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

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.