Karl Christoph Traugott Tauchnitz (29 October 1761 – 14 January 1836) was a German printer and bookseller.

[1][2] He learned the printer's trade at Leipzig, and worked in the printing house of Unger in Berlin.

[1][3] In 1809 he began to issue Greek and Latin classics in accurate, convenient, and cheap editions, and they circulated throughout Europe.

[2] By offering a prize of a ducat for every error pointed out, he brought out a remarkably correct edition of Homer.

His stereotyped editions of the classics were once widely famed alike for their cheapness, their convenience, and their accuracy.