BUONINSEGNI, Tommaso.

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Trattato de' Traffichi Giusti, et Ordinarii, Scarce first edition in Italian of this widely read collection of economic tracts, an important contribution to the religious debate surrounding the new business practices of the 16th century, first published in Latin in Florence the previous year and here translated by Vitale Zuccoli.Composed by the conservative Dominican professor of theology Tommaso Buoninsegni (1531-1610) in response to contemporary concerns about the moral nature of some traditional financial practices, the essays defend many business practices, such as insurance, to be in accordance with Catholic morality, while retaining many of the traditional precepts of the Church, such as an opposition to usury for profit.

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