The Rise and Decline of the Medici Bank 1397-1494.
New York: W. W. Norton, 1966. 500 pp. Illus. with 13 b/w reproductions. Sm. 8vo. Paper wrappers. Reprint. Rear wrapper slightly age-darkened else a near fine copy, clean and unmarked, with only minor shelfwear. Norton 28:136. Item #26385
A prize-winning study providing a detailed reconstruction of the bank's operating methods, loan policies, organization, trading and investments, and role in the florentine gild system, based on secret account books. The most important work in English on a medieval or Renaissance bank.
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