G. J. Göschen'sche Verlagshandlung

Founded in Leipzig in 1785 by the publisher and printer Georg Joachim Göschen, this historic German publishing house built its reputation on works by leading writers of the late Enlightenment and Weimar Classicism. Sources consistently associate it with editions of authors such as Friedrich Schiller, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Klopstock, Lessing, and Wieland.

Göschen was known not just as a bookseller and publisher, but also for his attention to printing and book design. In the 1790s he established his own printing operation, and the firm became an important name in German-language publishing.

The house continued long after its founder’s lifetime and is remembered especially for the widely known "Sammlung Göschen" series. In the early 20th century, it was absorbed into the publishing group that developed into Walter de Gruyter, linking this older Leipzig imprint to one of Germany’s major academic publishers.