Karl Georg

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Karl Johann Georg (also Carl Georg ; born April 25, 1855 ; † April 22, 1904 in Hanover ) was a German publisher , bibliographer , non-fiction author and editor.

Life

Karl Johann Georg was born under the Kingdom of Hanover in 1855. In the former royal seat of Hanover, he joined the bookstore Fr. Cruse's Buchhandlung und Antiquariat, owner Gustav Othmer , as a bookstore assistant in 1879 at the age of about 24, which at Grosse Aegidienstraße 4 developed into the leading school bookstore in Hanover.

In 1877 Karl Georg published the title Die Reiseliteratur Deutschlands from the years 1871 to April 30, 1877 and the most important publications from earlier times under the author's name “Carl Georg” . Including plans and travel maps ... which was published in the Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung previously founded by Johann Conrad Hinrichs in Leipzig .

When the owner Gustav Othmer died on January 4, 1881 at the age of only 47 years and left his wife Johanne Sophie Dorothea Othmer in addition to his two underage children, the widow granted the previous bookstore assistant Karl Johann Georg power of attorney in the spring of the same year while she went on business even in the hope of a cheap resale.

Opened in 1815: Cruse's bookstore at Hildesheimer Straße 75 in the Hanover district of Südstadt

After Johanne Othmer sold her business to both her authorized signatory Karl Georg and the pastor's son Friedrich August Leopold Ost as co-owner in 1885 , the residential and commercial building remained in the property of the Othmer family until 1917. The address book, city and business manual of the royal residence city of Hanover and the city of Linden from 1885 now recorded the “Fr. Cruse's Buchhandlung & Antiquariat, owner Ost und Georg ”in the“ Große Aegidienstr. 4. "

From 1889 to 1912, Georg and Ost jointly published the keyword catalog. List of books published in the German book trade ... out, although Leopold Ost ran his own publishing bookstore from 1892 to 1907 in the area of ​​what would later become the Hanover suburb of Südstadt . From 1892 on, the address book was only registered by Karl Georg as the owner of "Fr. Cruse's Buchhandlung & Antiquariat".

For Karl Georg, who until recently described himself as a bibliographer and publisher's bookseller, the keyword catalog ... more and more became the center of his life, so that in 1898 he sold his bookstore to Alfred Troschütz from Riesa and only devoted himself to catalog work. But he died early, three days before his 49th birthday, in Hanover.

Fonts

  • Carl Georg (arrangement): The travel literature of Germany from the years 1871 to April 30, 1877 and the most important phenomena from earlier times. Including plans and travel cards. According to the alphabet of the countries and localities etc., as well as taking into account the medical spa literature , Leipzig: Johann Conrad Hinrichs, 1877.
  • Carl Georg (edit.): Directory of the literature on food and drink up to the year 1887 (from: Ernst von Malorte : Das Menu , 2 volumes, 3rd edition, Klindworth, Hanover 1887/88. (Digitized from SLUB Dresden) ), Hanover: Klindworth Verla, 1888.
  • Karl Georg: Instructions for organizing book stores and libraries easily and clearly . Occasion: The fourth international publishers' congress in Leipzig, 10. – 13. June 1901 , Hanover: L. Lemmermann, 1901.
  • Carl Georg, Leopold Ost: Compilation of the most remarkable phenomena in the field of fine literature from the years 1878–1884. As a supplement to Othmer's Vademecum for lovers of literature , 3rd edition, Hanover: Fr. Cruse's Buchhandlung und Antiquariat, 1885.
  • Carl Georg, Leopold Ost: Keyword catalog. Directory of books and maps published in German bookshops in a factual arrangement , 7 volumes, Hanover; Leipzig: Fr. Cruse's bookstore and antiquarian bookshop, 1889 - 1913.
  • Carl Georg: Guide through Herrenhausen and his gardens , Hanover: Fr. Cruse's Buchhandlung und Antiquariat, 1895

literature

  • Michael Krall, Peer-Philipp Krall, Michaela Krall (text): 200 years of Cruse's bookstore 1815–2015. 200 years under the sign of the owl. Festschrift for the 200th company anniversary on October 1st, 2015 , publisher: Cruses Buchhandlung Peer-Philipp Krall (eK), Hanover, 2015, passim , v. a. Pp. 23-27.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Compare GND 1073497429 in the catalog of the German National Library (DNB). Access date: August 29, 2018.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h Michael Krall, Peer-Philipp Krall, Michaela Krall (text): 200 years of Cruse's bookstore 1815 - 2015. 200 years under the sign of the owl. Festschrift for the 200th company anniversary on October 1st, 2015 , publisher: Cruses Buchhandlung Peer-Philipp Krall (eK), Hannover 2015, passim , v. a. Pp. 23-27.
  3. ↑ Compare Die Reiseliteratur Deutschlands ... (1877) in the catalog of the DNB ( DNB 996039147 ).
personal data
SURNAME Georg, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Georg, Carl; Georg, Karl Johann (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publisher, bibliographer, non-fiction author and editor
DATE OF BIRTH April 25, 1855
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 1904
Place of death Hanover