4.2.5: 1830 - 1910 - Co-operation


As far as we now know, the number of joint ventures in the nineteenth century between publishers was small. Only 2% of the more than 1000 titles that made up the publisher's list of Gebr. Diederichs in the period 1828-1865 consisted of joint publications. The list books of the Erven F. Bohn for the entire nineteenth century only mention about 15 instances of co-operation (total list circa 1200 titles), and the list of more than 1400 titles of A.W. Sijthoff for the period from 1851-1886 only contains 31 joint productions, among which 16 publications together with Frederik Muller of Amsterdam and J.H. de Lange of Deventer for the Maatschappij tot Nut van 't Algemeen (Society for Public Welfare). Most co-operation schemes were once-only, long-term co-operation occurring only for long-running series, expensive reference works, dictionaries and international enterprises.

For enterprises involving large amounts of capital, publishers sometimes chose a form of co-operation in which one of the partners acted towards the bookshops as the publisher and the names of the other partners were not mentioned in the imprint, although the partnership was occasionally mentioned on the title page. The print run was no longer divided among the partners, but the tasks of the production and distribution process were divided. An example of such a permanent partnership were the publishers and mutual friends A.W. Sijthoff, Martinus Nijhoff and D.A. Thieme. This co-operation was called 'het driemanschap' (the triumvirate) and, in the second half of the nineteenth century, they published a large number of editions and reprints of literary works, such as the Romantische werken (1867-1872) by Jacob van Lennep and expensive enterprises such as Van Dale's Woordenboeken (Dictionaries) and the first seventeen parts of the Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal (Dictionary of the Dutch Language). In the latter production, they also divided the work: the paper and the printing, the retailing abroad, the sales in the Netherlands, the main administration and the shipping. A division of work also took place for the publication of the Schoolbibliotheek (School library) series (1871-1875) where the publishers Sijthoff, D.A. Thieme and C.L. Brinkman spontaneously arrived at a co-operation when they were planning a similar publication in the same year. Sometimes publishers also co-operated in other fields. The publishers Gebr. Diederichs and C.G. Sulpke, for example, jointly bought at list auctions; they later published inexpensive reprints of some of these remainders.

Another motive for co-operation was the increase of sales outlet. Publishers who also wanted to sell their titles abroad sought contacts with foreign colleagues. This concerned works in the Dutch language, which could, for example, be sold in Belgium, original works, or translations about Dutch culture, language, literature, etc. Co-operation also took place in order to publish an edition in several languages.

In a contract between A.W. Sijthoff, the initiator, and J.P. van Dieren of Antwerp for a joint new edition of the works of Conscience, not only the period of joint copyright and the clauses concerning fees were laid down, but it was also stipulated that Sijthoff would undertake the sales in the Netherlands and Van Dieren those in Belgium. The six parts were published in 1867-1870 in a print-run of 8550 copies, 2250 for the account of Sijthoff and 5250 copies for the account of Van Dieren.

The publisher Gebr. Diederichs co-operated with, among others, their German colleague F.C.W. Vogel and the Librairie Belge in Brussels. The co-operation between the Erven F. Bohn and the German publisher Diesterweg in Frankfurt and the publisher G. Kolff & Co. in Batavia also illustrates the importance of co-operation with foreign colleagues in order to achieve a larger sales outlet.


author: Chantal Keijsper
 
 


Co-operation



A.W. Sijthoff - biographical data

Name: A.W. Sijthoff
Name: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitg. Mij
Name: Sijthoff's Publishing Company
Name: Druck und Verlag von A.W. Sijthoff
Name: Sijthoff's Uitgevers-Mij.
Name: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgevers-maatschappij
Name: Sijthoff
Name: A.W. Sythoff
Name: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmij.
Name: Sijthoff etc.
Name: A.W. Slijthoff's U.M.
Name: A.W. Sijthoffs
Name: Boekdrukkerij van A.W. Sythoff
Name: Société d'éditions A.W. Sijthoff
Name: Sijthoff
Name: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgevers-maatschappij
Name: Boekdrukkerij A.W. Sythoff
Name: Société d'Éditions A.W. Sijthoff
Name: Albertus Willem Sijthoff
Name: Sijthoff
Name: A.W. Sijthof
Name: Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij
Name: Société d'Editions A.W. Sijthoff
Name: Sijthof
Name: Martinus Nijhoff (1898-1914)
Name: W. E. J. Tjeenk Willink (1973)
Name: E.J. Brill (1856)
Name: W. E. J. Tjeenk Willink (1973)
Name: Martinus Nijhoff (1872-1914)
Name: D. A. Thieme (1872-1878)
Name: Henri J. Stemberg (1880)
Name: Juridische Faculteit der Leidsche Studenten (1923)
Name: Nederlandsch Genootschap voor Internationale Zaken (1946)
Name: Rijks-Instituut voor Pharmacotherapeutisch Onderzoek (1921-1965)
Name: Haagsche afdeling van de Vereeniging voor Volkenbond en vrede (1924-1940)
Name: Faculty of Laws, Queen Mary College, University of London (1978)
address: Leiden
Period: 1816 - 1995
Period: 186X
Period: 187X
Period: 188X
Period: 189X
Period: 19XX
Period: 191X
Period: 197X
Period: 190X


Boele van Hensbroek Pieter Andreas Martin - biographical data

Name: Boele van Hensbroek, Pieter Andreas Martin
Name: Hensbroek, Pieter Andreas Martin Boele van
Name: Nijhoff, Martinus
Period: 1853-1912


Boer A. de - biographical data

Name: Boer, A. de
Name: Nijhoff, Martinus


Bohn F. Erven - biographical data

Name: Bohn, F.
Name: Bohn, C. H.
Name: Bohn & Zn, C. H.
Name: Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema
Name: Bohn, Christoph Heinrich
Name: Bohn, Fran‡ois
Name: Bohn, Pieter Francois
Name: Tadema, Jelte Karel
Name: Tadema, Jan Cornelis
Name: Stenfert Kroese Jr, H. E.
Name: Bunge, L.
Name: Nijhoff, Martinus
Name: Kluwer
Name: Wolters Kluwer
address: Haarlem
address: Amsterdam
Period: 1776-1973
Period: 1973-1973


Commission of the European Communities - biographical data

Name: Commission of the European Communities
Name: Martinus Nijhoff (1979-1980)
Name: Nijhoff & Junk (1984)
Name: Junk (1981)
address: Den Haag
Period: 1979 - 1984
Period: geen


Dale Lexicografie Van - biographical data

Name: Dale Lexicografie, Van
Name: Dale Projectontwikkeling
Name: Nijhoff, Martinus
Name: Hagers, Pieter
Name: Al, Berhard P. F.
Name: Detiger, Wim L.
Name: Wolters Kluwer
address: Utrecht
Period: 1975-....


D.A. Thieme - biographical data

Name: D.A. Thieme
Name: H.A. Tjeenk Willink (1857-1872)
Name: Martinus Nijhoff (1868-1878)
Name: A. W. Sijthoff (1872-1878)
Name: Henri J. Stemberg (1880)
address: Arnhem
Period: 1855 - 1873
Period: 186X


Eekhoff Johannes Theodorus - biographical data

Name: Eekhoff, Johannes Theodorus
Name: Eekhoff & Zn, W.
Name: Nijhoff, Martinus
Period: 1843-1912


Hanegraaff A. - biographical data

Name: Hanegraaff, A.
Name: Nijhoff, Martinus
Period: 1876-1926


Hartgerink H. J. H. - biographical data

Name: Hartgerink, H. J. H.
Name: Wolters, J. B.
Name: Nijhoff, Martinus
Name: Wester, De


Henri J. Stemberg - biographical data

Name: Henri J. Stemberg
Name: Martinus Nijhoff (1880)
Name: A. W. Sijthoff(1880)
address: Den Haag
Period: 1879 - 1884
Period: geen


H.E. Stenfert Kroese - biographical data

Name: H.E. Stenfert Kroese
Name: H.E. Stenfert Kroesse's
Name: H.E. Stenfert Kroesse
Name: H.E. Stenfert Kroese's Uitgevers-Mij
Name: H.E. Stenfert Kroese N.V
Name: H.E. Stenfert Kroese's Uitg.-Mij
Name: Martinus Nijhoff (1989)
address: Leiden
Period: 1938 - 1979
Period: geen


International Union of Local Authorities - biographical data

Name: International Union of Local Authorities
Name: Martinus Nijhoff (1963-1965)
address: Den Haag
Period: 1949 - 1999
Period: geen


Junk W. - biographical data

Name: Junk, W.
Name: Kluwer
Name: Nijhoff Publishers, Martinus
Name: Schierenberg, R.
Name: Weisbach, W.
Name: Weisbach-Junk, I. M.
Name: Plasterk, K. J.
Name: Bakker, S. P.
Name: Humalda van Eysinga, F. W. B. van
Name: Schierenberg, Allard
address: Berlin
address: Den Haag
address: Lochem
address: Amsterdam
Period: 1899-1934
Period: 1934-1979
Period: 1942-1943
Period: 1979-....


Klck Theodorus Mattheus Damiaan - biographical data

Name: Klck, Theodorus Mattheus Damiaan
Name: Nijhoff, Martinus
Period: ....-1991


Koninklijk Instituut voor de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indië - biographical data

Name: Koninklijk Instituut voor de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indië
Name: Martinus Nijhoff (1869-1894)
address: Den Haag
Period: 1894 - 1940
Period: geen


Kras Carel Reyer - biographical data

Name: Kras, Carel Reyer
Name: Nijhoff, Martinus
Period: ....-1916


Maar Cor G. van der - biographical data

Name: Maar, Cor G. van der
Name: Scholten's Boekhandel
Name: Broekhuis
Name: Nijhoff, Martinus
Name: Vereeniging ter Bevordering van de Belangen des Boekhandels
Name: NBB
Period: 1915-1983


Martinus Nijhoff - biographical data

Name: Martinus Nijhoff
Name: M. Nijhoff
Name: Stenfert Kroese (1989)
address: Leiden
Period: 1872 - 1992
Period: geen


Martinus Nijhoff - biographical data

Name: Martinus Nijhoff
address: Liège
Period: 1969 - 1969
Period: geen


Martinus Nijhoff - biographical data

Name: Martinus Nijhoff
address: Londen
Period: 1978 - 1983
Period: geen


Martinus Nijhoff - biographical data

Name: Martinus Nijhoff
address: Lancaster
Period: 1983 - 1985
Period: geen


Martinus Nijhoff - biographical data

Name: Martinus Nijhoff
address: Arnhem
Period: 1872 - 1872
Period: geen


Martinus Nijhoff - biographical data

Name: Martinus Nijhoff
Name: Marinus Nijhoff
Name: M. Nijhoff
Name: Martin Nijhoff
Name: M. Nijhoff
Name: Martinum Nijhoff
Name: Mart. Nijhoff
Name: M. Nijhoff
Name: A.W. Sijthoff (1872-1914)
Name: D. A. Thieme (1868-1878)
Name: Henri J. Stemberg (1880)
Name: Rijkscommissie voor Vaderlandse Geschiedenis (1987)
Name: International Union of Local Authorities (1963-1965)
Name: Koninklijk Instituut voor de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch Indië (1869-1894)
Name: Commission of the European Communities (1979-1980)
Name: Sijthoff (1898-1914)
address: Den Haag
Period: 1854 - 1999
Period: geen


Martinus Nijhoff - biographical data

Name: Martinus Nijhoff
address: Antwerpen
Period: 1982 - 1982
Period: geen


Martinus Nijhoff - biographical data

Name: Martinus Nijhoff
address: Amsterdam
Period: 1979 - 1979
Period: geen


Martinus Nijhoff - biographical data

Name: Martinus Nijhoff
address: Boston
Period: 1854 - 1999
Period: geen


Martinus Nijhoff - biographical data

Name: Martinus Nijhoff
Name: M. Nijhoff
Name: M. Nijhoff
Name: T. M. C. Asser Instituut (1994)
Name: Leiden University Press (1985)
address: Dordrecht
Period: 1984 - 1994
Period: geen


Martinus Nijhoff International - biographical data

Name: Martinus Nijhoff International
address: Den Haag
Period: 1989 - 1989
Period: geen


Martinus Nijhoff Medical Division - biographical data

Name: Martinus Nijhoff Medical Division
address: Den Haag
Period: 1978 - 1980
Period: geen


Martinus Nijhoff Medical Division - biographical data

Name: Martinus Nijhoff Medical Division
address: Boston
Period: 1980 - 1980
Period: geen


Martinus Nijhoff publishers - biographical data

Name: Martinus Nijhoff publishers
address: Lancaster
Period: 1986 - 1986
Period: geen


Martinus Nijhoff Publishers - biographical data

Name: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
address: Den Haag
Period: 1966 - 1998
Period: geen


Martinus Nijhoff Publishers - biographical data

Name: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
address: Amsterdam
Period: 1983 - 1983
Period: geen


Martinus Nijhoff Publishers - biographical data

Name: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
address: Dordrecht
Period: 1974 - 1994
Period: geen


Martinus Nijhoff Publishers - biographical data

Name: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
address: Den Haag
address: Boston
Period: 1974 - 1994
Period: geen


Martinus Nijhoff Social Sciences Division - biographical data

Name: Martinus Nijhoff Social Sciences Division
address: Londen
Period: 1979 - 1979
Period: geen


Martinus Nijhoff Social Sciences Division - biographical data

Name: Martinus Nijhoff Social Sciences Division
address: Leiden
Period: 1976 - 1979
Period: geen


Martinus Nijhoff Social Sciences Division - biographical data

Name: Martinus Nijhoff Social Sciences Division
address: Boston
Period: 1976 - 1979
Period: geen


Martinus Nijhoff Social Sciences Division - biographical data

Name: Martinus Nijhoff Social Sciences Division
address: Den Haag
Period: 1979 - 1979
Period: geen


Martinus Nijhoff Uitgevers - biographical data

Name: Martinus Nijhoff Uitgevers
address: Groningen
Period: 1980 - 1996
Period: geen


Nederlandsch Gouvernement Martinus Nijhoff - biographical data

Name: Nederlandsch Gouvernement
Name: Martinus Nijhoff
address: Den Haag
Period: 1883 - 1883
Period: geen


Nijhoff & Junk - biographical data

Name: Nijhoff & Junk
Name: Nijhoff
Name: Junk
Name: Junk/Nijhoff
Name: Junk & Nijhoff
Name: Nijhoff/Junk
Name: Nijhoff Junk
Name: Martinus Nijhoff/Dr W. Junk
Name: Martinus Nijhoff/Junk
Name: Martinus Nijhoff/Dr. W Junk Publishers
Name: M. Nijhoff/Dr W. Junk Publishers
Name: Junk & Nijhoff
Name: CEA, ISMA, IPI (1983)
Name: Commission of the European Communities (1984)
address: Den Haag
Period: 1959 - 1986
Period: 19XX


Nijhoff & Junk - biographical data

Name: Nijhoff & Junk
Name: Nijhoff/Junk
Name: Junk & Nijhoff
Name: Nijhoff/W. Junk
Name: Nijhoff/Junk Publ.
Name: M. Nijhoff/W. Junk
Name: M. Nijhoff/Dr. W. Junk
Name: Nijhoff/Junk
Name: Martinus Nijhoff/Dr W. Junk Publishers
Name: M. Nijhoff/Dr W. Junk Publishers
Name: Commission of the European Communities (1986)
address: Dordrecht
Period: 1984 - 1988
Period: geen


Nijhoff & Junk - biographical data

Name: Nijhoff & Junk
Name: M. Nijhoff/Dr W. Junk Publishers
Name: M. Nijhoff/W. Junk
Name: Nijhoff & Junk
Name: Martinus Nijhoff/Dr W. JunkPublishers
Name: Nijhoff/Junk
Name: Nijhoff/W. Junk
Name: Commission of the European Communities (1986)
address: Boston
Period: 1982 - 1986
Period: geen


Nijhoff Boekhandel Martinus - biographical data

Name: Nijhoff Boekhandel, Martinus
Name: Nijhoff, Martinus
Name: Maar, C. G. van der Maar
Name: Vat, D. T. van der
Name: Zuijdhoek, F. J.
address: Den Haag
Period: 1979-1986


Nijhoff/Dr. W. Junk Publishers Martinus - biographical data

Name: Nijhoff/Dr. W. Junk Publishers, Martinus
Name: Nijhoff Publishers, Martinus
Name: Humalda van Eysinga, F. W. B. van
address: Den Haag
address: Dordrecht
Period: 1982-1984
Period: 1984-1989


Nijhoff International Martinus - biographical data

Name: Nijhoff International, Martinus
Name: Nijhoff Book and Journal Distributors, Martinus
Name: Nijhoff Internationale Wetenschappelijke Boekhandel, Martinus
Name: Nijhoff International boekhandel en tijdschriftenagent, Martinus
Name: Nijhoff, Martinus
Name: Baltzer, J. C
Name: Beek, A. van
Name: Vat, D. T. van der
Name: Zuijdhoek, F. J.
Name: Meijel, Th. P. M.
Name: Guijt, B.
Name: Hout, P. J. van
address: Den Haag
address: Zoetermeer
Period: 1979-1992
Period: 1992-2...


Nijhoff Martinus - biographical data

Name: Nijhoff, Martinus
Name: Nijhoff's Boekhandel en Uitgeversmaatschappij, Martinus
Name: Nijhoff uitgevers, Martinus
Name: Nijhoff Publishers, Martinus
Name: Nijhoff Social Sciences Division, Martinus
Name: Nijhoff Boekhandel, Martinus
Name: Nijhoff Book and Journal Distributors, Martinus
Name: Wolters Noordhoff
Name: Boele van Hensbroek
Name: Nijhoff, Wouter
Name: Nijhoff Pzn, Wouter
Name: Gilhuys Sr, Charles
Name: Dijkema, P. A.
Name: Hartgerink, H. J. A.
Name: Stenfert Kroese, F. L.
Name: Maar, C. G. van der
Name: Groot, J. J. de
Name: Goedhart, O. F.
Name: Langevoort, A.
Name: Al, B. P. F.
Name: Kalmeyer, F. A.
Name: Dalen, M. J. van
Name: Loon, J. G. van
Name: Bohn, F.
Name: Kluwer
Name: Wolters Kluwer
address: Den Haag
address: Leiden
address: Groningen
Period: 1853-1983
Period: 1983-1993
Period: 1993-2000


Nijhoff, Martinus - biographical data

Name: Nijhoff, Martinus
Name: Nijhoff, M. en P.A.M. Boele van Hensbroek [1879-1885]; Procuratiehouder C. R. Kras [1883-1885]
address: 's-Gravenhage
Period: 1853-1885


Nijhoff Publishers Martinus - biographical data

Name: Nijhoff Publishers, Martinus
Name: Nijhoff, Martinus
Name: Nijhoff/Dr. W. Junk Publishers, Martinus
Name: Humelda van Eysinga, F. W. B. van
address: Den Haag
Period: 1978-1982


Nijhoff Pzn Wouter - biographical data

Name: Nijhoff Pzn, Wouter
Name: Nijhoff, Martinus
Name: Nederlandse Uitgeversbond, De
Period: 1896-1977


Nijhoff Social Sciences Division Martinus - biographical data

Name: Nijhoff Social Sciences Division, Martinus
Name: Nijhoff, Martinus
Name: Stenfert Kroese, F. L.
address: Leiden
Period: 1978-1979


Nijhoff Wouter - biographical data

Name: Nijhoff, Wouter
Name: Nijhoff, Martinus
Period: 1867-1947


Published for the Institute by Martinus Nijhoff - biographical data

Name: Published for the Institute by Martinus Nijhoff
address: Den Haag
Period: 1960 - 1960
Period: geen


Rijkscommissie voor Vaderlandse Geschiedenis - biographical data

Name: Rijkscommissie voor Vaderlandse Geschiedenis
Name: Martinus Nijhoff (1987)
address: Den Haag
Period: 1975 - 1977
Period: geen


Royal Tropical Institute - biographical data

Name: Royal Tropical Institute
Name: Martinus Nijhoff (1979)
Name: Elsevier (1988)
address: Amsterdam
Period: 1956 - 1999
Period: geen


Stenfert Kroese - biographical data

Name: Stenfert Kroese
Name: Nijhoff, Martinus
Name: Stenfert Kroese, Hendrik Elisa
Name: Stenfert Kroese Jr, H. E.
Name: Stenfert Kroese, Frederik Laurens
Name: Sluijs, J. K. van der
Name: Goedhart, Otto F.
Name: Langevoort, Ab
Name: Vloten, J. H. van
Name: Doesburgh, S. C. van
Name: Educatieve Partners Nederland
Name: Kluwer
Name: Stenfert Kroese/Martinus Nijhoff
Name: Wolters Kluwer
address: Leiden
address: Houten
Period: 1930-1992
Period: 1992-....


Stenfert Kroese Frederik Laurens - biographical data

Name: Stenfert Kroese, Frederik Laurens
Name: Stenfert Kroese, Frits L.
Name: Stenfert Kroese, H. E.
Name: Universitaire Pers Leiden
Name: Nijhoff, Martinus


T.M.C. Asser Instituut - biographical data

Name: T.M.C. Asser Instituut
Name: Interuniversitair Instituut voor Internationaal Recht, T.M.C. Asser Instituut
Name: Interuniversitair Instituut voor Internationaal Recht
Name: Interuniversitair Instituut voor Internationaal Recht, T.M.C. Asser Instituut, 's-Gravenhage
Name: TMC Asser Instituut
Name: Martinus Nijhoff (1994)
Name: Stichting Europacentrum (1982-1989)
address: Den Haag
Period: 1965 - 1998
Period: geen


Universitaire Pers Leiden - biographical data

Name: Universitaire Pers Leiden
Name: Universitaire Pers Leiden
Name: Leiden University Press
Name: University Press
Name: Leiden Universitaire Pers
Name: University Press
Name: Leiden University Press
Name: Univ. Pers Leiden
Name: LUP
Name: Martinus Nijhoff (1985)
Name: Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden (1987)
Name: Sir Thomas Browne Institute (1975-1983)
Name: Afrika-studiecentrum (1957)
Name: Sir Thomas Browne Institute (1975)
Name: Brill (1964-1993)
address: Leiden
Period: 1946 - 1999
Period: geen


Vat D. T. van der - biographical data

Name: Vat, D. T. van der
Name: Nijhoff, Martinus
Name: Faxon Europe


Images about Nijhoff Martinus*


"Bij het graf van den Nederlandschen onbekenden soldaat gevallen in de Meidagen 1940" (At the grave of the Dutch unknown soldier fallen in the May days of 1940) [ Heerenveen], De Blauwe Schuit, 1942