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@book{bringhurst:elementi,
author = {Bringhurst, Robert},
title = {Gli Elementi dello Stile Tipografico},
publisher = {Sylvestre Bonnard},
year = {2001},
location = {Milano}
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documentclass{book}

usepackage[italian]{babel}
usepackage[babel]{csquotes}
usepackage[backend=bibtex]{biblatex}
bibliography{bibliography}


begin{document}

cite{bringhurst:elementi}

printbibliography

end{document}