Johann Peter van Ghelen
Johann Peter van Ghelen (* 1673 in Vienna ; † September 19, 1754 there ) was an Austrian printer .
Life
Johann Peter van Ghelen was the son of the Antwerp-born Viennese book printer Johann van Ghelen . He learned printing from his father and the book trade in Brussels in 1692 . After traveling through Germany, France and Italy, he returned home and gradually took over his father's business.
Ghelen acquired imperial privileges which entitle him to the exclusive printing and publishing of calendars, gospels and prayer books. With this privilege he was able to take over the rights to the Wiennerisches Diarium in 1722 , the oldest daily newspaper in the world to this day. As a result, he established a press monopoly in Vienna, which lasted for over half a century. With the “Wienner Diarium” he achieved the character of a state newspaper .
After his death, Johann Leopold van Ghelen continued the company. In 1894 the Ghelengasse in Vienna- Hietzing was named after him and his father.
Some publishing works
- Johann Joseph Fux : Gradus ad Parnassum, 1725
- Matthias Seutter : Atlas novus, 1730
- Matej Bel : Notitia Hungaricae novae historicae geographica devisa, 4 volumes, 1735–42
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Ghelen, Ghelen's heirs . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 5th part. Typogr.-literar.-artist publishing house. Establishment (L. C. Zamarski & C. Dittmarsch.), Vienna 1859, p. 168 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Heinrich Kábdebo: Ghelen, van . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, pp. 141-143.
- Anton Mayer: Vienna's book printer history , 1882.
- Franz Gall : Ghelen, Johann Peter van. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1964, ISBN 3-428-00187-7 , p. 365 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Felix Czeike : Historical Lexicon Vienna Vol. 2 . Kremayr & Scheriau: Vienna, 1993.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wiener-Zeitung-Wiki, accessed on March 18, 2012 ( Memento of the original from January 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Rudolf Schmidt: German bookseller. German book printer vol. 2. Berlin 1903
- Publications by and about Johann Peter van Ghelen in VD 17 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ghelen, Johann Peter van |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian printer and publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1673 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 19, 1754 |
| Place of death | Vienna |