Cookies may be used on this site to ensure optimal use of its services.I acceptCookie Policy Log in The beginnings and Benedetto Croce The Publishing House was born on May 10, 1901, when Giovanni Laterza announced the birth of the Gius Publishing House in a circular letter. Laterza & Sons'. Giovanni Laterza initially proposed to become a "service" editor for the authors of Bari and Puglia, with particular attention to the themes of technical, economic, commercial and legal culture. But, faced with the difficulty of creating an editorial program with only local resources, he immediately sought authoritative referents elsewhere. The meeting with Benedetto Croce in December 1901 was decisive for the destiny of the publishing house; Croce himself recalls it thus, in the Proemio to the "Critica" in his XLII year (1944), addressing with an affectionate and moved tone to John, who passed away the year before: "Then suddenly a whole trust was born in you towards me, and this trust, accompanied by constant patience, did not please me so much for itself, as it was judged by me to be a document of your sure intuition Croce drew up in a few months what in fact was, and still is today, the "genetic map" of Laterza; it was he, in June 1902, who clearly invited Giovanni Laterza to abandon the project of publishing literary works: "I think you would do well to at least refrain from accepting books of novels, short stories and pleasant literature: and this to appear as a publisher with a determined physiognomy: that is, as a publisher of political, historical, artistic history, philosophy, etc .: publisher of serious stuff ». Giovanni Laterza's initial program therefore takes on a completely different connotation: the local publisher finds itself projected onto a European horizon; the editor of technical books and literature becomes editor of cultural non-fiction; the adventitious publisher on the hunt for opportunities for publication turns into a selective and demanding publisher. And within a few years the "Library of Modern Culture", the first series of the publishing house, was refounded, and the "Classics of Modern Philosophy" (1906), the "Works of Benedetto Croce" (1908), the "Writers of Italy "(1910), the" Ancient and Medieval Philosophers "(1915). Since 1906, Laterza has also edited the edition of the review "La Critica", also directed by Croce. The third. A century of books . The documentary of La Storia siamo noi (Rai Educational). The origins The beginnings and Benedetto Croce Vito Laterza and the post-Crocian phase The turn of the century transformation (1980 - 2000) New horizons Contacts Agents for libraries School promoters Visit the Laterza Bookshop website www.librerialaterza.it © Copyright Editori Laterza | Registered office Piazza Umberto I n. 54, 70121 Bari | Office Via di Villa Sacchetti 17, 00197 Rome Registration in the Business Register of Bari n. 00442700589 | Share capital euro 263,250.00 | VAT number 00894291004 Privacy Policy | Credits | Contacts