The Premises of F. Diemer .
Mr. H. Finck, Senior Partner.
Few
establishments in Cairo were better known than that of F. Diemer,
bookseller, situated in the Shepheard's Hotel Buildings in the Chareh
Kamel. They stocked books of all kinds in some twelve different
languages, and made a special feature of those dealing with Eastern
countries. The firm were agents for the Survey Department of the
Egyptian Government for the printing and sale of maps, plans, and
similar publications, and they had been appointed booksellers to H.H.
the Khedive. The business was founded by Mr. F. Diemer in 1892; it then
passed to Mr. F. Marschner, and finally to Mr. Henry Finck, who
purchased the goodwill in 1905 after having managed the business for
four years. Mr. Finck was a native of Thuringen, Prussia, and was
educated at Hildburghausen. He was engaged for seventeen years in the
book trade, working for big firms in Leipzig, Dresden, and other large
centers.
