Le Monnier (publishing house)
Le Monnier is an Italian publishing house, owned by Mondadori since 1999.[1][2][3]
History
Founded in Florence in 1837 by French Felice Le Monnier (1806 - 1884).
Handed over in 1859 to the Successor Company Le Monnier, the company was discovered in 1922 by Armando Paoletti, who restored it with the "National Library" and the launch of the series "Studies and Documents on the History of the Risorgimento" directed by Giovanni Gentle.
From the 60's, the publishing house has published important political, literary and scientific journals such as "Pegaso", "Il Ponte", "Italian Studies of Classical Philology", "La Cultura". Other publications include the illustrated Vocabulary of the Italian Language and the Vocabulary of the Italian Language by Giacomo Devoto and Gian Carlo Oli, and the Devoto-Oli of synonyms and contraries .
In 1999, Le Monnier - who had personalities like Vittore Branca and Giovanni Spadolini (as director of "History Quotes " and, from 1976 to 1994, as president of the company), joined the Arnoldo Mondadori Editore group.
