Editing Johann Martin Abele

'''Johann Martin Abele''' (31 March 1753 – 3 September 1805) was a German [[publisher]].

Abele was born in [[Darmstadt]].  He acquired his doctorate in law from the University of [[Göttingen]] and began to hold lectures there. In 1779 he was offered the position of town [[syndic]] in [[Kempten (Free Imperial City)|Kempten]]. He held different positions in civil service until the incorporation of the town to [[Bavarian Palatinate]] in 1802. In 1791, he was awarded nobility by the Emperor and in 1798 he became Council of the Court in [[Öttingen-Wallerstein]].

Abele owned a printing office and bookshop in Kempten and published various releases both from others and himself, as well as a journal ''Neueste Weltbegebenheiten, von einem Weltbürger'' (''Worlds newest events, from a cosmopolitan'').

In 1802, Abele entered the service of the new government and died at [[Ulm]] as section director of the Country Directorate and the first secular councillor of the ''Consistorium''.

==Publications==

* ''Neueste Weltbegebenheiten, von einem Weltbürger'', journal
* ''Historisch-statistisches Magazin, vornehmlich von Oberdeutschland'', 2 booklets, 1785, 1786
* ''Sammlung der merkwürdigsten Staatsschriften über Ländertausch und Fürstenverein'', 2 booklets, 1785, 1786
* [[Guillaume Thomas François Raynal]]: ''Geschichte der Besitzungen und Handlungen der Europäer in beiden Indien'', 11 volumes, 1784–1788, partially by Abele
* [[William Robertson (historian)|William Robertson]]: ''Geschichte der Regierung Kaiser Karl V.'', 3 volumes, reprint of the translation by Mittelstedt, 1778–79
* ''Vom Verhältnis der Magistrate und der Bürgerschaft in den Reichsstädten'', 1780
* ''Versuch über das teutsche Staatsrecht während eines Zwischenreichs'', 1792

==References==

*{{cite encyclopedia | author = Heinrich Göppert | title = Abele, Johann Martin | encyclopedia = [[Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie]] | volume = 1 | year = 1875 | page = 17 | url = http://de.wikisource.org/wiki/ADB:Abele%2C_Johann_Martin}}

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