Johann Nikolaus Gerlach (publisher, around 1696)

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Johann Nikolaus Gerlach (also: Johann Nicolaus Gerlach ; * around 1696 in Magdeburg ; † September 1767 in Dresden ) was a German bookseller , publisher and printer .

Life

Johann Nicolaus Gerlach, born in Magdeburg at the end of the 17th century, was the only son of the publisher of the same name, Johann Nikolaus Gerlach senior, who worked there . After his father's death, his widow married Christoph Seidel , now the stepfather of Johann Nicolaus Gerlach junior. As an adult, Gerlach emigrated to Dresden, where he founded his own business, which he initially ran as a company from 1720 to 1742 with the company name Johann Christoph Zimmermann & Johann Nikolaus Gerlach and the addition of the seat in Dresden. In addition to the actual book trade and publishing house, the company also included an affiliated printing company.

With his wife, Gerlach had the son and legal successor of the Dresden company Johann Samuel Gerlach . After taking over the business shares of his initial partner , Gerlach initially traded alone from 1739, and from 1762 after his son joined the company, which is now run as a family company, as Johann Nikolaus Gerlach & Sohn . After Gerlach's death in 1767, the company was apparently only renamed in 1769 to Johann Nikolaus Gerlach Widow and Son . Other names included Gerlachische Buchhandlung , Gerlachsche Schriften or Gerlachsche Buchhandlung .

The company was still family-owned in the 19th century. In 1851 Johann Samuel Gerlach registered “ Concurs ”; the proceeds from this were donated to the Annenkirche in Dresden and the Neustadt-Dresden city court .

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  1. ↑ a b c d e f o. V .: Gerlach, Johann Nikolaus along with cross-references in the catalog of the German National Library
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Miscellanea Saxonica . It contains all kinds of documents related to Saxon history, Privilegia gender examinations, unprinted chronicles, statutes and life descriptions of Saxon scholars. Volume 1, Dresden: Georg Roch, 1767, p. 322; Digitized via Google books
  3. ↑ a b c Article " Baensch, Wilhelm " by Karl Friedrich Pfau in: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie . published by the Historical Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Volume 46 (1902), pp. 203-205, digital full-text edition in Wikisource, URL: (Version of December 8, 2019, 2:04 p.m. UTC)
  4. ^ A b c David L. Paisey: German book printers, booksellers and publishers 1701–1750 (= contributions to books and libraries. Volume 26), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1988, ISBN 978-3-447-02825-7 and ISBN 3 -447-02825-4 , p. 76; Preview over google books
  5. ^ Directory. In: Second supplement to Nor. 76 of the Leipziger Zeitung . March 17, 1851, volume 1851, p. 1492; Digitized via Google books


personal data
SURNAME Gerlach, Johann Nikolaus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gerlach, Johann Nicolaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German bookseller and publisher in Dresden
DATE OF BIRTH around 1696
PLACE OF BIRTH Magdeburg
DATE OF DEATH September 1767
Place of death Dresden