Original scientific paper
Weiss – Merhaut – Vošicki or perspectives of publishing trade in Koprivnica in the first decades of the 20th century
Marko Gregur
; Koprivnica, Croatia
Abstract
Publishing trade in Koprivnica was marked by the Czech immigrant Vinko Vošicki, who took over the trade from Jaroslav Merhaut. Although previously published papers state that the two of them came to Koprivnica together, this paper indicates that Merhaut came first, from Bjelovar, and Vošicki later, from the Czech Republic. The paper deals with the influence and links between Lavoslav Weiss, publisher from Bjelovar, Merhaut and Vošicki. It displays Merhaut’s activity in Croatia and his arrival to Koprivnica, as well as the cooperation of Pavao Rakoš with the three owners of printing houses mentioned above. The correspondence between Vošicki and Krleža has been known for years, as well as the one between Vošicki and Cesarec, but there was not much of the known documentation which could shed light on Vošicki’s arrival and activity. This is the reason why the newly found documentation represents the foundation of this paper. It is primarily the correspondence of Weiss and Merhaut with the interpreter and author Rakoš, found in the state archives in Osijek, as well as documentation about Merhaut from the Croatian state archives in Zagreb. This provided additional explanation regarding Merhaut’s arrival to Koprivnica, difficulties they encountered during their business activity, such as high prices of paper and frequent lack of it, along with the emergence of a new name that (at least) indirectly affected publishing trade in Koprivnica, the one of Lavoslav Weiss.
Keywords
publishing trade; Koprivnica; Merhaut; Vošicki; Weiss
Hrčak ID:
223350
URI
Publication date:
1.6.2019.
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