Special collections, for example collections of historic maps or early printed books, are not only valuable as primary source materials for teaching and research, they also form a part of the cultural legacy of libraries. Special...

In the years following the Napoleonic Wars, the Bremen-born John Henry Bohte (1784-1824) quite rapidly acquired a reputation as a bookseller and publisher, with an import/export business based in London and also a presence in Leipzig....

Im Laufe des 18. Jahrhunderts waren zahlreiche deutschsprachige Buchhändler, Drucker und Verleger im Londoner Buchhandel tätig. Diese Studie geht der Bedeutung des deutschsprachigen Buchhandels in der britischen Hauptstadt nach und...