Susanne Schulz-Falster Catalogue Ten

Early Marine Legislation
80 [CONSOLATO DEL MARE.] Libro del Consolato de’
Marinari. Nel quale si comprendono tutti gli statuti, & ordini
disposti da gli antichi per ogni caso di Mercantia, ò di Navigare, cosi
à beneWcio de’ Marinari, come de’ Mercanti, & Patron de’ Navilii.
Venetia, Andrea Ravenoldo, 1567. £2800
4to, pp. [viii], 233, [2]; printer’s device to title and decorative initials;
light spotting to title, else very clean and crisp; full vellum, spine
lettered in manuscript, endpapers some time renewed.
Early edition of the Consolato de Marinari, a highly important sourcebook
of maritime legislation. The institution of the Consolato del Mare made a
major contribution towards the codiWcation and development of shipping
law and laid the basis for present-day maritime law. It was Wrst published in
1494 in Barcelona, and based on fourteenth century surveys of maritime
customs. It achieved its widest circulation in Italian, more speciWcally
Venetian, editions in the 16th and 17th centuries. In addition to legal information
it also provides extensive information on the practical running of
the ship, maritime organisation, and taxes and tariVs.
Goldsmiths’–Kress 116.2; Palau, 59538 note, Adams C–2536; see BL Italian 194
for other edition.
Gone Fishing
81 [CUSSAC, Jean.] Pisciceptologie, ou l’Art de la Pèche a la
Ligne; Discours sur les Poissons, la manière de les prendre et de
les accommoder; la Peche aux Filets et autres Instruments; suivi
d’un Traité des Etangs, Viviers, Fossés, Réservoirs. Paris, de cussac,
1816. £700
12mo, pp. engraved frontispiece, xxiv, 388; with 28 engravings bound
in; tear to lower margin of D11, not touching any text; occasional
marginal spotting; contemporary full calf, spine gilt, with gilt-lettered
spine label; extremities a little rubbed, inner joint weak; sides with
decoration and gilt-lettering ‘Don d’Amitié’ and a manuscript gift
inscription to front free endpaper; an attractive copy.
First edition, uncommon, of this detailed and well illustrated introduction
to Wsh and Wshing. The author begins with a comprehensive description of
Xy Wshing, before continuing with Wshing with nets and hoop nets. He discusses
all manner of Wsh in detail, and not only makes suggestions on how
to catch them, but also how to preserve and cook them. He also includes
information on Wsh farming. The charming illustrations show anglers and
Wshermen at work. The work concludes with a multi-lingual glossary of Wsh
names and dictionary of Wsh. It was clearly popular and was reprinted a
number of times in the 1820s.
See Westwood & Satchell, Biblitheca piscatoria p. 171 for second edition.
The Free Port of Venice
susanne schulz-falster rare books catalogue ten
82 CZOERNIG, Carl Joseph. Über den Freyhafen von Venedig
mit Rücksicht auf den österreichischen Seehandel im allgemeinen.
Nebst einer vergleichenden Übersicht der Industrieverhältnisse
Großbritannien’s, Frankreich’s und Österreich’s. Wien, Carl Gerold,
1831. £350
8vo, pp. x, 232; some light browning, due to paper quality; uncut and
mostly unopened in the original printed wrappers; a little creased and
dog-eared, else Wne; with heraldic book plate to verso of title.
First and only edition of this assessment of the naval trade of Venice, and by
extension the Austrian Empire, after the creation of the free port of Venice
in 1829. Czoernig gives an introduction to Venetian trade before concentrating
on the advantages and disadvantages of the creation of the free port,
the enclosed free trade zone where ships could enter, load and unload, without
incurring any customs duties or inspections.
Czoernig (1804–1899), chief government statistician and president of
the Austrian statistical commission, reWned the purpose of government statistics.
He introduced innovative and direct methods of gathering statistical
information. According to his preface his Wndings on the Venetian trade are
based on a detailed study of thousands of shipping manifestos.
Goldsmiths’–Kress 26750.6; Menger c. 144; not in Humpert; see Pibram in ESS
IV p. 688.
Eighteenth Century Music
83 [DALL’OLIO, Giambattista.] La Musica, Poemetto. Modena,
Società TipograWca. 1794. £650
Large 8vo, pp. 78, [1] imprint; occasional light ink or damp-staining,
stronger to pp. 30–31; paper repair to imprint leaf; Wnely printed on
blue paper; contemporary red crushed morocco, spine decorated in gilt
with Xower motif, gilt-lettered spine label; sides with Greek roll, small
repair to upper board; an attractive copy, with private circular
monogram stamp to title and dedication.
First edition, uncommon, of this verse appreciation of Italian music, especially
the musical scene of the long eighteenth century. Substantial information
is provided within the otherwise cloying verse, and especially in the
substantial footnotes, giving details of composers, musicians, instruments,
and musical performances, and showing a Europe-wide musical interest.
Dall’Olio writes about Italian composers and musical performers, including
Palestrina, Scarlatti, Stradella, Corelli, but also Gluck, Bach, and Haydn.
Dall’Olio concludes with a listing of the works of the proliWc Italian composer
Giovanni Paisiello (1740–1816), whose vast output of operas, concertos
and quartets was very popular at the time.
Not in Gregory & Bartlett, Catalogue of early Books on Music; OCLC lists copies at
the University of California, Chicago, New York and Harvard.