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Books, they never abandon you.

You certainly abandon books from time to time, maybe you even betray them, but they never turn their backs on you:
in complete silence and with immense humility, they wait for you on the shelf…

(Amos Oz)

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ANCIENT BOOKSTORE

Books, they never abandon you. You surely abandon them from time to time, books, maybe you even betray them, but they never turn their backs on you: in complete silence and with immense humility, they wait for you on the shelf…



Thirty years of passion for the world of books

The love for culture and the interest in all the paper material that carries with it traces of history and stories have made the work of antiquarian booksellers increasingly intense and stimulating over time.







ALAI REGISTRATION

Since 2008, Antica Libreria has been a member of ALAI (Associazione Librai Antiquari d'Italia), which since 1947 has brought together and represented the best Italian antiquarian bookshops in the world, the culture of ancient and modern books of study and value. The acceptance of the code of ethics expressed in the "Raccolta di usi e consuetudini" approved by LILA/ILAB, the international association of antiquarian booksellers to which ALAI belongs.

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