| LC control no. | n 85153424 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Horodisch, Abraham |
| See also | Founded corporate body of person: Erasmus Antiquariaat en Boekhandel |
| Associated place | Königsberg (Germany) |
| Located | Berlin (Germany) Amsterdam (Netherlands) |
| Birth date | 1898-03-02 |
| Death date | 1987 |
| Place of birth | Łódź (Poland) |
| Field of activity | Booksellers and bookselling Publishers and publishing |
| Affiliation | Universiṭat Tel-Aviv |
| Profession or occupation | Antiquarian booksellers Publishers and publishing |
| Found in | De arte et libris, 1984: t.p. verso (Abraham Horodisch) Kürsch dt. Gel. Kal., 1987: (Horodisch, Abraham, b. 2-3-1898 in Lodz) Horodisch, Abraham. Miniatur exlibris, 1966: title-page (Abraham Horodisch; imprint: Verlag der Erasmus Buchhandlung) Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2007: volume 9, pages 527-528 (Abraham Horodisch (1898-1987); antiquarian bookseller and bibliophile; born in Lodz, raised in Königsberg, Germany [now Kaliningrad, Russia]; studied economics in Berlin and Frankfurt; in Berlin, founded Euphorion Verlag with Ernst Rathenau, active 1920-1925; and publishing firm Horodisch & Marx, active 1935-1955; and the Aldus Printing Press; co-founder of Soncino Society and member of bibliophile Maximilian Society; moved to Amsterdam in 1933, and established Erasmus Antiquariate; wrote over 200 articles and books on various aspects of booklore; donated his art collection and private library to Tel Aviv University, which established a Horodisch chair in book history) |
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