Susanne Schulz-Falster Catalogue Ten

Royal Protocol
105 EDMONDSON, Joseph. Precedency ... Mowbray Herald.
Engraved and printed for the Editor, n.d. [1780–1785?]. £220
Small 8vo, ll. [ii], 14, heraldic vignette to title, both title and text
entirely engraved; contemporary red morocco, gilt sides and spine;
joints very worn; from the library of Gordon Castle.
An attractive little volume, engraved throughout, outlining the hierarchy of
the British royals, both male and female. Followed by the ceremonial order
or priority to be observed in English society at various speciWc occasions.
ESTC t13707.
106 EDWARDS, George. Idées pour former une nouvelle
Constitution, et pour assurer la Prospérité et le Bonheur de la
France et d’autres Nations. Paris, H. J. Jansen, 1793. £250
8vo, pp. [iv], 82; some browning due to paper quality; disbound, in
modern paper wrappers.
First and only edition of Edwards’ helpful comments on the French revolution.
Edwards (1752–1823) was a medical doctor with a penchant for social
reform. In the present work, one of very few actually published in
French, he addresses French legislators and advises the French people how
they should form their next, or reform their present, constitution.
His brief treatise touches on agriculture, ‘culture mentale’, medicine, arts
and sciences, political re-organisation of the country, police, and public liberty.
He ends with a table outlining his conception of the human spirit, or
‘culture mentale’.
Martin & Walter II, 12650; rare, NUC and RLIN locate just two copies, at Cornell
and New York Public Library.
Agricultural Policy
107 ELSNER, Johann Gottfried. Die Politik der Landwirthschaft.
Erster Band [–Zweiter Band]. Stuttgart und Tübingen, J. G.
Cotta’sche Buchhandlung. 1835. £320
Two volumes, 8vo, pp. viii, 272; vi, 309, [1] imprint, [4]
advertisements; paper occasionally a little foxed and browned;
attractively bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine
decorated in gilt and blind, with two gilt-lettered spine labels; from the
town library of Olten, with two stamps on title page, and gift
inscription on front free endpaper; still a Wne set.
First edition of this comprehensive treatise on German agricultural economics.
Elsner maintains that agriculture forms a uniWed system within the
state and sets out to deWne its role, and the rules and customs that regulate
it. He gives a clear outline of farm management, agricultural credit and co-
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operation. In the Wrst part he is concerned with the actual estates and farms,
discussing estate sizes, forms of their organisation and legal constraints. A
Wnal section of the Wrst volume is devoted to agricultural products and their
current market value. The second volume covers the role and position of the
farming communities within the state. Discussed are education, the social
position of farmers, agricultural legislation, and special organisations.
Elsner also gives brief outlines of agricultural production in other European
countries, points out potential competition for the German market, and the
incentive for higher quality products.
This work not in Kress or Goldsmiths’, where some of his other works are listed;
NUC and RLIN list three copies (MH; CtY; MiU).
The Bloodstock Agency of the Austrian Empire
108 ERDELNI, Michael von. Beschreibung der einzelnen Gestüte
des österreichischen Kaiserstaates, nebst Bemerkungen über
Hornviehzucht, Schafzucht und Ökonomie. Wien, Carl Gerold,
1827. £220
8vo, pp. xvi, 250, with 2 folding printed tables bound in, last 9 leaves
folding, with two lithographed plates with horse brands bound at the
end, last plate torn in gutter, no loss; contemporary marbled boards,
gilt-lettered spine label, extremities a little chipped and worn; private
collection stamp on front paste-down and title-page.
First edition of an account of horse-breeding and bloodstock agencies in the
Austrian Empire. In the introduction Erdelni or Erdelyi (1782–1837)
gives a general account of horse-breeding both on private stud farms and on
the royal military stud farms. Detailed statistics are given on the extent of
the horse population at the time. In the main part, the diVerent stud farms
are described, including the famous royal stud at Lippiza, and numerous
Hungarian studs, together with Austrian, Bohemian, and Transylvanian
farms. Detailed folding tables summarise the information, and the two folding
lithographed tables show all the diVerent brands used in the respective
stud farms.
GV 34, 42; RLIN lists a copy at the University of Michigan.
The Classic German Printers’ Manual
109 ERNESTI, Johann Heinrich Gottfried. Die wol-eingerichtete
Buchdruckerey, mit hundert und achtzehen Teutsch-Lateinisch-
Griechisch- und Hebräischen SchriVten, vieler fremden Sprachen
Alphabeten, musicalischen Noten, Calender-Zeichen und
Medicinischen Characteren, ingleichen allen üblichen Formaten
bestellet. Nürnberg, Johann Andreä Endters seel. Sohn und Erben,
1721. £2800