Simon Leopold Baer

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Simon Leopold Baer (born November 17, 1845 in Frankfurt am Main ; † February 21, 1919 there ) was a German antiquarian and bookseller.

Life

He was the son of Leopold Joseph Baer (1805–1861) and grandson of Joseph Baer (1767–1851), the founder of what was later to become an antiquarian bookshop Joseph Baer & Co. He joined the family antiquarian bookshop in Frankfurt in 1861 after the philanthropist's visit . From 1870 he managed this together with his brother Julius (Leopold Joseph) (1842–1873) and his uncle Hermann Joseph , since 1873 with Saly Baer (1855–1882), son of his uncle Hermann, from 1882 alone. In 1889 he was the first of the great German antiquarians to travel to North America. The second-hand bookshop was one of the largest in Europe with a stock of around 500,000 volumes when it moved to a specially built house at Hochstrasse 6 in 1899 . The bookshop was also connected to a scientific publishing house.

In 1901, long-time employee Moriz Sondheim (1860–1944) became a partner in the antiquarian bookshop. The sons of Simon Leopold Baer Leo (pold Alfred) (1880–1948) and Edwin Baer (1881–1965) continued the antiquarian bookshop with Moriz Sondheim, from 1905 as authorized signatory, from 1911 as partner. On January 1, 1916, Simon Leopold left the company.

He was married since 1877 to the American Lizzie, b. Lehmaier (1857-1896).

literature

  • Simon Leopold Baer † . In: Communications from the second-hand bookshop by Joseph Baer & Co. Vol. 13 (NF 2), Heft 1, 1919, pp. 281–286.
  • Simon Leopold Baer, ​​b. on Nov. 17, 1845, died on Feb. 21, 1919 in Frankfurt a. M. Private print Frankfurt am Main 1919.
  • Moriz Sondheim: parting words spoken at the funeral of Simon Leopold Baer . In: Börsenblatt für den Deutschen Buchhandel 86, 1919, pp. 160–161 = In: ders., Gesammelte Schriften. Books - Bibliophilia - Literature - Art, among others J. Baer & Co., Frankfurt 1927, pp. 325–327 ( digitized version ).
  • Fritz Homeyer: German Jews as Bibliophiles and Antiquaries . Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 1963, p. 28.
  • Paul Arnsberg : The history of the Frankfurt Jews since the French Revolution . Volume 3: Biographical lexicon of Jews in the fields of science, culture, education, public relations in Frankfurt am Main . Darmstadt 1983, pp. 34-36.
  • Eberhard Henze: Baer, ​​Simon Leopold . In: Lexicon of the entire book industry . 2nd Edition. Volume 1. Hiersemann, Stuttgart 1987, p. 219.
  • Andrea Hopp: Jewish bourgeoisie in Frankfurt am Main in the 19th century . Steiner, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-515-06985-2 , p. 37. 49-51. 186, 204.
  • Wolfgang Klötzer (Hrsg.): Frankfurter Biographie . Personal history lexicon . First volume. A – L (=  publications of the Frankfurt Historical Commission . Volume XIX , no. 1 ). Waldemar Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1994, ISBN 3-7829-0444-3 , p. 35 .
  • Simon Leopold Baer. 50 anniversary of death . In: Das Antiquariat 19, 1969, p. 26.

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personal data
SURNAME Baer, ​​Simon Leopold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German antiquarian and bookseller
DATE OF BIRTH November 17, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH February 21, 1919
Place of death Frankfurt am Main