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L'évolution de la lettre de change. By Raymond de Roover. (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, VIe Section, Centre de Recherches Historiques, “Affaires et Gens d'Affaires,” No. 4.) Paris: S.E.V.P.E.N., 1953. Pp. 240. Fr. 850. - Le pacte de ricorsa et le marché italien des changes au XVIIe siècle. By Giulio Mandich. (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, VIe Section, Centre de Recherches Historiques, “Affaires et Gens d'Affaires,” No. 7.) Paris: S.E.V.P.E.N., 1953. Pp. ix, 198. Fr. 850. - II contratti di cambio nei moralisti dal secolo XII alla meta dal secolo XVII. By Luciano dalle Molle. Rome: Edizioni di Storia e Litteratura, 1954. Pp. 180. L. 2,000.
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