Schwabe (publisher)
Founded | 1488 |
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Founder | Johannes Petri |
Country of origin | Switzerland |
Headquarters location | Basel |
Publication types | Books and magazines |
Nonfiction topics | humanities and medicine |
Imprints | Bergli Books |
Official website | www |
Schwabe or Schwabe AG in Basel is the oldest printing and publishing house in the world. The company is based on the Offizin founded by Johannes Petri after 1488 and has since been an independent Swiss family business.
Schwabe publishes about 60 books and magazines annually, focusing on humanities and medicine. Academic proofreading and cooperation with university institutions and academies ensure the scientific quality of individual titles, large projects (e.g. the Historical Lexicon of Switzerland, the Historical Dictionary of Philosophy, the History of Philosophy, the Augustine Encyclopaedia) and more than 20 ongoing series. The company employs around 160 people working also in
- Schweizerische Ärzteverlag (EMH)
- Johannes Petri, founded in 2010
- printing shop in Muttenz
- computer science and bookshop "Das Narrenschiff".
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Article contains translated text from Schwabe AG on German Wikipedia retrieved on 25 February 2017.
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- Book publishing companies of Switzerland
- Manufacturing companies based in Basel
- Companies established in the 15th century
- 15th-century establishments in Switzerland
- 1488 establishments in Europe
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