Dense and erudite book, very informative about the advanced techniques through the exchange (dry) and the replacement (at the Venetian) without bills of exchange and safe to wear, and the companies incorporated for maritime trading operations . These techniques are reminiscent of contemporary finance their sophistication and the role of the clerk and corresponding networks. Presentation of Cahorsins and Lombards and families concerned in Florence, Genoa, in the Aegean Sea, in the entourage of the kings of France. Fascinating book for genealogists and, first and foremost, for the Genoese patricians.
