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

ut was ousted by the owners in 1766 (according to Schelle on the
recommendation of Morellet) and replaced by a new director, who changed
editorial policy. From 1768 to 1772 Dupont de Nemours was editor of the
new mouth-piece of the Physiocrats, the Ephémérides.
Provenance: From the library of the Château de Digoine, property of the
family of La Coste-Messelière, and thus possibly from the library of Benjamin
Léonor Louis Frottier de la Coste-Messeliere (1760–1806), member of the
French national assembly and contemporary of Dupont de Nemours. The
arms on the binding are reproduced in Olivier, Hermal et Roton, Reliures
armoriées françaises, (2020, planche I, fer n° 4), but not identified.
see ESTC t122006 for other issue; Goldsmiths’-Kress 10390; Higgs 4260; INED
1617; Martin-Walter II, 12130; see A.Robert et G.Cougny, Biographie extraite du
dictionnaire des parlementaires français de 1789 à 1889.
French Military Strategy
35. FABER, Gotthild Theodor v. Bemerkungen über die
französische Armee der neuesten Zeit, oder der Epoche von 1792
bis 1807 ... nach dem handschriftlichen französischen Originale,
von dem Verfasser desselben deutsch bearbeitet. Königsberg, Fr.
Nicolovius, 1808. £950
susanne schulz-falster rare books catalogue eighteen
8vo, pp. viii, 150; very clean and crisp in contemporary marbled boards,
sides with gilt filet, spine ruled in gilt with gilt-lettered spine label; an
attractive copy.
First edition of this comprehensive assessment of the new French military
tactics, which came into force as a result of the French Revolution. Faber
(1766–1847) apparently composed the study in French and translated it
from the manuscript.
The size of the Revolutionary Army increased enormously through the
levée en masse, i.e. general recruitment of all able-bodied unmarried males
aged 18 to 25. Utilising the increased numbers of soldiers, and the lack
of formal training of this people’s army, French tactics relied on bringing
forward the greatest number of troops, trained or not, and launching them
into the attack within an open order formation, supported or, in most
cases, preceded by skirmishers. These skirmishers employed guerrillawarfare
like fighting tactics. The general principle was to be fast moving and
unpredictable, in clear contrast to the traditional organized army in strict
regimental formation. The French army deployed companies, battalions,
and regiments, and attacked with battalions in column, supported by
artillery and skirmishers.
The French original was apparently not printed until the early twentieth
century, when général Dragomirov had it published under the title
Observations sur l’armée française de 1792 à 1808.
Recke et al, Allgemeines Schriftsteller- und Gelehrten-Lexikon der Provinzen Livland,
Esthland und Kurland, 1827, p. 545.
Colour Prints & Aquatints
36. FAGNANI. Introduzione del Metodo Fagnani privilegiato da
Sua Maestà I. R. A. Milano, Francesco Sonzogno, 1828. £350
8vo, pp. 12; original printed wrappers with decorative typographic
border; upper wrapper a little discoloured and with some insignificant
staining; else a good copy.
First and only edition of a brief pamphlet with detailed instruction for
colouring prints and aquatints, describing step-by-step the application of
glaze to the verso of the print, followed by the application of colour. The
resulting image will be, according to the author, indistinguishable from an
oil painting.
Particularly interesting is the list of pigments and materials sold by
the author, together with instructions on how to mix the twelve colours
provided to achieve specific tints. In a final section Fagnani gives advice on
what colours to use when trying to depict specific events or objects.
OCLC records just one copy at Harvard.