Publishing house Philipp von Zabern

Publishing house Philipp von Zabern GmbH
legal form	GmbH
founding	1802
Seat	Darmstadt , Germany
Branch	publishing company
Website	zabern.de

The Philipp von Zabern publishing house is an imprint of the Scientific Book Society in Darmstadt specializing in scientific and popular scientific publications in the fields of archeology , history and art history .

history

1802-1945

Printing and publishing house 1802–1879

In 1802 Theodor von Zabern (1771–1832) bought the Societas typographica printing company from Johann Andreas Crass in Mainz, with the associated book warehouse and the privilege of prefectural book printer . In the following year, the second volume of the Ancient History of Mainz by Father Joseph Fuchs was published as the first archaeological publication. In 1812 von Zabern acquired the newspaper privilege to publish and print the Mainzer Zeitung from the Mainzer Rochushospitals-Druckerei. This formed the economic basis of the publishing house until 1851.

After his death in 1832, the older son Karl Theodor von Zabern (1807–1862) took over the printing company and supported progressive ideas in Mainz in the following decades. The younger Victor von Zabern (1810–1880) took over the publishing house and ran it until 1878.

Printing works 1879–1945

From 1879 Philipp von Zabern (1849–1902), the son of Karl Theodor, headed the printing company until 1902.

Since 1945

From around 1952 there was a new publishing house, Philipp von Zabern, which still exists today. The specialization in topics of archeology and ancient cultures took place after the Second World War . Franz Rutzen was the owner of the publishing house from 1960 to 2001 ; During this time the greatest success was achieved: the catalog for the Tutankhamun exhibition in Berlin, Hamburg and Munich in 1980/81 sold over 1.5 million copies.

In 1993 Rutzen sold the Zabern publishing house to the Axel Springer publishing house . In 2003 Springer dissolved its book division and sold von Zabern to Valiva AG , a holding company in Zurich . From 2005 Zabern-Verlag belonged to the WBG in Darmstadt , where it was initially continued as an independent GmbH . From 2002, Annette Nünnerich-Asmus was managing director; on July 1, 2010 she was followed by Jürgen Kron, the former head of Societäts-Verlag .

In order to save costs, the publishing house left its headquarters in Mainz at the end of 2010 and moved to Darmstadt , in the publishing building of its parent company WBG . On January 1, 2014, Philipp von Zabern lost his status as a publisher and has since been an imprint of the WBG , like its sister publisher Theiss since July 1, 2013 .

subjects

The publisher is known for its richly illustrated books with mostly archaeological content. Best known are in addition to the mentioned exhibition catalogs magazine ancient world , the Zaberns illustrated books on archeology , the now completed series of cultural history of the Ancient World and the popular science series The Famous and The archaeological leader .

Many scientific series are published by Zabern-Verlag, including several series by the German Archaeological Institute ( report by the Roman-Germanic Commission , Germania , Eurasia Antiqua ). The publisher also publishes several volumes of the Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum , the Studia Troica , the Bonner Jahrbucher , the yearbook of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien , the Mainz magazine and many more.

Zabern's Archaeological Calendar has been published continuously since the late 1950s with high-quality photographs of archaeological finds. Zabern also publishes books for children and young people that are thematically related to classical antiquity. Zabern-Verlag has been publishing its own series of historical novels since summer 2007 .

Authors with first publications in the publisher (selection)

Bernard Andreae Frank Stefan Becker Stephan Blum John Boardman Klaus Bartels Angelika Dierichs Stephan Elbern Mamoun Fansa

Martin Flashar Robert Gordian Günter Grimm Hildegard Hammerschmidt-Hummel Cornelius Hartz Zahi Hawass Sybille Haynes Michael Höveler-Müller

Marcus Junkelmann Bernhard Kytzler Götz Lahusen Christian R. Lange Wolfram Letzner Hermann Müller-Karpe Rainer Nickel Astrid Nunn

Michael Pfrommer Maria R.-Alfoldi Andrea Rottloff Günter Ruch Beate Schaefer Helmut Schareika André Schulze Karl-Wilhelm Weeber Michael Zahrnt

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.wbg-wissenverbindet.de/ueber-uns/verlage/wbg-zabern/
2. ↑ zabern.de: History of the publishing house ( Memento of the original from July 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ^ Karl Theodor von Zabern. History of Democracy, accessed January 31, 2020 .  
4. ↑ Information on the portrait in the Hessian State Archives in Darmstadt; also in Friedrich Schütz: Philipp von Zabern 200 years of a Mainz publishing house Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1985. p. 81; after 1878 there were no more publications by a Zabern publishing house until 1945
5. ↑ Information on the portrait of Philipp von Zabern in the Hessian State Archives in Darmstadt; Printed in Friedrich Schütz: Philipp von Zabern 200 years of the Mainz Offizin . Mainz 1985. p. 162
6. ↑ zabern.de: Publishing History ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ boersenblatt.net: Jürgen Kron becomes managing director of Philipp von Zabern Verlag , May 21, 2010
8. ↑ Allgemeine-zeitung.de: PHILIPP VON ZABERN Traditionsverlag leaves Mainz after 225 years, August 21, 2010.