Benedetto Cotrugli The Book Of The Art Of Trade: With Scholarly Essays From Niall Ferguson, Giovanni Favero, Mario Infelise, Tiziano Zanato And Vera Ribaudo
by Carlo Carraro /
2016 / English / PDF
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This is the first English translation of Benedetto Cotrugli's The Book of the Art of Trade, a lively account of the life of a Mediterranean merchant in the Early Renaissance, written in 1458. The book is an impassioned defense of the legitimacy of mercantile practices, and includes the first scholarly mention of double-entry bookkeeping. Its four parts focus respectively on trading techniques, from accounting to insurance, the religion of the merchant, his public life, and family matters.
