Benedetto Cotrugli – The Book of the Art of Trade With Scholarly Essays from Niall Ferguson, Giovanni Favero, Mario Infelise, Tiziano Zanato and Vera Ribaudo /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Carraro, Carlo (Editor), Favero, Giovanni (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: Business ethics.; Accounting.; Economic history.; Economics.; Culture - Economic aspects.; History of Economic Thought/Methodology.; Economic History.; Cultural Economics.; Economic Systems.; Financial Accounting.; Business Ethics.

This is the first English translation of Benedetto Cotrugli's The Book of the Art of Trade, a lively account of the life of a Mediterranean merchant in the Early Renaissance, written in 1458. The book is an impassioned defense of the legitimacy of mercantile practices, and includes the first sc...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Preface; Niall Ferguson, Harvard University
• Chapter 2: A New Edition of Benedetto Cotrugli's 'Book of the Art of Trade'; Giovanni Favero, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
• Chapter 3: Benedetto Cotrugli, Merchant and Writer; Tiziano Zanato, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
• Chapter 4: The printed editions of Benedetto Cotrugli's treaty; Mario Infelise, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
• Chapter 5: A Note on the Text; Vera Ribaudo, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
• Chapter 6: The Book of the Art of Trade, Preface, Part 1: On the Origins and Principles of Trade, Part 2: On the Religion Incumbent on the Merchant, Part 3: On the Civic Life of the Merchant, Part 4: On the Economic Virtues of the Merchant; Benedetto Cotrugli.