Out soon! Mosca 1962 Andrea Branzi A journey to Moscow in 1962 that captures the image of a city marked by the Cold War and a portrait of its people and their bond with the capital. Photographs: Andrea Branzi (andrea_branzi) Texts: Gian Piero Piretto (gianpiero1952), Angela Rui (angelarui) Design: Teresa Piardi – Maxwell Studio (piarda) #andreabranzi #timetravel #humboldtbooks

Happy Birthday, Alexander von Humboldt! Born on 14 September 1769, Humboldt was a visionary – a naturalist, explorer, scientist, and a poet – often regarded as the first traveller of the Modern Age. Today we celebrate by bringing to life his illustration of the Chimborazo volcano from “Geographie der Pflanzen in den Tropen-Ländern”, recounting his five-year voyage through Central and South America with French botanist Aimé Bonpland. When they ascended the volcano in 1802, Chimborazo was believed to be the highest mountain in the world. Explore the world of Humboldt Books on our website. #alexandervonhumboldt #humboldtbooks

“This series on Sicilian festivals is something else. He was fascinated by that world, that visual, social and cultural climate. I find many photographs in it that make me envy him, ones that I long to have taken myself. But they are still very much his own photographs, so very Berengonian: simple and deep, subtle and empathetic.” Excerpt from “Gianni Berengo Gardin’s Sicily Near and Far”, text by Ferdinando Scianna (ferdinandosciannaofficial) from the book “Sicilia 1966/2008”, part of our Time Travel series. The book is available on our website and in bookshops. From September 11 to October 25, it will also be available in Paris at Polka Galerie (polkagalerie), on the occasion of Gianni Berengo Gardin’s solo exhibition “Vera fotografia”. #berengogardin #ferdinandoscianna

☀️📚 Summer Break 📚☀️ Orders received after 6 August will be processed from 2 September. Enjoy your holidays with our summer reads! Wandering... - in girum imus nocte, Giorgio Andreotta Calò (studiogiorgioandreottacalo) - From Here to Tibet. A conversation between two walking artists. March 2019 – July 2020, Hamish Fulton, Michael Höpfner Trains like in Tozeur - Flora ferroviaria and Railway Flora, Ernesto Schick - Etna. La lingua del fuoco, Stefano Graziani, Nadia Terranova (stefanoograziani, nadiaterranova) Summer in Milano or Inveruno? - Milano 1963/1973, Carla Cerati - Temples for Industrious Lombards. Architecture by Mario Galvagni in Inveruno, Elisa Di Nofa, Francesco Paleari (elisadinofa, francescopaleari) Undertourism - Non c’è nessuna Itaca. Viaggio in Lituania, Francesco M. Cataluccio (francescomatteocataluccio) - How do I imagine being there?, Claudia Losi (claudialosi) Initiation journeys - Analogous Jerusalem, Gili Merin (gilimerin) - Concerning Dante - Autonomous Cell, Jacopo Valentini (jappivale) Chilly! - Danimarca 1961, Ugo Mulas - Tutta la solitudine che meritate. Viaggio in Islanda, Claudio Giunta, Giovanna Silva (clagiunta, giovannamuzzisilva) Italian Holiday - Roma, Napoli e Firenze, Stendhal - Italia 1945/1948, Luigi Comencini Discover the entire catalogue on our website (Link in bio or stories) - #summerbooks #humboldtbooks

📆 SAVE THE DATE Wednesday, 25 June join us for the book launch of “Yemen 1979” by Marco Zanuso with Maria Pace Ottieri (mariapaceottieri) and Franco Raggi (francoraggistudio). Alberto Saibene (alberto.saibene) moderates.

See you at versolibri, 7 p.m.!

Flora Ferroviaria Ernesto Schick Find out more about this small botanical handbook, born out of the painstaking research of an all but common man and his scrutiny of the complex relationship between human beings and their environment. The book is available on our website (link in bio or stories) and in bookshops.

Out now! Yemen 1979 Marco Zanuso “Some people go around constantly comparing their own experience and culture with what they see: I take the opposite attitude, I let myself go before what I see, I let myself get involved with it, especially the landscape and its transformation.” This is how Marco Zanuso describes his way of travelling. The Milanese architect travelled the world for work at a time when few people did, but he maintained the pleasure of discovery intact even on his private journeys, on which he would take photographs. This is what happened on a family trip to a Yemen not yet touched by tourism. In the magnificent black and white of the photographs of the walls of Sana’a, of the great towers made of dried mud bricks, as well as of the construction details or the customs of the local population, the curiosity of the architect’s gaze is rendered before our own. The texts by Maria Pace Ottieri and Franco Raggi focus on his human and professional qualities, painting a portrait of one of the great architects and designers of the twentieth century. Photography: Marco Zanuso Texts: Maria Pace Ottieri (mariapaceottieri), Franco Raggi (francoraggistudio), Marco Zanuso Graphic Design: Teresa Piardi – Maxwell Studio (piarda) Print: Ediprima (ediprima_stampa) - #yemen1979 #marcozanuso #timetravel #humboldtbooks

Out soon! Yemen 1979 Marco Zanuso “Some people go around constantly comparing their own experience and culture with what they see: I take the opposite attitude, I let myself go before what I see, I let myself get involved with it, especially the landscape and its transformation.” M.Z. Photography: Marco Zanuso Texts: Maria Pace Ottieri (mariapaceottieri), Franco Raggi (francoraggistudio), Marco Zanuso Graphic Design: Teresa Piardi – Maxwell Studio (piarda) - #yemen1979 #marcozanuso #timetravel #humboldtbooks

Out now! Analogous Jerusalem Gili Merin (gilimerin) Jerusalem is not just a city; it’s an idea. For millennia, it has been frequented by visitors of all faiths and social classes seeking to interact with its sanctity, entailing cycles of violent battles for its control, catalysing the need to relocate the idea of Jerusalem to places far from its physical boundaries. Analogous Jerusalem is a five-year photographic journey exploring these ‘analogous’ shrines in various landscapes, capturing the continuous topography of pilgrimage with elements belonging to mutually exclusive categories: the sacred and the profane. A three-part essay explores the translation of the sacred sites from Jerusalem to Europe, the rituals of virtual pilgrimage common among mediaeval nuns and the history of photographic journeys. Together, the images and text construct a travelogue through places that are perhaps more ‘real’ than Jerusalem itself. Prologue by Pier Vittorio Aureli. Photography: Gili Merin Editing: Vanessa Quirk (vanessaquirk) Graphic design: Federico Barbon (federico.barbon) Typeface: Permanent designed by Alberto Malossi (albertomalossi) and Calboni Elite designed by Sandro Bonomo (sandro.bonomo) / Studio Iknoki (studio_iknoki) Print: DZA (dza.druck) Lithography: humme (humme_leipzig) With the support of Graham Foundation (grahamfoundation) The book is available on our website (link in bio or stories) and in bookshops. Ph credits: Francesco Spallacci (francescospallacci) - #analogousjerusalem #humboldtbooks