TY - JOUR AU - Ruffini, Graziano PY - 2018/05/15 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - A sale of books in Genoa in 1583 JF - JLIS.it JA - JLIS.it VL - 9 IS - 2 SE - Selling & Collecting: Printed Book Sale Catalogues and Private Libraries DO - 10.4403/jlis.it-12451 UR - https://www.jlis.it/index.php/jlis/article/view/400 SP - 114-165 AB - <p>The article, based on archival sources, examines a sale of books held in Genoa in 1583 between two booksellers: Cristoforo Zabata and Antonio Orero. Most of these books had been previously acquired in Venice. The article provides an accurate analysis of book prices according to subject: law, literature, history, medicine and so on. The survey also highlights costs with regard to the number of sheets, format and language, thus providing a set of information useful for further comparative cross-regional studies. The appendix includes a transcription of the source along with a bibliographic identification of the books enlisted.</p> ER -