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

Baltic German
156 [HUPEL, August W.] Idiotikon der deutschen Sprache in
Lief- und Ehstland (!). Nebst eingestreueten Winken für Liebhaber.
Riga, Joh. Friedr. Hartknoch, 1795. £480
8vo, pp. xx, 272, [3] errata; paper lightly browned throughout; uncut
in contemporary blue boards, rebacked; ownership inscription to front
pastedown; a good copy.
First edition, uncommon, of this detailed study of the Baltic German language
as spoken in Lithuania and Estonia. Hupel (1737–1819) was a specialist
in Baltic history,
Zaunmüller 74.
157 [ITALY – ROAD MAINTENANCE.] Regie Patenti
d’approvazione dell’annesso Regolamento per la manutenzione, e
riparazione delle Strade Reali, e pubbliche. in data de’ 11. Settembre
1771. Torino, Stamperia Reale, 1771. £250
Folio, pp. 8; folded as issued, uncut; paper a little browned, but evenly
so; a Wne copy.
Decree by the Government of Charles Emanuel III ordering a general survey
of all public roads for maintenance and repair work – a typical example
of his wide-ranging managerial reforms. In thirty-eight numbered paragraphs
all aspects of road maintenance, planning of new roads, Wnancial
responsibility for the maintenance work, Wscal reimbursement schemes, and
proper disposal of waste materials are organised. Technical questions, such
as surface grading for drainage and the construction of run-oV ditches are
also discussed.
Not in Kress or Goldsmiths’; not found in NUC or RLIN.
Time Management
158 JULLIEN, Marc-Antoine. Essai sur l’Emploi du Tems, ou
Méthode qui a pour objet de bien régler sa Vie, premier moyen
d’ètre heureux; destinée spécialement à l’usage des jeunes Gens.
Paris, Dondey-Dupré Père et Fils, 1824. £350
8vo, engraved frontispiece, pp. viii, 568, with one engraved plate in the
text; uncut in the original pink printed wrappers; upper joint
strenghtened.
Third, much enlarged, edition of Jullien’s interesting study on the conduct
of life and time management for the nobility, based on the educational principles
of Locke and Bacon, and foreshadowing modern business management
schemes. Jullien stresses the importance of time management, both
for individual happiness and for achieving one’s full potential. At an early
age – he suggests between Wfteen and twenty-Wve – students should become
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accountable for their time, and optimise their use of time. All decisions
should be guided by utilitarian principles, and be accompanied by the question:
why and to what end. He suggests the keeping of time sheets, where
all activities of the day are recorded, and which provide an account of physical
and mental progress. The time sheets are explained in more detail in his
Memorial Horaire.
The Wrst edition had appeared in 1808, followed by a second edition in
1810; this third edition is much enlarged and incorporates previously separately
published works by Jullien, such as his Biomètre, ou Mémorial Horaire.
159 JUSTI, Johann Heinrich Gottlob von. Die Chimäre des
Gleichgewichts der Handlung und SchiVahrt, oder: Ungrund und
Nichtigkeit einiger neuerlich geäußerten Meynungen von denen
Maaßregeln der freyen Mächte gegen die zu befürchtende Herrschaft
und Obermacht zur See. Altona, David Iversen, 1759. £1000
4to, pp. 86; decorative initials, engraved head and tail-pieces; title a
little dust-soiled and stained; uncut in recent calf-backed boards; a good
copy.
First edition of Justi’s eloquent defence of the free trade doctrine as espoused
by England and Prussia. Justi maintains that the idea of free trade is