Der Bote für Tirol1819–18294 tags
On the German Alpine Inhabitants of South Tyrol: Popular Character and Industry
The fourth part of the treatise describes the trades and economic activities of the German-speaking enclaves in Trentino and Venetia, notably from Folgaria, Lavarone, Pergine, and the Fersina Valley. Alongside dry-stone wall construction and woodworking, it details the itinerant trade in religious prints conducted as far as Eastern Europe and the Ottoman border. Their business dealings relied on verbal trust and ancient customary law.