In 1880, Licinio Cappelli inherited a thriving printing works located at Rocca San Casciano from his father. Licinio gave the business a major boost, and in 1900 entered into partnership with Luigi Beltrami to run Libreria Fratelli Treves in Via Farini, inside Palazzo Ratta Agucchi. In 1914, he transferred also the headquarters of the publishing house to Bologna, which was to publish Zeno’s Conscience by Italo Svevo in 1923. The bookshop, which was renamed Cappelli in the meantime, was patronised by young intellectuals such as Francesco Leonetti, Roberto Roversi, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Luciano Serra. Since 2006, the bookshop no longer exists, but the business that took its place has preserved the beautiful original shelves. In Piazza Galvani, on the building’s wall, the symbol of the publishing house can still be seen: the spiderweb accompanied by the slogan “col buon voler s’aita”.

Sources:

https://www.cappellieditore.it/la-nostra-storia/

https://www.storiaememoriadibologna.it/cappelli-casa-editrice-602-organizzazione

Picture: from the website Storia e Memoria di Bologna