Susanne Schulz-Falster Catalogue Ten

321 [VIENNA.] Uiber das neue Haus nächst der Schramme.
[n.p.], 1786. £250
8vo, pp. 23; recent marbled boards.
Rant against eighteenth century architects, who plan houses with miniscule
rooms, ignore basic requirements of their tenants, and generally design eyesores
and ‘carbuncles’. The speciWc wrath of the anonymous author is directed
against the Vienna’s new prison which for some reason has been built
right in the centre of town. Rather than facing inwards, all the prisoners’ cells
face the street, giving them ample chance to irritate the neighbours. Additionally
the prison sewage system causes concern, together with the knacker’s
yard which is located next door, and both raise public health questions.
Not found in KVK, RLIN or OCLC.
Washer Women’s Trade Secrets
322 [VIENNA – WASHER WOMAN.] Das Wiener Putzmacherund
Nähtermädchen. Zur Belehrung und zum Nutzen ihrer Mitschwestern
herausgegeben von einem Wiener Putzmacher- und
Nähtermädchen. Zweyte AuXage. Wien, 1801. £600
8vo, pp. viii, 174, [2] advertisement; occasional light spotting, faint
dampstaining to upper margin of Wnal signature; uncut in the original
pale blue wrappers; a little dog-eared.
Second edition (Wrst 1798) of a fascinating manual of all that is necessary
for the washer woman and seamstress, allegedly written by one member of
the profession. In Wve chapters all relevant tricks and recipes for a successful
career as a washerwoman are described. In the Wrst chapter all manner of
articles of clothing are washed, with careful recipes for soap and suitable
starch. The second chapter deals with spinning of Xax and linen, cotton and
wool. Stain removal of all types and from all materials occupies the following
extensive chapters – and clearly puts modern dry cleaners to shame. A
most extensive section deals with dyeing of all materials, using natural dyes,
and giving very detailed instructions on the dyeing process. The author
diVerentiates between colourfast dyeing, and short term dyeing for fashion
purposes, which will be removed in the next wash. The manual was clearly
popular and went through a number of further editions up to 1816.
Rare, no copies listed in RLIN and OCLC,KVK records copies in the Austrian
National Library and at Göttingen.
323 VILLATE, Cesaire. Parisismen – alphabetisch geordnete
Sammlung der eigenartigen Ausdrucksweisen des Pariser Argot.
Ein Supplement zu allen Franz.–Deutschen Wörterbüchern.
Berlin, Langenscheidt, 1884. £200
8vo, pp. [iv], x, [ii] list of abbreviations, 237, [1] blank, [2]
advertisements; contemporary half cloth over marbled boards, with
original printed wrappers bound in.
susanne schulz-falster rare books catalogue ten
First edition. The Argot-German dictionary is preceded by a brief introduction
to the history of Argot, the Paris slang and cant, and its sources. These
include remnants of old French, foreign language imports, adding of extra
syllables, abbreviations, substitution of cause and eVect (pleurant-weeping
for onion), switching of initial and Wnal consonants, to name but a few.
Not in Bonaparte.
324 [VILLENEUVE, Daniel Jost de.] Il Filosofo Viaggiatore in
un Paese incognito alli Abitanti della Terra. Selenopoli, 1771. £750
Two volumes, 12mo, engraved title, pp. 246; engraved title, 280; some
light foxing; contemporary half sheep over marbled boards, spine gilt,
gilt-lettered spine labels; label to volume I chipped, spine and corners of
volume one repaired; from the Enrico Romolini collection, with blindstamp
to last leaf.
First edition in Italian, very rare, of this enlightenment utopia Wrst published
in French in 1761. This account of life in the lunar outpost of
Sélénopolis contains detailed philosophical considerations of society versus
the natural state of man. The narrator, an experienced traveller, gives a close
account of life in Sélénopolis, its political system, education, legal system,