Salani
Salani is an Italian book publisher founded in 1862, in Florence by Adriano Salani. The publisher initially started selling broadsheets and popular song lyrics via street book peddlers. In 2020 Nicola Gardini was named president of the publishing group, after the death of long time president Luigi Spagnol.
Also recorded as Adriano Salani Editore
Salani

Giorgio Vasari · Collezione privata · Public domain
- Founded
- 1862
- Founder
- Adriano Salani
- Headquarters
- Milan
- Activity
- children's books
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Salani is an Italian book publisher founded in 1862, in Florence by Adriano Salani. The publisher initially started selling broadsheets and popular song lyrics via street book peddlers. In 2020 Nicola Gardini was named president of the publishing group, after the death of long time president Luigi Spagnol.
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It is associated with Italy. The record gives 1862 as its date of establishment or first appearance. Its recorded founders are Adriano Salani. Its recorded seat is Milan. The recorded field of activity is children's books.
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- 1.University of Oxford. Professor Gardini elected President of Adriano Salani Editore.
- 2.Monika Poettinger. Florence: Capital of the Kingdom of Italy, 1865-71. Bloomsbury Publishing. 71. 2017.
- 3.Giuseppe Finaldi. Italian National Identity in the Scramble for Africa - Italy's African Wars in the Era of Nation-building, 1870-1900. Peter Lang. 111. 2009.
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
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