Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-06-16

watch and visit the book-shops-which. in
Frankfort. were all situated i'm one street. still
called the Buchgasse-seizing the forbidden
books, claiming the seven privileged comics
ordered 10y law to be presented to the uni
Ycrsities, and, i'm the exercising the powers of
u most troublesome police. Against this the
book sellers often demonstrated, but without
success. Al length the principal part of the
book trade withdrew TO Leipsic, where gene
raj fairs Were held thrice. every year, and
whete, next to Frankfort, the greotcst number
OF books were soldl
The earliest accurate information obtained
respecting the sale of books at Licpsic fair re.
iers to 1915 when VIC find printers Stciger aud
Boskcpt both OF Nureifiburg, tepaited thithet
with theft wares A few years aftef the fame
OF this market as place iot the sale of books
spread over the rest of the continent, and i'm
lJoOtt was visited BY the Paris bookseller.
Clement, and in 1860 nv Pretre Valgrisi of
Venice. From the accidental mention of
these visits and names I'm the annals of the
Leipsic fair, we may infer that booksellers
from other parts OF the world also visited IL ha.
bitally, although no record of their presence
has been made. The different languages which
they spoke had little effect upon the sal e of
their books. the greater part of which. where
ever printed, was in Latin. In 1889, the mum
Der OF new works brought to Leipsic was 362
ofwhich DIG, or IS per cent. were i'm the Lat.
III language, The literary tastes of that time
may be guessed from the fact; that of the mum
Der oi these literary curiosities, 200 Were upon
theological subjects, Is upon law and juris-
prudence, and ID on philosophy and phloligy
The trade in books carried on i'm Leipsic,
increased so rapidly, that il banished traffic i'm
other PARTICLES from the fair, No fewer than
Ii printers and booksellers had by 1916 tax
Ell up their residence I'm the city. The nave,
oil these individuals have become dear To the
modern bibhoinaniac, from the rarity of the
works bearing their respective imprintss-
These publishers" Uor at this period the
wholesale bookseller was distinguished from
the retailer by that expression) brought to the
Easter fair Of 1916 no less than l5S new books
the production of their own presses. Of 9th.
er publishers in various parts of Germany,
resided at Franktort-on- the Main, z belonged
to Nuremburg to Jena, 3 to Ulrn, and In,
same number to Hamburg; Wittenburg Stras
burg;f Gotha, Colonge, Breslau, had each two
and Lubbock, Goslar, Heidelburg, Rosstock unt
Luneburg one.
| The Easter fair held i'm Leipsic was now ex
clusively devoted to books. The book. seller.
had already organized a system, by which they
were enabled to print catalogue of ever,
new work which was to be sold at the fair. $,
that purchasers had no difficulty i'm maxim,
their selection; and Leipsic Easter fair became
the great book mart for the whole continent
Having brought our notices Of the 'trade'
IN Germany down to the great era in its ex
lstence, the establishment of the Leipsic book
fair and in England to the unhappy time wher
our country was torn by civil war, and the
book, with all other trades, was in a depressed
and struggling condition. we shall, In stlcxeed.
ing articles, offer some interesting facts. con.
~ mr. hA
practised in various countries whereoYy very
considerable literary commerce is carried on
"Ihe chief amongst them were James APPEL.
job: Boemer, Elias Rehfeld, John Fyering.
Christ. Ellinger, Henning Crosse and his ia
Their, Abr. Lamberd, Caspar Closeman Bar
tholomew Veigt and John Perfect.
tStrasburg and Alsace belonged at that time
to Germany.