Gebrüder Paetel Verlag

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Gebrüder Paetel Verlag

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founding January 2, 1837
Seat Berlin
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The Gebrüder Paetel Verlag was a publishing house owned by the Paetel family of publishers and published by German writers. The publisher became known through the publication of all works by Theodor Storm and the scientific-literary magazine " Deutsche Rundschau ". With the help of the publishing house founded in Berlin in 1870, Storm succeeded in overcoming a deep creative crisis and realizing a new beginning in narrative terms. The exchange of letters between Theodor Storm and his publishers, the brothers Elwin and Hermann Paetel, open up deep insights into Theodor Storm's literary work and are evidence of the genesis and publication history of his books.

history

The publishing house was founded on January 2, 1837 by Alexander Duncker , who was later awarded the title of royal book dealer, and went on January 1, 1870 under the company "A. Dunckers Buchverlag ”became the property of the brothers Elwin Paetel and Hermann Paetel. On June 2, 1871, the company name was changed to "Gebrüder Paetel".

The publishing business has grown steadily over the years through its own publications and through the purchase of individual works from other publishers. Publishing works were purchased from the JG Cotta'sche publishing bookshop in Stuttgart (1870 and 1877); the school bookshop ( Hermann Heiberg ) in Schleswig (1870 and 1871); by Friedrich Kortkampf in Berlin (1871); by Alfred Kröner in Stuttgart (1872); the Schlesinger book and music store ( Robert Lienau Musikverlag ) in Berlin (1872); by R. Wagner in Berlin (1872); by W. Mauke Sons in Hamburg (1873); by Heinrich Schindler in Berlin (1874); by Stilke & van Muyden in Berlin (1876); by Georg Reimer in Berlin (1877); the Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung (R. Stricker) in Berlin (1880); by Fr. Wilhelm Grunow in Leipzig (1883); by EC Brunns Verlag in Münster i. W. (1884) and by Franz Ebhardt in Berlin (1889); the GJ Göschen'sche publishing house in Stuttgart (1898) and by F. Fontane & Co. in Berlin (1901).

On April 1, 1884, Hermann Paetel left the company, which from that point on became the sole property of the Privy Councilor of Commerce, Elwin Paetel, who was assisted by his son Georg Paetel on July 1, 1899 . After the death of his father in 1907, Georg Paetel became the sole owner of the Gebrüder Paetel publishing house in Berlin and since 1931 he was the managing director and partner of the "Dr. Georg Paetel Verlag GmbH ”.

The father of the brothers Friedrich Paetel was an important conchylia collector who also published his collection catalog, which was a standard work for conchylia collectors.

  • Gebrüder Paetel Verlag

  • Binding of the first edition of the Deutsche Rundschau , 1874

  • Title page of the first edition of the Deutsche Rundschau , 1874, with the seal of Gebrüder Paetel Verlag

  • Original publisher's cover of the first print by Theodor Storm: Der Schimmelreiter , 1888, with gold, black and blind embossing

  • Title page of the first edition by Theodor Storm: Der Schimmelreiter , 1888, with the seal of Gebrüder Paetel Verlag

  • Hermann Paetel , co-founder of the Gebrüder Paetel publishing house

Authors

The publisher's catalog includes the following authors: Willibald Alexis , Hans Arnold , Berthold Auerbach , Hans Blum , Victor Blüthgen , Georg Brandes , Franz von Dingelstedt , Eduard Duller (History of the German People), Ida von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld , Marie von Ebner- Eschenbach , Ilse Frapan , Karl Frenzel , Ludwig Geiger , Otto Franz Gensichen , Paul Güßfeldt , Ernst Haeckel , Ida Hahn-Hahn , Karl August von Heigel , George Hesekiel , Paul Heyse , Wilhelmine von Hillern , Hans Hoffmann , Hans Hopfen , Wilhelm Jensen , Alfred Meißner , Field Marshal Helmuth v. Moltke , Marie Petersen (Irrlichter and Princess Ilse, 1856 and 1852), Pierson (Prussian history), Elise Polko , Gustav zu Putlitz , Julius Rodenberg , Otto Roquette , Ossip Schubin , Theodor Storm (all works), Adolf Strodtmann , Christian Wernicke (history of the world).

The publication of the “ Deutsche Rundschau ”, which Julius Rodenberg initiated with the support of the Paetel brothers, was significant .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Roland Berbig (ed.): Theodor Storm - Gebrüder Paetel. Correspondence. Critical edition.

literature

  • Publishing catalogs from 1895, 1899, 1900; Reports of the Berlin Booksellers Corporation, 1906.
  • Paetel: Publishing catalog by Gebrüder Paetel in Berlin 1837-1906. Berlin 1906
  • Rudolf Schmidt: German bookseller. German book printer. Contributions to a company history of the German book industry. Volume 4. Berlin, Eberswalde 1907, pp. 750-752.
  • Theodor Storm Society, Roland Berbig (ed.), Theodor Storm: Theodor Storm - Gebrüder Paetel. Correspondence. Critical edition. Erich Schmidt Verlag, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-503-07950-6 .

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