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Publishers
The following are some examples of Italian publishers, with a few based in Switzerland and the Vatican City. Those of essentially regional significance are marked *, those limited to a particular subject range **.
Adelphi (Milan)
http://www.adelphi.it
Franco Angeli ** (Milan)
http://www.francoangeli.it
Antenore (Padua)
http://www.editriceantenore.it
Arti Grafiche Friulane* (Tavagnacco [Udine])
http://www.agf.it
Avagliano Cava de’Tirreni (Salerno)
http://www.avaglianoeditore.it
Baldini, Castoldi, Dalai (Milan)
http://bcdeditore.it/
Editrice Bibliografica** (Milan)
http://www.bibliografica.it
Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale Firenze** (Florence)
http://www.bncf.firenze.sbn.it
Bompiani (RCS) (Milan)
http://www.bompiani.rcslibri.it
Bonacci (Rome)
http://www.bonacci.it
Giorgio Bretschneider ** (Rome)
http://www.bretschneider.it
Bulzoni (Rome)
http://www.bulzoni.it
Calderini (Bologna)
http://www.calderini.it
Centro Studi Emigrazione** (Rome)
http://www.cser.it
Claudiana** (Turin)
http://www.claudiana.it
De Agostini** (Novara & Milan)
http://www.deagostini.it
Donzelli (Rome)
http://www.donzelli.it
Edisud * (Salerno)
http://www.edisud.it
Edizioni di storia e letteratura (Rome)
http://www.storiaeletteratura.it/
Edizioni scientifiche italiane (Naples)
http://www.edizioniesi.it/
Einaudi (Turin)
http://www.einaudi.it
Electa ** (Milan)
http://www.electaweb.it
Fabbri (RCS) (Milan)
http://www.fabbri.rcslibri.it
Feltrinelli (Milan)
http://www.feltrinelli.it
Arnaldo Forni** Sala Bolognese (Bologna)
http://www.fornieditore.com
Garzanti (Milan)
http://www.garzantilibri.it
Giuffre` ** (Milan)
http://www.giuffre.it
Grafica e Arte Bergamo
http://www.graficaearte.it
Gremese ** (Rome)
http://www.gremese.com/
Guida Naples
http://www.guida.it
Iannone * Isernia
http://www.cosmoiannone.it
Istituti editoriali e poligrafici internazionali Pisa
http://www.libraweb.net
Istituto dell’Enciclopdia Italiana (Treccani) (Rome)
http://www.treccani.it
Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato (Rome)
http://www.ipzs.it
Jaca Book (Milan)
http://www.jacabook.it
Laterza Bari
http://www.laterza.it
Lavoro (Rome)
http://www.edizionilavoro.it/
L’Erma di Bretschneider** (Rome)
http://www.lerma.it
Levante ** Bari
http://www.levantebari.com
Liguori Naples
http://www.liguori.it
Loescher Turin
http://www.loescher.it
Longanesi (Milan)
http://www.longanesi.it
Longo Ravenna
http://www.longo-editore.it
Marsilio Venice
http://www.marsilioeditori.it
Ministero Beni e Attivita’ Culturali. Direzione Generale
per gli Archivi ** (Rome)
http://www.archivi.beniculturali.it
Mondadori Segrate ((Milan))
http://www.mondadori.com
Morcelliana Brescia
http://www.morcelliana.it
Il mulino Bologna
http://www.mulino.it
Mursia (Milan)
http://www.mursia.com
Museo Nazionale delle Paste Alimentari** (Rome)
Leo S. Olschki Florence
http://www.olschki.it
Pagine d’arte? Tesserete (CH)
http://www.paginedarte.ch/?page_id=19
Edizioni Paoline ** (Milan)
http://www.paoline.it
Pàtron Quarto Inferiore (Bologna)
http://www.patroneditore.com
Priuli e Verlucca * Pavone Canavese (Turin)
http://www.priulieverlucca.ciaonordovest.it
Rizzoli (RCS) (Milan)
http://www.rizzoli.rcslibri.it
Roma nel Rinascimento (Rome)
http://www.romanelrinascimento.it
Rubbettino* Soveria Mannelli (Catanzaro)
http://www.rubbettino.it
Il Saggiatore (Milan)
http://www.saggiatore.it
Salani (Milan)
http://www.salani.it
Salerno (Rome)
http://www.salernoeditrice.it
San Paolo Turin
http://www.edizionisanpaolo.it
Sellerio * Palermo
http://www.sellerio.it
Societa’ Storia Patria Napoli* Maschio Angioino (Naples)
http://www.storia.unina.it/snsp
Sonzogno (RCS) (Milan)
http://www.sonzogno.rcslibri.it
Cantone Ticino* [Bellinzona (CH)]
http://www.ti.ch/dic/ds/uffsr
UTET (Turin)
http://www.utet.it
Libreria Editrice Vaticana** [Vatican City (CV)]
http://www.libreriaeditricevaticana.com
Vita e Pensiero (Milan)
http://www.vitaepensiero.it
Zanichelli ** (Bologna)
http://www.zanichelli.it
* Arti Grafiche Friulane: Friuli
Edisud: Campania
Iannone: Molise
Priuli e Verlucca: Piedmont
Rubbettino: Calabria
Sellerio: Sicily
Società Storia Patria Napoli: The south & Sicily (ex-Kingdom of Naples)
Cantone Ticino: Ticino (Switzerland)
** FrancoAngeli: Social Sciences
Editrice Bibiografica: Bibliography & publishing
Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale Firenze: Bibliography
Giorgio Bretschneider: Classics
Centro Studi Emigrazione: Emigration
Claudiana: Protestantism
De Agostini: Atlases, maps, part-works
Electa: Art
Arnaldo Forni: Reprints
Giuffrè: Law
Gremese: Film
L’Erma di Bretschneider: Archaeology
Levante: Classics
Ministero Beni e Attività Culturali. Direzione Generale per gli Archivi: Archives
Pagine d’arte: Art
Edizioni Paoline: Religion
Zanichelli: Dictionaries
In addition to prices and ISBNs, the Catalogo dei libri in commercio (published by Editrice Bibliografica for the Associazione Italiana Editori), together with its supplements (which accompany the Giornale della libreria) is a useful source of publishers’ addresses, telephone and fax numbers, websites and e-mail addresses. There is also a CD-ROM version, known as ALICE.
Suppliers
Casalini Libri
Via Benedetto da Maiano 3,
50014 Fiesole (Firenze)
http://www.casalini.it
LibroCo. Italia
Casella 23, Via Borromeo 48,
50026 San Casciano V.P. (Firenze)
http://www.libroco.it
IBS (Internet Bookshop Italia)
www.internetbookshop.it
Grant & Cutler at Foyles
113-119 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0EB
http://www.grantandcutler.com
The Italian Bookshop
7 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ
http://www.eurobooks.co.uk
Sources of out-of-print books
Maremagnum
Largo Schuster n°1, 20122 Milano
http://www.maremagnum.com
Libreria Gozzini ,
Via Ricasoli, 49 I-50122 Florence
http://www.gozzini.it
Studio Bibliografico Marini, Valenzano (Bari)
http://www.libreriamarini.it
Studio Bibliografico Franchini,
v. Scipione Ammirato, 102 50136 Firenze
Useful sources of bibliographical information
1. The following are some essential sources giving precise information about books and periodicals:
Explore the British Library is a very useful source for all UK publications and includes a vast range of foreign materials
http://explore.bl.uk
COPAC (CURL OPAC) gives access to large parts of the catalogues of major UK academic libraries
http://www.copac.ac.uk
The Bibliografia nazionale italiana is published by the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale in Florence, and is the official listing of Italian publications, corresponding to the British Library’s British National Bibliography
The MLA Bibliography: the most important single source of information for articles, papers and books on all non-classical literature
http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org
BiGLLI: Bibliografia generale della lingua e della letteratura italiana: thorough and comprehensive, but only available in printed form
ITALINEMO: a new bibliographic database covering Italian literature
http://italinemo.it
Art Index
http://www.artindex.com/home/index.asp
Film Index International, based on the holdings of the British Film Institute
http://fii.chadwyck.co.uk
International Federation of Film Archives (FIFA), with a series of four databases reflecting film periodicals, TV periodicals, silent films and collections of film and TV
http://fiaf.chadwyck.com/home.do
Italian Art History publishers (compiled by Chris Michaelides)
3 major publishers
- Electa Napoli - a subsidiary of Electa, established in 1983. It has a catalogue of some 500 titles on the art and culture of Naples and Southern Italy.
Other important publishers
De Luca
Online catalogues of art libraries
Art History Libraries in London
Bookshops online
Other Useful Sites
Oxford Art Online (subscription); formerly Grove Art
The British Library Art websites
Italian History publishers
Newton & Compton
(Series include: Quest' Italia, Storie insolite)
Edizioni di storia e letteratura
History databases
International Medieval Bibliography - A bibliography of published literature relating to the European Middle Ages (c.450-1500). Besides monographs, the work indexes over 4,000 periodicals published in Europe, the Americas and the Pacific. 1967-
ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Iter Bibliography - Covers all literature pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700). Citations for journal articles, reviews, review articles, bibliographies, catalogues, abstracts and discographies are included. Also included are citations for monographs, and material published in monographs and collections of essays.
Iter italicum - online edition of Paul Oskar Kristeller's Iter Italicum, the most comprehensive finding list available of previously uncatalogued or incompletely catalogued Renaissance humanistic manuscripts found in libraries and collections all over the world. Originally published in six volumes between 1963 and 1992, it is an essential tool for any scholar working in the fields of classical, medieval and Renaissance studies.
Italian History websites
H-ITALY - Italian History
http://www.h-net.org/~italy/
Istituto per la Storia del Risorgimento Italiano
http://www.risorgimento.it/php/index.php
Italian History Index
http://vlib.iue.it/hist-italy/libraries.html
(the site of the European University Institute in Florence).
La Storia
http://www.lastoria.it/
Medioevo Italiano
http://www.medioevoitaliano.org/
Contact
Italian Section
The British Library
96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)7412 7573 / 7531 / 7696
Fax: +44 (0)20 7412 7784
E-mail: italian-enquiries@bl.uk
