25th August 1939
Václav Matěj Kramerius
Newpspaper/ journal wrapper sent from an unknown correspondent to Kramerius and Co., bookstore, publ. trading company. Featuring newspaper stamps Mi.42 (2 H) and Mi.44 (two x 7 H). Ref: 25.08.1939 (date difficult to read).
Further research required as to the exact business of Kramerius a spol. However, it appears likely that the business was started by Václav Matěj Kramerius but passed into the hands of others whilst keeping it's original name.
Václav Matěj Kramerius
Václav Matěj Kramerius (1753 - 1808) was a Czech publisher, journalist and writer, one of the most important early figures of the Czech National Revival.
Born as Matěj Valentin Kramerius to the Roman Catholic family of burghers of Klatovy town, southwestern Bohemia, he went to the Jesuit high school there and then studied philosophy and law at the Charles-Ferdinand University in Prague (1778–1780). During his studies he earned money by cataloguing the library of a nobleman, which gave him access to old Czech books. From 1786 he worked as a journalist in the only and oldest Czech language weekly Pražské poštovské noviny but in 1789 he started a newspaper of his own (renamed to Krameriusovy c. k. vlastenecké noviny in 1791), which he published regularly until his death. As a result of its commercial success, he was able to buy a printing shop and subsequently established a publishing house (named 'Česká expedice') in 1795.
Most Czech language books of his time were published there. Kramerius himself wrote about 80 books of varying quality; most successful were his calendars for farmers.
His son Václav Rodomil Kramerius (1792 - 1861) continued the work of his father and worked as an editor, author and translator of hundreds of short stories and novellas. He was unsuccessful at keeping his fathers business operational.
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