Ludouici Cencii De censibus tractatus.
Contributors: Leonelli, Giovanni Battista, 16th/17th cent.; Molina, Luis de, 1535-1600.; Catholic Church. Pope (1566-1572 : Pius V).; Catholic Church. Rota Romana.
Edition: Editio novissima totam materiam constituendi, conseruandi, & extinguendi annuos census iuxta formam & stylum etiam in Romana Curia adhiberi solitum theoricè & practicè explicatam continens ; in qua non modo additiones et S. R. Romanae decisiones iam separatim impressae sed & aliae pleraeque ab ipso authore manuscriptae suis locis repositae sunt, nec non Io. Baptistae Leonelij & Ludouici Molinae commentaria ad bullam Pij V. de censibus, et ... nouus ... allegationum ordo adinuentus fuit, omnibus editionibus accomodatus ...
Publisher: Apud HH. Io. Dominici Tarini
Published: 1638
Place of publication: Augustae Taurinorum [Turin]
Language: lat
Number of pages: 868
Subjects: Annuities (Canon law); Usury laws (Canon law); Rent -- Law and legislation -- Papal States.; Canon law -- Cases.
Genres: Cases.
Other titles: Lvdovici Cencii De censibvs tractatvs; De censibus tractatus; Sacrae Rotae Romanae decisiones a Ludouico Cencio V.I.D. collectae et ad Tractatum de censibus accomodatae.
Notes: Cenci's legal treatise, p. 1-346, discusses the "censūs," i.e. customary private contracts instituting annual returns, as previously studied by romanists and Catholic moralists, in the light of recent papal legislation and Roman Rota's findings.
Pages numbered 349-790 (sigs. chi, Z, Aa-Zz, Aaa-Ddd5b) contain 561 decisions of Roman Rota; the section is preceded by full special t.p.: Sacrae Rotae Romanae decisiones / a Ludouico Cencio V.I.D. collectae et ad Tractatum de censibus accomodatae ... vna cum bullis Pii V., Sisti V. et Clementis VIII. in materiam censualem promulgatis. (Device and imprint as on main t.p.)
At end of Cenci's treatise, p. [347]: Taurini, 1637.
The first (main) t.p. is in red and black.
Device on both title pages: in oval window within a rich frame, a recumbent lion holds shield with printer's chiffre of G[iovanni] D[ominico] T[arini]; above, motto in Greek majuscule: Anechou kai apechou (on endurance).
Signatures: a-k⁸ l⁶ m⁴ A-X⁸ Y⁶ chi²(chi1 blank) Z⁸ Aa-Zz⁸ Aaa-Iii⁸ Kkk⁶.  Two-column layout.
The papal bulls noted on the special t.p. are actually included on prelim. p. [171-179].
"Interpretatio seu glossa bullae Pii Quinti de censibus, auctore Io. Baptista Leonellio" (p. 791, caption) includes the text commented upon clause by clause).
"Disputationes de censibus [Ludouici Molinae]" (p. 822, caption) are disputations 381-395 from Molina's Tractatus secundus (De contractibus) of his De justitia et jure.
Includes indexes.