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Copyright © 2013 by Adelphi Edizioni S.p.A. Milano
Translation copyright © 2015 by Richard Dixon
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Originally published in Italian in 2013 by Adelphi Edizioni, Italy, as L’impronta dell’editore
English translation published in the United States by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
First American edition, 2015
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Calasso, Roberto.
[Impronta dell’editore. English]
The art of the publisher / Roberto Calasso; translated by Richard Dixon.
pages cm
ISBN 978-0-374-18823-8 (hardback)—ISBN 978-0-374-71183-2 (e-book)
1. Publishers and publishing. 2. Publishers and publishing—History. 3. Adelphi (Firm)—History. 4. Calasso, Roberto—Career in publishing. 5. Publishers and publishing—Biography. I. Dixon, Richard, translator. II. Title.
Z278.C2813 2015
070.5—dc23
2015010108
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