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HENRY GEORGE BOHN (1796-1884)

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 137 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HENRY GEORGE BOHN (1796-1884)  ,
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British publisher, son of a German bookbinder settled in England, was born in
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London on the 4th of
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January 1796 . In '831 he started as a dealer in rare books and " remainders." In 1841 he issued his "
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Guinea " Catalogue of books, a monumental
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work containing 23,208 items . Bohn was noted for his
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book
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auction sales: one held in '848 lasted four days, the catalogue comprising twenty folio pages . Printed on this catalogue was the information: "
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Dinner at 2 o'
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clock, dessert at 4, tea at 5, and supper at 'o." The name of Bohn is principally remembered by the important
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Libraries which he inaugurated: these were begun in '846 and comprised
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editions of standard
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works and
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translations, dealing with
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history, science,
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classics,
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theology and archaeology, consisting in all of 766 volumes . One of Bohn's most useful and laborious undertakings was his revision (6 vols . '864) of The Bibliographer's
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Manual of
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English Literature (1834) of W . T . Lowndes . The plan includes bibliographical and critical notices, particulars of prices, &c., and a considerable addition to the
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original work . It had been one of Bohn's ambitions to found a
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great
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publishing house, but, finding that his sons had no taste for the trade, he sold the Libraries in '864 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,
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china and ivories, and was a famous rose-grower . He died at
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Twickenham on the 22nd of August '884 .

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