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Merchant writers : Florentine memoirs from the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Mercanti scrittori. English.
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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 w...
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.
Details
- Creator
- Vittore Branca ; translated by Murtha Baca ; with a biographical essay by Cesare De Michelis
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2015
- ©2015
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (418 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9781442624832, 9781442624849, 1442624841, 1442637145, 1442624833, 9781442637146
- OCLC
- ocn939273495, ocn929628980, ocn979584628
- Translation of: Mercanti scrittori.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Issued also in print.
- English
- 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