Le Monnier was an Italian publishing house. It was purchased by

Mondadori Arnoldo Mondadori Editore () is the biggest publishing company in Italy. History The company was founded in 1907 in Ostiglia by 18-year-old Arnoldo Mondadori who began his publishing career with the publication of the magazine ''Luce!''. In 1 ...

in 1999.

History

Le Monnier was founded in

Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico ...

in 1837 by the Frenchman

Felice Le Monnier Felice Le Monnier (born Verdun, 1 December 1806 - died in Florence, 27 June 1884) was an Italian publisher. Biography Born in France to Jean Le Monnier and Jeanne Michaud, he started his military career, whose rigid discipline, however, was i ...

(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 1960s, 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 Giacomo Devoto (19 July 1897 – 25 December 1974) was an Italian historical linguist and one of the greatest exponents of the twentieth century of the discipline. He was born in Genoa and died in Florence. Career In 1939 he founded with Bruno Mig ...

and

Gian Carlo Oli Gian Carlo Oli (born in Florence, 30 May 1934; died in Florence, 13 July 1996) was an Italian lexicographer. Biography Graduated in 1957 with Italian literature, he began to publish stylistic essays on the Poliziano. As a professor at a high sch ...

, and the ''Devoto-Oli of synonyms and contraries''. The company had personalities like Vittore Branca and Giovanni Spadolini (as director of "History Quotes " and, from 1976 to 1994, as president of the company), In 1999, Le Monnier joined the Arnoldo Mondadori Editore group.

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