Susanne Schulz-Falster Catalogue Ten

250 [RADONVILLIERS, Claude-Francois Lizarde de.] De la
Manière d’apprendre les Langues. Paris, Saillant, 1768. £500
8vo, pp. xxiv, 278; entirely uncut in the original pattern paper
wrappers; a little dog-eared, lower corner of upper wrapper worn away;
a very large wide-margined copy.
First edition of this introduction to language learning by the former Jesuit
Radonvilliers (1709–1789). In an entirely modern view, Radonvilliers
stresses the importance of practising ‘spoken language’ when learning a
foreign language. He rejects strict grammatical approaches, and maintains
that analogy will be the main help in language acquisition. He includes interesting
chapters on translation, and suggests that translation should be
approached in a number of steps, Wrst the individual words should be translated,
keeping the familiar word order, only later the syntax of the foreign
language should be introduced.
Radonvilliers was a language teacher at a number of Jesuit colleges before
he left the Jesuits in 1742. He also taught the French King Louis XVI, who
later elevated him to the rank of Conseiller d’État in 1774. After Marivaux’s
death he was elected to the Académie Française.
Cioranescu 52113; not in Sommervogel (VI, 1384).
251 [RANIER CHIARI, Francesco]. Pratica del Calendario in cui
col beneWzio delle suo Tavole si ritrovano senza fatica le Feste
Mobili di ciascun’anno in Perpetuo, si avanti, che dopo la
Correzione Gregoriana. Venezia, Antonio Bortoli, 1710. £650
susanne schulz-falster rare books catalogue ten
8vo, pp. [viii], 56; numerous tables in the text and one text-engraving;
modern cloth-backed boards.
First and presumably only edition of a rare work on calendars, speciWcally
designed to allow the determination of movable church holidays both in the
past and for the future. Detailed instructions are given on the use of the
tables, with corrections for the introduction of the Gregorian calendar.
Numerous tables are given, showing the golden number of any given year,
together with the epact to establish Easter, Dominical letters and the Roman
calendar.
This little volume is apparently very rare, and no copy has been located in RLIN,
OCLC or KVK.
252 [RAUCOURT de CHARLEVILLE, Antoine.] A Manual of
Lithography, or Memoir on the Lithographical Experiments made
in Paris, at the Royal School of the Roads and Bridges; clearly
explaining the whole Art, as well as all the Accidents that may
happen in printing, and the diVerent Methods of avoiding them.
Translated from the French by C. Hullmandel, Second Edition.
London, Rodwell and Martin, 1821. £1000
8vo, pp. xix, 138, 2 folding lithograph plates, [2] advertisements;
occasional light foxing, especially in Wrst two signatures; uncut in the
original boards, covered in paper; a good copy.
Second edition in English (Wrst 1820) of this major introduction to lithographic
printing in the translation by Hullmandel, who was most
inXuential in the development of lithography in England. Hullmandel’s
preface contans a brief history of lithographic printing, from the moment
that Senefelder took out the patent for his invention. Raucourt’s treatise
outlines the principles of lithographic printing, the preparation of inks,
both black and various colours, the tools and presses, instructions for
draughtsmen and printers, and the application of lithography. He describes
the presses utilised, which are illustrated on the Wnal plates.
Bigmore & Wyman, II, p. 240; Twyman, Lithography, pp. 110–114.
253 REDL, Anton. Addressen-Buch der Handlungs-Gremien und
Fabriken in der Kais[erlich] Kön[iglichen] Haupt und Residenz
Stadt Wien dann mehrerer Provinzial Staedte für das Jahr 1825.
Wien, Verfasser, 1824. £600
8vo, engraved f folding map (475 x 550 mm) printed in red and black,
bound as frontispiece, pp. [ii], [xvi] calendar, 501, [1] errata, [1]
advertisement; faint damp staining to lower corner of Wrst two
signatures; tear in map repaired; recent buV boards with original
wrappers mounted; overall a good copy.
A fascinating merchant directory for Austria and especially the city of Vi-