Book and picture shop,Baroque frame factory - Rubinstein brothers

In the address book of the city of Vienna from the year 1893 the following entry can be found: Rubinstein Gebrüder, Buch-u. Bilderhdl. u. Barockrahmenfabrik,VII Neubaug.29,- Rubinstein Josef, Buchhdl., E.,Gebrüder Rubinstein VII Neubaug.29, - Rubinstein Salomon, E., Ges. d. Gebrüder Rubinstein VII Neubaug.29The Hungarian-born brothers Josef and Salomon Rubinstein ran, among other things, a book publishing house that published Karl May's colportage novels from 1890 to 1895 in various linguistic translations (Czech, Polish, Slovenian, Spanish, Italian and Dutch). Branches of the publishing house were reportedly located in Budapest, Barcelona, Marseille and possibly London. In October 1895, the Rubinstein brothers had to file for bankruptcy. However, two years later, in October 1897, Josef Rubinstein continued to run the company and the colportage business as sole owner. After the death of Josef Rubinstein, the publishing house was transformed into a general partnership and several family members became partners.