Henry George Bohn

Henry George Bohn

Henry George Bohn (January 4, 1796 – August 22, 1884) was a British publisher.

Bohn was born in London as the son of a German bookbinder who had settled in England. In 1831 he started as a dealer in rare books and "remainders." In 1841 he issued his "Guinea" Catalogue" of books, a monumental work containing 23,208 items. Bohn was noted for his book auction sales: one held in 1848 lasted four days, the catalogue comprising twenty folio pages. Printed on this catalogue was the information: "Dinner at 2 o'clock, dessert at 4, tea at 5, and supper at 10."

The name of Bohn is principally remembered by the important "Libraries" which he inaugurated: these were begun in 1846 and comprised editions of standard works and translations, dealing with history, science, classics, theology and archaeology, consisting in all of 766 volumes. One of Bohn's most useful and laborious undertakings was his revision (6 vols. 1864) of "The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature" (1834) of W.T. Lowndes. The plan includes bibliographical and critical notices, particulars of prices, etc., and a considerable addition to the original work.

It had been one of Bohn's ambitions to found a great publishing house, but, finding that his sons had no taste for the trade, he sold the Libraries in 1864 to Messrs. Bell and Daldy, afterwards G. Bell & Sons. Bohn was a man of wide culture and many interests. He himself made considerable contributions to his "Libraries": he collected pictures, china and ivories, and was a famous rose-grower. He died at Twickenham on 22 August 1884 and was buried at West Norwood Cemetery.

References

*1911

External links

*cite book
last = Hooker
first = Sir William Jackson
authorlink = William Jackson Hooker
coauthors = G. A. Walker Arnott, Esq.
title = The Botany of Captain Beechey's voyage
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=V7HuvtYs6J4C
date = 1841
publisher = Henry George Bohn


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