Susanne Schulz-Falster Catalogue Eighteen - International League ...

... To which is added, A sketch of the history of Norwich, and hints
for public improvements. With an engraved plan of the city; and
references. Norwich, W. Chase and Co., March 22, 1783. £3,800
8vo, [ii], vi, [5]–52, [2], 59–73, [7], with an engraved folding map
bound after the title page, last leaves a little dust-soiled and repaired tear
to foremargin; fore- and lower edge uncut, in nineteenth century half
calf over marbled boards, spine in compartments, ruled in gilt with giltlettered
spine label, front wrapper preserved, but repaired, a few later
neat annotations in ink.
First edition of the first Norwich city directory – a book of considerable
interest in social history, and of notable rarity. The publication of city
directories began in London in the 1760s to meet a growing demand for
accurate information on trade and industry, and they gradually spread to
the provinces. After an alphabetical listing of the streets of the city and
some suggestions of city improvements (requests for wider streets and
better public houses and hotels) all the inhabitants of Norwich are listed in
alphabetical order, with address details and an indication of their profession.
Clearly great care has been taken in the preparation of the directory and
much detail is given on trade information. Brewers and wine merchants
are plentiful, but also boot and shoemakers, numerous peruke-makers,
milliners, textile professions in general, and of course boarding house
keepers, surgeons, lawyers, and bankers. At the end a number of indexes list
various professions, inns, coffee- and boarding houses, schools, and banks,
together with carriers and their rates.
The front wrapper, which is preserved, carries the contemporary ownership
inscription of Mr Jn Cooke, possibly the John Cook who is listed as an
agent to the Sun Fire Assurance Office, or his son John Cook, Jun. at the
Glass Warehouse, corner of St. Andrew’s Church-yard.
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There was apparently a 7 page appendix, issued in 1784, which is present
in two of the surviving copies, but this is not present here.
Not in Kress or Goldsmiths’; Norton, Guide to the national and provincial
directories of England and Wales, 563 (‘all copies of either issue have the jump in
pagination after p. 52’); ESTC t43183, listing copies at the BL, Oxford, Norwich
Central Library, and Yale (Harold Walpole library) only.
Tiling for Children
32. [DOUAT – JUVENILE.] Mosaic Amusement, or, Jeu de
Parquet. Edlin’s Juvenile Library. [n.d., n.p.]. London, Hodson,
ca. 1817.
[with:] Mosaic Amusement. A pleasing and entertaining pastime.
[London, ca. 1817.] £2,200
8vo, pp. [iv] title and introductory text, ll. 8 engraved plates containing
a total of 62 tesselated geometrical designs, ll. 4 engraved plates, with
grid left blank to be completed, plate signed ‘engraved by Miss Lowry’;
original pale blue boards, vellum spine, with two printed labels to upper
board, one to lower board; front inner joint cracked, else a fine copy,
together with flat mahogany box with engraved paper label, containing
16 square wooden pieces, each made from triangle of plain beech and
one of beech dyed black, with which to create the designs.
A fine children’s board game, based on the Douat’s Methode pour faire
une Infinité de Desseins, 1722. The importance of Douat’s work has been
recognized both in mathematical probability theory and art history an early
example of the mathematical theory of tiling.
Douat uses square tiles, each divided into two triangular sections, one