Cotta is the name of a family of German publishers, intimately connected with the history of German literature.
Johann Georg Cotta (1631-1692), the founder of the publishing house of J. G. Cotta, married in 1659 the widow of the university bookseller, Philipp Braun, in Tübingen, and took over the management of his business, thus establishing the firm which was subsequently associated with Cotta's name.