Baldini + Castoldi, formerly known as Baldini Castoldi Dalai Editore until 2018, is an Italian publishing house founded in 1897 as Baldini & Castoldi. It changed its name to Dalai Editore in 2011, and Baldini & Castoldi became a series of Dalai Editore. The company has published several successful authors and is located under the arcades of Galleria Vittorio Emanuele in Milan.
Foundation
Founder members were Ettore Baldini, Antenore Castoldi, Alceste Borella, and the poet Gian Pietro Lucini, who had acquired the small publishing house Galli and Omodei and then renamed it as Baldini & Castoldi. At its foundation in 1897, it had a registered capital of 60,000 Italian lire. Among the first successful authors, there were Antonio Fogazzaro, Gerolamo Rovetta, Neera (Anna Zuccari), Salvator Gotta, and Guido da Verona; da Verona in particular was the most commercially successful Italian writer between 1914 and 1939.
History
20th century
In 1940, the management was renewed with the arrival of Enrico Castoldi that opened more to the presence in the catalog of foreign authors, especially Hungarian. It established itself during the 1950s and 1960s, particularly in the literary sector. A descent of sales took the publisher to suspend its activities in 1970.