Josef Arnz

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Josef Arnz (* 1792 in Düsseldorf ; † 1841 ibid) was a German lithographer , cartographer , publisher and co-owner of the Düsseldorf publishing house Arnz & Comp.

Life

Arnz was baptized on February 21, 1792 in the Lambertus Church in Düsseldorf with the first name Gottfried Joseph Hubert Maria . With his older brother Heinrich and the music dealer Johann Christian Winckelmann (1766-1845) is Arnz teamed up in 1815 to 1 October 1816 Dusseldorf the company Arnz & Winckelmann as lithographic institute , publishing house and printing office to start. The company initially established itself as a printing company for forms, cards, school and pocket atlases and picture sheets and rose to become one of the leading art publishers in German-speaking countries. In 1828 the co-partner Winckelmann left the company.

Arnz 'focus was on the development of maps, which he published from 1817 as single copies and in the form of atlases. When Arnz died in 1841, he left a widow and an underage daughter as well as a house on Dammstrasse in Düsseldorf.

Works (selection)

Title page: Pocket atlas covering all parts of the world in 24th sheets , 1836
Map of Africa in Pocket Atlas , 1836
  • Small school atlas . Düsseldorf 1817
  • School atlas . Düsseldorf 1819
  • Chart of northwestern Germany, containing: the royal Prussian provinces between the Weser and the Meuse. Designed by W. Schlungs and written by J. Arnz . Düsseldorf 1819
  • with Eduard Winckelmann: Chart of the Prussian state, the kingdoms of Hanover, Saxony and the adjacent Hessian, Saxon, Mecklenburg etc. countries . Arnz & Comp., Düsseldorf 1819
  • Little HandAtlas was carefully redesigned according to the latest astronomical local regulations and the most reliable tools . Arnz & Comp., Düsseldorf 1819
  • Chart of Europe . Arnz & Comp., Düsseldorf, around 1820 ( digitized version )
  • Chart of the United States of North America . Arnz & Comp., Düsseldorf 1820 ( digitized version )
  • Atlas of the Old World in XIV Illuminated Charts. For the best tools to use in high school . Arnz & Comp., Düsseldorf 1829
  • E. Winckelmann's Map of South America . Arnz & Comp., Düsseldorf 1836
  • Pocket atlas over all parts of the world in 24 sheets with special consideration of the latest geographic textbooks . Arnz & Comp., Düsseldorf 1836
  • General school and hand atlas covering all parts of the world . Anrz & Comp., Düsseldorf 1837
  • School-Atlas van alle deelen der aarde in 21 maps . Arnz & Comp., Düsseldorf 1839 (second edition 1841)

literature

  • Elsbet Colmi: Splendor and misery of a lithographic establishment. Arnz & Comp. Düsseldorf 1815-1858 . In: Librarian Additional Hours. Dedicated to Joseph Gießler on the occasion of his 65th birthday . Publications of the State and City Library Düsseldorf, Volume 5, Düsseldorf 1964, pp. 44–67.

Web links

Wikisource: Pocket Atlas covering all parts of the world  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina (ed.): Acta historica Leopoldina . Halle 2008, ISBN 978-3-8047-2690-1 , Volume 58, p. 287
  2. ↑ Michael Heinemann, Thomas Synofzik (ed.): Schumann Briefedition: Verlegerbriefwechsel . Verlag Christoph Dohr, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-86846-041-4 , Volume 8, p. 133
  3. ↑ Hans-Ulrich Simon (ed.): Mörike in the mirror of his letters from publishers, editors and editors . Publications of the German Schiller Society, Volume 48, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-7681-9805-7 , p. 164 ( Google Books )
  4. ^ Archives for the civil and criminal law of the Royal. Prussia. Rhine provinces. Verlag Peter Schmitz, Cologne 1843, Volume 36, Part 1, Cologne 1843, p. 48 ( Google Books )
  5. ↑ Caspar Christoph Gottlieb Wiß: Melanchthon or Encyclopaedie and methodology of high school studies with the most necessary literature . Meyersche Hof-Buchhandlung, Lemgo 1830, p. 247 ( Google Books )
  6. ^ Wilhelm Heinsius : General Books Encyclopedia . Leipzig 1822, Volume 6, Sp. 765 ( Google Books )
personal data
SURNAME Arnz, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lithographer, cartographer, publisher and co-owner of the Düsseldorf publishing house Arnz & Comp
DATE OF BIRTH baptized February 21, 1792
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH 1841
Place of death Dusseldorf