Enciclopedia Treccani
Also known as Treccani, Enciclopedia Italiana, Enciclopedia Italiana di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Encic. Ital.
Institute Giovanni Treccani for the publication of the Italian Encyclopedia (), also known as Treccani Institute or simply Treccani, is a cultural institution of national interest, active in the publishing field, founded by Giovanni Treccani and Giovanni Gentile in 1925. It is known for publishing the first edition and the subsequent ten supplements of the Italian Encyclopaedia of Science, Literature and Arts (). thumb|La Conoscenza ("The Knowledge") by Mimmo Paladino at the Institute of the Italian Encyclopedia
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- Giovanni Treccani
- First published
- 1939
- Editions
- 1
- Subjects
- Enciclopedia italiana
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- Institute Giovanni Treccani for the publication of the Italian Encyclopedia
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- Treccani
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- Giovanni Treccani
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- Giovanni Treccani and Giovanni Gentile
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10 sectionsContents
- History
- Publishing and works
- 10th Appendix
- ''Biographical Dictionary of the Italians''
- Contemporary art
- ''Italian Enterprise''
- Facsimile reproductions
- See also
- References
- External links
Institute Giovanni Treccani for the publication of the Italian Encyclopedia (), also known as Treccani Institute or simply Treccani, is a cultural institution of national interest, active in the publishing field, founded by Giovanni Treccani and Giovanni Gentile in 1925. It is known for publishing the first edition and the subsequent ten supplements of the Italian Encyclopaedia of Science, Literature and Arts (). thumb|La Conoscenza ("The Knowledge") by Mimmo Paladino at the Institute of the Italian Encyclopedia
==History== The Institute of the Italian Encyclopaedia was founded in Rome in 1925 by Giovanni Treccani, with the philosopher Giovanni Gentile as editor-in-chief. The first publication by the Institute was the Enciclopedia Italiana di Scienze, Lettere e Arti (), which was completed in 1939, and consisted of 36 volumes. Best known as Enciclopedia Italiana or the Great Encyclopaedia, it is an Italian-language encyclopaedia and is regarded as one of the great encyclopaedias, being international in scope, alongside Encyclopædia Britannica and others.