Moritz Georg Weidmann (publisher, 1658)
Moritz Georg Weidmann (born March 13, 1658 in Speyer ; † August 18, 1693 in Leipzig ) was a publisher and bookseller and founder of the Weidmann bookstore .
Life
Weidmann made a bookseller in Frankfurt before he moved to Leipzig, where he - the data so suggest - the widow of the bookseller Ritter married and got his foot in the business of major bookstores city in Germany. Around 1680 he brought the company under his own name, which it kept until his death in 1693. In November 1694 his widow, Maria Sacerin, married Johann Ludwig Gleditsch , who continued the business for his son of the same name, Moritz Georg Weidmann .
Weidmann's business interests were in scientific publications , especially classical philology . During his management phase, there were arguments with the censors that Christian Thomasius had published in his publications .
The Weidmannsche Buchhandlung continues today with the Georg Olms Verlag .
literature
- Rudolf Schmidt : German bookseller. German book printer, vol. 6 . Olms, Hildesheim 1979, ISBN 3-487-06943-1 (Vol. 1–6, reprint of the Eberswalde edition 1902/08).
- Publications by and about Moritz Georg Weidmann in VD 17 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weidmann, Moritz Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Publisher and bookseller and founder of the Weidmann bookstore |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1658 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Speyer |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 18, 1693 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |