Grote was a German book

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founded in 1849, which successively used the names G. Grote, G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, and Müller-Grote.

History

G. Grote was founded in

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in 1849. In 1869, Franz Vahlen (1833–1898) left his work managing the publisher to form his own publishing company. He purchased part of G. Grote's holdings as part of beginning this venture. G. Grote moved with its founder to

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in 1877. G. Grote published a number of popular illustrated works in the 1870s and 80s, including the works of

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. In 1871, G. Grote collaborated with E. A. Seemann and Alphons Dürr (1828/1829–1908) to publish the ''Illustrated Christmas Catalog'' in 1871, which became the most popular Christmas

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at the time. The work was designed to encourage consumers to buy more books, rather than being a

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intended for

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s, as was common at the time. The company continued to use the name ''G. Grote'' until at least 1892, but began using the name ''G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung'' by 1900. In 1905, the founder's grandson, Gustav Müller-Grote (born 1867), took control of the publishing house. In 1921, G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung collaborated with a number of other German publishers to create a new publishing company,

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. Gustav's son, began working for G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung in 1932. By 1935, he became a

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in the firm. When Gustav died in 1949, Hans-Dietrich continued the publishing house in Hamm as a general partnership (Offene Handelsgesellschaft). In 1957, Hans-Dietrich changed the company's legal status into a limited partnership (

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) and relocated it to

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. In 1968, the company partners were Hans-Dietrich Müller-Grote, Eleonore Müller-Grote, and .

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