See also:

• FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )

FRIEDRICH CHRISTOPH See also:

• FRIEDRICH CHRISTOPH PERTHES (1772—1843)
• PERTHES, JOHAN GEORG JUSTUS (1749-1816)

PERTHES (1772—1843)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German publisher, See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew of Johan Georg See also:

• PERTHES, FRIEDRICH CHRISTOPH (1772—1843)
• PERTHES, JOHAN GEORG JUSTUS (1749-1816)

Perthes (q.v.), was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• RUDOLSTADT

Rudolstadt on the 21st of See also:

• APRIL

April 1772 . At the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of fifteen he became an apprentice in the service of See also:

• ADAM
• ADAM (or ADAN) DE LE HALE (died c. 1288)
• ADAM, ALEXANDER (1741–1809)
• ADAM, JULIETTE (1836– )
• ADAM, LAMBERT SIGISBERT (1700-1759)
• ADAM, MELCHIOR (d. 1622)
• ADAM, PAUL (1862– )
• ADAM, ROBERT (1728—1792)
• ADAM, SIR FREDERICK (1781-1853)
• ADAM, WILLIAM (1751-1839)

Adam See also:

• FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )

Friedrich Bohme, a bookseller in See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, with whom he remained for about six years . In See also:

• HAMBURG

Hamburg, where he settled in 1793 as an assistant to the bookseller B . G . See also:

• HOFFMANN, AUGUST HEINRICH (1798–1874)
• HOFFMANN, ERNST THEODOR WILHELM (1776-1822)
• HOFFMANN, JOHANN JOSEPH (1805-1878)

Hoffmann, he started in 1796 a See also:

• BOOKSELLING

bookselling business of his own, and in 1798 he entered into See also:

• PARTNERSHIP (earlier forms, partener, parcener, from Late Lat. partionarius for partitionarius, from partitio, sharing, pars, part)

partnership with his See also:

• BROTHER

brother-in-See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, Johann Heinrich Besser . (1775—1826) . By his See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage in 1797 with a daughter of the poet, See also:

• MATTHIAS
• MATTHIAS (1557-1619)

Matthias See also:

• CLAUDIUS
• CLAUDIUS [TIBERIUS CLAUDIUS DRUSUS NERO GERMANICUS]
• CLAUDIUS, MARCUS AURELIUS
• CLAUDIUS, MATTHIAS (174o-1815)

Claudius, he was brought into intimate relation with a See also:

• GROUP

group of See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant writers, who exercised a powerful See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence on the growth of his religious opinions . This, however, did not prevent him from being on friendly terms with a number of eminent See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic authors . Perthes was an ardent patriot; and during the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon's supremacy he distinguished himself by his steady resistance to See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French pretensions . His zeal for the See also:

• NATIONAL

national cause led him, in 1810—1811, to issue Das deutsche Museum, to which many of the foremost publicists in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany contributed . For some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time the French made it impossible for him to live in Hamburg; and when, in 1814, he returned to that See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city he found that his business had greatly diminished . In 1821, his wife having died, he See also:

• LEFT

left Hamburg, transferring his business there to his partner, and went to See also:

• GOTHA

Gotha, where he established what ultimately became one of the first See also:

• PUBLISHING

publishing houses in Germany .

It was owing to his See also:

• INITIATION (Lat. inilium, beginning, entrance, from mire, to go in)

initiation that the Borsenverein der deutschen Buchhdndler (See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union of German Booksellers) in Leipzig was founded in 1825 . When the See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation-See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone of the See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• BUILDING

building of the Union was laid in 1834, Perthes was made an honorary See also:

• FREEMAN
• FREEMAN, EDWARD AUGUSTUS (1823-1892)

freeman of the city of Leipzig, and in 184o the university of See also:

• KIEL

Kiel conferred upon him the degree of See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor of See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy . Perthes died at Gotha on the 18th of May 1843 . His See also:

• LIFE

Life was written by his son, Klemens Theodor Perthes (1809—1867), See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of law in the university of See also:

• BONN

Bonn, and author of Das deutsche Staatsleben vor der Revolution (Hamburg and Gotha, 1845), and Das Herbergswesen der Handwerksgesellen (Gotha, 1856, and again 1883), whose son See also:

• HERMANN, JOHANN GOTTFRIED JAKOB (1772–1848)
• HERMANN, KARL FRIEDRICH (1804–1855)

Hermann Friedrich Perthes (1840—1883) was the founder of the Fridericianum at See also:

• DAVOS (Romonsch Tavau, a name variously explained as meaning a sheep pasture or simply " behind ")

Davos Platz . The publishing business at Gotha was carried on by Perthes's younger son, Andreas, (1813—1890) and his See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson, Emil (1841— ), until 1889, when it was handed over to a See also:

• COMPANY

company . See also O . See also:

• ADLER, FELIX (r851- )

Adler, Friedrich and Karoline Perthes (Leipzig, 190o) .