' t'or connoisseurs connoisseurs many of the . . choicest It It was was . tomes however however which bv by were tne the issue issue afterwards ot of what what stored he he ¦ ¦ in at at the nrst first libraries termed termed I

      , , , Library * The Standard , ' that his Library name , ' became but has famous since , in in literary its numerous circles , and sections althoug , been h the known publication as ' Bonn in ' s I I

      the with serie schoolmasters s of many , English it stands tran in slations the first of rank classical of su works stained gave literary it a ¦ questionable ventures . sort From of 1845 fame , I when he resolved to out the idea of issuing this many-sided » P- set of books ¦ up to tho I

      T V « Bk « V » VpT ^ Bfe ^ M Bl-b ^ BP ^ W- * ^ B ^ ^ fcpp B ^^ ^**^ 4 VBJ F ^ P ^ ^*^"" ^ " ^ ** i ^ carry ^^ ™ - "W * - » « - ^ » ^»^ ¦ ¦« ^ B" ^ P" ^^ ^^ ^^ " ^ ^ p' ^ B * ^ BP- BB Bl " ^^ . »^ i ^ - ^ V ^ V-lp * ^ BP ^«^^^^ ^ - > HBJBM ^ B ^^ -PB ^» p ^ V P ¦ ^ ^ b ^ b > ¦ ^» ™— ¦ ^ F' ^ " ^ I ' ^ ' ^ ^ B V "' ^^* ^ r ' ^ p- —— ¦ ¦ " ^ ^ p' ™ " , ^» ^ ^ J ^ ^ ^* p ^ P «>^ ^^ T B ^ BIB ^ BIBB time the translations of his retirement of Schiller in 1865 , Humboldt , he added , and volume Goethe to — volume were from , and Ms ¦ not own a pen few . — - The as , for ' Libraries instance , ' I have since been extended bthe addition of other important worksand the number of I

      volumes at present on the list y is 661 , the retail price of a complete , set being £ 146 . 14 s . I When II . I .. LVXJ . Mr JLTJLJ . . . Bohn JU « Vllil retired 1 VUUVU JLX from VJ . 1 I . publishin IJ V * ILfU 0 J . JJ . lXg g and UiXM , bookselling H ^\_ TV _» JO . OV / XJLXI . JL ^ , his 11 J . U premises JL /> JL VUllOVO C and « AXV « his J . J . J . K 3 ' Libraries JL-1 X * -rj . UlkXVfU ' ^ H I ^

      were acquired by Mr . George Bell , then a partner in ¦ the firm of Bell & Daldy , of Fleet is jlo Street said ocbi vL , to uu and have xioivv __ the realised i & literary aiii _ . o & u little iiuuxc ^ k property ^ short ouuxu of v then / x j £ ^ 100 xvv __ disposed . , j 000 vjkj ^^ \ s . » But j of to , j whil v » Mr aixxt . e / ^^ leavin x Bell & n r xxj and g ^ the vajlv _ other ^ ? trade ujl uviv London , ) Mr j -tjuj ^ . . . jl Bohn ^ v houses - ' j . i . i . * did « uu M . , U ^ i H BHBHBHBHBHBB ^ h

      not leave his . book s , and even to the last he was at work on a catalogue which , "with its H ¦ for annotations h ^^ b ^ B ^ Kjrakjr four , is t ^ sV likel days v « i >«/ y before to be valuable his asVa ^ death . The As ir last an author sheet / Jk ¦ of Mr this . Bohn interesting ^* bp ) will <^«*^ also »^ list »»^ " «^ be was * remembered b only —^ passed i * - ^— . H Hh

      M ^ His ^^^^>^^ >_ ^» _ press iy * « Life ^^^ BB ^ ^ b ^ of *_ r ^ h . Shakspeare d ^ m ^ m ^ m w b ^ p * . ^ ^ . ^ ^* ' ^ b' found ^ k . ^ ^^ ^* ^ pr a -a ^ w v ^ p . lace ^^ ^ »» . _ among r Tp > v ^^ » " * ^* ¦ »» ^ the ^^ ^^»^^ issues , n ~ ^ ~ m of ^^ ^ v ^ the _ >>> ^^ v Philobiblion | Bj * v ^ M ^ ^ Bl ^^ B ^ ^ ^ ^ Btt ] ^ r ^ pr -pr- ^> Society ^^^ ^ * - ^¦ ma «^ B a « v , and w —» ^ IbTbTbTbTbTbTI bjbj ^^^ he wrote a * Handbook of Games' a ' Handbook of Proverbs' a * Handbook of Geograph / H

      BBi . « JP > m . « B ^ BB' ^ h . . _ , BhBPI ^ k « B A Jk BB Bl *¦ « BlBV , A « B ^ f ^^ A > B > Jh Bl « B > A VH IBy BBBB and * Jbsibliotheca T ^ ibliffthft a * Handb ^ a Jramana Parri ook of ^ Pottery ' and and and ''Addiarvn Addison ^ Porcelain ' s si Works Works , ' and . edited ^ Me TTe ^ . ^ was was * Lowndes also a . l & o an an ' s Bibliograp act act ive ive member member her' ' s Manual ** of or tne the ^ / 1 H H ^ H ^^^

      Societ another y of clarum Antiquaries et venerabile . , Mr . Bohn nomen married y in the in 1831 trade a daug who hter survives of Mr . him Simp and kin , he of also the leam Row / H H two sons and a daughter , Mrs . F . K . Munton ¦ , who , had been assisting him , up to the last in . h

      he cataloguing o . atal died fiO-ninor on his hi the « private - 22 nri nd vaf . ult A library liVirarv . in his . 89 At Af , th his h \ a residence rfisiri he had nft . , collected North "N " rirt . h End "Knri House TTonsfi beautiful . , Twickenham Twifikfinharri miniatures - , wnere where and m II ^ p JJictures KJI / UJ . CO , , which WX 1 . 1 UJII . will W 11 JI probabl ^ Jl KJ Uit , y be U « 3 seen HCtJ U at i year * U Christie V ^ , lltlO tlC ' s » , , where WXieXO he 1 U 3 many CUJJU sold . his lil » china ^ lUllcl ( a few A « 3 W years j cwxb ago ^ ™ h

      for Some £ 25 statements , 000 . He , not was * an altogether enthusiastic exact amateur , have been of flowe made rs in , and the his newspapers roses were as ' to a si the ght position to see . « || H ahcl be there

      which whicH TVTr Mr . . ttnhn Bohn held TiPslrl m in the fh « hierarch Viiftrnr /» "hv of nf the f . h # A London T ^ nndnn x TMiVtl > ublishers iftrH and st . u it m a . v be well well , tnere- - In fore m in the the , to actual actual point business business out , that of of althoug the th « trade tradfi h he . . ¦ was Mr Mr y . . the Sampson Samnann patriarch Tjow Low in . point for for instance l-natan of age ; ^ ft . , commence commenced he had may several d the the work work , seniors w of IIH h

      bookselling Seeley , who some also , year if we s before are not Mr mistaken . Bohn went , dates into his business birthd , ay on back Ms own into , account the eighteenth ; and Mr . century Robert not , | | M H

      and is onl still y lasting fro with m Eng sale us lish , . and The but it was great from this g forei ift special which gn literature faculty Mr . Bohn which , works possessed enabled which him was were the to likely add power volume to comman of selecting after d ! volunxe a , wide | I ( H ^ H

      At J— "aTt ^ fc . J- ^^^^^^^ r « i *^ i * J ^ "a" ^* ^ B .. ba _ b ^ ~~ . laa ~^> . A >^ ^ Lw > s > J- ^ — ** 1 . A H 1 ¦& . * ^ « k ^ ** ^ I IH to WV ^^^^^^ to hav have al V his E - » e ¦ fallen iadded collections b v I 1 «> upon to a % « J-T the , the and % 600 & T "A > purchasers to J- volumes K make ar « X-V « - . lv > * V few C of S of . ¦» the , his if a > Bohn any _ stock , failures Jm Libraries and «¦ at bk copyri J » - . ^ . , In ^ as ghts they this » a , for stood particular a ¦ . Messrs ¦ ¦ when a > aa *^ . , George his they B- « V « M a . inantl « t- purchased >« a " bT Bell ^ I e seems O & tb ¦ them Sons H I IH IBaBaaH H ^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^ . ^^^^

      in lobOj no tewer tnan lob issues , many ot which have attained a wide popularity . H

      J Farran Jo Ust Ixllixll A Taken Change ...

      A change in the name and style of one of the oldest of the London publishing k ° ^ H just taken of St place Paul by the Church admission yardthe of two new members of the to the & firm Harris of Messrs of the . days Griintn ¦ of ? ^ H

      grandfathers Farran JO under lindar iXlLiXlL the f . h ft same nam Ob . . . a One iAtU root roof ' O s of with -with V the / AlUXUliy TVTr Mr new . Ul T Jb members ^ arran arran . , , LUtJ . successors BUCUeHHUI to to , Mr whom whom . Charles » he h « LILO went won Welsh Newbery XX t seven navon W , UtJl has y voarH 00 for XXtftX some a . cm XlB on nn time UI the the WJW been deatu death " ** J wO - ¦ » > j * : J j r ^ Hi HI U

      Griffith , and he has since taken an , important and active part years in the ago development ot Hi late business MrHenry of the S house King . Before of Cornhill he went with ¦ to whom St . Paul he ' worked s Church for yard seven , Mr . Welsh from was the , p yi- H

      . . , , years , cation Messrs JUMLC'QOJ . D . of . VJ G the riffith JLJLJ . U first . HAI . & VU book Farran JL' O . JL A with t *! . * have Jli- his <* V V > imprint published JJ « A ILf J . XOJILOVJL . Man during VO . IA J . AXl y of the UJtC the 7 pas j _/ O most < 0 t few 1 * 7 W popular years J OaiO hav XUtTC books e been IL »* for 5 »»* of v G ^ ^ ^ T xe - 1 iJi 8 v ra _ ^ $ - Hll Hll ^^¦ 11

      and suggestion others and comp ¦ The ilation edition , such of as Good ' The Favourite Two-Shoes Picture ' which Book he , ' ' faced The Babies still sells ' M ? ° iil ) y . HI

      V » M \ A has many J . JL 1 CMJ . also V VT « JJLJIVJ had JLK > . . a good J . JLVS WV deal 4 . JL I / AVAA of newspaper \ JIVVUJ y JL . and » W V- » K _» JLJLVTV other -W literary W JH . AV / AA itV experience pre l ^ / A VIJLt * V- " - < V * . , an »»— d - a * *^ Lr flillP - ^ i ^ ^^ R *** " * - ¦¦¦¦ -. ___ . _ . ,, . . . . . ... . . . . —** " *— "IH ^ i " ^^ HP

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  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Sept. 1, 1884, page 822, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01091884/page/2/