17 La compravendita di libri nella contabilità dei mercanti fiorentini

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dc.contributor.author	Pinelli Paola
dc.title	17 La compravendita di libri nella contabilità dei mercanti fiorentini. Un confronto coi prezzi dei generi di prima necessità e col potere d’acquisto dei salariati nella seconda metà del XV secolo
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dc.description.abstract	The account-books of Florentine merchants are full of purchases and sales of books. In particular, the ledgers of the company of Francesco and Bernardo of Niccolò Cambini offer, for the second half of the 15th century, numerous records. Unfortunately, the conciseness of the accounting does not allow us to know all the characteristics of these books; however, the registrations always indicate the monetary value, thus enabling us to reconstruct the average selling price for various types of books. In this paper, we aim to compare this information with the price series of two goods – wheat and wine – that constituted the basis of the diet for the majority of the population, to better understand what the purchase of a book meant for the society of the period and to perceive more clearly its value.
dc.relation.ispartof	Studi di storia
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2020-02-24
dc.dateAccepted	2019-09-18
dc.dateSubmitted	2019-07-17
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-333-5/17-la-compravendita-di-libri-nella-contabilita-dei/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-332-8/017
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dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9107
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-333-5
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-332-8
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dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	15th century
dc.subject	15th century
dc.subject	Books
dc.subject	Books
dc.subject	Prices
dc.subject	Prices
dc.subject	Purchasing power
dc.subject	Purchasing power
dc.subject	Wages
dc.subject	Wages
dc.subject	Wheat
dc.subject	Wheat
dc.subject	Wine
dc.subject	Wine

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17 La compravendita di libri nella contabilità dei mercanti fiorentini

Un confronto coi prezzi dei generi di prima necessità e col potere d’acquisto dei salariati nella seconda metà del XV secolo

Paola Pinelli Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italia

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The account-books of Florentine merchants are full of purchases and sales of books. In particular, the ledgers of the company of Francesco and Bernardo of Niccolò Cambini offer, for the second half of the 15th century, numerous records. Unfortunately, the conciseness of the accounting does not allow us to know all the characteristics of these books; however, the registrations always indicate the monetary value, thus enabling us to reconstruct the average selling price for various types of books. In this paper, we aim to compare this information with the price series of two goods – wheat and wine – that constituted the basis of the diet for the majority of the population, to better understand what the purchase of a book meant for the society of the period and to perceive more clearly its value.

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Feb. 24, 2020

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Sept. 18, 2019

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July 17, 2019

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978-88-6969-333-5

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978-88-6969-332-8

Keywords: Wheat • 15th century • Books • Purchasing power • Prices • Wine • Wages

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