"Karl Christoph Traugott Tauchnitz (October 29, 1761 – January 14, 1836) was a German printer and bookseller. He was born at Grosspardau, near Grimma and Leipzig, ...
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Germany. He learned the printer's trade at Leipzig, and worked in the printing house of Unger in Berlin. In 1792 he entered the house of Sommer in Leipzig. He began a small printing business of his own in Leipzig in 1796. In 1798 he opened a bookstore in connection with the printing business, and in 1800 a type foundery. His business, “Karl Tauchnitz,” became one of the largest establishments of the kind in Germany." - (en.wikipedia.org 10.08.2021)
