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

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.