Karl Friedrich Pfau

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Karl Friedrich Pfau alias Erich Blum (born March 15, 1857 in Zwenkau , † April 14, 1939 in Leipzig ) was a German publisher and writer .

Life

Pfau was an apprentice at FA Brockhaus in Leipzig. From 1876 to 1882 he worked in Strasbourg , Heidelberg , Stuttgart and Dresden . From 1884 he was an independent bookseller and later a publisher in Leipzig.

He wrote 59 articles for the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie .

Works

Authorship

  • The book of famous booksellers , 2 vols. Leipzig 1885 a. 1886
  • Luise, Queen of Prussia . A portrait of the unforgettable princess , Leipzig [1890]
  • The young assortment. A guide for booksellers and those who want to become one , Leipzig 1891
  • The young publisher. A guide for beginners and those who want to turn to the publisher , Leipzig 1891
  • The assortment shop's advertisement , 1894
  • The gentlemen's assistants in the book trade , 1898
  • Commercial organization manual. A systematic textbook on business facilities in small and large companies. 3 vols. Leipzig 1901
  • The shipper. A reference and reference work for all those who work in the forwarding trade , 1903
  • The Bookseller: An Encyclopedia d. bookseller. Knowledge , 1903
  • King George of Saxony . A German princely life , 1906
  • Handbook for controllers and auditors in business and commercial enterprises and offices , Leipzig 1907
  • The bookselling mail order business. Its essence and character , Leipzig 1913
  • The establishment of a lending library with a reading circle , 1917
  • Bookseller correspondence , 1919
  • Sales plan of the book and newspaper publisher , 1919
  • Personal remarks from the assortment shop , 1919
  • The bookseller. Textbook of the practical book trade , 2 vols. Leipzig 1925 a. 1927

editor

  • Leipzig and its surroundings , Linz 1889
  • Biographical lexicon of contemporary German bookshops. Leipzig 1890
  • The young commission agent. A guide , Leipzig 1891
  • The assortmenter's correspondence , Leipzig 1891

editor

  • Ferdinand Lassalle ’s complete works. Only edition , 5 vols. Leipzig 1899–1909
  • International Booksellers Academy. Monthly for the general interests of the book trade and related trades , Leipzig 1899

literature

  • Gerd Schulz: Karl Friedrich Pfau (1857-1939): a publisher's life. In: Börsenblatt für den deutschen Buchhandel , Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig 1991, pp. 151–155
  • Bruno Volger (Ed.): Germany's Austria-Hungary and Switzerland scholars, artists and writers in words and pictures . Leipzig-Gohlis 1908, p. 362

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personal data
SURNAME Pfau, Karl Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blum, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publisher and writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH Zwenkau
DATE OF DEATH April 14, 1939
Place of death Leipzig