Susanne Schulz-Falster Catalogue Ten

historian and philosophical writer, was exiled from Hamburg and Denmark
because of his critical publications. His wide learning was generally acknowledged;
his study met with interest and further editions followed in
1760 and 1766.
ADB XII, 277; not in Goedecke; uncommon, RLIN and OCLC locate copies at
the University of Chicago and Princeton only.
153 HINDOGLU, Artin. Theoretisch-pracktische Türkische
Sprachlehre für Deutsche. Wien, Anton Edlen von Schmid,
1829. £600
4to, pp. [iv], ii, 110, [2], [111]–178, [2] errata; some spotting and
foxing and some marginal damp-staining in the last signatures; uncut in
the original printed wrappers; extremities a little worn, but a good Wrm
copy.
First edition of this uncommon introduction to the Turkish language, apparently
one of the earliest such handbooks. Aimed at the business man and
traveller, Hindoglu, a native speaker of both Turkish and Armenian, and
resident in Vienna gives a thorough, but practical introduction to the main
components of the Turkish language, pronunciation, and grammar. He
points out that his phonetic transcription is based on actual spoken Turkish,
rather than written Turkish, as was common at the time and which must
have been of particular use to the traveller.
No copy in NUC, where his other works are listed; not in Zenker, not in Bonaparte.
susanne schulz-falster rare books catalogue ten
Back to Nature – an International Bestseller
154 [HIRZEL, Hans Kaspar.] Le Socrate Rustique, ou description
de la conduite economique & morale d’un paysan philosophe.
Traduit de l’Allemand de M. Hirzel ... par un oYcier Suisse [J. Frey
de Landes]. Zurich, Heidegguer & compagnie, 1762. £800
8vo, pp. 280, typographic head and tail-pieces and initials;
contemporary mottled calf-backed boards, spine ruled in gilt, giltlettered
spine label; single insigniWcant worm hole to foot of spine; a
very Wne copy.
First French edition, rare, of this economics besteller. The Socrate Rustique
was not a theoretical work of economic analysis, but rather a description of
the philosophy of life of a ‘noble’ peasant, Kliyogg, based on an actual person,
even though the name was Wctitious. Hirzel (1725–1803) describes
the model farm of Jakob Gujer (1716–1785), a farmer philosopher, who
through this book became famous all over Europe. Goethe came to visit
him twice, and Lavater portrayed him in his famous work on physiognomy.
The praise of the simple, rural life coincided with the back to nature theme
and the agriculture-mania of the mid-eighteenth century, and explains its
immense success.
This Wrst French edition appears to be very rare, most sources cite the
1763 edition with the Zürich and Limoges imprint as the Wrst French.
Goldsmiths’–Kress 9743.2–0; Carpenter, Dialogue in Political Economy, 1977, 15.
Dictionary of Horsemanship
155 [HORSEMANSHIP.] Der geöfnete Reit-Stall: worinnen
nicht allein die vornehmsten und üblichsten Kunst-Wörter der Reit-
Kunst durch kurtz-gefasste Beschreibung erkläret, sondern auch was
zu Kennung und Judicirung eines Pferdes absonderlich nöthig.
Denen Liebhabern solcher Wissenschaft deutlich und bequem vor
Augen gestellet werden. Hamburg, Benjamin Schiller, 1700. £350
12mo, pp. 100, with one folding engraved plate bound in, decorative
initials; contemporary blue boards, small chip to foot of spine.
First edition of this informative little booklet on horsemanship. A brief introduction
is given into the general characteristics of diVerent breeds of
horses. The folding plate depicts a horse’s skull showing both lower and
upper teeth, to illustrate how to ascertain the age of a horse. The main part
consists of a glossary of the terminology of horsemanship, to equip the
reader for the study of the French manuals of horsemanship. This glossary is
in fact a bilingual version of the Dictionnaire de l’Homme d’Epée.
Together with a number of similar volumes on hunting, shooting and
other pursuits, this was included in Der geöVnete Ritter-Platz in the same
year (Graesse VI, 132).
GV 116, p. 145.