Susanne Schulz-Falster Catalogue Ten

8vo, pp. [ii], 13, [1] blank, 1 folding engraved plate; stitched as issued
in the original wrappers, a little dog-eared, else Wne.
First edition in Swedish of Leonhardi’s Abbildung und Beschreibung der von
John Middleton erfundenen neuen englischen Maschine zur schnellen Abführung
des Heues von den Wiesen, bei eintretenden Regenwetter oder schnell entstehender
Ueberschwemmung, 1797. This describes a useful invention by Middleton,
an early harvesting machine, which allows harvesting of hay in a matter of
minutes – especially useful when rain or Xoods are imminent. As so often,
the work was translated via the German rather than directly out of English.
The rather attractive engraving shows a simple horse-drawn contraption for
the raking and collecting of hay.
For German edition see Engelmann p. 188; not found in NUC, RLIN or OCLC.
Aide-Memoire for the Confessional
188 LEUTBREWER, Christophe. La Confession Coupée, ou la
Methode facile pour se préparer aux Confessions particulières et
générales. Dans laquelle est renfermé l’Examen général de tous les
pechez qui se commettent par les personnes de toutes sortes d’etats
& conditions; lesquels sont tous coupez, & disposez de maniere que
sans rien écrire on leve chaque article don’t on se veut confesser: & à
l’instant ou après la Confession, le tout se remet & confond avec les
autres pechez, comme il estoit auparavant, sans que d’autres
personne puissant connaitre les pechez, don’t on s’est accusé...
Revuë & corrigé en cette dernier Edition ... Paris, Denys Thierry,
1695. £1000
12mo, pp. [lii] including two full-page engravings, 188; printed
throughout within typographic border; pp. 1–80 printed on one side
only, pasted together in the margins and pre-cut; contemporary calf,
spine gilt in compartments, gilt-lettered spine label; head and tail of
spine chipped, upper joint worn, but holding Wrm.
Popular aide-mémoire for the confessional, Wrst published in 1677 and frequently
reprinted. The book is of great interest in book history, and with its
‘loose leaf’ arrangement has been regarded as an ancestor of the reference
card in knowledge management, and as such of the modern computer. A
list of sins for the confessional is given, arranged in the order of the Ten
Commandments. It is printed and pre-cut by the bookbinder in a way that
the little slips of paper with the ‘individual sin’ can easily be torn out, or
folded over. They can then be taken to confession as an aide-mémoire. After
confession it can be reinserted, and no-one needs to be the wiser.
See Graesse IV, 188 for the edition of 1688; see ‘Reparages et Navigation dans
l’Espace du Livre Ancien’ 17.
susanne schulz-falster rare books catalogue ten
189 LOCKE, John. Some Familiar Letters between Mr Locke
and several of his Friends. London, A. & J. Churchill, 1708. £550
8vo, pp. iv, 540; title within border; lower corner of O4 torn, no loss; contemporary
panelled calf, upper joint starting; a very clean and crisp copy.
First edition of the Wrst authorized collection of Locke’s Letters. The collection
contains letters to and from William Molineux, a copy of Leibniz’s
comments on the Essay, a letter to Ezekiel Burridge, the Irish translator for
the Latin edition of the Essay, correspondence with Thomas Molyneux,
and the Latin correspondence with Philippus van Limborch about Dutch
religious aVairs.
Attig 806; Yolton 346.
190 LOCKE, John. Some Thoughts concerning Education.
Sixth Edition enlarged. London, A. and J. Churchill, 1709. £300
8vo, pp. [viii], 390, [2] contents; Wnal endpaper with dampstain;
contemporary panelled calf, spine in compartments, joints repaired.
Later edition of this fundamental classic in the history of educational
theory. Some thoughts concerning education (Wrst published in 1693) was
the last of Locke’s Wve great books on the theory of liberty to be published.
The Wve – on human understanding, civil government, religious toleration,
interest, and education – together may be said to comprise a complete system
of thought, one which inspired the American and French Revolutions,
and liberal democracy in the modern world. Locke stressed the value of
experience in education, holding that ‘we are born with faculties and powers,
capable of almost anything; but, as it is with the body, so it is with the
mind, practice makes it what it is.’
Attig 527; Yolton 170.
Locke’s Treatise on Government
191 LOCKE, John. Oförgripelige Tankar om WerldXig Regerings
Rätta Ursprung / Gräntsor och Andamål; Ofwersatte ifrån Engelskan
af Hans Harmens, Stockholm, Kongl. Tryckeriet, 1726. £300
8vo, pp. [viii], 382, [2], title printed in red and black; contemporary
wooden boards, with sprinkled paper covering, back strip worn oV, but
cords holding very Wrm, small piece of paper torn oV from lower board;
preserved in a slip-case; a very clean and crisp copy.
First edition in Swedish of Locke’s Second Treatise of Government (Wrst
1690), the translation by Hans Harmens based on David Mazel’s French
version. Locke’s treatises on government can be considered the foundation
of liberal political thought in Britain. He was Wrst and foremost a defender
of individual liberty against pope or king, and it was his inXuential theories
of liberalism which lay behind those of the American revolutionaries.
Attig 216; Yolton 60.