Una lettera di Michele Tramezino a Giovanni Bartolomeo Gabiano (1522)

In 1522, Michele Tramezino, who would go on to become an extremely successful publisher in Venice, was in Rome, working as an assistant in the Scoto publishers’ branch bookshop there. From Rome he sent a letter to Giovanni Bartolomeo Gabiano in Venice in which he proposes opening a new bookshop in the papal city; he suggests himself as the manager and gives a prospective estimate of the shop’s annual takings. Tramezino also describes certain recent events, such as the election of Adrian VI, which he believes will be particularly advantageous for the growth of the city’s book trade.