HENRY

See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

GEORGE

See also:

• HENRY GEORGE BOHN (1796-1884)

BOHN (1796-1884)  , British publisher, son of a German bookbinder settled in England, was born in London on the 4th of January 1796 . In '831 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 '848 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 'o." The name of Bohn is principally remembered by the important Libraries which he inaugurated: these were begun in '846 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 . '864) of The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature (1834) of W . T . Lowndes . The plan includes bibliographical and critical notices, particulars of prices, &c., 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 '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, china and ivories, and was a famous rose-grower . He died at Twickenham on the 22nd of August '884 .