Adolf Marks
Adolf Marks (born February 2, 1838 in Stettin , † November 4, 1904 in Saint Petersburg ) was a German bookseller and publisher.
On the recommendation of Fritz Reuter , Marks began his apprenticeship as a bookseller with Hinstorff in Wismar in 1854 . His years of travel took him to Berlin and his hometown. In 1859, Marks followed a call from Bietepage & Kalugin to Saint Petersburg. From 1860 until his death he published the magazine Niwa there . The sheet, based on the gazebo , had a print run of 254,000 copies in 1904.
Marks published the complete works of 34 Russian authors (up to 12 volumes). Book production reached 50 million copies.
Marks moved among other Milton , Moliere , Lomonossow , Catherine II. , Goethe , Koslow, Zhukovski , Lermontow , Danilewski , Gribojedow , Koltzov , Fonvisin , Poleschajew , Grigorowitsch , Gogol , Goncharov , Dostojewski , Turgenew , Saltykov-Schtschedrin , Leskov , Tschechow , Ibsen , Fet , Maeterlinck , Boborykin , Gorbunow and Scheller-Michailow.
In his publishing house, Marks employed more than 900 people in the departments of book printing , folding , bookbinding , stereotype , electroplating , photochemical institute, copper printing, lithography and geographical institute (see, for example, Europe according to languages and races ). At the beginning of the 20th century, annual sales were around 7 million marks .
In 1897, Marks was ennobled (hereditary Russian nobility).
Adolf von Marks found his final resting place in the St. Petersburg New Virgin Cemetery.
literature
- Rudolf Schmidt : German bookseller. German book printer. Volume 4. Berlin / Eberswalde 1907, pp. 658-659. ( online at Zeno.org ( Börsenblatt für den deutschen Buchhandel 1904)).
Web links
- Literature by and about Adolf Marks in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Russian Нива , The hallway
- ↑ Russian Козлов, Иван Иванович
- ↑ Russian Горбунов, Иван Фёдорович
- ↑ Russian Шеллер-Михайлов, Александр Константинович
- ↑ Russian Novodewitschje Kladbishche
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Marks, Adolf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Marks, Adolf von (since 1897); Marcks, Adolph von; Маркс, Адольф Фёдорович (Russified); Marks, Adolf Fjodorowitsch (Russified) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German bookseller and publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 2, 1838 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Szczecin |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th November 1904 |
| Place of death | St. Petersburg |