Antonio Bulifon

Antonio Bulifon (24 June 1649July 1707) was a French printer working in Naples. As a publisher Bulifon was "fundamentally important for the diffusion of women's poetry" in Italy.

Life Antonio Bulifon was born in Chaponay in Dauphiné in southeastern France, the son of Laurent Bulifon, a notary, and his wife Jeanne Pros. In 1668 he set out on travels across France, visiting shrines in Marseille, Toulon and Aix, and continuing to Rome on hearing of the death of Pope Clement IX. In 1670 he moved to Naples, where he established a printing firm. For his printer's device he chose a Siren, perhaps a symbol for his adopted city, and the motto “non sempre nuoce” (“she does not always harm”). He republished the fairy tales of Giambattista Basile.

Bulifon gave particularly noteworthy attention to women's work.

Around the start of the 18th century Bulifon turned his printing business over to his son Niccolo. When the Austrians invaded Naples in 1707, he fled to Spain and sought the protection of Philip V. His Naples bookshop was attacked and destroyed by a mob, and he died later that year.

Works

Works published by Bulifon Lo cunto de li cunti by Giambattista Basile, ed. Pompeo Sarnelli. Naples, 1674. Guida de forestieri: curiosi di vedere, e d'intendere le cose più notabili della regal cittá di Napoli, e del suo amenissimo distretto by Pompeo Sarnelli. Naples, 1683. Rime di M. Vittoria Colonna d'Avalo. Naples, 1692.