Moritz Georg Weidmann

Moritz Georg Weidmann (23 January 1686 – 3 May 1743) was a German bookseller and publisher based in Leipzig, accredited to the courts of Poland and the Electorate of Saxony.

He entered the business in 1713 as a partner, and in 1717 took complete control of his father's bookstore, which his stepfather, Johann Ludwig Gleditsch, had managed for him since 1694.

The most significant achievement of the Gleditsch brothers was to persuade the leading Dutch booksellers to send their works to the Leipzig fair instead of to Frankfurt.

When Zedler attempted to boost sales through a book lottery, Weidmann was the leader of the booksellers opposing the innovation.

[4] Weidmannsche Buchhandlung continued to publish in Leipzig until 1854, reaching its height under Philipp Erasmus Reich, called the "nation's bookseller".