parent company e. schweizerbart status active founded 1790 founder friedrich nicolovius country of origin germany headquarters location stuttgart distribution worldwide nonfiction topics botany earth sciences environmental sciences . fiction genres scientific official website http www.schweizerbart.de gebr der borntraeger verlagsbuchhandlung borntraeger brothers is a scientific publisher covering the fields of botany earth and environmental sciences . contents 1 history 2 the geological guide collection 3 references 4 literature 5 external links history edit the publishing house was established in 1790 in k nigsberg by matthias friedrich nicolovius 1768 1836 . it was taken over in 1818 by the borntraeger brothers . their authors included friedrich wilhelm bessel and immanuel kant . in 1867 they purchased verlagsbuchhandlung from edward eggers moved to berlin and shifted the emphasis to natural sciences . carl robert thost one of the 34 founding members of the german palaeontological society pal ontologische gesellschaft strengthened the publisher s board in 1895 . 1 after world war ii they relocated to nikolassee . in 1968 the owners of e. schweizerbart took over the publisher and moved to stuttgart where they cooperate with sister publisher e. content free trial but the publishers whilst affiliated remain formally independent . 2 in 1986 the company acquired the botanical publisher j. cramer whose titles include dissertationes botanicae and bibliotheca phycologica which continues to operate as an imprint in the gebr . borntraeger stable . the geological guide collection edit the publisher is noted for the collection of geological guides sammlung geologischer f hrer whose first 36 volumes appeared before the second world war from 1897 to 1939 . volume 37 was published as the first sequel after the war in 1958 and by 2013 the series had reached volume 138 . 3 references edit . pal ontologische zeitschrift . 1 1 . march 1914 . about schweizerbart and gebr . borntraeger and j. cramer schweizerbart science publishers . schweizebart science publishers . retrieved 25 march 2015 . sammlung geologischer f hrer in german . issn 0343 737x . literature edit gebr der borntraeger berlin und leipzig 1790 1930 . berlin gebr . borntraeger . 1930 . 200 jahre gebr der borntraeger verlagsbuchhandlung berlin stuttgart ein jubil um . gebr . borntraeger . 1990 . external links edit official website with schweizerbart this publishing related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this german corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gebruder borntraeger verlagsbuchhandlung & oldid 728656134 categories publishing stubsgerman company stubscompanies established in 1790companies based in stuttgartbook publishing companies of germanypublishing companies of germanypublishing companies established in the 1790s1790 establishments in prussiahidden categories cs1 german language sources de all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 6 july 2016 at 19 26 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view