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the early nineteenth century. It contains a calendar of the year together
with some astronomical data, medical information, interesting facts and
statistics, moral precepts, and proverbs. The almanac thus fulfilled a variety
of roles, providing information and entertainment at a time when reading
matter was scarce. At the same time it fulfilled a secondary role as a diary
and notebook, for which numerous blank pages were inserted, especially
the two leaves of specially coated paper, on which one could easily write
with a stylus, and subsequently erase the information.
Even though these almanacs were produced in large numbers, only few
examples have survived. It is particularly appealing to find it well-preserved
in its original red goatskin binding.
ESTC t45016.
Woodcuts of Trades and Professions
3. [ALMANAC – TRADES.] Eweloser Schaw-Platz oder Newer
Schreib-Kalender auff das Gnaden-Jahr M.DCC.XXIII. [part II:]
Prognosis Astrologica. oder Himmels-Lauff. 1723. Ueberlingen,
Georg Salomon, [1722]. £3,200
4to (204 x 158mm), pp. [28], [8]; title printed in red and black within
central compartment of a nine-block woodcut assemblage, containing
scenes of the seasons, arms and emblems, stencil-coloured in red, small
astrological man cut on verso of title, calendar pages printed in red and
black, rectos with 12 woodcuts of trades and professions; [Prognosis],
title within four-part woodcut border, 9 small woodcut illustrations;
early mss note to title giving date of 1723; self-wrappers with pink
parchment backstrip, stitched into modern boards.
susanne schulz-falster rare books catalogue eighteen
Only edition and only copy located of a crudely printed, but appealing
calendar cum almanac, with primitive woodcut scenes of trades and
professions. Trades depicted include a hunter for January, a wheelwright
for February, a miser, refusing to help a beggar, for March, a stonemason
for April, a sailor for May, a fisherman for June, a cabinetmaker for July, a
carpenter for August, a potter for September, a knife sharpener for October,
a bookbinder for November, and finally a butcher for December.
Four of the woodcuts, which were presumably part of the printer’s
stock, are signed with the monogram IGS. The stencil-coloured title cuts
are religious, showing Virgin & Child, with four allegorical figures of the
seasons. Salomon, active in Überlingen on Lake Constance from ca. 1694,
had a small output, mostly of popular and religious printing, but also
including some music. No other almanac is recorded by him.
No other almanacs printed by Salomon are recorded; not found in OCLC, KVK
or COPAC.
Shared Wealth
4. AMBLER, James Arthur. Evolution in Economics An Analysis
of Social Problems. De Luxe Edition. Prtd. from Type Written
Sheets [by the author], 1899. £750
Small 4to, halftone frontispiece portrait of the author, pp. 588; preface
printed on blue paper, text mimeographed; in the original gilt stamped
cloth binding.
First and only edition of a curious work on political economy written
and produced by the author (the copy offered here is one of the ‘De Luxe
Edition’). The prelims and introduction are printed on a blue paper; the
text is printed from a stencil on good quality laid paper – an example of
nineteenth century self-publishing. Ambler covers questions of value,
currency, rent, commodities, foreign trade etc... and proposes a system of
shared wealth and profits for the good of all.
Public Administration
5. AUBRY du BOCHET, Pierre-François. Exécution du
Cadastre Général de la France et d’un Cadastre Provisoire pour la
répartition des impots en 1791... Imprimé par ordre de l’Assemblée
Nationale. Paris, L’Imprimerie Nationale, 1790. £900
8vo, [ii], 61, [1] blank, with one large engraved and outline-coloured
plan bound at the end; uncut and stitched as issued; preserved in a
custom-made slipcase.
First edition of this proposal for the introduction of a cadastre for France
to ensure the effective administration of land taxes, and at the same time
for applying the new revolutionary division into departements to the local
level of administration. This had first been proposed by Turgot as early as