Editions Philipp von Zabern

The editions Philipp von Zabern are a German Publisher specialized in the scientific publications relating to the Archéologie, the Histoire and the international Histoire of art. They were founded in 1802 by Philipp von Zabern with Mainz. Von Zabern was, under the First Empire, l'" Printer of the Prefecture " (Andre Holy Jeanbon Andre being then prefect).

Position on the market

In the market of the catalogs of exposure, von Zabern is well-known.

In accordance with indications of the publisher, the company is the largest publisher in the world specialized in archeology. Since 1960, approximately 3.000 titles were published by 5.600 authors, including inter alia 150 catalogs of exposure. The house is well-known for its books richly illustrated with the generally archaeological contents. Beside the catalogs of exposure mentioned, the review Antike Welt (world of the Antiquity), the collections of images of Zaberns are most known of the world of archeology and the series Histoire of the civilization of the mondesde antiquity .

Several scientific series appear at Zabern: Thus, they publish almost all the series of the German Archaeological Institute ( Deutsches Archäologisches Institut ) like the gallo-Germanic Commission Reports ( Berichte der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission ), Germania (a review), Eurasia Antiqua , the archaeological Année ( Archäologischer Anzeiger ), some volumes of the corpus Vasorum antiquorum , Studia Troica , the directories of Bonn and much of others.

Participations and co-operations

Since 1993, the Axel Springer Verlag holds a majority stake in the Zabern Editor. Springer dissolved its section of the books with 2003 and sold Zabern in Valiva AG, a holding in Zurich. The Zabern Editor belongs to 2005 in Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft in Darmstadt, the company scientists of book, where it of as well is taken again as autonomous limited liability company.

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