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Henry George Bohn was born in London, United Kingdom on the 4th of January 1796; the son of a German bookbinder settled in England.
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Catalogue of a Very Select Collection of Books: English and Foreign, Offered at the Low Prices Affixed by Henry G. Bohn
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A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs: Comprising French, Italian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, and Danish, With English Translations and a General Index
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ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF PRINTING A LECTURE DELIVERED AT TWICKENHAM, APRIL 8TH, AND REPEATED BY DESIRE AT RICHMOND, APRIL 21ST, 1857.
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The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of Rare, Curious, and Useful Books, Published in Or Relating to Great Britain ... and Critical Notices, Collations of the
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The Biography and Bibliography of Shakespeare
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A Dictionary Of Quotations From English And American Poets (1911)
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Henry George Bohn
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In 1831 Bohn 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 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 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.
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 the Libraries in 1864 to Messrs. Bell and Daldy, afterwards G. Bell & Sons.
He died at Twickenham on the 22nd of August 1884.
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Catalogue of a Very Select Collection of Books: English and Foreign, Offered at the Low Prices Affixed by Henry G. Bohn
(This book was originally published prior to 1923, and rep...)
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The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of Rare, Curious, and Useful Books, Published in Or Relating to Great Britain ... and Critical Notices, Collations of the
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A Dictionary Of Quotations From English And American Poets (1911)
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The Biography and Bibliography of Shakespeare
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ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF PRINTING A LECTURE DELIVERED AT TWICKENHAM, APRIL 8TH, AND REPEATED BY DESIRE AT RICHMOND, APRIL 21ST, 1857.
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- A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs: Comprising French, Italian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, and Danish, With English Translations and a General Index
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Catalogue of a Very Select Collection of Books: English and Foreign, Offered at the Low Prices Affixed by Henry G. Bohn
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