Hoepli
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Casa Editrice Hoepli is an Italian publishing house based in Milan
which was founded in 1870 when Ulrico Hoepli, a Swiss bookseller born 23 years earlier in the small village of Tuttwil (Canton Thurgau), took over a bookshop in the Galleria De Cristoforis in the centre of the city. The first book to be published was a French grammar which came out in 1871. The company, which remains with the Hoepli family, has specialized in technical and scientific publications, together with dictionaries and instructional works.
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
which was founded in 1870 when Ulrico Hoepli, a Swiss bookseller born 23 years earlier in the small village of Tuttwil (Canton Thurgau), took over a bookshop in the Galleria De Cristoforis in the centre of the city. The first book to be published was a French grammar which came out in 1871. The company, which remains with the Hoepli family, has specialized in technical and scientific publications, together with dictionaries and instructional works.