Reclams Bibliothek (English)

Japanese: Reclams Bibliothek(英語表記)ReclamsBibliothek
Reclams Bibliothek (English)

…A famous library founded in 1867 by Anton Philipp Reclam (1807-96), who founded the Reclam Publishing House in Leipzig, Germany in 1828, and his son Hans Heinrich R. (1840-1920). Its original name was Universal-Bibliothek, but in Japan it is generally called Reclams Bibliothek, named after the publisher. It contains a wide range of excellent works from Germany and other countries around the world, including literature, philosophy, religion, art, music, politics, law, economics, history, geography, and natural science, and is generally a small, inexpensive, popular edition with one star for each 100 pages. It is known for its careful selection of content and precise editing, but is also characterized by the fact that it contains many translations of foreign literature and few essays or diaries. …

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Japanese:

…1828年,ドイツのライプチヒにレクラム出版社を創立したレクラムAnton Philipp Reclam(1807‐96)が,その子ハンスHans Heinrich R.(1840‐1920)と力をあわせ,1867年創刊した有名な文庫。最初の名称は〈世界文庫Universal‐Bibliothek〉であるが,日本では出版者にちなんだ〈レクラム文庫Reclams Bibliothek〉の呼称が一般に用いられている。ドイツをはじめ世界諸国の文学,哲学,宗教,美術,音楽,政治,法学,経済,歴史,地理,自然科学など百般にわたるすぐれた内容の著作を,原則として小型本1冊に収め,100ページ前後を星一つに換算する廉価普及版で,内容の厳選と校訂の精密で知られているが,外国文学からの翻訳が多く,随筆や日記類の少ないことにも特色がある。…

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