Otto Harrassowitz

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Otto Wilhelm Harrassowitz (18 December 1845 in La Guayra, Venezuela – 24 June 1920 in 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[]

• Carl Anton Baumstark
• Oriens Christianus

Notes[]

Further reading[]

• Bernhard Wendt (1966). Harrassowitz, Otto Wilhelm. Neue Deutsche Biographie. 7. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot.

External links[]

• (in English) Otto Harrassowitz GmbH & Co. KG
• (in English) The Harrassowitz Publishing House

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