[PAJON de MONCETS (Pierre Abraham): De l'origine... - Lot 261 - Richard Maison de ventes

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[PAJON de MONCETS (Pierre Abraham): De l'origine... - Lot 261 - Richard Maison de ventes
[PAJON de MONCETS (Pierre Abraham): De l'origine des appariteurs des universités et de leurs masses. Paris, Quillau, Veuve Duchesne, Cailleau, 1782. One volume. 10 by 18 cm. 176 pages. Vintage red half-maroquin with corners, spine with 5 decorated bands, gilt head. Binding signed Masson-Debonnelle. Binding in very good condition. One leaf with a narrow light spotting in the margin, two margins with a small paper loss (without loss of text), very rare freckles. A small, hard-to-find book of scholarship, establishing the history of university apparatuses and their masses. These ceremonial maces, often made of silver, derived from the maces of arms, were the mark of the concession made by the sovereign of a part of the exercise of his coactive power. Widely used in English universities, they were used in France at the opening of the academic year, and on the occasion of the passage of theses
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