STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 1657, sig. 109-4/1412 Page 11 · 11 of 122
THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN CHEIN AND MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1657, sig. 109-4/1412
English Translation
OV - 6 - above all the publishing houses A. Hölder, Tempsky and A. Pichlers Wwe. & Sohn, who after the war joined together to form a stock company under the name Hölder , Pichhler , Tempky A.-G. This publishing company also sought to maintain the connection with the successor states after the War, at least in the first time. We see that even in the small German-Austria, which remained after the overthrow, new paths had to be taken, since the separation of so many areas caused a strong disruption of the original sales market. 2. The concession. When looking at the school book publishing in the old Austria, one always finds itself in a strong privileged nature. This privilege system has been preserved to this day in transformed forms in the concession system, the basic provisions of which are laid down in the trade regulations. The first beginnings are in all probability the right of the Vienna University to jurisdiction and matriculation of the tradesmen. Here the question arises whether book printers and book dealers are to be called to the traders.