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Otto Harrassowitz

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Otto Wilhelm Harrassowitz (18 December 1845 in La Guayra, Venezuela – 24 June 1920 in Gaschwitz near Leipzig) was a German book seller and publisher.

His business, Otto Harrassowitz GmbH & Co. KG, became an important book vendor for academic and research libraries beginning in the 19th century, and survives in that role today.[1] A subsidiary, Harrassowitz Verlag (Harrassowitz Publishing House), is an academic publishing company.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ History at www.harrassowitz.de

Further reading

  • Bernhard Wendt (1966). Harrassowitz, Otto Wilhelm. Vol. 7. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)


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