Susanne Schulz-Falster Catalogue Ten

Rare Wrst edition of one of the most successful accounting books of all
times. With it, says Deschamps, ‘accounting takes the classic form we
know’. Its numerous editions certainly indicate its success. La Science des
Négocians was Wrst published in 1704 and was partly rewritten from de La
Porte’s earlier publication La guide des negocians et teneurs de livres, 1685. De
La Porte’s treatment of double-entry bookkeeping was highly inXuential,
was translated into Dutch and Portuguese and served as a basis for a
number of other books on the subject in German, Latin, Italian and French.
Even the oblong shape of La science des négocians was taken over by some of
his followers.
On the advertisement leaf De la Porte is described as an accountant, who
provides a wide array of accounting services: ‘L’auteur fait & veriWe toute
sorte de Calculs. Il tient & veriWe les Livres chez les Negocians’, which
seems to indicate that he was a certiWed accountant, clearly an early ancestor
of Wrms like Ernst & Young.
Historical Accounting Literature, p. 157; Hausdorfer p. 193–4; no further copies
recorded in NUC, OCLC or RLIN; Bywater & Yamey, pp. 142–145, this edition
not in Kress or Goldsmiths, for later edition see Goldsmiths’–Kress 5243.9.
175 LAISTNER, Ludwig. Germanische Völkernamen.
(Sonderabdruck aus den Württembergischen Vierteljahresheften für
Landesgeschichte. Neue Folge. 1892). Stuttgart, W. Kohlhammer,
1892. £80
8vo, pp. 57, extensive marginal annotations in pencil; loose in the
original buV-coloured printed wrappers, wrappers discoloured, spine
chipped and repaired.
Original oVprint of Laistner’s philological study on the history and origin
of the names of Germanic tribes, and social and geographic groups.
Ice Cream and Sorbet
176 LANDRIANI, GioseVantonio. La Pratica del Distillatore, e
Confettiere Italiane... In cui s’insegna a far Conserve di Frutti, e di
Agrumi, ed a formar Gelati, Mazapani, e Rosoglj d’ogni qualità.
Pavia, [n.p.], 1785. £1500
12mo, pp. 76; uncut in contemporary decorated paper boards; some
light damp-staining; corners worn; upper board lettered in manuscript.
First edition, very rare, of this guide to the production of sorbets, ice creams
and granitas. Of particular interest is the detailed description of cream ices
and frozen custard, made with eggs, cream and sugar rather than Xavoured
water and sugar. Detailed instructions are given for the production of ices
in the shape of various fruits – still today a mainstay of the elegant Italian
gelateria. The second part is devoted to various recipes for marzipan, and
the manufacture of marzipan fruits and vegetables. Shorter sections deal
with liqueurs and Xavoured drinks.
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Frozen custards became popular at the time, and this work was reprinted
in 1816, 1820, and 1823.
Rare, this Wrst edition not in B.IN.G, Paleari, Westbury, Vicaire or Bitting; no
copy of this Wrst edition found in RLIN, OCLC or NUC; see B.IN.G 1084 and
1085 for later editions.
177 LANG, Johannes. Dictionnaire Universel des Synonymes de la
Langue Françoise, à l’usage des Allemands. Oder allgemeine
Französische Synonymik für die Deutschen. Ulm, A. L. Stettin,
1807. £140
8vo, facing title pages, pp. [ii], vi, 759, [1] advertisement, with both a
French and a German index; paper occasionally a little spotted, else
clean; contemporary pale blue boards, gilt-lettered orange spine label; a
nice copy.
First edition, rare, of a useful French-German dictionary of synonyms. Detailed
explanations are given to words of similar meaning, but the author is
fully aware that lexemes rarely have exactly the same meaning, and that stylistic,
regional, emotional, or other diVerences have to be considered. An
extensive commentary gives clear guidance to usage, idiomatical phrases,
and translations, supported by numerous examples.
Not found in NUC.
178 LAVATER, Johann Caspar.] Le Lavater Portatif, ou Précis de
l’Art de Connaitre les Hommes par les Traits du Visage. Cinquième
Édition, augmentée d’une Notice sur la vie de Lavater, d’un Recueil
d’anecdotes physionomiques, etc. etc. Avec Trente-Trois Planches.
Paris, Saintin, 1812. £220
16mo, hand-coloured frontispiece portrait, pp. 96, with 32 handcoloured
plates, i.e. thirty-three plates in all; contemporary sheep,
undestructibly re-backed, small stamp to front free endpaper.
Fifth edition of this appealing spin-oV from Lavater’s great work on physiognomy
– a mini physiognomy of men. Thirty-two diVerent ‘characters’ are
described and illustrated.
The earliest version of this work was apparently published in 1808, with
another one following in 1809, later editions followed in 1815 and 1826.
All editions are uncommon.
The Founder of National Statistics
179 LAVOISIER, Antoine Laurent. Résultats extraits d’un
Ouvrage intitulé: De la Richesse territoriale du Royaume de
France; Paris, l’Imprimerie Nationale. 1791. £2800
8vo, pp. [ii], 48; uncut in the original wrappers, bound with three
folding broadsides.