Picture credits

In addition to the publisher's own photographic material, clip art, graphics and other licensed media content from various providers have been used to create the web pages in accordance with the applicable end user licence provisions.

Proof of origin of the motif images on our website:

Publisher Numismatics
Hoard find Niederbieber, Rhineland-Palatinate. Photo: W. Horsch, 2013, CC BY 3.0, <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons, crop: C. Leeck.
Medieval publishing house
Codex Manesse, Heidelberg. Photo: G. Buzin, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons, crop: C. Leeck.
Archaeological Publisher
Mosaic in the Zeugma Museum, Türkiye. Photo: D. Osseman, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons, crop: C. Leeck.
Historical Science Publisher
Ostraka from Roman Egypt. Photo: Sailko, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons, crop: C. Leeck.
history publisher
Aqueduct in Schwetzingen, Germany. Photo: Misburg3014, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons, crop: C. Leeck.
prehistoric time
Prehistoric necropolis of the Sicans in Caltabellotta, Sicily. Photo: C. Leeck, 2021, AKRES Publishing.
History publishing house Modern

Franciscan monastery in Saalfeld/Saale. Photo: NoRud, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons, crop: C. Leeck. Publisher for music history and concert history

Historic Town Hall Wuppertal, Great Hall. Photo: D. Nussbaumer, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons, crop: C. Leeck.

Additional images with licences

We list below other images of our website for which the licence statement is required.

  • Figure "buchhandel-fachbuchhandlung.jpg": Interior view of a specialist bookshop, photo: Pauline Loroy, 2019, Unsplash Licence <https://unsplash.com/license>.
  • Figure "internationaler-verlag.jpg": Wooden world map with pins, photo: Brett Zeck, 2018, Unsplash Licence <https://unsplash.com/license>.
  • Figure "nachschlagewerke.jpg": Lexicon on a table with glasses, photo: Billion Photos, Shutterstock licence, ID 1324823366.
  • Figure "neuveröffungen-fachverlag.jpg": books on the desk in the library, photo: fizkes, Shutterstock licence, ID 2132665849.