Leo S. Olschki Editore

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Portrait of founder Leo Olschki (1861-1940)

Leo S. Olschki Editore (Italian : Casa Editrice Leo S. Olschki) is a publishing house of Florence, Tuscany, Italy.

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History

It was founded in 1886 by Leo Samuele Olschki and is among the country's oldest publishers of critical work in the humanities.

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Notes

  1. PHYSIS. Rivista Internationale di Storia della Scienza. Casa Editrice Leo S. Olschki. ISSN 0031-9414

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