Johann Goldfriedrich

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Johann Goldfriedrich (* July 21, 1870 in Bautzen , †  December 21, 1945 in Leipzig ; full name: Johann Adolf Goldfriedrich ) was librarian at the Börsenverein der Deutschen Buchhandels in Leipzig and lecturer at the institute for cultural and universal history there .

biography

Goldfriedrich studied German, history and philosophy in Leipzig and received his doctorate there in 1895. From 1896 to 1903 Goldfriedrich worked as a secondary school teacher in Leipzig before he did his military service and then taught at the Institute for Cultural and Universal History at the University of Leipzig from the summer semester of 1909 . He was close friends with its director Karl Lamprecht and was also married to his niece. In 1912 he became head of the archive and library of the Börsenverein.

As an author, Goldfriedrich made an important contribution to book market research with his “Statistical Survey of Books and Magazines Published in the Territory of the German Book Trade in 1908”. In it he analyzed the book publications according to their format, the features (with or without supplements), the size and price, as well as according to individual countries and cities. The work that was not continued for the following or previous years can serve as a snapshot of the production at that time.

He also finished the four-volume series on the “History of the German Book Trade”, which Friedrich Kapp had started and which has long been considered a reference work for the history of the German book trade. The first volume had already appeared in 1886, Goldfriedrich then presented volumes 2 to 4 between 1908 and 1913.

family

Goldfriedrich was born the son of the Chief Finance Councilor Gustav Adolph Goldfriedrich and his wife Sophie. In 1900 he married Ruth Lamprecht, the daughter of superintendent Karl Hugo Lamprecht and Emilie Dreising. He had two children with her: Rolf (* 1902) and Hans Christian (* 1903).

Fonts

  • The importance of the Kantian aesthetic. Leipzig: Schmidt 1895. (= Philos. Diss.)
  • with Friedrich Kapp: History of the German book trade. 4 volumes and 1 register volume. Publishing house of the German Booksellers Association, Leipzig 1886–1923:
    • History of the German book trade from the Peace of Westphalia to the beginning of the classical literary period (1648–1740). (= History of the German Book Trade. Volume 2.) Leipzig: Börsenverein 1908. (Digitized edition under: urn : nbn: de: s2w-7233 )
    • History of the German book trade from the beginning of the classical literary period to the beginning of foreign rule (1740–1804). (= History of the German Book Trade. Volume 3.) Leipzig: Börsenverein 1909. (Digitized edition at: urn : nbn: de: s2w-7248 )
    • History of the German book trade from the beginning of foreign rule to the reform of the Börsenverein in the new German empire (1805–1889). (= History of the German Book Trade. Volume 4.) Leipzig: Börsenverein 1913. (Digitized edition under: urn : nbn: de: s2w-7256 )
  • Statistical overview of the books and magazines published in the German book trade in 1908. Leipzig: Börsenverein 1912.

literature

  • Annemarie Meiner: On the 100th birthday of Johann Goldfriedrich on July 21, 1970. In: Börsenblatt für den deutschen Buchhandel (Frankfurter edition), No. 58 of July 21, 1970, pp. 1578–1581.
  • Alexandra Habermann et al: Lexicon of German Scientific Librarians 1925–1980 , Frankfurt a. M .: Klostermann 1985, ISBN 3-465-01664-5 , pp. 95f.
  • Hermann Staub: From the historical archive of the Börsenverein (49). Mixed lot of Johann Goldfriedrich. A supplement to the estate of Dr. Annemarie Meiner. In: Buchhandelsgeschichte 1997/1, pp. B 38–42.
  • Monika Estermann: Book trade history with a cultural-historical intention. Johann Goldfriedrich and Karl Lamprecht. In: Book Cultures. Festschrift for Reinhard Wittmann. Edited by Monika Estermann, Ernst Fischer and Ute Schneider. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2005. pp. 1–36. ( Revised version as PDF. )

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personal data
SURNAME Goldfriedrich, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goldfriedrich, Johann Adolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German librarian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH July 21, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Bautzen
DATE OF DEATH December 21, 1945
Place of death Leipzig