Della mercatura e del mercante perfetto

Of commerce and the perfect merchant
Della mercatura e del mercante perfetto
AuthorBenedetto Cotrugli
LanguageItalian (from latin manuscript)
SubjectBookkeeping / Commerce
Publisher'Elephant' of Venice, Italy
Publication date
1573
Publication placeRepublic of Ragusa (modern-day Croatia)

Della mercatura e del mercante perfetto written by Benedetto Cotrugli around 1400 was the first bookkeeping manuscript and trade manual. The title has been translated in English by the alternate names of Of commerce and the perfect merchant, On merchantry and the perfect merchant, and On trade and the perfect dealer.