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Merchant writers : Florentine memoirs from the Middle Ages and Renaissance / Vittore Branca ; translated by Murtha Baca ; with a biographical essay by Cesare De Michelis.
De Gruyter University of Toronto Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Branca, Vittore, author.
- Series:
- Lorenzo da Ponte Italian library.
- Lorenzo da Ponte Italian Library
- Standardized Title:
- Mercanti scrittori. English.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Commerce--History--Medieval, 500-1500.
- Commerce.
- Merchants--Italy--Florence--Biography.
- Merchants.
- Florence (Italy)--Social life and customs.
- Florence (Italy).
- Florence (Italy)--Commerce--History.
- Florence (Italy)--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- collective biographies.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (418 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This new English translation of Merchant Writers includes all the texts from the original Italian edition in their entirety. Moreover, it offers a gripping personal introduction to the mercantile world of medieval and Renaissance Florence.
- Contents:
- Book of good practices / Paolo Da Certaldo
- Memoirs / Giovanni di Paolo Morelli
- Memoirs / Bonaccorso Pitti
- Mirror of humanity / Domenico Lenzi the Grain Merchant
- Memoirs / Donato Velluti
- Secret book / Goro Dati
- Last will and testament / Francesco Datini
- Book of family affairs / Lapo Di Giovanni Niccolo De' Sirigatti
- Memoirs / Bernardo Machiavelli
- Appendix: A portrait of Vittore Branca / Cesare De Michelis.
- Notes:
- Translation of: Mercanti scrittori.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4426-2484-1
- 1-4426-2483-3
- OCLC:
- 939273495
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