Paul Gotthelf grief
Paul Gotthelf Kummer (born December 29, 1750 in Mutzschen , † February 25, 1835 in Leipzig ) was a German bookseller and publisher.
Life
origin
Paul Gotthelf was a son of the pastor in Mutzschen Georg Friedrich Kummer (1708–1771) and Christiana Elisabeth.
Career
Kummer was an apprentice to Johann Samuel Heinsius the Younger (1734–1807). He spent his assistantship in Zurich and in the Dyck bookstore in Leipzig. In 1776 he founded his business in Leipzig and in 1777 took over the Saalbach publishing house, which was also located in Leipzig. In 1813 he also acquired the publishing house of the former Stahl'schen Buchhandlung in Jena , which he integrated into his business.
He also founded a flourishing commission bookshop in 1790 with which he became one of the most respected commission agents in Leipzig. In 1834 he handed the business over to his son.
family
Kummer married Sophie Cichorius († 1800), sister of the professor of anatomy in Dorpat Ludwig Emil Cichorius (1740-1829). The marriage resulted in 11 children, of whom Eduard Kummer († 1860) took over the father's business as a bookseller.
editor
- Exquisite sermons from the last two years of apprenticeship and life of D. Johann Friedrich Bahrdts , professors and superintendents of Leipzig , Leipzig 1776
- since 1784 a total of 106 titles by August von Kotzebue
- Small collected writings , 4 volumes, 1787–1891
- New Drama , 23 volumes, 1798–1819
- Complete dramatic works , 44 volumes, 1827–1829
- Writings from Leipzig university professors, a. a. by Heinrich Wilhelm Brandes
- together with Johann Ambrosius Barth
- Posthumous works of the philosopher Friedrich August Carus
- Works by Christian August Leberecht Kästner
- Almanac of Dramatic Games for Social Entertainment in the Country , Volumes, 1820–1826
literature
- August Christian Friedrich von der Schulenburg : Correspondence between Count von Schulenburg, Chamberlain in Mirow in the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and the bookseller K. 1831
- Bernhard Friedrich Voigt : New necrology of the Germans . Volume 13, 1835, Voigt, Weimar 1837, part 2, p. 1227, no. 544
- Karl Friedrich Pfau : Biographical Lexicon of the German Book Trade of the Present. Pfau, Leipzig 1890
- Karl Friedrich Pfau: Sorrow, Paul Gotthelf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 51, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, p. 440 f.
- Hans Lülfing : Sorrow, Paul Gotthelf. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-428-00194-X , pp. 284-286 ( digitized version ).
- Walther Killy and Rudolf Vierhaus : German Biographical Encyclopedia . Volume 6, Saur, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-598-23166-0
Web links
- Kummer, Paul Gotthelf on zeno.org
- Portrait of Paul Gotthelf Kummer (1750–1835)
- Kummer, Paul Gotthelf (1750–1835) on CERL Thesaurus
Individual evidence
- ^ Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Cichorius, Ludwig Emil (v.). In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sorrow, Paul Gotthelf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German bookseller and publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 29, 1750 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mutzschen |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 25, 1835 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |