Susanne Schulz-Falster Catalogue Ten - Schulz-Falster Rare Books
Susanne Schulz-Falster Catalogue Ten - Schulz-Falster Rare Books
Susanne Schulz-Falster Catalogue Ten - Schulz-Falster Rare Books
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1645), Celeo e l’Orto by Bernardino Baldi (1553–1617), Pane by Marco<br />
Aurelio Olimpio Nemesiano, translated by Tommaso Giuseppe Farsetti.<br />
The Wnely engraved title vignette summarises the culinary topic of the poems.<br />
The poems deal in turn with ‘Il Moreto’, a paste of crushed garlic, onion,<br />
parsley and herbs mixed with cheese, oil and vinegar. ‘Il Batino’ is<br />
dedicated to the pig and pork sausages. In ‘Celeo e l’Orto’ the production of<br />
polenta with butter and cheese is described, whereas the Wnal one’ Pane’<br />
(vere Pan) is dedicated to wine. The work is illustrated throughout by<br />
Antonio Baratta after P. A. Novelli, and by Francesco Bartolozzi.<br />
Gamba 2225; Morazzoni, p. 251; B.IN.G, II, 1584, p. 1377; RLIN and OCLC<br />
locate just three copies at Harvard, New York Public Library, and the National Art<br />
Library.<br />
The Value of Estates in Mecklenburg<br />
116 FERBER, Christian Karl Friedrich von. Grundzüge zur<br />
Werthschätzung der Landgüter in Mecklenburg. Berlin, Joh. F.<br />
Unger, 1796. £440<br />
Tall 8vo, pp. [ii], x, 286, [1] errata, one printed table outside of<br />
pagination; bound in contemporary half sheep, spine ruled in gilt, giltlettered<br />
spine label, extremities a little rubbed, head of spine worn and<br />
upper joint tender; private bookplate on front paste-down, library<br />
stamp on verso ot title page; a very clean and crisp copy with a few<br />
marginal crayon markings.<br />
First edition of this interesting treatise on the valuation of estates in the<br />
predominantly agricultural nothern German state of Mecklenburg. Ferber<br />
(1761–1838) deplores the recent development whereby estates have become<br />
a form of investment for rich city dwellers and industrialists. This<br />
phenomenon is particularly pronounced in Mecklenburg, because of its<br />
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relatively liberal property laws. Overall the work gives a very clear account<br />
of the Wnancial and legal situation of agricultural estates at the end of the<br />
eighteenth century – together with an assessment of the economic situation<br />
at this time, with more capital in private hands than ever before.<br />
Goldsmiths’–Kress 16649.2.<br />
117 FERGUSON, Adam. An Essay on the History of Civil<br />
Society. Third edition, corrected. London, A. Millar and T. Cadell,<br />
1768. £750<br />
8vo, pp. viii, 464; contemporary full speckled calf, spine gilt, giltlettered<br />
spine label; short split to upper joint; a very attractive copy.<br />
A Wne copy of the third edition of Ferguson’s History of Civil Society (Wrst<br />
1767), generally regarded as the Wrst English work in empirical sociology.<br />
The work was frequently reprinted, both in England and America, and<br />
translated in German and French.<br />
Ferguson (1723–1816), professor of Moral Philosophy at the University<br />
of Edinburgh and leader of the Scottish Enlightenment, describes the<br />
stages of social evolution. Marx credited him with being the Wrst in modern<br />
times to develop the theory of the division of labour in economy and society,<br />
and Gumplowicz, the advocate of the conXict theory of society, described<br />
the essay as ‘the Wrst natural history of society’, and Ferguson<br />
himself as ‘the Wrst sociologist’.<br />
ESTC t075304; Goldsmiths’–Kress 10407.5; Higgs 4258; Jessop 122.<br />
118 [FERRARA – LAW.] Capitoli del Sacro Monte di Pietà eretto<br />
in Ferrara ... Distesu sù la norma di quelli del Sacro Monte di Roma.<br />
Ferrara, Stampa Camerale, 1671. £1000<br />
Tall 4to, pp. xii, 180, [4], woodcut arms to title, head-pieces and<br />
initials; very clean and crisp in contemporary full vellum.<br />
First edition, thus, of the revised statutes of the Monte di Pietà, the savings<br />
and loan association, of Ferrara, based on those of the Monte di Pietà of<br />
Rome. The Monte di Pietà was a combined pawn-shop and charity institution,<br />
which also oVered some banking facilities. Organisation and procedures<br />
are explained in great detail, ranging from the election of oYcials to<br />
how to deal with lost pawn tickets.<br />
A special section deals Jewish money-lenders, and loans to Jews, which<br />
are subject to special regulations, such as Wxed interest rates and limitations<br />
on the accpetance of pawns. There clearly was some competition between<br />
the money-lending practices of the Monte de Pietà and of Jewish moneylenders.<br />
Extensive regulation is included, partly applying identical limitations<br />
to the Monte di Pietà and other pawnshops, partly applying stricter<br />
rules to the Jewish moneylenders. A Wnal table gives the interest rates established<br />
by the Monte di Pietà.<br />
No copies found in RLIN and OCLC.