Wilhelm Heinsius (publisher)
Johann Wilhelm Immanuel Heinsius (born July 28, 1768 in Leipzig , † October 1, 1817 in Gera ) was a German bookseller, publisher and bibliographer . He is the founder of the German national bibliography.
Life
Wilhelm Heinsius, the son of the Leipzig bookseller Johann Samuel Heinsius (1734–1807) and his wife Johanna Juliane Holle (1738–1804), joined the bookstore founded in Leipzig in 1725 by his grandfather Johann Samuel Heinsius (1686–1750) consistently continued the universal catalogs published in this company in 1748 and 1760. Thanks to such determination, his General Books Lexicon , published in four volumes from 1793–1798, or (later complete) alphabetical index of books printed in Germany and neighboring countries, formedthe basis of the German national general bibliography. The alphabetical order dominates in this directory in this way: Each title entry is preceded by the author's name or, in the case of an anonymous, the first information-bearing word in the work title. 1812–1813 Wilhelm Heinsius brought out a revised edition of his above-mentioned work for the entire 18th century. In 1805 he sold his bookstore to Enoch Richter, went to Gera and opened another Heinsius bookstore there in 1810 . Wilhelm Heinsius worked on the fifth volume of his bibliography in Gera. This contained titles from the years 1811–1815 and appeared in 1817. The project was continued by Wilhelm Heinsius' successors until almost the entire 19th century: In 1894 the nineteenth volume appeared, which contains titles published until 1892.
The Heinsius turns out today, when it comes to songs from the first half of the 18th century in the German-speaking, as an almost unrivaled treasure trove.
family
Wilhelm Heinsius married Charlotte Heun - Heinrich Clauren's sister - from Doberlug in 1792 . The writer separated from her husband in 1805 and two years later married the government calculator Friedrich Carl Kanitz .
Works (selection)
- Alphabetical index of the novels and plays published from 1700 to the end of 1810, which were printed in Germany and in countries related to them through language and literature. 375 pages. Unchanged photomechanical reprint of the original 1813 edition. Verlag Documentation, Pullach (Isartal) 1972
- General dictionary of books. Volumes 1-19 for the years 1700-1892. Photomechanical reprint, Academic Printing and Publishing Institute, Graz 1962–1963
- General lexicon of books or complete alphabetical index of the books published from 1700 to the end of 1892, which were printed in Germany and in countries related to it through language and literature. In addition to information on the places of printing, the publisher and prices . Volumes 1-7 Gleditsch, Leipzig; Volume 8-10 Brockhaus, Leipzig
literature
- Otto August Schulz (Ed.): List of books 1835–1841 . 9th volume (M-Z). Brockhaus, Leipzig 1849, 510 pages, text archive - Internet Archive
Web links
- Wilhelm Heinsius in the German biography
Individual evidence
- ↑ Enoch Richter in the German biography
- ↑ Dietmar Debes: Heinsius, Johann Wilhelm Immanuel in: Neue Deutsche Biographie 8 (1969), pp. 442-443 ( online ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heinsius, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heinsius, Johann Wilhelm Immanuel (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German bookseller, publisher and bibliographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 28, 1768 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 1, 1817 |
| Place of death | Gera |