Il Centro Di (Centro Documentazione Internazionale) fondata da Ferruccio e Alessandra Marchi Pandolfini alla fine degli anni sessanta del Novecento, aprì a Firenze, parallelamente all'attività editoriale, la libreria/archivio/centro di documentazione che per gli anni che seguirono fu il punto di riferimento per tutti coloro che in Italia erano interessati alle proposte editoriali internazionali nel campo delle arti, allora non facilmente reperibili.
Con la creazione di relazioni con i più importanti Istituti, Biblioteche, Archivi, Musei, Gallerie, editori di tutto il mondo, la libreria del Centro Di divenne così un importante centro di distribuzione e vendita di volumi d'arte, tanto che il 'New York Times' la definì una delle quattro più importanti librerie d'arte al mondo. Vi si potevano trovare dall'ultimo catalogo di mostra del MOMA a quello di una piccola galleria d'arte italiana. In un universo ante-internet questo significava per molti trovare ad ogni visita una scelta vasta ed eccitante, un vero "scrigno di tesori".
L'attività libreria del Centro Di si è interrotta negli anni novanta, ma alla morte di Alessandra Marchi, avvenuta nel febbraio 2015, l'archivio del Centro Di conteneva ancora circa 30.000 titoli che includono pubblicazioni da tutto il mondo con una forte prevalenza di libri e cataloghi di mostre sull'arte del Novecento, fra cui importanti cataloghi e libri d'artista degli anni 60/70. L'archivio copre argomenti di storia dell'arte, architettura, arti decorative, e include libri d'artista, cataloghi di mostre, monografie, cataloghi d'aste, riviste.
Centro Di was founded in Florence by Ferruccio and Alessandra Marchi at the end on the 1960s with the dual role of avantgarde publishing house and bookshop/documentation centre for the arts (hence the name Centro Documentazione Internazionale); Centro Di soon became a meeting place for those scholars, artists, students, lovers of the arts who could find -in the minimalist designed bookshop in the basement of Palazzo Torrigiani in the Florentine Piazza de' Mozzi -all sorts of publications related to the arts, coming from museums, galleries, publishers world wide, and almost impossible to be found anywhere else in Italy. At the end of the 1970s, the New York Times described Centro Di as one of the four best art bookshops in the world.
The bookselling activity of Centro Di ended in the 1990s (the publishing house is still active today), but at the time of Alessandra Marchi's passing in 2015, the Centro Di archive still contained over 25.000 titles encompassing a range of sectors and subject areas, from art history to architecture, design, decorative arts, contemporary art etc, published in Italy and abroad up to the 1990s, with an important collection of exhibition catalogues and rare artists books from the 60s and 70s.
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Centro Di della Edifimi srl
via dei Renai 20/r, Firenze, FI, 50125, Italy
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1.Books are returnable, for any reason, within 30 working days.
2.VISA, MASTERCARD and AMERICAN EXPRESS are accepted, as well as bank transfers.
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You have the right to withdraw from this contract within 14 days without giving any reason.
The withdrawal period will expire after 14 days from the day on which you acquire, or a third party other than the carrier and indicated by you acquires, physical possession of the last good or the last lot or piece.
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If you withdraw from this contract, we will reimburse to you all payments received from you, including the costs of delivery (except for the supplementary costs arising if you chose a type of delivery other than the least expensive type of standard delivery offered by us).
We may make a deduction from the reimbursement for loss in value of any goods supplied, if the loss is the result of unnecessary handling by you.
We will make the reimbursement without undue delay, and not later than 14 days after the day on which we are informed about your decision to withdraw from this contract.
We will make the reimbursement using the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise; in any event, you will not incur any fees as a result of such reimbursement.
We may withhold reimbursement until we have received the goods back, or you have supplied evidence of having sent back the goods, whichever is the earliest.
You shall send back the goods or hand them over to Centro Di, Firenze, Italy, +39 0552342666, without undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days from the day on which you communicate your withdrawal from this contract to us. The deadline is met if you send back the goods before the period of 14 days has expired. You will have to bear the direct cost of returning the goods. You are only liable for any diminished value of the goods resulting from the handling other than what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods.
Exceptions to the right of withdrawal
The right of withdrawal does not apply to:
- The delivery of newspapers, journals or magazines with the exception of subscription contracts; and
- The supply of digital content which is not supplied on a tangible medium (e.g. on a CD or DVD) if you accepted when you placed your order that we could start to deliver it, and that you could not withdraw once delivery had started.
Shipping Terms
Shipping costs:
ITALY (not over 10 Kg.) = EUR 8
EUROPE (not over 2 Kg.) = EUR 20
U.S.A. (not over 2 Kg.) = EUR 25
OTHER COUNTRIES (not over 2 Kg.) = EUR 40
Orders usually shipped within 2 working days.
When ordering multiple titles or heavy-weight or expensive items there may be extra postage costs. We will inform you of this and will wait for your confirmation before taking any payment
COMUNICAZIONE IMPORTANTE - CORONAVIRUS
A CAUSA DELL'EMERGENZA CORONAVIRUS ABBIAMO DOVUTO AUMENTARE I GIORNI NECESSARI ALLE SPEDIZIONI. PURTROPPO NON SAPPIAMO QUALI SONO I TEMPI EFFETTIVI PERCHé NON DIPENDE DA NOI. ABBIAMO DECISO DI SPEDIRE SOLO CON CORRIERI E SPEDIZIONI TRACCIATE ANCHE SE IL COSTO è PIù ALTO MA PENSIAMO CHE POSSA ESSERE IL METODO PIù SICURO AL MOMENTO. INOLTRE SPEDIAMO GLI ORDINI UN SOLO GIORNO ALLA SETTIMANA. PER ORDINI URGENTI VI CHIEDIAMO DI SCRIVERCI PRIMA COSì CERCHEREMO DI CAPIRE INSIEME COSA FARE.
SPERIAMO DI POTER TORNARE PRESTO ALLA NORMALITà.
WE HAD TO CHANGE THE DELIVERY TIME DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS EMERGENCY. UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T KNOK THE ACTUAL SHIPPING TIMES BECAUSE IT'S OUT OF OUR CONTROL. WE SEND BOOKS ONLY BY EXPRESS DELIVERY AND WITH A TRACKING NUMBER IN ORDER TO FOLLOW THE SHIPMENTS (THE COST IS HIGHER BUT IT'S THE SAFEST WAY AT THE MOMENT). WE ALSO SEND THE BOOKS ONE DAY A WEEK. FOR URGENT ORDERS PLEASE WRITE US BEFORE YOU DO THE ORDER SO WE CAN LOOK FOR A SOLUTION TOGETHER.
WE HOPE TO GET BACK TO NORMAL SOON.
Shipping rates from Italy to U.S.A.
Shipping rates from Italy to U.S.A.
| Order quantity |
20 to 30 business days |
15 to 28 business days |
| First item |
£ 30.07 |
£ 42.96 |
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