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Henry G. (Henry George) Bohn
1796–1884
A pioneering British publisher, he helped bring history, literature, science, and classical texts to a much wider reading public. He is best remembered for Bohn's Libraries, a long-running series of affordable editions that opened serious books to general readers.
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A Treatise on Wood Engraving, Historical and Practical
by William Andrew Chatto, Henry G. (Henry George) Bohn, John Jackson
About the author
Born in London on January 4, 1796, Henry George Bohn was the son of a German-born bookbinder who had settled in England. He followed the family trade, later building a reputation as a bookseller and dealer in rare books and remainders.
Bohn became especially well known in the 1840s for his vast book catalogues and for launching Bohn's Libraries in 1846. The series offered inexpensive editions and translations across subjects like history, science, classics, theology, and archaeology, helping make substantial works more accessible to the growing Victorian reading public.
He was also known as a translator, editor, and collector, and he remained an important figure in the London book world for decades. He died on August 22, 1884, and is still remembered less as a single author than as one of the great popularizers of books and learning in nineteenth-century Britain.