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Henry George Bohn (4 January 1796 – 22 August 1884) was a British publisher. He is principally remembered for the ''Bohn's Libraries'' which he inaugurated. These were begun in 1846, targeted the mass market, and comprised editions of standard works and translations, dealing with history, science, classics, theology and archaeology. ==Biography== Bohn was born in London. He was the son of a German bookbinder who had settled in England. In 1831 he began his career 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 ''Bohn's 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. His authors included Julia Corner who created educational books about India and China for him in the 1850s.〔Rosemary Mitchell, ‘Corner, Julia (1798–1875)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 (accessed 4 Oct 2014 )〕 The reasons for the success of ''Bohn's Libraries'' may have included their marketing to a general mass readership with volumes selling at low prices,〔O'Sullivan, Carol, "Translation within the margin: The Libraries of Henry Bohn," in Milton, John, Bandia, Paul (eds.) ''Agents of Translation (Benjamins Translation Library)''. p.107. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2009.〕 their "lack of literary pretensions", and their "policy of a widespread, but restrained expurgation".〔O'Sullivan, Carol, "Translation within the margin: The Libraries of Henry Bohn," in Milton, John, Bandia, Paul (eds.) ''Agents of Translation (Benjamins Translation Library)''. p.126. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2009.〕 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 his ''Bohn's Libraries'' in 1864 to Messrs. Bell and Daldy, afterwards G. Bell & Sons. At that time the ''Bohn's Libraries'' included more than 600 titles.〔Feather, John. ''A History of British Publishing''. p.106. London: Routledge, 2005.〕 In subsequent years, he disposed of all his copyrights and business properties, finally realizing nearly $500,000 overall. 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 and was buried at West Norwood Cemetery. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henry George Bohn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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