Florentine merchant
By: [Giovanni Caselli ; illustrations, Sergio].
Contributors: Sergio, ill.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Series: The Everyday life of
Publisher: P. Bedrick Books; Distributed in the USA by Harper & Row
Published: 1986
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 30
Subjects: Datini, Francesco, 1335-1410 -- Juvenile literature; Datini, Francesco, 1335-1410; Merchants -- Italy -- Florence -- Juvenile literature; Merchants -- Italy -- Florence; Prato (Italy) -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature; Florence (Italy) -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature; Florence (Italy) -- History -- To 1421 -- Juvenile literature; Prato (Italy) -- Social life and customs; Florence (Italy) -- Social life and customs; Italy -- Social conditions -- 1268-1559
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Presents a story of a rich merchant, Francesco Datini, and his household in northern Italy in the late fourteenth century, seen from the viewpoint of a slave, depicting the merchant's life in the town of Prato and his work in nearby Florence.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 30.