Hoepli

Hoepli Editore (Italian pronunciation: [ˈ(h)øːpli ediˈtoːre, ˈ(h)ɛːpli -]) is an Italian publishing house and bookstore based in Milan founded in 1870 by Swiss-Italian bookseller Ulrico Hoepli. It was thriving in the XIX and XX centuries. In the 1990s, the catalogue of the publisher exceeded 175,000 titles. In 2026, the bookstore and the publishing house were liquidated following a prolonged legal battle between shareholders, the fifths generation of the dynasty.

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