Biblioteca Pentru Toți
Biblioteca pentru toți (BPT, ''Library For All'') is a Romanian collection that was initiated by the writer and folklorist Dumitru Stăncescu and published from March 1, 1895, by the publisher Carol Müller, who was inspired by the German pocket collection ''Reclams Universal-Bibliothek'' from Leipzig. History The first issue from 1895 included "Selected stories" by Hans Christian Andersen, translated in Romanian by Dumitru Stăncescu. 178 numbers were published. In 1900 the collection was sold to the Leon Alcalay Bookstore, Bucharest, which continued the numbering from 179. From 1920, the collection came under the auspices of the "Viata Românească" publishing house, which continues to publish issues, and after 3 years reaches no. 1105. In 1923 the collection was taken over by Iancu Şaraga and S. Schwartz. The new owners reprinted 1105 issues in revised editions. The new name of the publishing house is "UNIVERSALA" ALCALAY & Co. Bookstore, and the last collection number pu ...
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