Marx A.F., (1838-1904), publisher

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MARX Adolf Fedorovich (1838-1904, St. Petersburg), publisher. An emigrant from Germany, he came to St. Petersburg in 1859 summoned by booksellers F.A. Bitepazh and I.K. Kalugin to arrange the German section of their book trade. In 1869 Marx launched his own publishing company. His editions mostly included books on literature, art and history. He had been issuing a weekly Niva journal from 1870, its supplements contained collected works of Russian and foreign writers (such as A.S. Griboedov, N.V. Gogol, I.A. Goncharov, F.M. Dostoevsky, V.A. Zhukovsky, M.V. Lomonosov, A.N. Maykov, Y.P. Polonsky, H. Heine, M. Maeterlinck, J.B. Moliere, E. Rostand, O. Wilde and many others). The office of the publishing house was situated at 22 Malaya Morskaya Street, while its printing house was accomodated at 29 Izmaylovsky Avenue. After the death of Marx the publishing house was reorganised into A.F. Marx' Association of Publishing and Printing Joint-Stock Company. He was buried at the cemetery of Novodevichy Monastery.

References: Эйзен И. М. Книгоиздательство А. Ф. Маркса. СПб., 1901; Видуэцкая И. П. А. П. Чехов и его издатель А. Ф. Маркс. М., 1977; Динерштейн Е. А. "Фабрикант" читателей: А. Ф. Маркс. М., 1986.

M. V. Zakharova. Bitepage F.A.
Dostoevsky Fedor Mikhailovich
Gogol Nikolay Vasilievich
Goncharov Ivan Alexandrovich
Griboedov Alexander Sergeevich
Heine Heinrich
Kalugin I.K.
Lomonosov Mikhail Vasilievich
Maeterlinck Maurice
Marx Adolf Fedorovich
Maykov Apollon Nikolaevich
Moliere Jean-Baptiste
Polonsky Yakov Petrovich
Rostand Edmond
Wilde Oscar
Zhukovskaya V.A.
Izmailovsky Avenue/Saint Petersburg, city, house 29
Malaya Morskaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 22
Эйзен И. М. Книгоиздательство А. Ф. Маркса. СПб., 1901
Видуэцкая И. П. А. П. Чехов и его издатель А. Ф. Маркс. М., 1977
Динерштейн Е. А. "Фабрикант" читателей: А. Ф. Маркс. М., 1986 Niva (Field), journal