Parent company | Penguin Random House |
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Founded | 1924 |
Founder | Hermann Loeb |
Country of origin | Germany |
Headquarters location | Munich |
Distribution | self-distributed (Germany) Innovative Logistics (US fulfillment) Grantham Book Services (UK) Interart (France) Exhibitions International (Belgium) Peribo (Australia) Nationwide Book Distributors (New Zealand) Jacana Media (South Africa) [1] |
Publication types | Books |
Nonfiction topics | art, architecture, photography and design |
Official website | prestel |
Prestel Publishing[2] is an art book publisher, with books on art, architecture, photography, design, fashion, craft, culture, history and ethnography. Lists range from museum guides, to encyclopaedias, art and architecture monographs to facsimile volumes and books for children.
Founded in 1924 by Hermann Loeb in Frankfurt, Germany, originally for the publication of old master prints, the company is named after Johann Gottlieb Prestel, the famous 18th-century German engraver.
Prestel has its head office in Munich,[3] and a branch in London. It is owned by Penguin Random House.