Gustavo Gili

Description

The Gustavo Gili publishing house was created in Barcelona in 1902. Over the course of its history, the company has played a very active role in the world of publishing. It has carried out highly innovative publishing projects in the field of technical and artistic books and has been internationally ranked since its founding.

It has been located on carrer Rosselló in Barcelona from 1960 until 2015, in a building designed by Joaquim Gili and Francesc Bassó which won the FAD design award in 1961.

The company has been led by four generations: Gustau Gili i Roig, Gustau Gili Esteve, Gustau Gili Torra and currently the Gili Galfetti brothers.

It is a cutting-edge publishing house in the field of art both nationally and internationally.

Gustavo Gili

Authors

Even though Gustavo Gili began publishing a wide variety of topics which encompassed great literary authors like Joan Maragall, Rudyard Kipling and Narcís Oller, it tended to publish design books, a field in which it is at the forefront.

• Alarcón, Pedro Antonio de, 1833-1891

• Balmes, Jaume, 1810-1848

• Batchen, Geoffrey, 1956-

• Berger, John, 1926-

• Bourget, Paul, 1852-1935

• Bozal, Valeriano, 1940-

• Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950

• Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681

• Cartier-Bresson, Henri, 1908-2004

• Casares, Julio, 1877-1964

• Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616

• Cirici, Alexandre, 1914-1983

• Duran i Sanpere, Agustí, 1887-1975

• Eames, Charles, 1907-1978

• Espina, Concha, 1869-1955

• Gaziel, 1887-1964

• Gombrich, E. H. (Ernst Hans), 1909-2001

• Greenberg, Clement, 1909-1994

• Gutiérrez, Fernando, 1911-1984

• Jackson, John Brinckerhoff, 1909-1996

• Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka), 1859-1927

• Jiménez, Juan Ramón, 1881-1958

• Julier, Guy

• Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936

• Maragall, Joan, 1860-1911

• Miró, Gabriel, 1879-1930

• Moholy-Nagy, László, 1895-1946

• Molina, Tirso de, 1579-1814

• Munari, Bruno, 1907-1998

• Oliver, Miquel dels Sants, 1864-1920

• Oller, Narcís, 1846-1930

• Pastor, Ludwig von, 1854-1928

• Pepe-Hillo, 1754-1801

• Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1902-1983

• Pijoan, Josep, 1881-1963

• Press, Mike

• Puig i Cadafalch, Josep, 1867-1956

• Riegl, Alois, 1858-1905

• Saint-Pierre, Bernadin de, 1737-1814

• San Pedro, Diego de, 1437-1498

• Schlosser, Julius, Ritter von, 1866-1938

• Valbuena Prat, Ángel, 1900-1977

• Valera, Juan, 1824-1905

• Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946

• Wong, Wucius

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Illustrators and photographers

From its founding, this publishing house enlisted the help of prominent painters and illustrators.

Illustration by Enric C. Ricart in Calderón de la Barca, Pedro. La Vida es sueño: drama en tres jornadas. Barcelona: Gustavo Gili, 1933.

Illustration by Josep de Togores in Calderon de la Barca, Pedro. El Alcalde de Zalamea: drama en tres jornadas. Barcelona: Gustavo Gili, 1933.

Illustration by Xavier Nogués in Alarcón, Pedro Antonio de. El Sombrero de tres picos. Barcelona: Gustavo Gili, 1934.

• Albéniz, Laura, 1890-1944

• Daragnès, Jean-Gabriel, 1886-1950

• Miciano, Teodoro, 1903-1974

• Mompou, Josep, 1888-1968

• Nogués, Xavier, 1873-1941

• Opisso, Alfredo, 1847-1924

• Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973

• Pla Pallejà, Jaume, 1914-1995

• Ricart, Enric C., 1893-1960

• Serrano i Serra, Josep Miquel, 1912-1982

• Togores, Josep de, 1893-1970

• Velasco, Rosario de, 1910-1991

• Vila i Arrufat, Antoni, 1894-1989

Gustavo Gili

Collections

The collections initially covered literary works, but later they focused on design and architecture and specialised in other disciplines as well.

Index and first page of the catalogue from 1925, where several collections are cited.

• Arquitectura contextos (2004-2009)

• Arquitectura y crítica (1969-1981)

• Biblioteca de arquitectura (1974-1984)

• Biblioteca de artes industriales

• Biblioteca Emporium

• Ciencia urbanística (1970-1980)

• Colección selecta internacional

• Compendios de arquitectura contemporánea (2009-2010)

• Comunicación visual (1973-1982)

• Ediciones Armiño (1940-1951)

• FotoGGrafía (1980-1986, 2001-2009)

• GG arte (1979-1982)

• GG diseño (1979-)

• GG mínima (2006)

• La cometa (1930-1947)

• Los mejores dibujos del mundo

• Minia

• Novelas de aventuras

• Pantheon (col·lecció de bibliofília)

• Punto y línea (1976-1985)

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Magazines

The architecture magazine 2G, published in Spanish and English since 1997, is the only magazine in its catalogue.

• 2G (1997-)

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Outstanding works

The publishing house issued the complete works of Joan Maragall, just after his death on commission from his widow and children. The collection at the Biblioteca de Catalunya conserves the correspondence between Clara Noble, his widow, and the publishing house.

• Maragall, Joan. Poesies. Barcelona: Gustau Gili, 1912-1913.

• Saint-Pierre, Bernardin de. Pablo y Virginia. Barcelona: Gustavo Gili, 1945.

This sentimental novel from the late 18^th century was extraordinarily successful in the 19^th century and even into the 20^th century. The Gustavo Gili publishing house issued a luxury edition with illustrations by Opisso.

• Casares, Julio. Diccionario ideologico de la lengua española. Barcelona: Gustau Gili, 1942.

The work by Casares, which was extremely important in the Spanish language, was based on the English and French models, Peter Mark Roget’s Thesaurus and the "Boissière".

Gili Roig, Gustavo. Bosquejo de una política del libro. Barcelona: Gustavo Gili, 1944.

An essential work in book policy which also shows the publisher’s numerous contacts.

• Jiménez, Juan Ramón. Platero y yo. Barcelona: Gustavo Gili, 1947.

The catalogue offered editions of Spanish classics published with painstaking designs.

• Delgado y Gálvez, José. La Tauromaquia, o, Arte de torear. Barcelona: Gustavo Gili, 1980. Facsimile of the edition from the La Cometa collection, 1959.

Work illustrated by Picasso, a contributor to the publishing house and friend of Gustau Gili i Esteve.