Zanichelli
Zanichelli editore S.p.A. 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.
Zanichelli
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- Founded
- 1859
- Founder
- Nicola Zanichelli
- Headquarters
- Bologna
- Activity
- publishing
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Zanichelli editore S.p.A. 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.
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• Founded — 1859 in Modena • Founder — Nicola Zanichelli • Country — Italy • Headquarters — Bologna • Publications — * Academic books • dictionaries • textbooks • Revenue — €139,600,000 in 2016 • Url — https: www.zanichelli.it/
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The company was founded in Modena in 1859 by Nicola Zanichelli. It has been based in Bologna since 1866. 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).
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1859
Zanichelli established.
1859
Zanichelli is recorded from 1859.
1859
Zanichelli was established or created on 10 November 1859.
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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 16 August 2026.
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