Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt
| Industry | Publishing |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1949 in Graz, Austria |
| Founder | Paul Struzl |
| Headquarters | Graz , Austria |
Area served | International |
Key people | Paul Struzl (founder) |
| Products | Facsimile publications, academic research books |
| Website | www |
- Distinct from these are the unrelated publishing firms Akademischer Verlag (Hans-Dieter) Heinz located in Stuttgart, Akademischer Verlag in (East-)Berlin, as well as the Jenaer Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft (JAVG).
The Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt (ADEVA) is an Austrian publishing house headquartered in Graz, recognized for its specialization in premium-quality facsimile publications.
History
Established in 1947 by Paul Struzl (1914–1973) in Graz, ADEVA originated when Struzl—who held a doctorate in economics and was trained as a typesetter—purchased a Rotaprint machine and launched an offset printing enterprise under the name of his father-in-law, Franz Hacker. Two years later, in 1949, he officially founded Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt by incorporating the printing business he had initiated.
The devastation of library collections during World War II influenced ADEVA’s early mission to reproduce scholarly texts, frequently collaborating with the Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft. By the 1960s, its offerings had grown to more than a thousand titles, including significant German bibliographic and encyclopedic works such as Johann Heinrich Zedler's Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon Aller Wissenschafften und Künste and the extensive 168-volume Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste authored by Johann Samuel Ersch and Johann Gottfried Gruber.
In addition to reprinting classic works, ADEVA published original academic research spanning fields like philology, historiography, art history, musicology, numismatics, philosophy, and theology. The publisher also prioritized editions related to codicology and manuscripts. Through partnerships mainly with libraries in Austria, Italy, and the Vatican, ADEVA established itself as a prominent international producer of elaborate facsimile editions. Its distinguished series Codices Selecti, introduced in 1960, epitomizes this focus.
Awards
In recognition of its outstanding contributions to publishing, Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt was honored with the Maecenas Art Prize in 1995.