Johann Jacob Stahel

Johann Jacob Stahel (born November 11, 1723 in Cologne , † May 21, 1787 in Würzburg ) was a German printer and bookseller .

Life

Johann Jacob Stahel came from a family of printers and booksellers who immigrated from Holland in 1482. He was the only son of the Cologne merchant and mayor Reinerus Stahel.

He initially headed the Würzburg branch of the Augsburg bookseller Martin Veith, but then went into business for himself and on May 23, 1753 received the concession from Prince Bishop Karl Philipp von Greiffenclau zu Vollrads to set up and run a bookstore in Würzburg, under the name of Stahel'sche Buchhandlung traded .

In 1763 he acquired the Kleyer'sche Universitätsbuchdruckerei from the widow of Johann Jacob Christoph Kleyer (1700–1756) in Würzburg, and since the guild laws of that time required proof of the necessary specialist knowledge to run a book printing company, he started working for the printer and bookseller Heinrich Ludwig Brönner (1702–1769) in Frankfurt am Main from 1763 to 1766 an apprenticeship as a printer; on September 11, 1765, he was accepted into the printing company, which had been founded in 1613. During this time, the Stahel'sche Buchdruckerey was continued by Christoph Wolfgang Kohles, who already worked as a factor for the widow of Johann Jakob Christoph Kleyer, and now also printed the books under his own name.

In 1765 Johann Jacob Stahel founded a branch bookstore in both Bamberg and Fulda .

On January 16, 1769, Johann Jacob Stahel was appointed university bookseller by the University of Würzburg and thus also subject to university jurisdiction; a few years later he was awarded the title of High Princely Court Bookseller .

In the period from July 2 to 4, 1781, his bookstore was searched and 54 writings were found suspect, including 16 by Voltaire , 4 by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and 15 by Christoph Martin Wieland .

He published predominantly Catholic theological literature in his publishing house, so a whole series of books for church and school use and a number of Greek and Roman classics appeared in text and annotated editions. One of the most important publications was the Library of the Church Fathers ( Theologia universa moralis et speculativa ), for which he was granted a Privilegium exclusivum for 10 years on September 26, 1766 .

Johann Jacob Stahel was married to Margaretha Josepha († 1804), a daughter of the Würzburg timber yard inspector Hitzelberger, and had seven sons, most of whom achieved higher military ranks in Austrian and Russian services. After his death, his widow initially ran the bookstore on his own until the youngest son, Konrad Stahel, joined the business in 1791. His fourth son Johann Veit Joseph Stahel (born January 14, 1760 in Würzburg; † September 27, 1832), then entered the business in 1801.

honors and awards

On January 16, 1769, Johann Jacob Stahel was appointed university bookseller by the University of Würzburg. A few years later he was awarded the title of High Princely Court Bookseller.

literature

Karl Friedrich Pfau: Stahel . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 54, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1908, pp. 431-433.

Web links

Johann Jacob Stahel . In: Stahel, family . Zeno.org .
Stahel, Johann Jakob . In: Index entry: German biography .

Individual evidence

^ Monika Estermann, Reinhard Wittmann: Archive for the history of the book system . tape 41 . Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 2017, ISBN 978-3-11-096148-5 ( google.de [accessed February 19, 2020]).
^ Johann Jacob Christoph Kleyer - WürzburgWiki. Retrieved February 19, 2020 .
^ Clemens Maria Tangerding: The urge to the state: Lebenswelten in Würzburg between 1795 and 1815 . Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar, 2011, ISBN 978-3-412-20723-6 ( google.de [accessed on February 19, 2020]).
^ Jonas Geissler: Regional forms of European enlightenment on the discourse of modernity in spiritual states: Enlightenment in the monasteries of Bamberg and Würzburg . utzverlag GmbH, 2019, ISBN 978-3-8316-4778-1 ( google.de [accessed February 19, 2020]).

personal data
SURNAME	Stahel, Johann Jacob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Stahel, Johann J .; Stahel, Johann Jakob; Stahel, Joannes Jacobus; Stahel, Ioannes Iacobus; Stahel, Jo. Jac .; Stahel, Joan. Jacob; Stahel, JJ
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German bookseller and printer
DATE OF BIRTH	November 11, 1723
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cologne
DATE OF DEATH	May 21, 1787
Place of death	Wurzburg

[1] Monika Estermann, Reinhard Wittmann: Archive for the history of the book system . tape 41 . Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 2017, ISBN 978-3-11-096148-5 ( google.de [accessed February 19, 2020]).

[2] Johann Jacob Christoph Kleyer - WürzburgWiki. Retrieved February 19, 2020 .

[3] Clemens Maria Tangerding: The urge to the state: Lebenswelten in Würzburg between 1795 and 1815 . Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar, 2011, ISBN 978-3-412-20723-6 ( google.de [accessed on February 19, 2020]).

[4] Jonas Geissler: Regional forms of European enlightenment on the discourse of modernity in spiritual states: Enlightenment in the monasteries of Bamberg and Würzburg . utzverlag GmbH, 2019, ISBN 978-3-8316-4778-1 ( google.de [accessed February 19, 2020]).