A sale of books in Genoa in 1583

A sale of books in Genoa in 1583

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The article, based on archival sources, examines a sale of books held in Genoa in 1583 between two booksellers: Cristoforo Zabata and Antonio Orero.Most of these books had been previously acquired in Venice.The article provides an accurate analysis of book prices according to subject: law, literature, chainsaw file history, medicine and so on.

The survey also highlights costs with regard to the number of sheets, format and language, thus providing a turbo air m3f24-1-n set of information useful for further comparative cross-regional studies.The appendix includes a transcription of the source along with a bibliographic identification of the books enlisted.