[Rarebooks] FS: 1689 Book French Trades & Professional Craftsmen Regulations in Besancon

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“Ordonnances Reglemens et Statuts des Arts et Metiers de la Cite Royale 
de Besancon”

Printed in Besancon by Louis Rigoine in 1689.

A good source of information on trade regulations and practices in 17th 
century France. This compilation of rules, regulations and laws 
concerning the crafts and trades was published in the important eastern 
city of Besancon in 1689, just 11 years after it had formally been ceded 
to France as part of the Peace of Nijmwegen. The first section includes 
general information and regulations, followed by sections for masons, 
carpenters, roofers, launderers, metalsmiths, farriers, pavers, gold & 
silversmiths, pewterers, cabinetmakers, hatmakers, tailors, shoemakers, 
weavers, tanners, saddlers, harness-makers, apothecaries, surgeons, 
bakers & pastry makers, and butchers. Each section runs five or six 
pages and touches on the details of apprenticeships, trade regulations, 
succession at the death of the master, and other nuts and bolts aspects 
of the trades and professions in a 17th century French city. A valuable 
source of information. Subsequent editions were published in 1698 and 
1784.

Hardcover. 7"x10", 146 pages, [2] leaves, woodcut device on the title 
page, woodcut head and tailpieces and initial letters bound in full 
contemporaneous calf with giltwork on the spine. Covers rubbed and worn, 
scattered internal soil and browning, as shown.  $875

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