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Zanichelli

Zanichelli editore S.p.A. is an Italian publishing company founded in Modena, Italy, in 1859.

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Zanichelli
Founded1859 in Modena
FounderNicola Zanichelli
Country of originItaly
Headquarters locationBologna
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Revenue€139,600,000 in 2016
Official websitewww.zanichelli.it

Zanichelli editore S.p.A.1 is an Italian publishing company founded in Modena, Italy, in 1859.

It publishes mainly textbooks for school, university and professional books (legal texts and medicine), dictionaries, and reference books.1

History

The company was founded in Modena in 1859 by Nicola Zanichelli.12 It has been based in Bologna since 1866.3 It was the first to translate into Italian Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species (1864) and Relativity: The Special and the General Theory by Albert Einstein (1921).4

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References

  1. "Via Irnerio 34 - Zanichelli". www.zanichelli.it. Retrieved 27 April 2020. Zanichelli editore S.p.A. via Irnerio 34, 40126 Bologna
  2. "'Il pneumatico' o 'lo pneumatico'? Zanichelli risponde a Continental" ['Il pneumatico' or 'lo pneumatico'? Zanichelli responds to Continental] (in Italian). Adnkronos. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. "Nicola Zanichelli (1819—1884)". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 6 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. Taglietti, Cristina (2019). Risvolti di copertina. Viaggio in 14 case editrici italiane. Editore Laterza. p. 59. ISBN 978-88-581-2928-9.
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