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healthy subscribers’ list to this publication (more than 300 names) and also
from the Xurry of publications on the topic in the Wrst decade of the nineteenth
century. However, it was to take some more years, before plans for a
more centralized production and distribution of gas were successfully put
into practice.
Uncommon, not fund in RLIN; for a detailed discussion see W. Schivelbusch,
Lichtblicke, Zur Geschichte der künstlichen Helligkeit im 19. Jahrhundert, Munich
1983, p. 27V.
How to Keep them Happy
343 [WOMEN.] L’Art de Rendre les Femmes Fidelles, Paris &
Versailles, 1713.
[bound with:] [ANON.] Les Fanfaronades d’un Gascon en Vers
Burlesques. [colophon:] Paris, P. F. Emery, 1713. £550
Two works in one volume, 12mo, pp. [viii], 120; 16; contemporary full
sprinkled sheep; spine gilt in compartments, gilt-lettered spine label;
discreet repairs to upper joint.
First edition of both works. ‘Most things in this world are meant to be
shared amongst men, but not the women’ – with these warning words the
anonymous author begins his pragmatic advice on how to keep women
happy, and avoid adultery. He stresses the importance of choosing the right
woman in the Wrst place. Loyal staV, Xattery and attention are recommended
for all women. Special provisions apply to rich women, who potentially
maintain greater independence. He warns against women addicted
to gambling, as they are more susceptible to temptations. In an apt juxtaposition
the second work is a rare burlesque satire of the misadventures of a
Gascon in Paris.
I. Gay I, 287; RLIN and OCLC list copies at Harvard, UCLA and Philadelphia
only. II. not found in RLIN or OCLC.
344 [WOMEN.] Hippolytus Redivivus id est remedium
contemnendi sexum muliebrem. Autore S.I.E.D.V.M.W.A.S.
[Netherlands], Anno 1644. £750
12mo, pp. 96, title page vignette; partly unopened in nineteenth
century polished tan calf, triple gilt rule to sides, spine decorated and
lettered in gilt, a.e.g.; engraved bookplate fo Jacques Vieillard to front
paste-down.
First edition (second issue) of this outspoken satire against women and collection
of proverbs, maxims and quotations about the female sex. Under
diVerent headings female weaknesses are exposed, such as vanity, secretiveness,
curiosity, talkativeness, price etc. The author, who has remained
anonymous, begins by confessing that although he abhors women in
theory, he adores them in practice. After outlining the temptations women
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provide, he comes up with the unusual suggestion, that masturbation
might be the only option for resisting their dangerous allure.
Another edition was published the same year.
Brunet III, 178; Gay II 482.
345 [ZANETTI, Girolamo Francesco.] Dell’Origine di alcune Arti
Principali appresso i Viniziani, Libri Due. Venezia, Stefano
Orlandini, 1758. £950
4to, pp. [iv], 100, one folding engraved plate bound in the text,
attractive tail-pieces and initial letters in the shape of dragons; old repair
to tear in G2; uncut in contemporary pattern-paper boards; a good
copy.
First edition, uncommon, of this history of early Venetian scientiWc and
technological advances. After deploring the recent decline in arts and technology,
Zanetti sets out to remind the Venetians of their earlier achievements,
with the intention of encouraging a revival of these arts. In the Wrst
part Zanetti concentrates on naval architecture and technology. The second
part is taken up with civil architecture, sculpture and goldsmiths’s techniques.
Girolamo Zanetti (1713–1782) was the brother of the better
known art historian Antonio Maria Zanetti, who wrote on Venetian history
of art.
Cicognara 62; RLIN and OCLC list copies at the Getty, Yale, Columbia University
and the Canadian Centre for Architecture.
History and Bibliography of Early Statistics
346 ZIZIUS, Johann. Theoretische Vorbereitung und Einleitung
zur Statistik. Wien und Triest, Joseph Geistinger, 1810. £580
8vo, pp. [ii], xx, [21]–280, [2], 1 folding table; contemporary pastepaper
boards, three paper labels to spine, head of spine bent; small
library stamp to title page.
First edition of a comprehensive study of the science of statistics for use at a
university lecture course by Zizius, professor of economics and statistics at
Vienna university. After some initial comments on the use of statistics in
political economy, he concentrates mostly on descriptive statistics as described
by Achenwall, i.e. the thorough knowledge of the respective and
comparative situation of each state. Most importantly he includes a comprehensive
history of the science and teaching of statistics, discussing all the
most important representatives, and concludes with an extensive bibliography
of relevant contributions, listing some Wve hundred titles under
diVerent headings. Throughout the work, it is clear that Zizius is fully
aware of his European contemporaries and cites French, English and Italian
authors.
Goldsmiths’–Kress 20197.6; rare, RLIN and OCLC list just two further copies, at
Syracuse and Brigham Young.