Vol. 12 No. 1 (2021): "In solis locis turba". Studi offerti a Graziano Ruffini
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Trading in books in time of plague (1522)

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  • Angela Nuovo,
  • Laura Pani
Angela Nuovo
University of Milan
Laura Pani
University of Udine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4403/jlis.it-12671

Published 2021-01-15

Keywords

  • Commercio librario,
  • Storia del libro,
  • Fiere del libro,
  • Libri antichi a stampa,
  • Cinquecentine

How to Cite

Nuovo, A., & Pani, L. (2021). Trading in books in time of plague (1522). JLIS.It, 12(1), 142–150. https://doi.org/10.4403/jlis.it-12671
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Abstract

By analysing some letters sent in 1522 by the agent Bernardo d’Asola to the Venetian publisher and bookseller Giovanni Bartolomeo Gabiano, the article aims to reconstruct ways of organising book distribution at the Recanati and Lanciano fairs.
The trade fairs, as evidenced by the letters, are particularly unfortunate because of the plague that affected various areas of Italy in 1522. An edition of Bernardo’s significant letter of 17 October 1522 sent from Recanati follows the text.
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