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.

Trading in books in time of plague (1522) / A. Nuovo. - In: JLIS.IT. - ISSN 2038-5366. - 12:1(2021), pp. 142-150.

Trading in books in time of plague (1522)

A. Nuovo
2021

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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.
Early Modern Book Trade; Early Modern Italian Fairs; Early Printed Books
Settore M-STO/08 - Archivistica, Bibliografia e Biblioteconomia
Settore M-STO/02 - Storia Moderna
   The Early Modern Book Trade: An Evidence-based Reconstruction of the Economic and Juridical Framework of the European Book Market (EMoBookTrade)
   EMoBookTrade
   EUROPEAN COMMISSION
   H2020
   694476
2021
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