Theodor Stroefer

Theodor Stroefer, or Ströfer (27 March 1843, in Bad Pyrmont – 9 July 1927, in Nuremberg) was a German publisher; specializing in illustrated books.

One of his first projects was a new edition of Viola Tricolor, a collection of art and poetry by Franz Graf von Pocci.

In 1893, he relocated his company's headquarters to Nuremberg and began a close collaboration with the Kunstanstalt für graphische Reproductionen, owned by Ernest Nister, creator of the modern pop-up book.

The year 1880 saw the introduction of works by Kate Greenaway, including her now-classic Under the Window, translated by Käthe Freiligrath-Kroeker, daughter of the poet, Ferdinand Freiligrath.

[5] As a sideline, he published postcards, with images provided by Nathaniel Sichel [de], Raphael Kirchner, Alexander Kircher and Carl Robert Arthur Thiele, among others Media related to Theodor Stroefer at Wikimedia Commons