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Libreria Bozzi is the oldest bookshop in Italy. The bookshop is situated in via Cairoli in Genoa.
History
editThe bookshop was founded by a Jewish French refugee from Briançon, Antone Beuf (Antonio Beuf), in 1810. The bookshop was visited in the 19th century by the writers Stendhal, Alessandro Manzoni, Charles Dickens, Herman Melville and Henry James.[1]
After Mario Bozzi's death, the bookshop passed to his son Tonino, who was president of the Italian Booksellers Association for 12 years.[2] To this day, the bookshop incorporates a portion of the ancient cloister of the Church of San Siro, whose columns and even the remains of a Turkish bath are still visible.[1]
See also
editExternal links
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- (in Italian) Official website
References
edit- ^ a b "Itinerario 3 via Cairoli Genova". Archived from the original on 2010-02-14. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ^ Tettamanti, Stefano (1 April 2001). "Intervista a Tonino Bozzi, proprietario della libreria più antica d'Italia: i bestseller, i volumi scolastici, il mercato". la Repubblica (in Italian). Archived from the original on 4 October 2022.
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