Cassell & Co

Cassell & Co is a British book publishing house, founded in 1848 by John Cassell (1817–1865). The company became an international publishing group in 1890. In December 1998 Cassell & Co was bought by the Orion Publishing Group. In January 2002 Cassell imprints, including the Cassell Reference and Cassell Military were joined with the Weidenfeld imprints to form a new division under the name of Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd. Cassell Illustrated survives as an imprint of the Octopus Publishing Group.