G. I. Klosterman: on the history of private book trade in St. Petersburg

Abstract

The article is devoted to the activities of the famous St. Petersburg bookseller G. I. Klosterman, who used the European model of book distribution in the book market of St. Petersburg, adapted to the conditions of Russian reality. In the last third of the XVIII – the first half of the XIX century personal relations with influential people of St. Petersburg, long-term contacts with foreign publishers and booksellers, cooperation with government agencies, the use of various progressive methods and ways of bookselling; book trade advertisment contributed to the constant income and stable position of G. I. Klosterman.