Georg Eckl (bibliophile)

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Auction catalog of the Georg Eckl Collection, Part 3, 1926

Georg Eckl (born September 5, 1863 in Vienna ; † May 4, 1929 there ) was an Austrian bibliophile and collector.

Little is known about him biographically except that he worked as a civil servant. From 1909 he owned a house at Burggasse 99 in Vienna ("Zur Stadt Jerusalem"). Georg Eckl belonged to Max von Portheim's circle of friends who met regularly in the Cafe Akademie. He was friends with Gustav Gugitz .

He put together an extensive library, mainly of works on Vienna. For example, he owned a large collection of almanacs (over 700 volumes) and a complete collection of postal books (1701–1920). "A child from Lerchenfeld , for more than four decades he has collected everything that has a geographical, folkloristic, literary and historical relationship to Vienna."

His collection was auctioned off at Ignaz Schwarz's second-hand bookshop and auction house from 1926–27 . His estate was auctioned off at Dorotheum in 1930 .

Auction catalogs

  • Georg Eckl Collection. Auction catalog of the book and art antiquarian Ignaz Schwarz Vienna ( digitized version )
    • 1st part: theater music. Books, sheets of paper and notes . May 17, 1926 uf (1348 numbers)
    • Part 2: German Literature Art. Books and sheets . June 24, 1926 uf (1599 numbers)
    • 3rd part: The former Austria-Hungary. Monarchy and its successor states. Books and sheets . November 22, 1926 (1483 numbers)
    • 4th part: Viennensia . March 31, 1927 (2084 numbers)
  • Georg Eckl's estate . Dorotheum Vienna
    • Part 1: Austriaca, Viennensia, views of Ziegler and Janscha, Lanner, Schubert, Strauss . April 3 to 5, 1930 ( digitized version )
    • Part 2: Austriaca - Viennensia, autographs, books and pictures, parts, music, Viennese theater bills, views, military costume sheets, works by Löschenkohl, portraits, Revolution 1848, Bohemica, etc. ... Auction May 8-10, 1930 ( digitized version )

literature

  • Eckl, Georg. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 214.
  • Marlene Falmbigl: Collecting books with a passion - private libraries in Vienna around 1900 . Master's thesis University of Vienna 2009, pp. 99–104 ( digitized version ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Georg Eckl † . In: Neue Freie Presse May 8, 1929, p. 7 ( digitized version ).

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personal data
SURNAME Eckl, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian bibliophile
DATE OF BIRTH September 5, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH May 4, 1929
Place of death Vienna