Edizioni Il Polifilo

Edizioni Il Polifilo is an Italian publishing house based in Milan. It was founded in 1959 by the writer Alberto Vigevani (1918–1999), who had already opened an antiquarian bookshop under the same name, Libreria antiquaria Il Polifilo, in Milan in 1941. The name refers to Poliphilus, the protagonist of Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, the celebrated Renaissance romance printed in Venice in 1499 by Aldus Manutius, and reflects the house's bibliophile orientation. The publishing programme is distinguished by works on bibliography, book illustration, art and architectural history, and typography. Alberto Vigevani's brother Enrico also joined the business, and since 1969 the publishing direction has been in the hands of Alberto's son Paolo. The house has twice been awarded the cultural prize of the Italian Prime Minister. For its thirtieth anniversary in 1989 the Biblioteca Trivulziana in Milan mounted an exhibition showing all of the publisher's works, and on the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary an exhibition was held in 2010 at the Palazzo Sormani in Milan. Edizioni Il Polifilo remains a small, specialised, privately held publisher whose identity is closely tied to the history of the book and to the visual and typographic culture of the printed page.

Edizioni Il Polifilo is an Italian publishing house in Milan. It was founded in 1959 by the writer Alberto Vigevani (1918–1999), who had already opened an antiquarian bookshop under the same name, Libreria antiquaria Il Polifilo, in Milan in 1941. The name of the publishing house refers, in keeping with its bibliophile orientation, to the literary figure of Poliphilus, the protagonist of one of the most beautiful books of the Italian Renaissance, the romance with the enigmatic title Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (the love-struggle of Poliphilus), printed in Venice in 1499 by Aldus Manutius. The publishing programme is distinguished by publications on topics of bibliography, book illustration, art and architectural history, and typography. Besides Alberto Vigevani, his brother Enrico entered the publishing business, and since 1969 the publishing direction has been in the hands of his son Paolo. The publishing house has twice been awarded the cultural prize of the Italian Prime Minister. For its thirtieth anniversary in 1989, the Biblioteca Trivulziana in Milan organised an exhibition at which all of the publishing house's works were shown. On the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary, an exhibition was held in 2010 at the Palazzo Sormani in Milan. Two catalogues document this history: Edizioni il Polifilo, 1959-1989: libri di cultura e di immagini, the catalogue of the 1989 exhibition at the Biblioteca Trivulziana in Milan, and Libri che restano: cinquant'anni di cultura e di immagini nelle Edizioni Il Polifilo, the bibliographical exhibition held at the Palazzo Sormani from 25 February to 27 March 2010, published by the Biblioteca comunale centrale, Milan, in 2010.

• 2010

  A fiftieth-anniversary exhibition is held at the Palazzo Sormani in Milan.

• 1989

  For the thirtieth anniversary, the Biblioteca Trivulziana in Milan holds an exhibition of all the publisher's works.

• 1969

  Paolo Vigevani takes over the direction of the publishing house.

• 1959

  Edizioni Il Polifilo is founded as a publishing house by Alberto Vigevani.

• 1941

  Alberto Vigevani opens the antiquarian bookshop Libreria antiquaria Il Polifilo in Milan.

A small, bibliophile Italian publisher specialising in bibliography, book illustration, art and architectural history, and typography.

• Edizioni il Polifilo, 1959-1989: libri di cultura e di immagini

• Libri che restano: cinquant'anni di cultura e di immagini nelle Edizioni Il Polifilo

1. 1Edizioni Il Polifilo – Wikidatawikidata.org
2. 2Edizioni Il Polifilo – Wikipedia (German)de.wikipedia.org
3. 3Edizioni Il Polifilo – official websiteilpolifilo.it