March 19, 2010
(map) Milan, Lombardia
As all great family businesses know…where there is passion there is continuity.
Paride Malavasi opened the Libreria (bookshop) Malavasi in 1940. He specialized in rare and antique books. Fortunately, his children, Sandra, Sergio and Maurizio, also loved the work of searching, buying and cataloguing volumes, often considered like members of the family.
One of their latest discoveries is a book of colored prints of ballet costumes by Leon Bakst for La Scala from 1880. Only thirty copies were printed and painted by hand.
The bookshop is an institution in Milan and a place to visit just to see what treasures they’ll pull off their shelves next!
Libreria Malavasi
www.libreriamalavasi.com
Largo Schuster, 1, Milan
- Contributed by Jean Tori, artist (www.jeantoriartwork.com), who rents holiday houses in her medieval hamlet in Umbria (www.caiporrihomeinumbria.com)
March 19th, 2010 at 12:47 pm
thank you Jean, definitely going to bookmark this (pardon the pun) for when I’m next in Milan.
March 20th, 2010 at 12:35 pm
Thanks for the great note and beautiful images. I worked 4 years in an antiquarian bookshop in London so a place like this brings back great memories. Definitely on the list for a Milan visit.