Piccin-Nuova Libraria (Italia)

Piccin-Nuova Libraria (Italia) is an Italian publishing house specialising in medical, veterinary, scientific and technical literature. Based in Padua, it is best known under the Piccin brand and has long been associated with university textbooks, clinical reference works and professional manuals serving Italian medical students, physicians, veterinarians and researchers. Its catalogue covers anatomy, physiology, pathology, surgery, internal medicine, pharmacology, nursing and related biomedical disciplines, and includes both Italian-language editions and translations of major international works as well as original Italian titles. The company is a private, independent publisher rather than part of a large listed media group. Its commercial identity is closely tied to the name Piccin, which serves both as the corporate brand and as the imprint used on most of its books. Distribution takes place mainly through the Italian book trade, university bookshops and direct sales to institutions, libraries and healthcare professionals, with the website piccin.it acting as the principal catalogue and ordering platform. Because the evidence available for this entry is limited to a single Wikidata identifier, the following record is deliberately cautious: it documents only the brand's sector, country and positioning, and does not invent founding years, executives, revenue figures or ownership details that the sources do not support. Where exact facts are unknown, the relevant fields are left blank rather than guessed.

Piccin-Nuova Libraria (Italia) is an Italian publishing house whose identity is bound up with the Piccin name, a long-standing imprint in Italian medical and scientific publishing. The company is based in Padua, a city with a historic university and a dense academic and hospital ecosystem, which provides a natural market for medical and scientific books. Its catalogue has traditionally focused on university textbooks and professional reference works in medicine, surgery, veterinary medicine and the biomedical sciences, combining Italian-authored titles with Italian-language editions of internationally recognised texts. As a private, independent publisher, Piccin-Nuova Libraria has not been part of a large listed media conglomerate, and its growth has come through specialisation rather than diversification into general trade publishing. The Piccin brand is used both as the corporate identity and as the imprint on its books, giving the catalogue a recognisable unity across disciplines. Distribution relies on the Italian book trade, university bookshops, institutional libraries and direct sales to healthcare professionals, with the website piccin.it acting as the principal catalogue and ordering channel. The available evidence for this entry is limited to a Wikidata identifier, so the precise founding date, ownership structure, leadership and financial details cannot be stated with confidence here. What can be said is that the brand occupies a stable niche as a specialist supplier of medical and scientific literature to the Italian academic and professional market, and that its reputation rests on the breadth and continuity of that catalogue rather than on mass-market publishing.

Independent Italian specialist publisher of medical, veterinary and scientific literature, marketed primarily to students, universities and healthcare professionals.

• Piccin medical and scientific catalogue

  Textbooks and reference works in medicine, surgery, veterinary medicine and the biomedical sciences, sold primarily in Italy.

1. 1Wikidata item Q138850031wikidata.org
2. 2Piccin-Nuova Libraria official websitepiccin.it