Susanne Schulz-Falster Catalogue Ten

1645), Celeo e l’Orto by Bernardino Baldi (1553–1617), Pane by Marco
Aurelio Olimpio Nemesiano, translated by Tommaso Giuseppe Farsetti.
The Wnely engraved title vignette summarises the culinary topic of the poems.
The poems deal in turn with ‘Il Moreto’, a paste of crushed garlic, onion,
parsley and herbs mixed with cheese, oil and vinegar. ‘Il Batino’ is
dedicated to the pig and pork sausages. In ‘Celeo e l’Orto’ the production of
polenta with butter and cheese is described, whereas the Wnal one’ Pane’
(vere Pan) is dedicated to wine. The work is illustrated throughout by
Antonio Baratta after P. A. Novelli, and by Francesco Bartolozzi.
Gamba 2225; Morazzoni, p. 251; B.IN.G, II, 1584, p. 1377; RLIN and OCLC
locate just three copies at Harvard, New York Public Library, and the National Art
Library.
The Value of Estates in Mecklenburg
116 FERBER, Christian Karl Friedrich von. Grundzüge zur
Werthschätzung der Landgüter in Mecklenburg. Berlin, Joh. F.
Unger, 1796. £440
Tall 8vo, pp. [ii], x, 286, [1] errata, one printed table outside of
pagination; bound in contemporary half sheep, spine ruled in gilt, giltlettered
spine label, extremities a little rubbed, head of spine worn and
upper joint tender; private bookplate on front paste-down, library
stamp on verso ot title page; a very clean and crisp copy with a few
marginal crayon markings.
First edition of this interesting treatise on the valuation of estates in the
predominantly agricultural nothern German state of Mecklenburg. Ferber
(1761–1838) deplores the recent development whereby estates have become
a form of investment for rich city dwellers and industrialists. This
phenomenon is particularly pronounced in Mecklenburg, because of its
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relatively liberal property laws. Overall the work gives a very clear account
of the Wnancial and legal situation of agricultural estates at the end of the
eighteenth century – together with an assessment of the economic situation
at this time, with more capital in private hands than ever before.
Goldsmiths’–Kress 16649.2.
117 FERGUSON, Adam. An Essay on the History of Civil
Society. Third edition, corrected. London, A. Millar and T. Cadell,
1768. £750
8vo, pp. viii, 464; contemporary full speckled calf, spine gilt, giltlettered
spine label; short split to upper joint; a very attractive copy.
A Wne copy of the third edition of Ferguson’s History of Civil Society (Wrst
1767), generally regarded as the Wrst English work in empirical sociology.
The work was frequently reprinted, both in England and America, and
translated in German and French.
Ferguson (1723–1816), professor of Moral Philosophy at the University
of Edinburgh and leader of the Scottish Enlightenment, describes the
stages of social evolution. Marx credited him with being the Wrst in modern
times to develop the theory of the division of labour in economy and society,
and Gumplowicz, the advocate of the conXict theory of society, described
the essay as ‘the Wrst natural history of society’, and Ferguson
himself as ‘the Wrst sociologist’.
ESTC t075304; Goldsmiths’–Kress 10407.5; Higgs 4258; Jessop 122.
118 [FERRARA – LAW.] Capitoli del Sacro Monte di Pietà eretto
in Ferrara ... Distesu sù la norma di quelli del Sacro Monte di Roma.
Ferrara, Stampa Camerale, 1671. £1000
Tall 4to, pp. xii, 180, [4], woodcut arms to title, head-pieces and
initials; very clean and crisp in contemporary full vellum.
First edition, thus, of the revised statutes of the Monte di Pietà, the savings
and loan association, of Ferrara, based on those of the Monte di Pietà of
Rome. The Monte di Pietà was a combined pawn-shop and charity institution,
which also oVered some banking facilities. Organisation and procedures
are explained in great detail, ranging from the election of oYcials to
how to deal with lost pawn tickets.
A special section deals Jewish money-lenders, and loans to Jews, which
are subject to special regulations, such as Wxed interest rates and limitations
on the accpetance of pawns. There clearly was some competition between
the money-lending practices of the Monte de Pietà and of Jewish moneylenders.
Extensive regulation is included, partly applying identical limitations
to the Monte di Pietà and other pawnshops, partly applying stricter
rules to the Jewish moneylenders. A Wnal table gives the interest rates established
by the Monte di Pietà.
No copies found in RLIN and OCLC.