Susanne Schulz-Falster Catalogue Ten - Schulz-Falster Rare Books

France and Austria in the Seven Years’ War, with a clear warning of the
dangers of upsetting the equilibrium of forces within Europe. The Seven
Years’ War (1756–1763) had started because of the coalition between Austria,
France, Russia, Sweden and Saxony against Prussia, in an attempt to
curtail the power of Frederick the Great. This polemical article, written
from the Prussian viewpoint, warns against France and Austria joining
forces. A supplement traces the history of Franco-Austrian alliances.
II. Later edition of a fascinating compilation of predictions and prophecies
regarding European politics and the fate of individual states. The prognostications
by Nostradamus, Lichtenberger, Paracelsus etc. are arranged
by country, and deal in turn with the papal states, the Austrian Empire,
England, and France; followed by individual prophecies by Lichtenberger,
Carione, Aegidius, and Suschken.
I. Weller I, 93; not found in NUC and RLIN, KVK lists just one copy at the Bavarian
State Library.
112 FABRICIUS, Johann Christian. Von der Volks-Vermehrung
insonderheit in Dännemark. Hamburg und Kiel, Carl Ernst Bohn,
1781. £350
Small 8vo, pp. 88, engraved title vignette, head and tail-pieces; title
dust-soiled and a little stained, else clean and crisp; late nineteenthcentury
buckram-backed marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt;
extremities chipped.
First edition of an early and much-discussed contribution to the literature
on population and demographics. Fabricius (1743–1808), a professor of
economics at Kiel, argues for the importance of population increase, as only
a large population guarantees a strong economy and a prosperous state. He
deplores the population decrease in the Nordic states, especially Denmark.
This, he explains, is caused by the system of serfdom (which though abolished
by law under Frederick IV continued in practice) and the concentration
of a large proportion of the land in the hands of few landowners. Farm
sizes are constantly increasing, with a subsequent lack of arable ground for a
large number of mid-sized farmers. The ever-growing size of the army and
navy is a further reason for decreasing population Wgures.
ADB VI, 521; Goldsmiths’–Kress 12130.4; NUC lists just one copy at the university
of Chicago, OCLC adds Göttingen University and the US Air Force Academy.
The Earliest Printed Laws of a Major European Trade Fair
113 [FAIR – LYON.] Ordonnances et Privileges des Foires de
Lyon: et leur Antiquité: auec celles de Brie, & Champaigne. Lyon,
Pierre Fradin, 1560.
[bound with:] Lettres du Roy François Deuxième du nom,
ConWrmatives des privileges, et franchises des quart Foires de Lyon.
Lyon, Pierre Fradin, 1560. £4000
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8vo, ll. 115, [9]; [4] with the woodcut arms of the city of Lyon to both
titles, printer’s device to last leaf; large decorated initials throughout;
some light browning, small individual worm hole in upper outer
corner, occasionally touching page number; light marginal dampstain
towards the end of the volume; contemporary limp vellum, head of
spine chipped, with some loss; an attractive, unsophisticated copy.
First edition, very rare, of one of the earliest and most important printed
sources for the history of international trade fairs: the fair privileges granted
to the city of Lyon, location of arguably the most important trade fairs of
the Wfteenth and sixteenth century. Fairs are ancient institutions with great
importance for the development of international commerce and mercantile
law. The Lyon Fair was the central exchange point for the spice trade, for
silver brought from the New World, and for vast quantities of silk and textiles
manufactured in Lyon. The year of publication, 1560, marks the
highpoint of the fair’s fortunes, and depicts the fair during its most thriving
period, from about 1529 to 1560. In addition to all the royal edicts governing
the conduct of merchants, it contains a brief introductory essay on the
origin of trade fairs in antiquity and on the beginnings of the fair at Lyon.
J. Baudrier, Bibliographie lyonnaise, XI, p. 153; not in BM STC French or Adams;
uncommon, RLIN and OCLC list copies at Harvard Law School, the University of
Minnesota and Northwestern University.
114 FARRAR, Frederic William. Families of Speech: Four
Lectures delivered before the Royal Institution of Great Britain in
March 1869. London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1870. £60
8vo, pp. xiii, [i] blank, 192, 2 coloured folding maps, 2 tables (1
folding); publisher’s green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, tail of spine a
little worn, and discreet repair to lower joint.
First edition of Farrar’s essays, dedicated to Max Müller. Farrar was an English
representative of the ‘family tree’ theory of languages, which had been
introduced by Schleicher.
Not in Kennedy.
Food for Thought
115 FARSETTI, Daniele [editor]. Quattro elegantissime Egloghe
Rusticali, Venezia, Paolo Colombani, 1760. £1150
4to, pp. 70; engraved title vignette, four full page engravings, one head
piece, four tail pieces and Wve engraved initials; some spotting to title
page and occasional slight dust-soiling; uncut in the original buVcoloured
limp boards, with leather cords; boards a little dust-soiled;
ownership inscription in ink to front free endpaper.
First edition of this Wnely printed collection of ‘culinary’ poems collected
and edited by Daniele Farsetti. Included are Il Moreto, attributed to
Gasparo Gozzi (1713–1786), Il Batino by Francesco Bracciolini (1566–