The German publishing company Bibliographisches Institut was founded 1826 in Gotha by Joseph Meyer, moved 1828 to Hildburghausen and 1874 to Leipzig.

In 2022, the Bibliographisches Institut was fully integrated into Cornelsen Verlag and thus ceased to exist.

The shareholders moved the company to Mannheim in West Germany in 1953 (Bibliographisches Institut AG).

Titles like Meyers (Enzyklopädisches) Lexikon, Der Große Duden, Schlag Nach!

In Leipzig remained the VEB Bibliographisches Institut, operating in the same field, publishing Meyers Neues Lexikon", Duden etc.