| Creates prestigious books inspired by Italy's great artistic, literary and natural heritage. The special characteristic of these volumes is their extraordinary iconography and the perfect quality of their paper, binding and printing techniques. The beauty of these books is a testimony of the glorious history of the publishing house that began in 1964, when Franco Maria Ricci from Parma decided to pay tribute to his great fellow townsman Giovanni Battista Bodoni, by publishing the celebrated Manuale Tipografico. This decision, which would become a turning point in the history of Italian publishing, also became the symbol of a relationship with the past and the idea of a visual and cultural aristocracy that would set an example. | As well as the elegance of its editorial product, the FMR-Franco Maria Ricci Publishing House is characterised by the quality of the texts it publishes, all by internationally famous writers and essayists. FMR: "the most beautiful magazine in the world", according to Jacqueline Kennedy, has been since 1982 a model of universal quality and elegance that gives visibility and a voice to those "masterpieces lost in the desert of consumerism and segregated in the storerooms of museumography". Today, the FMR-Franco Maria Ricci Publishing House is responsible for introducing new generations to the beauty of Italy's great artistic heritage through its prestigious works and innovative publications.
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