New York 2012 Susanne Schulz-Falster - Schulz-Falster Rare Books

1. AMERICANA – FRANKLIN, B.
La Science du Bonhomme Richard, ou Moyen
Facile de payer les Impôts. Philadelphia,
Ruault, 1777. $1,250
12mo, pp. 151, [1] blank, 4 advertisement; iv,
5–120; contemporary mottled sheep, gilt.
Very rare first separate French translation of
Franklin’s Way to Wealth, his popular as gospel of
bourgeois thrift and common sense.
I. Faij 10; Echeverria, p. 54.
2. AMERICANA – REICHARD, H. O.
Ueber den gesezlichen Zustand der
Negersklaven in Westindien. Leipzig,
Meygand, 1779. $1,500
8vo, pp. 8, [2], 9–160; contemporary buff boards.
First edition of this condensed version and translation
into German of Petit’s ‘Government of Slaves’, his
Traité sur le gouvernement des esclaves (1777), an
outspoken indictment of the nature of slave law.
Reichard gives extensive economic information
on slave numbers and their rights, and summarises
relevant legislation.
Fromm 19963, ADB XXVII, pp. 625 ff.; OCLC: Göttingen,
Jena, Munich, Harvard, NYPL.
3. AMERICANA – WOODWARD, A. B.
Considerations on the executive government
of the United States of America. Flatbush,
(NY), Isaac Riley, 1809. $3,200
8vo in 4s, pp. 87, [1] blank; original printed pink
wrappers; a very fine copy.
First edition of this important tract on the reform of
the United States Constitution.Woodward, a noted
jurist, proposes that the executive power of the
nation be vested in a ‘permanent body rather than in
an individual’ (Shaw & Shoemaker 19261). One of
the earliest books to be published in Flatbush, Long
Island.
Howes W657; Sabin 105148; Shaw & Shoemaker 19261.
4. AUBRY du BOCHET, P.-F. Exécution
du Cadastre Général de la France et d’un
Cadastre Provisoire. Paris, L’Imprimerie
Nationale, 1790. $1,500
8vo, [ii], 61, [1] blank, with one large engraved
and outline-coloured plan; uncut and stitched as
issued; custom-made slipcase.
First edition of this proposal for the introduction of a
cadastre for France to ensure effective administration
of land taxes, with a large hand-coloured plan.
Martin & Walter I, 714.
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5. BAURENFEIND, M. Vollkommene
Wieder-Herstellung der bissher sehr in
Verfall gekommenen gründlich und zierlichen
Schreib-kunst. Nürnberg, Adelbulner for
Weigel, 1716. $2,400
Oblong 4to, engraved title, pp. [iv], 39, [1] blank;
59 engraved plates (versos blank); with three
duplicate plates printed in red; contemporary half
vellum; preserved in a contemporary slipcase.
First edition of Baurenfeind’s manual of calligraphy
– with three of the engraved plates repeated and
printed in red.
Bauer (Weigel), 38, 2; Doede 126; Bonacini 157; Berlin 4871;
Hoefer 166.
6. BLUMENBACH, J. F. Ueber den
Bildungstrieb und das Zeugungsgeschäfte.
Göttingen, Dieterich, 1781. $2,000
Small 8vo, pp. 87, [1] blank, one engraved plate;
contemporary half tan calf; contemporary
ownership inscription by the surgeon Joachim
Thomas Bosch.
First edition, rare, of Blumenbach’s work on the
Bildungstrieb (nisus formativus), the continuing
quest by thinkers since Aristotle to understand the
nature of life.
Blake p. 51; Garrison-Morton 104; NDB II, p. 329.
7. BOCCACCIO, G. Il Decameron.
Florence, Insegna di Dante, 1820. $2,500
Tall narrow 8vo (360 x 78 mm), pp. [viii], 307,
[1]; uncut in contemporary (original) green pastepaper
boards;
Limited edition, one of 100 copies on paper, of a
typographic oddity, a book printed in an unusually
tall format, the ‘papiriforme’ style.
OCLC lists copies at Oxford, Manchester, Yale, Harvard,
Stanford and University of Minnesota.
8. BONI, M. Lettere sui primi Libri a
Stampa di alcune Città e Terre dell’Italia
superiore. Venice, Carlo Palese, 1794. $2,000
4to, pp. CXXXII (132); engraved title vignettes
by Novelli; contemporary half vellum over
boards.
First and only edition of a detailed study of early
printing in Genoa, Pavia and Brescia, and northern
Italy in general, with an appealing title vignette
showing putti setting type and inspecting books.
Bigmore & Wyman I, p. 70; Bonamici p. 27; Graesse I,
p. 487.
9. BOOK CATALOGUE – LYON.
Manuscript catalogue of a book collection.
[n.p, n.d, possibly Lyon, ca. 1750.] $6,000
Tall narrow 8vo (255 x 100mm); pp. 161;
contemporary vellum wallet binding.
A fine and most interesting manuscript catalogue
of books, mostly of the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries, arranged in sections.
10. BOOK CATALOGUE – SMITH, J.
Bibliotheca Smithiana. Venice, Pasquali,
1755. $4,800
Two parts in two volumes, 4to, pp. [viii], xliii, [1]
blank, 520; 348 [vere] 352, [4]; contemporary calfbacked
paste-paper boards; gilt.
First complete edition of Smith’s library catalogue,
listing the superb collection formed by Joseph Smith
(1682–1770), British Consul at Venice, which in 1765
was sold in its entirety to George III, and thus became
the ‘nucleus’ of the King’s library and thus the British
Museum, now British Library.
De Ricci, pp. 54 ff; Taylor, pp. 261 ff.; for a full study see Lotte
Hellinga, The Bibliotheca Smithiana, in G. Mandelbrote ed.,
Libraries within the Library. 2009.
11. BOSSE, A. Traité des Manières à graver
en taille douce sur l’Airain. Paris, [Aubouin
& Clousier] paste-over label: Paris, Claude
Jombert, 1701. $4,400
8vo, engraved title & frontispiece, pp. [viii], 70,
[2] with 16 numbered engraved plates, and two
unnumbered plates; contemporary full calf, spine
gilt.
First LeClerc edition of Bosse’s manual of etching,
engraving and printing. The Auboüin imprint has
been pasted over with a new Jombert imprint, which
is rather fitting, as Jombert was to publish the next
substantially enlarged edition – see below.
See Bigmore-Wyman, I, 72; Cicognara 254; see En Français
dans le Texte, 92.

12. BOSSE, A. De la Maniere de Graver
a l’Eau forte et au Burin … Augmentée de
l’Impression qui imite les tableaux, de la
Gravure en maniere de crayon, & de celle qui
imite le lavis. Paris, Jombert, 1758 [vere ca
1773]. $4,000
Tall 8vo (196 x120 mm), engraved frontispiece,
pp. xxxii, 205, [3], with four engraved vignettes
and 21engraved folding plates; contemporary full
catspaw calf, gilt.
Second Jombert edition of Bosse’s etching and
engraving manual with extensive additions on colour
printing.
Bigmore-Wyman, I, 72; Cicognara 255.
13. BOTTARELLI, G. De Bagni di San
Casciano. Florence, Vangelisti, [1688]. $3,500
12mo, pp. 308 [310], with four etched plates bound
in; contemporary vellum.
First and only edition of this detailed account of the
medical benefits of the hot springs of San Casciano,
one of the preeminent Italian thermal baths of
classical antiquity and up to the eighteenth century,
with fine etched plates, showing ladies submerged,
and gentlemen under the head shower.
Vinciana 1845; Krivatsy 1607; Waller 1338; Wellcome II, p.
210.
14. BOZE, C. Gros de or G.-A. BAZIN. Le
Livre Jaune. Basle, 1748. $2,800
8vo, pp. [xxiv], 184; contemporary half calf,
printed on bright yellow paper.
First edition, privately printed on yellow paper
(limited to thirty or fifty copies only), of this
philosophical discussion of logic and semantics.
Barbier II 1331; Brunet III 1129 (50 copies); G. Peignot &
A.A. Renouard, p. 25 (30 copies).
15. BRUNNER, J. J. Vorschrift zu nützlicher
Nachahmung und einer fleissigen Ubung zu
Gutem vorgestellt und geschrieben. Bern,
Guttenberger, 1766. $1,950
Oblong folio ll. 17 engraved plates including
engraved title; early nineteenth century roanbacked
boards.
First edition of an attractive practical writing manual
by Brunner.
Becker 173; Berlin 4912; Bonacini 286; Doede 190.
16. CALENDAR. Agenda Perpétuel. A
l’usage des Négocians, Banquiers, Agens de
Change. Paris, Caillot, ca 1820. $900
12mo, frontispiece, title, pp. [122], ll. 32 of blank
leaves, and a printed calendar for 1821 pasted
in; original green crushed morocco, gilt, with
matching silver stylus.
A charming perpetual calendar diary, which includes
substantial economic and financial information.
17. CARTOGRAPHY – ANON.
Vorschriften für topographische Zeichnungen
in der Königlich Bayerischen Armee. Mit 42
Tafeln. Munich, G. F., 1845. $1,200
Ten parts, 8vo, pp. vi, 47, and 42 plates, mounted
on buff cloth, in nine sections; preserved in the
original slipcase.
First edition of this attractive introduction to the
production and colouring of topographical maps
and charts for the Bavarian army. The work is clearly
meant to be used in the field, and the introductory
volume and the plates mounted on cloth are housed
in a map case.
OCLC records 3 copies in Bavaria, Swiss National Library,
Den Haag, French National Library and BL.
18. CHAPPE, C. Il Telegrafo. Rome, n.p.,
1794. $1,000
8vo, pp. xiii, [3] blank, 4 engraved plates bound
at the end; partly uncut in contemporary blue
wrappers.
First edition in Italian of Claude Chappe’s ‘optical’
telegraph, a semaphore which depended on visual
signals and preceded the modern telegraph.
See E. Jacquez, Claude Chappe, notice biographique, 1893;
Newton, Encyclopedia of Cryptology, p. 205.

19. CHARLEMAGNE, J.-A. Instructions
sur l’usage des moulins à bras, inventés et
perfectionnés par les Citoyens Durand. Paris,
Blanchon, 1793. $950
8vo, pp. 16, 71, [1] with one folding table and one
folding plate; uncut, stitched in contemporary
wrappers.
Rare first edition of Charlemagne’s (1753–1838)
description of the assembly, use, and care of a handoperated
portable mill designed by father and son
Durand, which later found use in San Domingo.
Martin & Walter 6846 lacking 16 pp. ‘Rapport’.
20. CLAUDE – GUATTANI, G. A. Paesaggi
in tavola guidicati di Claudio Gelée con il
testo di Giuseppe Antonio Guattani. Rome, de
Romanis, 1826. $3,500
Folio (470 x 325mm), ll. 13 (title, introduction,
10 text leaves describing plates, and imprint
leaf ), and 10 aquatint plates, printed in sepia
by L. Caracciolo; a fine wide-margined copy in
contemporary blue wrappers.
First edition of this rare and sumptuously produced
catalogue of Claude’s enchanted landscapes based on
themes from Tasso’s ‘Gerusalemme liberata.’
OCLC locates two copies in the US, National Gallery of Art
and Trinity College at Hartford.
21. COMMODE, B. pseud. – BLOCQUEL,
S. Manuel consolateur des cocus, code
pacifique des ménages. Cornopolis: [Lille,
Simon Blocquel], [ca. 1830]. $1,050
16mo, folding coloured frontispiece, pp.
[iii]–107, [1]; printed entirely on yellow paper;
contemporary roan-backed boards, gilt.
First edition, uncommon, of this playful manual of
adultery. The work has been attributed to the printer
and publisher Simon Blocquel (1780–1863), but is not
included in Roger D.J. Collins’ bibliography.
Bibliographie Jaune, p. 69; Gay-Lemonnyer, III, 25.
22. CRESCI, G. F. Il Perfetto Scrittore. Doue
si veggono i veri caratteri, & le natural forme
di tutte quelle sorti di lettere. [colophon: Rome,
the Author, engraved by M. Francesco Aureri
da Crema, 1570.] $11,500
Two parts in one volume, oblong 4to, ll. [x]; 45;
36; contemporary pasteboards, mss title to spine,
spine with paper tear; bookplate of the Prince of
Lichtenstein.
First edition, privately printed, of ‘one of the most
superb, perhaps the finest, of the Italian writing
manuals’ (A.S. Osley), Cresci’s second manual
of calligraphy. Part II contains two alphabets of
Roman capitals printed first on black then on grey
background and a magnificent fantasy alphabet
within an elaborate Renaissance engraved border.
Becker, 24; Berlin Katalog 5167; Bonacini 426; Hagelin,
Ekström Collection, pp. 20–21 (imperfect copy).
23. DEL BORRO, A. Dimostrazioni, e prove
sopra l’Attività, ed uso vantaggioso del Gran
Coltro. Milan, Malatesta, 1718. $4,800
4to, pp. [iv] engraved frontispiece and half title,
[xii], 80, [ii], 56, [1] errata, [1] blank; with seven
large folding and finely engraved plates by
Gaetano Bianchi; contemporary full limp vellum,
slightly chipped.
First edition of this unusual work of agricultural
engineering, a description of the coulter, a blade
or sharp-edged disc attached to the plough, so that
it cuts through the soil vertically in advance of the
ploughshare – in effect the ancestor of the modern
digger. Of particular interest are the magnificent
engraved plates, combining artistic flair with technical
detail.
Moretti, Bibliotheca agraria, p. 84; Predari, p. 306; Riccardi I,
170, note; Vinciana 1647.
24. DIODATI, L. Dello Stato presente della
Moneta nel Regno di Napoli e della Necessità
di un Alzamento. Naples, Migliaccio, 1790.
$2,200
8vo, pp. xvi, 158; contemporary half sheep over
marbled boards; spine gilt.
First edition, uncommon, of this innovative study of
monetary history. Diodati develops a theory of ideal

money, ‘moneta immaginaria’ which is not subject
to re- and de-valuations, but sustains its value. It
appears to be a form of exchange-rate mechanism,
with fixed exchange rates.
Cossa 47 (170); Einaudi 1571; Goldsmiths’-Kress 14462.33;
OCLC lists copies at the Chicago, Berlin and Paris.
25. DIRECTORY – NORWICH. The
Norwich directory; or, Gentlemen and
tradesmen s [!] assistant. Norwich, W. Chase
and Co., March 22, 1783. $6,750
8vo, [ii], vi, [5]–52, [2], 59–73, [7], with an
engraved folding map; fore- and lower edge
uncut, nineteenth century half calf over marbled
boards.
First edition of one of the earliest city directories, and
the first Norwich directory – a book of considerable
interest in social history, and of notable rarity.
Norton, 563; ESTC t43183 (BL, Oxford, Norwich, and
Yale).
26. DITHMAR, J. C. Einleitung in die
Oeconomische Policei- und Cameral-
Wissenschaften. Frankfurt, Kleyd, 1748.
$2,400
8vo, pp. xvi, 304, including bibliography;
contemporary half vellum over sprinkled paper
boards, spine label.
Third edition, first published in 1731, of this central
introduction to economics at 18 th century German
universities, aiming to teach ‘how wealth may be
acquired, how acquired wealth may be retained or
employed with moderation to the honour of God’
(ISS, V, p. 174).
Goldsmiths’-Kress 8358.2.
27. DOUCE, F. ed. The Dance of Death;
painted by H. Holbein and engraved by W.
Hollar. [n.p., n.p.], [London?, James Edwards,
?1794]. $1,600
Two parts in one volume, 8vo, frontispiece,
pp. [ii], 81, with 30 engraved plates; 1 folding
engraved plate, frontispiece, ll. 23; some light
foxing; contemporary tree calf, sides with double
gilt fillet.
First edition with the commentary of the antiquarian
Francis Douce (1757–1834) of Wenceslaus Hollar’s
etchings based on Holbein’s original fifteenth century
designs of the Dance of Death.
ESTC t201228; Douce Legacy, Bodleian Library, 1984, 110.
28. DUCHATEAU, G.F.J. Tarif des Droits
de l’Octroi municipal et de Bienfaisance de
la Ville de Bruges. Bruges, van Praet,
[c. 1806]. $990
Tall narrow 4to (272 x 116mm), pp. [2], 43, [3]
with final blanks, in French and Flemish; original
wrappers.
Unrecorded printing of tariffs for the city of Bruges
after the introduction of metric weights and measures
under the French, with higher-rate tax applicable to
‘luxury’ items such as alcohol.
Not in Kress and Goldsmiths’; no copy found in OCLC.
29. DURANDI, J. Amore Disarmato
Poemetto. Naples, Pomatelli, 1768. $1,250
8vo, folding engraved frontispiece, pp. 166; uncut
in the original buff limp boards.
First edition of an extensive narrative poem on
falling out of love, with finely engraved frontispiece
entitled ‘amor disarmato’ where a determined lady
breaks Cupid’s bow and arrows.
Ersch, p. 354; OCLC lists copies at Harvard and Göttingen;
see Ferri & Castreca-Brunetti, Biblioteca feminile Italiana, p.
295.
30. DUVAL, N. Nouvelles Ecritures de
Finance & italienne batarde. Paris, Henault,
1674. $7000
Oblong small folio (196 × 310 mm), ff. [2], pp.
4, [1-]15, [1], 8 (letterpress text), ff. 20 (engraved
text); some dampstaining; limp vellum wrappers
re-used from mss on vellum
Fine unrecorded calligraphy and writing manual
by Nicolas Duval, an influential figure in the
development of French calligraphy.
See Becker, 1997, 88 and 89 (editions of c. 1670 and after
1686), his issue not in OCLC.

31. ESCOBAR, J. S. de or ZURITA, J.A.
Dificultad imaginada, Facilidad verdadera.
En la practica de testamentos, reducida â ocho
documentos. Mexico, M. de Ribera Calderon,
1714. $2,250
8vo, pp. [xviii], 72; woodcut endpiece;
contemporary limp vellum.
First edition, rare, of this Mexican treatise on wills,
published anonymously by the Congregacion de la
Buena morte.
Beristain, I, 412; Diaz 4521; Medina 7697; Medina, Imprenta
en Mexico, 2391; Sabin, XXIX, 297.
32. FABLES. Les Fables et la Vie d’Esope
composée par Planudes le Grand. Caen, T.
Chalopin, n.d., c. 1820. $1,300
8vo, pp. 79, [1]; illustrated with a woodcut
portrait of Aesop and 81 small woodcuts in the
text; stitched as issued in the original wrappers,
spine worn.
Charming chapbook edition of Aesop’s fables, with a
portrait and eighty-one woodcuts in the text, the final
woodcut is signed Godard d’Alençon.
René Hélot, n° 84; A. Sauvy, p. 117; OCLC: Bibliothèque
Nationale.
33. FANTONI, P. Relazione della visita
fatta … al Canal Maestro di Valdichiana e
considerazioni sopra il nuovo progetto di
abbassare il regolatore di Valiano. Florence,
Cambiagi, 1791. $2,100
Folio, pp. 52, with 6 plates (3 engraved, 3 printed,
one with engraved elements, one folding);
original carta rustica.
First edition of Fantoni’s resolution of the dispute
concerning the draining and reclamation of the
swamp area of the Chiana valley between Arezzo and
Siena, a problem that had defeated Galileo, Viviani
and Torricelli.
Moreni 358; Riccardi I, 446.
34. FARINATI, P. Diverses Figures a l’eau
forte de petits Amours, Anges vollants, et
Enfans. Paris, A. Bosse, 1644. $9,200
Oblong 4to, (197 x 250 mm), 30 engraved plates;
early eighteenth-century vellum-backed marbled
boards, from the Macclesfield library.
First edition of a very appealing series of engravings
by Abraham Bosse after designs by Paolo Farinati
(1524–1606). The plates depict small cupids and
angels (22 plates) and the remaining eight plates
show masks.
Blum, 940–943; Cicognara 2028; see Berlin 4355.
35. FARSETTI, G. T. La Trasformazione
d’Adria al Serenissimo Doge Pietro Grimani.
Venice, Albrizzi, 1752. $1,050
4to, pp. xxviii, [2], with four small and one full
page engravings; original buff stiff wrappers.
First edition, of this illustrated poem in praise of
Venice, a fine example of eighteenth century Venetian
book production.
Morazzoni 229; Cicogna 1848 and 2452; not in Gamba;
OCLC records copies at NYPL, Boston College, University
of Rochester, BL and Bavarian State Library.
36. FENCING. Regulations and instructions
for the infantry sword exercise. Adjutant-
General’s Office, Horse-Guards, 10th
September, 1819. London, Clowes, 1819. $600
8vo, large folding engraved plate bound as
frontispiece (560 x 420 mm), pp. 63, [1] imprint;
early pebble-grain red cloth.
First edition of one of the earliest fencing manuals
specifically for the British infantry, with a plate
by Henry Angelo, Jr (1780 – 1852), the last of the
famous dynasty of English fencing masters.
Thimm, p. 239.
37. FOURNIER, P. S. Manuel Typographique,
utile aux Gens de Lettres. Tome I
[–II]. Paris, J. Barbou, 1764/1766 [vere 1768].
$6,600
Two volumes, 8vo, pp. [iv] two engraved
frontispieces, xxxii, 323, [5], and 8 folding
engraved plates; [iv], xliv, [ii], 306, and 8 folding
engraved plates, pages 177–186 as fold-out pages
with printed music; contemporary full calf, spine
decoratively gilt.
First edition, a fine copy, of Fournier’s masterpiece, a
magnificent type specimen, which is regarded as ‘the
most important book on French eighteenth century

typography’ (Birrell & Garnett 37). His types
dominated European printing for fifty years (PMM
II, 112).
Audin, 55,56; Bigmore & Wyman I p. 228; Birrell & Garnett
37; Jackson Burke 527; PMM (Exhibition Catalogue) II, 112.
38. FRENCH WIT – ANON. Sotisier ou
Recueil de B. S. & F. Sunt mala, sunt bona
quaedam. Paris, [Amsterdam], 1717. $3,500
Small 8vo, pp. [xii], 172; nineteenth-century green
crushed morocco by Koehler, decoratively gilt.
First edition, rare, of this manual of French wit
and humour, of bagatelles and literary absurdities
(bêtises, sottises et fadaises) in prose and verse.
Brunet V, c 461; Gay-Lemonnier III, c 1138; OCLC: Munich,
Leipzig, Amsterdam, and Princeton.
39. FUGGER, M. J. Patriotische Gedanken
von den leibfälligen Bauren-Gütern in
Schwaben. Ulm, Stettin, 1785. $480
8vo, pp. 70, [2] blank; entirely uncut, folded, the
original sheets.
First and only edition of this interesting legal treatise
on leasehold questions in agriculture – preserved
uncut in sheets.
40. FUNK, F. Das Verzeichniß der
Vielperzentigen. Vienna, the author
[Schmidbauer and Holzwarth], 1848. $770
8vo, pp. 73, [1] blank, [5] index, [1] imprint; a little
dust-soiled, paper spine, chipped.
Name them and shame them – backstreet loan sharks
revealed. First complete edition of this polemical
publication, publicising the names and addresses of
Viennese moneylenders and usurers.
Goldsmiths’-Kress 35791.23; Gugitz II, 10398; Hayn/G.
VIII, 445; Mayer 656 (von bekannter Seltenheit); OCLC:
Northwestern, Brigham Young, Minneapolis, Indiana.
41. GALIANI, F. Del Dialetto Napoletano.
Naples, Mazzola-Vocola, 1779. $3,200
8vo, pp. 184; contemporary full vellum.
Rare first edition of the first scientific study of
the Neapolitan dialect by the economist and
enlightenment writer Galiani.
Not in Zaunmüller; see Hall 3357 for second edition.
42. GAMBLING. Almanach de Perte et Gain,
suivi d’un Extrait des Jeux les plus connus
en France, par ordre alphabétique, & d’un
Agenda. Paris, Veuve Duchesne, 1768. $550
12mo, pp. 12, 24, 37–84, 25–48, [12];
contemporary sheep, rubbed and rounded.
An interesting almanac and calendar, combined with
the rules of the most important gambling games and
a profit and loss gambling account book.
43. GAMBLING – ANON. Die beste
und neueste Art das in den vornehmsten
Gesellschaften heutiges Tages so beliebte
Taroc-Spiel. [bound with:] [ANON.] Die
neueste Art, das Kaiser-Spiel recht und
wohl zu spielen. [both] Nuremberg, Bauer,
1763. $2,800
Two works in one volume, 8vo, engraved
frontispiece, pp. [1]–14, 17–64 (so complete); 16;
contemporary half sheep over sprinkled boards,
rubbed; from the library of J.W. Rimington-
Wilson.
Two rare works on games and gambling bound in one
volume, with an attractive frontispiece showing two
gaming tables with a number of participants and a
black servant serving drinks.
OCLC records no copy of either title in the US.
44. GAMES – PISA. Prospetto della Festa
del Gioco del Ponte che si eseguisce in Pisa
II di XII di Maggio del Corrente Anno 1785.
Florence, Giuseppe Tosani, 1785. $800
4to, folding engraved plate, pp. 12; loosely
preserved in marbled wrappers.
First edition of this ‘tourist’ guide to the colourful
battle on the Ponte di Mezzo, part of the traditional
summer festivities in Pisa.

45. GILLÉ, J.-G. Recueil des divers
Caractère, Vignettes et Ornemens de la
Fonderie et Imprimerie. Paris, Gillé, 1808–
1819. $8,800
Folio, ll. 155 – with 12 printed on both sides, ie pp.
167 and including one large folding printed type
specimen broadside; disbound; preserved in a
custom-made fold-over box.
A magnificent collection of Gillé’s type specimens.
In addition to text, display and exotic fonts, borders,
rules, ornaments and vignettes, the very rare prospectus
for a printing manual, the large folding type
specimen and the engraving of the printing press,
which are all often lacking, are all included. The
collection is considerably more complete than that
described by Audin or Bigmore & Wyman.
See Audin 75–79; Birrell & Garnett 47; Gaskell, Barber &
Warrilow, F9; Barber, p. 14; Fleuron 6, pp. 167 etc.
46. GRATAROL, P. A. Narrazione
Apologetica. Stockholm, Fougt, 1779. $2,800
Small 4to, pp. [iv], 146, [2]; contemporary
marbled calf.
First edition of this exposition of the corruption
and intrigues at the Council of Ten in Venice, by the
Casanova associate Gratarol.
Uncommon, OCLC lists copies at Harvard, BL, Danish
National library only.
47. HICKES, G. Linguarum Vett.
septentrionalium thesaurus grammatico-
criticus et archaeologicus. Oxford, Sheldonian
Theatre, 1703–1705. $12,000
Two volumes, folio, large paper copy (442 x
272mm), pp. [16], xlviii, [18], 235, [9], 111, [5],
92; [viii], 159, [3], 161–188, [18], 326, [56], with
fine engraved frontispiece portrait by Whyte,
27 plates (2 folding), many text illustrations
throughout; early eighteenth-century mottled and
diced russia, gilt; a fine large paper copy from the
Macclesfield library.
First edition, large paper copy, of the greatest work
on the ancient Northern languages of the eighteenth
century – perhaps, indeed, the most comprehensive
account ever published – from the Macclesfield
Library.
Alston III 10; ESTC t108393; Kennedy 2362; Petheram pp.
76–86; Francisque Michel p. 93.
48. HOFMANN, F. G. Neues Verzeichnis
und Muster-Charte des Meubles-Magazin von
Friedrich Gottlieb Hofmann. Leipzig, [printed
for the author], 1795. $14,400
Folio (365 x 235 mm), pp. 8 and 36 engraved
plates (one folding) illustrating 51 furniture
designs; contemporary marbled boards, a fine
copy.
First edition of the very rare German furniture
pattern book and trade catalogue, illustrating fiftyone
furniture designs, many showing English
influence.
OCLC locates just 2 copies, Winterthur and Redwood
Library & Athenaeum; see H. Kreisel & G. Himmelheber,
Die Kunst des deutschen Möbels, III, Munich 1983, pp. 47 ff.
49. HOHE, F. Der Begleiter. Wissenschaftliche
Tabellen und Notizen. Eine
Gedächtnißhilfe für Jedermann. Munich,
the Author, 1857. $1,200
Small 8vo, pp. [viii], 240, with four handcoloured
lithograph plates; contemporary
blindstamped red cloth.
First and only edition of this charming handbook
of general knowledge in geography, history, natural
history, etc. meant as a handy teach-yourself travel
companion, featuring an atlas, a gazetteer, a list of
prominent people (past and present), a miniature
encyclopaedia of general information, and a chronological
list of events.
OCLC Munich, BL, University of Illinois.
50. INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION –
TURIN. Giudicio della Regia camera
d’agricoltura e di commercio di Torino, sui
prodotti dell’industria de’ Regi Stati nell Anno
1832. Turin, Chirio and Mina, 1832. $580
8vo, pp. 111, one signature misbound; original
printed wrappers.
A fine copy of this industrial exhibition catalogue,
which clearly shows the beginning industrialisation
of the Piedmont.
Carpenter p. 483; Goldsmiths’-Kress 27311.41.

51. JEAN, A. Arithmetique au miroir. Par
laquelle on peut (en quatre vaccations de demie
heure chacune) pratiquer les plus belles regles
d’icelle. [Paris?, n.p. 1649. $2,800
8vo, two parts in one volume, second title page
dated 1637, pp. 15, [1] with 17 engraved plates; [3]
blank, pp. 55 of engraved tables; contemporary
limp vellum.
Second enlarged edition of Alexandre Jean’s elegantly
engraved multiplication tables, first published in
1639.
See Honeyman IV 1756.
52. JULLIEN, M.-A. Biomètre, ou Mémorial
Horaire. Paris, Dupre, 1824. $1,000
8vo, pp. 99, [1] contents; contemporary red
crushed roan.
First edition of Jullien’s Biomètre calendar, published
to coincide with the third enlarged edition of his
Essai sur l’Emploi du Tems, a method of life and time
management for the nobility, based on the educational
principles of Locke and Bacon, and foreshadowing
modern business management schemes.
OCLC lists one copy at Bloomington, In.
53. JUSTI, J.H. G. v. Die Natur und das
Wesen der Staaten, als die Grundwissenschaft
der Staatskunst. Berlin, Stettin and Leipzig,
Rüdigers, 1760. $4,500
8vo, pp. xiv, 488, [32] index; contemporary full
sheep, gilt-lettered spine label.
First edition of Justi’s most explicit treatise on
political philosophy, the ethical foundation of the
modern Welfare State.
Higgs 2415; Masui p. 916; Menger, c. 51.
54. JUVENILE. Les Quatre Elémens. L’air;
L’eau; Le feu; La terre. [Paris, Maulde and
Renou], ca. 1830. $750
Four volumes, 12mo (82 x 52mm); each pp. 24
with two hand-coloured steel-engraved plates;
embossed in gold ‘cartonages de papier’ in pink,
pale blue, pale green and white; a fine set.
A charming set of children’s miniature books with
instructive text on the four elements, each with two
hand-coloured plates.
Gumuchian 4662–5.
55. LAMESLE, C. Épreuves Générales des
Caracteres. Paris, 1742. $7,000
Small 4to, ll. 81, title and 80 leaves of type
specimens; title and music specimens printed in
red and black; contemporary full panelled calf;
from the library of the well-known type historian
D.B. Updike.
First edition of Lamesle’s first type specimen, a
fine association copy of a splendid stock of types,
which is of particular interest as it represents various
periods, both dating back nearly two centuries and
contemporary.
Audin, 27; Bigmore & Wyman I, p. 417; Birrell & Garnett
35.
56. LAW – Trial. Collection of ‘mémoires’
and ‘consultations’ concerning the trial of
the guardians of Mademoiselle de Melun, the
Duc de Bethune and the ‘bourgeois’ Jean-
Etienne Dat, against the Marquis de Becelaer
concerning the inheritance and testament of
Mademoiselle de Risbourg. 1752. $4,800
Three volumes, 4to; contemporary red morocco,
gilt; in volume III the text is printed in folio and
has been folded and bound in crosswise; a fine set.
Complex and rare trial documents on questions of
changed wills and inheritance.
57. LE BLON, J.-C. L’Art d’imprimer
les Tableaux. Traité d’après les Ecrits, les
Opérations & les Instructions verbales. Paris,
Mercier, Nyon, & Lambert, 1756. $10,800
8vo, pp. xi, [1] blank; vi, [2], [xiii] – xxv, [26]–180,
with one hand-coloured sepia mezzotint and two
plates, bound without the final Privilege du Roy,
contemporary full calf, gilt.
Second edition of Le Blon’s landmark introduction
to the three colour process of printing mezzotints,
generally regarded as the foundation of modern
colour printing – and the first edition to include
practical information on the printing process.
Bigmore & Wyman I, p. 67; Franklin, p. 40; J.M. Friedman,
13.

58. LE NOBLE, E. Carta Topografica
dell’Isola del Maritaggio. Cosmopoli, n.p.
1765. $2,300
8vo, pp. 43, [1] folding engraved map; early
nineteenth century half red roan over marbled
boards, spine gilt.
Rare first edition in Italian of this satire on love and
marriage, with an allegorical map of the Island of
Matrimony. The work is arranged like a travel book,
describing and illustrating in detail the journey to
wedded bliss, passing through the ports of ‘love’,
‘bad advice’, or ‘self-interest’, the mountain range
of the ‘in-laws’, with possibilities of transferring to
the peninsulas of ‘widowhood’ and ‘divorce’ or the
‘island of bigamy’.
See Cioranesco II, 42504; Fromm IV 14905; OCLC lists
copies at McGill, UCLA, Kansas and Princeton.
59. LEREBOURS, J.-N. Notice des
Principaux Instrumens de Physique, d’Optique;
et de Mathématiques, qui se trouvent
et s’exécutent dans les Magasin et Atelier
de M. Lerebours Deuxième Edition. [Paris,
Lerebours,], 1809. $2,650
8vo, pp. 16; a few items discretely marked in ink;
recent marbled wrappers.
A very rare comprehensive catalogue of scientific
instru ments prepared by Jean-Noël Lerebours
(1761–1840), the best French producer of optical
instruments of the first half of the 19th century.
OCLC lists one copy of this catalogue at the Bibliothèque
Nationale, two copies of a later edition at Harvard and
Dresden, and an undated one at Bowdoin College.
60. LIGHTHOUSE – ALDINI, G. Saggio
di macchine relative alla luce intermittente dei
fari tanto a olio che a gas. Modena, Tipografia
Camerale, 1825. $5,400
4to, pp. 24, two hand-coloured folding engraved
plates; contemporary full marbled calf,
First edition, uncommon, of Aldini’s more advanced
second contribution on the construction and
illumination of lighthouses, using both oil and gas
as an illuminant. Here he introduced a hydraulic
mechanism for the intermittent light beam of the
lighthouse and comments on illuminations for
festivities, and street and theatre lighting.
DSB, I, pp.107 ff; Hirsch, I, p. 98; OCLC: Harvard, NYS
College of Ceramics.
61. LOCKE, J. Elements of Natural
Philosophy Glasgow, R. Urie, 1758. $950
12mo in 6s, pp. [ii], v, [1] contents, 110, with
one large folding engraved plate; contemporary
mottled calf, spine gilt.
Rare Glasgow printing. The finely engraved folding
plate illustrates the Copernican system.
ESTC t112642 (British Library, Glasgow University,
National Library of Scotland, Science Museum Library and
Royal Society of Medicine) Yolton 323; Attig 796.
62. LOMEIER, J. De bibliothecis liber
singularis. Editio secunda. Utrecht, Ribb,
1680. $2,250
8vo, pp. [xvi] including engraved title (specially
engraved for this edition), 414; [20] index,
[1] errata, [1] blank; contemporary full calf,
gilt lettered spine label; a fine copy from the
Macclesfield library.
Second much enlarged edition of this comprehensive
survey and history of libraries (first edition 1669),
with detailed information on the responsibilities of
librarians, library locations and buildings, and library
fittings.
Petzholdt p. 26 (with a discussion on the order of books in
libraries).
63. LYSER, J. Discursus politicus de
Polygamia Auctore Theophilo Althaeo.
Freiburg, Cunrath, 1674. $1,600
12mo, pp. 96; contemporary full vellum, giltlettered
spine label.
First edition, rare, of this vigorous defence of
polygamy, which caused a furore throughout
Europe. Lyser maintained that polygamy was allowed
according to the Bible and natural law, and, moreover,
that it led to true happiness of the individual citizens,
revitalised the country, and created a higher standard
of living.
Gay-Lemmonier III, 842; Hayn-Gotendorf VI, 234; Peignot,
Livres condamnés au feu, I, 273.

64. MATHEMATICS. Figure di fisico
matematica. tom. prim [-secon.] Anno
1822. Manuscript in ink n.p. 1822. $1,850
Two volumes manuscript, 8vo, ll. 91; 85; in all
174 numbered pages of attractive pen-and-ink
drawings; contemporary half vellum over boards,
extremities rubbed.
A fine manuscripts illustrating the applications of
geometry to a multitude of practical problems, such
as statics and mechanics, weights and measures,
ballistics and its military applications, astronomy and
optics.
65. MILITARY. Ordonnance du Roy,
Concernant les Gouverneurs & Lieutenans
généraux des provinces, les Gouverneurs
& Etats-majors des Places, & le service
dans lesdites places. Du 25 Juin 1750. Paris,
Imprimerie Royale, 1750. $2,000
12mo, pp. [vi], 270; contemporary red morocco,
spine and covers gilt.
A fine copy with the arms of Jean-François
Chartraire, Comte de Montigny, of this collection
of decisions and rulings by Louis XV concerning
the quartering of troups at the designated military
places and surveillance of these and other measures
concerning the military detailed in 696 articles.
Actes Royaux, 33706–10 gives various editions in various
formats but not this one.
66. MILTON, J. Areopagitica: a Speech of
Mr. John Milton, for the Liberty of Unlicens’d
Printing, to the Parliament of England.
London, A. Millar, 1738. $2,250
8vo, pp. [viii], 58, [2] advertisements; paper
somewhat browned; uncut in modern calf-backed
boards.
First eighteenth century edition of Milton’s classic
oration against censorship, first published in 1644 and
one of the great documents of liberty. ‘but he who
destroys a good book kills reason itself ’.
ESTC t075458; for first edition see PMM133.
67. MONTI, G. Notizie storiche sull’Origine
delle Fieri dello Stato Ecclesiastico. Rome,
Salviucci, 1828. $650
8vo, frontispiece portrait, pp. [iv], 91, [1] imprint,
[4] blank; contemporary calf-backed marbled
boards.
First edition of this interesting study of the
emergence of trade fairs in the Papal States with a
comparative analysis of their effect on economic and
technological development.
Goldsmiths’-Kress 25739A.4; Einaudi, 4002; not in Mattioli.
68. MORTIMER, Thomas. Every man his
own broker; or, a guide to the Stock-Exchange.
London, Richardson, 1798. $1,800
12mo, pp. xxii, [2], 257, [1], [18] appendix, with
one folded printed table; contemporary full sheep,
gilt.
Later edition, much improved, of this popular guide
to dealing on the stock exchange, which went through
some thirteen editions between 1761 and 1810.
ESTC t130497; Goldsmiths’-Kress 17381.15.
69. MUSICAL FESTIVAL. An account
of the Manchester Musical Festival, 1828.
Manchester, T. Sowler, 1828. $880
8vo, pp. 120 including frontispiece, with two
folding plates; original green cloth.
First edition, rare, of this account of the musical
extravaganza and grand fancy dress ball in Manchester
– all in aid of charity – supported and patronised by
the great and the good. The names of approximately
3500 party-goers are listed with a description of their
costumes, ranging from Roman costumes, characters
from plays or operas, to Swiss peasants, and historical
figures.
Not in OCLC, Copac records copies a the John Rylands
Library and the BL.
70. NIEWALD, A. Der wohlerfahrene
Fleckenvertilger oder die Kunst, alle Arten
Flecken aus allen Zeugen und Stoffen, aus
Leder, Meubeln … zu vertilgen. Osteroda a.
Harz, A. Sorge, 1839. $750

8vo, lithograph frontispiece, pp. viii [9] – 55, [1]
advertisement; contemporary buff boards.
First edition of this comprehensive guide to stain
removal from all manner surfaces with the help of
Javelle water – an early form of dry cleaning.
OCLC lists copies at the BL and Göttingen only.
71. NOLIN, J.-B. Methode Geographique
tres facile pour l’Intelligence des Cartes de
Geographie Disposée Par Demandes et par
Rêponses. Paris, I.B. Nolin, ca. 1700. $2,400
8vo (168 x 113mm), entirely engraved, pp. 30,
including engraved allegorical title and 5 doublepage
maps; contemporary full calf, spine gilt in
compartments.
First and only edition of this entirely engraved
introduction to basic geography and map-making
in the form of questions and answers. The globe,
equator, poles, zones, tropics, eclipses etc. are
explained and illustrated.
Uncommon, OCLC and KVK record copies at Auxerre and
Wolfenbüttel and the library of the Abbé Grégoire at Blois
only.
72. PEDROCCHI, C. Lettere amichevole
che trattano di politica economica, d’arti e
commercio. [n.p., n.p.], 1802. $1,200
8vo, pp. 124; printed on light-blue paper; bound
in contemporary calf-backed boards.
First edition, rare, of this very attractive series of
letters on trade, commerce, manufacturing and
polit ical economy, written by a Venetian merchant
operating (and writing) from Bergamo.
Kress Italian 706; not in Einaudi.
73. PHYSIOGNOMY. Physionomies
nationales des peuples, ou, Les traits de leur
visage comparés à leur mœurs et caractères.
Paris, Delaunay, [ca 1810.] $1,500
12mo in 6s, engraved title, pp. 125, [1] table, and
25 hand-coloured engraved plates; contemporary
red roan-backed marbled boards.
First edition of this appealing spin-off from Lavater’s
great work on physiognomy – a mini-physiognomy
of the peoples of the world. Twenty-five different
nationalities are described and illustrated, and their
physical traits are compared to their moral ones.
Included are American Indians and inhabitants of
Australasia.
Ferguson, 505a; not in Colas, Hiler or Lipperheide.
74. POSTAL SERVICE. Placat hvorved
en ny Brev-Posttaxt for Kongeriget Danmark
og Hertugdommene Slesvig og Holsteen
bekiendtgiores. Copenhagen, Schultz,
1801. $750
4to, pp. [56], last blank, with one very large
folding engraved table (502 x 595mm);
contemporary gilt-paper boards; very clean and
crisp.
First edition of postal routes and rates within
Denmark and including Schleswig Hostein and
Norway – with a fine engraved plate.
OCLC lists just the Danish National Library copy; see David
Cornelius, An Introduction to the Postal History of Denmark
1624–1950, 2004.
75. RAVENSTEIN, A. Plastischer Schul-
Atlas für die Erste Stufe des Unterrichts in
der Erdkunde. Fünfte ganz umgearbeitete
Auflage. Frankfurt am Main, B. Dondorf
and Berlin, E. Schotte, 1865. $7,200
Boxed set of two series of eight maps (225 x
275mm), one series in three-dimensional raised
relief, mounted in wooden frames; preserved in a
contemporary fold-over box (240 x 290x 90 mm),
a little rubbed, but well preserved.
The first commercially produced terrain maps, a
boxed set of eight evocative relief maps of the world’s
continents produced for school children in Germany
in the second half of the nineteenth century.
ADB XXX, p. 68; NDB XXI, p. 221 ff; J. Espenhorst,
Petermann’s Planet II, 208, p. 1108 with illustration 41.2.;
OCLC lists copies in Amsterdam (1860), Library of
Congress.
76. RIDDLE – ANON. Das ABC cum
Notis Variorum.Leipzig, Dresden, Miethen &
Richter, 1703. $2,200
Two parts in one volume; frontispiece woodcut
of cockerel, 8vo, pp. [ii], 210 with one large

folding printed table after M2; 287, [1] cockerel
woodcut; some light dampstaining; nineteenth
century calf-backed marbled boards, rebacked.
First complete edition of this introduction to all
aspects of the alphabet, literal, mystical, musical,
historical and alchemical.
Graesse I, p. 3; Rosenthal, Bibliotheca paedagogica, 3l.
77. ROUGET DE LISLE, A.
Chromagraphie, ou l’Art de composer
un dessin à l’aide de lignes et de figures
géométriques. Et de l’imiter avec des matières
colorées. Paris, the author, 1839. $7,600
Four parts in one volume, 4to, pp. 7, [1] blank;
7, [1]; 16; 12, with three fold-out engraved
plates; 8, [8] part IV bound in twice, with three
engraved plates and nine folding colour-printed
(or stencilled) plates, and one large folding
lithograph plate; [24], with two folding plates;
original cloth-backed litho-printed illustrated
boards.
First edition of this rare work describing the first
industrial application of Chevreul’s colour theory, to
tapestry weaving, extensively illustrated.
Ingerand, Bibliographie de la Couleur, 84.
78. ROUSSEAU, J.-J. Du Contract Social;
[half-title] Principes du Droit Politique. Marc
Michel Rey, 1762. [together with:] Émile, ou de
l’Éducation. The Hague, Jean Néaulme
[i.e. Paris, Nicolas-Bonaventure Duchesne],
1762. $28,000
Seventeen volumes, uniformly bound in contemporary
marbled calf, spines gilt, some surface
abrasions, and short worm traces to joints; an
attractive set.
First edition of two of Rousseau’s most important
works, the Contract Social (2 nd issue) and Émile,
uniformly bound in a set together with some of his
other works, clearly put together by an early reader.
Whereas Émile is arguably Rousseau’s best-known
work, the Contract Social is his most important
political work, and influenced both the American and
the French Revolution.
I. Dufour 133; PMM 207; Sénelier,554; Tchemerzine V 543; II.
Dufour 1925; McEachern 1 A; Tchemerzine V, 545.
79. ROUSSEAU, Josué. Ensayo da arte
grammatical portugueza e Franceza, Lisbon,
Galram, 1705. $1,250
Small 4to, pp. [viii], 176; fifteen woodcut
illustrations; contemporary vellum over boards.
First edition of this bi-lingual manual of Portuguese
language and grammar, presented in the form of
parallel Portuguese and French text with wonderfully
incongruous chapbook illustrations.
OCLC: Bibliothèque Nationale, BL, Hamburg, Portuguese
National Library; see Rolf Nagel, Aufsätze zur portugiesischen
Kulturgeschichte. MLN, Vol. 87, No. 2, Hispanic Issue (Mar.,
1972).
80. SANTORELLI, A. Il Protomedico
Napolitano o vero dell’ Autorita di esso.
Naples, Mollo, 1652. $2,250
Small 4to, pp. [xii], 136; eighteenth century
vellum-backed marbled boards, spine lettered in
ink; a good copy.
First edition of this interesting dialogue on the
organisation of medical services in 17th century
Naples, and in particular on the role of the
‘protomedico’.
Not in Wellcome, Krivatsy, Waller or Osler; Hirsch V, 177;
DBI IV, p. 1092; OCLC: BL and Wolfenbüttel only; see
David Gentilcore, Healers and healing in early modern Italy,
1998.
81. SCHIER, X. Memoria Academiae
Istropolitanae seu Posoniensis. Vienna,
Kurzböck, 1774. $1,050
4to, pp. 47, [1] blank, with one folding engraved
plate with star constellation; contemporary
pastepaper boards, rubbed.
First edition of this history of the Academia
Istropolitana, with a detailed bibliography of the
works both printed and in manuscript of its most
famous scientist Regiomontanus. A curious feature
of the book is the engraved plate showing the star
constellations at the time of the foundation of the
university.
Uncommon, OCLC records no copies in the US.

82. SCHLIEBEN, W. E.A. von. Situations-
Zeichenschule zum Unterricht für angehende
Kameralisten und Oekonomen entworfen.
Leipzig, Gleditsch, 1816. $2,400
Oblong folio (257 x 402 mm), pp. vi, 28, with
five engraved plates, four of them coloured;
contemporary cloth-backed limp pastepaper
boards.
First edition of a rare guide to surveying and mapmaking
for cameralists and economists by the
economist and chief statistician of the Kingdom of
Saxony Schlieben (1780–1839).
ADB XXXI, pp. 510–512; not in Kress or Goldsmiths’;
OCLC lists just one copy at Weimar, and a second edition of
1820 in the Danish Union catalogue.
83. SENAULT, L. Heures nouvelles
Tirées de la Sainte Ecriture Écrites et
graveées par L. Senault. Paris, the Author,
[1680]. $4,400
8vo in fours (184 x 125mm), pp. [ii] engraved
title page, 260, entirely engraved within double
border; fanfare-style binding on green vellum.
Second issue, with the breasts of the mermaids on p.
210 covered and without the dedication, of this Book
of Hours, entirely engraved by Louis Senault, one
of the finest writing masters of seventeenth-century
France.
Bonacini, 1689; Jammes, Belles Écritures, 40; Jessen 2426;
Brunet III, 148; PMM Exhibition Catalogue 98.
84. SHEFFIELD PLATE. A Trade Catalogue
of Sheffield Plate Designs. [n.p., probably
Sheffield or Birmingham, c. 1775–1785.] $9,200
Oblong folio (232 x 385 mm), 75 copper engraved
plates; prices marked in manuscript; stitched as
issued in contemporary stiff marbled wrappers,
a fine copy.
An exceptional trade catalogue of Sheffield Plate
designs, unusually comprehensive and in a remarkable
state of preservation. Most of the illustrations are lifesized,
and include a range of candlesticks, condiment
sets, an inkstand, salt-cellars, pepper casters, a cake
basket fish-slice, toast-rack, teapots, coffeepots and
tankards representative of contemporary Sheffield
Plate production.
See Bradbury, A History of Sheffield Plate; OCLC lists similar
catalogues at Boston Athenaeum and the Huntington Library
only.
85. SMITH, A. An Inquiry into the Nature
and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. London,
A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1793 $3,850
Three volumes, 8vo, pp. x, 499; vi, 518, [5]
appendix; v, [1] blank, 465, [1] blank, 49,
[1] advertisements; attractively bound in
contemporary full mottled calf, gilt.
An attractive eighteenth century edition of The
Wealth of Nations, the first and greatest classic of
modern economic thought (PMM).
Kress B2618; Goldsmiths’ 15565; ESTC t95380; Vanderblue
p. 4.
86. SMITH, G. The Laboratory or School
of Arts. London, J. Hodges, 1740. $1,650
Two parts in one volume, 8vo, engraved
frontispiece, pp. [viii], 240 with 5 engraved plates;
[ii], lxxx, [6] index, [2] blank, with 3 engraved
plates, dampstain to gutter margin of last two
leaves; contemporary calf, rubbed and bent.
Second edition, much enlarged, of this compendium
of secrets and recipes first published in 1738, covering
amongst others glass-making and fire-works, silversmithing
and jewellery, joinery and carpentry, dyeing
and paper-marbling.
ESTC t 65470; C. Philip, Bibliography of firework books,
S160.5.
87. SPEDALIERI, N. Stanze di Nicolò
Spitaleri … in occasione d’essere stato
restituita la tranquilita pubblica alla Sicilia coll
Estirpazione d’una Compania di Ladri dal
Vicaripo Generale. Palermo, Stamperia de’ SS.
Apostoli, 1767. $900
4to, pp. [iv], 35, decorated initial; contemporary
full calf, sides decorated in gilt, possibly a
remboîtage.
First edition of what is apparently Spedalieri’s first
publication; a celebratory poem on the restoration of
law and order in Sicily.
Mira II, p. 381; rare, not found in ICCU or OCLC.
88. STRACCHA, B. Tractatus De Mercatura,
seu Mercatore … Petri Santernae Lusitani

Tractatus, de Sponsionibus & Assecurationibus
mercatorum. … Ioan Nider, De contractu
mercaturae: alterum D. Bald. de Ubald.
Perusini, de Constituto, in Iureconsultorum
gratiam adiunximus, duoque D. Roberici
Suarez Consilia, de Usu maris, & mercibus
super illo transuehendis, Lyon, Honoratis,
1558. $5,400
8vo, pp. 635, 82, [2]; contemporary flexible
vellum.
Early edition of this classic of commercial and maritime
law, collecting the works of Straccha, Nider,
Ubaldus and Suarez. It includes a lengthy section on
bankruptcy and maritime law and was first published
in 1553, followed by editions in 1555 and 1556. The
additional work by the Portugese author Santerna
appears here for the first time as part of the work
by Straccha (according to Kress, Italian Economic
Literature).
Adams S.1911; Ars Mercatoria S31.4; Baudrier iv, p. 174;
Kress Italian 31; Goldsmiths 69.1.
89. THAMES TUNNEL. The Thames
Tunnel, open to the Public every Day
(except Sunday) from Nine in the Morning
until dark. The Tunnel is brilliantly
lighted with Gas. [London], Teape & Son,
1839. $800
Broadside, folio (407 x 269 mm); printed in
double columns, with three illustrations; a fine
wide-margined copy.
Later edition (first 1835), with some adjustments, of
this promotional broadside advertising the progress
made on building Brunel’s Thames Tunnel at Rotherhithe.
The Triumphant Bore, 94; all issues of this broadside are
rare.
90. TRADE – EXPORT FORMS. Vice
Consolato di Russia. Manifesti cominciando
dal 1840. Trapani, 1840–49. $1,800
Small folio, pp. 196 of pre-printed shipping
manifest forms, of which 137 completed in ink;
contemporary flexible vellum-backed marbled
paper boards.
Fine documentation of the maritime trade going out
from the harbour of Trapani in Sicily. The manifest
gives bills of lading from January 1840 to March 1849,
completed with name of ship and captain, destination
and freight. Most of the cargo was sea salt, sent to
destinations as far as Constantinople, Abo in Finland,
Stavanger, Carlscrona, Stockholm, Bergen, Odessa,
Reval and Riga.
91. TRIPPAULT, L. Coustumes generales,
des bailliage, et prevosté d’Orleans. Orleans,
Gibier, 1570. $1,250
Small 8vo, pp. [xvi], 152, 69, [1], with initials and
side glosses; eighteenth century marbled calf, gilt.
The rare first edition of this edition of the Coutumes
of Orleans.
Gouron & Terrin, Bibliographie des Coutumes de France,
1548; not in Caswell & Sipkov, The Coutumes of France in
the Library of Congress; Brunet, vol. v, col. 950.
92. TYPE SPECIMEN – URANIA.
Catalogo articoli di Fonderia Caratteri di Testo
Fantasie, Fregi e Fili in Ottone e Piombo,
fusetti grappe ecc. Milan, Urania ca 1900. $800
8vo, pp. lxxviii, [2], 83, [1], 47, [1], 112; with some
specimens in colour; original printed cloth.
Fine type specimen of the little-known Milan typefoundry,
founded in the early twentieth century, later
merged with Turin firm of Nebiolo, still active today
producing printing presses.
93. TYPE-SPECIMEN – ISTITUTO
GEOGRAFICO. Campionario dei Caratteri.
Istituto Geografico Militare. Florence,
1934. $950
Tall 8vo, ll. [60], type specimen printed in black
within decorative border printed in sienna;
original printed limp boards
First edition of this type specimen showing all the
type faces, ornaments, borders etc. produced for
the Italian Military Geographic Institute (Istituto
Geografico Militare), the major state printing house
for cartography.
Not found in KVK or OCLC.

94. UNIVERSITY – ANON. Das Leben
auf Universitäten nebst einem Verzeichnis
aller burschikosen Ausdrücke. Sondershausen,
Voigt, 1822. $920
12mo, pp. [xiv], 259; contemporary roan-backed
boards.
First and apparently only edition of this anonymous
introduction to student life at German universities,
with a detailed glossary of German student term inology.
Hayn/Gotendorf IV, p. 75; Erman/Horn I, 12317; OCLC
lists copies at Stanford and UCLA.
95. VEGETIUS, F. R. De l’arte militare
Vegetio ne la comune lingua nouamente
tradotto. [colophon:] Venice, di Vitale,
January, 1524. $3,500
8vo, pp. [xvi], 176 [A8, B-Y4, including final
blank]; with one woodcut initial and final
woodcut triangle; early 20th century vellum; a
good copy.
First edition in Italian of Vegetius’ treatise on the
art of warfare and military strategy, in fact the most
important western treatise on military strategy before
Clausewitz.
Haym, IV, 164; not in Adams, not in BL (STC).
96. VINÇARD, B. L’Art du Typographe.
Paris, Vinçard, 1806 $2,800
8vo, pp. [xii] including engraved frontispiece,
218, [ll. 4] five ll. printed in colour, 219–246, with
17 engraved plates; ll. 8 are printed on coloured
stock; contemporary sheep-backed paste-paper
boards.
First edition of this attractive and well-illustrated
comprehensive printing manual with eight full-page
examples of printing on coloured stock, and also five
examples of printing with coloured inks.
G. Barber, p. 16; Bigmore & Wyman III 51; Gaskell, Barber &
Warrilow F8; JPHS, F8; Jackson Burke 990.
97. WATELET, C.-H. L’Art de Peindre.
Poëme. Paris, H.L. Guerin & L. F. Delatour,
1760. $920
8vo, engraved frontispiece, pp. xxiv, 152, with five
engraved vignettes, eight portrait medallions,
and two full-page plates; finely bound in
contemporary full red morocco, gilt.
First edition, illustrated with finely engraved vignettes
of Watelet’s didactic poem on art. Particularly appealing
are the vignettes and portrait medallions, showing
reading and drawing putti.
Cohen-de Ricci 1051.
98. WOMEN. Hippolytus Redivivus id est
remedium contemnendi sexum muliebrem.
Netherlands, n.p., 1644. $1,200
12mo, pp. 96, title page vignette; nineteenth
century polished tan calf, gilt.
First edition (second issue) of this outspoken satire
against women, a collection of proverbs, maxims and
quotations about the female sex. Under different
head ings female weaknesses are exposed, such as
vanity, secretiveness, curiosity, talkativeness, pride
etc.
Brunet III, 178; Gay II 482.
99. WOMEN – SECRET LIBRARY.
Etui Bibliothek der Deutschen Classiker,
volume 1–60 in 60 volumes, housed in Lady’s
embroidery kit. Zwickau, Schumann, (later
Aachen, Forstmann & Heilbronn, Strasser),
1815–1821. $9,800
Sixty volumes, small 8vo (98 x 80 mm), all
with engraved frontispieces, a.e.g., bound in
contemporary marbled boards; housed in a
custom-made octagonal embroidery or knitting
case (235 x 239, 158 mm), with an insert holding
99 ivory spools (75 of them with coloured silk
yarn); case covered in floral silk, with brass
handles and brass lock (key present), silk
covering a little faded and worn.
Fine set of a German travelling library of ‘pocket
editions’ of German classics housed and hidden in a
custom-made needlework box. This ‘secret’ library
was apparently given as a wedding present by a
friend of the bride as indicated in the hand-written
letter pasted into the upper cover of the case.