Libri e stampe attraverso le Alpi. I circuiti commerciali degli ambulanti tesini (secoli XVII–XIX)

Books and Prints Across the Alps. The Commercial Circuits of the Tesini Pedlars (17th–19th Century) Between the 17th and the 19th century, a few small communities of the Tesino valley, in the Trentino Alps, created one of the most dynamic and influential networks of itinerant book and print sellers on the continent by exploiting the variety of opportunities offered by European trade infrastructure and transportation available across the Alps. Based particularly on notarial documentation, the article focuses on the supralocal and international sales circuits promoted by travelling salesmen with their trades, on the growing importance the Tesino valley within the international print market, and on the role played by the many actors involved in the publishing market, especially by commercial agents and the Remondini printers from Bassano.