abstract:The Enciclopedia Italiana di scienze, lettere ed arti (English: Italian Encyclopaedia of Science, Letters, and Arts), is an Italian encyclopedia, generally regarded as the most authoritative of that language. The publication Encyclopaedias: Their History Throughout The Ages regards it as one of the greatest encyclopedias, along with the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition and the Spanish Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana.
The central bank also operates indirectly: it joined other public-sector do-gooders by taking a 5% shareholding in Istituto della EnciclopediaItaliana, a heavily loss-making encyclopedia publisher, in 1995.