Liberilibri

Liberilibri is an Italian independent publishing house (casa editrice) founded in Macerata in 1986 by Aldo Canovari and Carlo Cingolani. It is best known for its catalogue of libertarian thought, and more broadly for publishing literature on liberal thought, justice, the social sciences, and the critique of the state and statism. Its official website describes the house as publishing 'letteratura sul pensiero liberale, pensiero libertario, giustizia, scienze sociali, stato e statalismo' — literature on liberal thought, libertarian thought, justice, social sciences, the state and statism — and sells its titles online. The house began in 1986 with an art book, 'Chiarevalli. Monodico' by Magdalo Mussio, an original edition of 555 copies printed on Rusticus paper from the Cartiere Miliani Fabriano. After a three-year pause, Liberilibri resumed regular publishing in 1989. From that point its volumes introduced to Italy for the first time a number of classics of libertarian thought, establishing the publisher's reputation as a specialist in that tradition. Liberilibri organises its output into several series (collane). 'Oche del Campidoglio' gathers works on the conquest of individual liberties, spanning the historiography of individual freedoms — from pre-Enlightenment thought through radical liberalism to contemporary anarcho-capitalism — as well as points of contact between liberal and Catholic thought and problems of justice; its authors include Étienne de La Boétie, Voltaire, Bruno Leoni, Anthony Collins, Ayn Rand, Murray N. Rothbard, Mark Twain, Anatole France, Walter Block and Mario Vargas Llosa. 'Il Monitore Costituzionale' collects founding documents of modern constitutionalism, from Magna Carta to declarations of rights. 'Il Circo' focuses on theatrical pieces by classic authors from Jules Romains and Jean Racine to Gertrude Stein and Massimo Bontempelli. 'Narrativa' is devoted to novels and short stories, rediscoveries and dystopias, with authors such as Pierre Boulle, Herman Melville, Henry James and Thomas Carlyle. 'Altrove' hosts expressions of thought and art outside canonical categories, with works by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, P. L. Travers, Paul Bloom, Fabian Negrin and Julien Benda. 'Hic sunt leones', created in collaboration with the Istituto Bruno Leoni, welcomes new inflections of liberal and libertarian thought. Since 2019, fundamental titles from the Liberilibri catalogue have been published in an 'edizione inesauribili' (inexhaustible edition). For the publisher's thirtieth anniversary, the Istituto Bruno Leoni published 'Il carattere della libertà. Saggi in onore di Aldo Canovari', edited by Serena Sileoni. The Wikipedia entry characterises Liberilibri as, more broadly, a cultural project carried through the book — a medium that has achieved the goal of widening the topics and arguments of Italy's social, political, economic, philosophical and juridical debate. The publisher's typographic mark is inspired by the Buchernarr — the 'madman for books' — the first in the series of fools in 'Das Narrenschiff' (Stultifera navis), the satirical work by the humanist Sebastian Brant (1458–1521), published in 1494 with woodcuts from the school of Dürer. Liberilibri remains an independent, privately held Italian publisher based in Macerata, selling its catalogue online through its official website.

Liberilibri was founded in Macerata in 1986 by Aldo Canovari and Carlo Cingolani. The first text it published was an art book: 'Chiarevalli. Monodico' by Magdalo Mussio, an original edition of 555 copies printed on Rusticus paper from the Cartiere Miliani Fabriano. After a pause of three years, the publishing house resumed regular publication from 1989. The volumes published from that point introduced for the first time in Italy a number of classics of libertarian thought. This editorial direction gave the house its distinctive identity within Italian publishing, where it became known above all for its production of libertarian texts. Over the decades Liberilibri built a catalogue organised into several series. 'Oche del Campidoglio' is composed of works concerning the conquest of individual liberties, with main branches including the historiography of individual freedoms — libertarian thought from pre-Enlightenment through radical liberalism to contemporary anarcho-capitalism — the points of encounter between liberal and Catholic thought, and the problems of justice; among its authors are Étienne de La Boétie, Voltaire, Bruno Leoni, Anthony Collins, Ayn Rand, Murray N. Rothbard, Mark Twain, Anatole France, Walter Block and Mario Vargas Llosa. 'Il Monitore Costituzionale' is a collection of the founding documents of modern constitutionalism, from Magna Carta to declarations of rights. 'Il Circo' concentrates on theatrical pieces by classic authors, from Jules Romains to Jean Racine, from Gertrude Stein to Massimo Bontempelli. 'Narrativa' is dedicated to novels and short stories, rediscoveries and dystopias, with authors including Pierre Boulle, Herman Melville, Henry James and Thomas Carlyle. 'Altrove' hosts, outside canonical categories, every other expression of thought and art through words or images, with works by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, P. L. Travers, Paul Bloom, Fabian Negrin and Julien Benda. 'Hic sunt leones', created in collaboration with the Istituto Bruno Leoni, welcomes new acceptations of liberal and libertarian thought. From 2019, the fundamental titles of the Liberilibri catalogue have been published in the 'edizione inesauribili'. For the thirtieth anniversary of the publishing house, the Istituto Bruno Leoni published the volume 'Il carattere della libertà. Saggi in onore di Aldo Canovari', edited by Serena Sileoni. The Wikipedia entry describes Liberilibri as, more broadly, a cultural project through the book — a means that has reached an objective: to broaden the topics and arguments of the social, political, economic, philosophical and juridical debate of the country. The publisher's typographic mark draws inspiration from the Buchernarr — the 'madman for books' — the first in the series of fools of 'Das Narrenschiff' (Stultifera navis), the satirical work by the humanist Sebastian Brant (1458–1521), which appeared in 1494 accompanied by woodcuts belonging to the school of Dürer.

• 2019

  Fundamental titles of the Liberilibri catalogue begin to be published in the 'edizione inesauribili'.

• 2016

  For the publisher's thirtieth anniversary, the Istituto Bruno Leoni publishes 'Il carattere della libertà. Saggi in onore di Aldo Canovari', edited by Serena Sileoni.

• 1989

  After a three-year pause, the publishing house resumes regular publication.

• 1986

  Liberilibri is founded in Macerata by Aldo Canovari and Carlo Cingolani.

• 1986

  First publication: 'Chiarevalli. Monodico' by Magdalo Mussio, an original edition of 555 copies on Rusticus paper from Cartiere Miliani Fabriano.

Independent Italian publisher specialising in libertarian and liberal thought, justice, social sciences, and the critique of the state and statism.

• Oche del Campidoglio series

  Works on the conquest of individual liberties: historiography of individual freedoms, libertarian thought from pre-Enlightenment to contemporary anarcho-capitalism, encounters between liberal and Catholic thought, and problems of justice.

• Il Monitore Costituzionale series

  A collection of the founding documents of modern constitutionalism, from Magna Carta to declarations of rights.

• Il Circo series

  Theatrical pieces by classic authors, from Jules Romains to Jean Racine, from Gertrude Stein to Massimo Bontempelli.

• Narrativa series

  Novels and short stories, rediscoveries and dystopias, with authors such as Pierre Boulle, Herman Melville, Henry James and Thomas Carlyle.

• Altrove series

  Expressions of thought and art outside canonical categories, through words or images, with works by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, P. L. Travers, Paul Bloom, Fabian Negrin and Julien Benda.

• Hic sunt leones series

  Created in collaboration with the Istituto Bruno Leoni, welcoming new acceptations of liberal and libertarian thought.

• edizione inesauribili

  From 2019, the fundamental titles of the Liberilibri catalogue are published in this edition.

1. 1Liberilibri Editrice | Vendita Libri OnLineliberilibri.it
2. 2Liberilibri — Wikipedia (Italian)it.wikipedia.org
3. 3Liberilibri — Wikidatawikidata.org