1547 ECONOMICS Weights & Measures 1ed French Commerce Money Robert Ceneau PARIS

1547 ECONOMICS Weights & Measures 1^ed French Commerce Money Robert Ceneau PARIS

Robert Ceneau was an early 16^th-century French bishop known for his numerous controversial works relating to the Catholic Church. One of his best and most important works was his book on weights and measures. While serving as a bishop in Reiz, Ceneau wrote this work at a time when standards were inconsistent throughout France. It incorporated ancient practices of money and goods exchanges with direction for a contemporary audience.

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CENEAU, Robert

De vera mensurarum poderumque ratione opus de intagno instauratu

Parisiis: Apud Ioannem Roigny, 1547. First edition.

Details:

• Collation:
  • 16, [40], 173 numbered leaves, [2]
  • Signatures: A-C⁸ D⁴ a-y⁸
• References: USTC 158728
• Provenance: Armorial bookplate – South Library, 1860
  • Coat of arms and motto of the Earls of Macclesfield. The date would suggest this bookplate belonged to Thomas Augustus Wolstenholme Parker, 6th Earl of Macclesfield (1811–1896). The seat of the earldom, Shirburn Castle, was reputed to have two early 18^th-century libraries (North and South) which housed a grand collection of valuable paintings, sculptures, and other artifacts, such as the Shirburn Ballads manuscript and the Macclesfield Psalter. Motto: SAPERE AUDE
• Language: Latin
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~6.5in X 4.25in (16.5cm x 10.5cm)
• Quite rare and desirable

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