Alfred Altenberg (1878 in Warsaw – May 8, 1924, in Lviv) was a Polish bookseller and publisher.
He worked in Lviv. In 1897 he took over the family business, Wydawnictwo Altenberga, from his father Herman (1848–1885), and ran the Herman Alternberg Book Store. [1] He published numerous illustrated classics of Polish literature, reproductions of works of Artur Grottger, Szymon Askenazy, books about art and drama and a series of popular science knowledge and life books, amongst others. [2]
References
- ^ Cohen, Robert Sonné; Schnelle, Thomas; Fleck, Ludwik (30 November 1986). Cognition and Fact: Materials on Ludwik Fleck. Springer. p. 225. ISBN 978-90-277-1902-7. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
- ^ Henryk Wereszycki, w: Polski Słownik Biograficzny. T. 1. Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności – Skład Główny w Księgarniach Gebethnera i Wolffa, 1935, s. 81.
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Alfred Altenberg (1878 in Warsaw – May 8, 1924, in Lviv) was a Polish bookseller and publisher.
He worked in Lviv. In 1897 he took over the family business, Wydawnictwo Altenberga, from his father Herman (1848–1885), and ran the Herman Alternberg Book Store. [1] He published numerous illustrated classics of Polish literature, reproductions of works of Artur Grottger, Szymon Askenazy, books about art and drama and a series of popular science knowledge and life books, amongst others. [2]
References
- ^ Cohen, Robert Sonné; Schnelle, Thomas; Fleck, Ludwik (30 November 1986). Cognition and Fact: Materials on Ludwik Fleck. Springer. p. 225. ISBN 978-90-277-1902-7. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
- ^ Henryk Wereszycki, w: Polski Słownik Biograficzny. T. 1. Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności – Skład Główny w Księgarniach Gebethnera i Wolffa, 1935, s. 81.
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