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Johann Georg Cotta, Baron von Cottendorf
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Johann Georg Cotta, Baron von Cottendorf

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  • Johann Friedrich Cotta, detail of a lithograph; in the Schiller National Museum, Marbach am Neckar, Ger.
    Cotta Family

    His son Johann Georg Cotta (4), Baron von Cottendorf (1796–1863), extended the firm by buying in 1839 the business of G.J. Göschen in Leipzig and in 1845 that of Vogel in Landshut. In the same year, Bible branches were started at Stuttgart and Munich.

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    His son Johann Georg Cotta (4), Baron von Cottendorf (1796–1863), extended the firm by buying in 1839 the business of G.J. Göschen in Leipzig and in 1845 that of Vogel in Landshut. In the same year, Bible branches were started at Stuttgart and Munich.

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