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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<strong>Rare</strong> Wrst edition of one of the most successful accounting books of all<br />
times. With it, says Deschamps, ‘accounting takes the classic form we<br />
know’. Its numerous editions certainly indicate its success. La Science des<br />
Négocians was Wrst published in 1704 and was partly rewritten from de La<br />
Porte’s earlier publication La guide des negocians et teneurs de livres, 1685. De<br />
La Porte’s treatment of double-entry bookkeeping was highly inXuential,<br />
was translated into Dutch and Portuguese and served as a basis for a<br />
number of other books on the subject in German, Latin, Italian and French.<br />
Even the oblong shape of La science des négocians was taken over by some of<br />
his followers.<br />
On the advertisement leaf De la Porte is described as an accountant, who<br />
provides a wide array of accounting services: ‘L’auteur fait & veriWe toute<br />
sorte de Calculs. Il tient & veriWe les Livres chez les Negocians’, which<br />
seems to indicate that he was a certiWed accountant, clearly an early ancestor<br />
of Wrms like Ernst & Young.<br />
Historical Accounting Literature, p. 157; Hausdorfer p. 193–4; no further copies<br />
recorded in NUC, OCLC or RLIN; Bywater & Yamey, pp. 142–145, this edition<br />
not in Kress or Goldsmiths, for later edition see Goldsmiths’–Kress 5243.9.<br />
175 LAISTNER, Ludwig. Germanische Völkernamen.<br />
(Sonderabdruck aus den Württembergischen Vierteljahresheften für<br />
Landesgeschichte. Neue Folge. 1892). Stuttgart, W. Kohlhammer,<br />
1892. £80<br />
8vo, pp. 57, extensive marginal annotations in pencil; loose in the<br />
original buV-coloured printed wrappers, wrappers discoloured, spine<br />
chipped and repaired.<br />
Original oVprint of Laistner’s philological study on the history and origin<br />
of the names of Germanic tribes, and social and geographic groups.<br />
Ice Cream and Sorbet<br />
176 LANDRIANI, GioseVantonio. La Pratica del Distillatore, e<br />
Confettiere Italiane... In cui s’insegna a far Conserve di Frutti, e di<br />
Agrumi, ed a formar Gelati, Mazapani, e Rosoglj d’ogni qualità.<br />
Pavia, [n.p.], 1785. £1500<br />
12mo, pp. 76; uncut in contemporary decorated paper boards; some<br />
light damp-staining; corners worn; upper board lettered in manuscript.<br />
First edition, very rare, of this guide to the production of sorbets, ice creams<br />
and granitas. Of particular interest is the detailed description of cream ices<br />
and frozen custard, made with eggs, cream and sugar rather than Xavoured<br />
water and sugar. Detailed instructions are given for the production of ices<br />
in the shape of various fruits – still today a mainstay of the elegant Italian<br />
gelateria. The second part is devoted to various recipes for marzipan, and<br />
the manufacture of marzipan fruits and vegetables. Shorter sections deal<br />
with liqueurs and Xavoured drinks.<br />
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Frozen custards became popular at the time, and this work was reprinted<br />
in 1816, 1820, and 1823.<br />
<strong>Rare</strong>, this Wrst edition not in B.IN.G, Paleari, Westbury, Vicaire or Bitting; no<br />
copy of this Wrst edition found in RLIN, OCLC or NUC; see B.IN.G 1084 and<br />
1085 for later editions.<br />
177 LANG, Johannes. Dictionnaire Universel des Synonymes de la<br />
Langue Françoise, à l’usage des Allemands. Oder allgemeine<br />
Französische Synonymik für die Deutschen. Ulm, A. L. Stettin,<br />
1807. £140<br />
8vo, facing title pages, pp. [ii], vi, 759, [1] advertisement, with both a<br />
French and a German index; paper occasionally a little spotted, else<br />
clean; contemporary pale blue boards, gilt-lettered orange spine label; a<br />
nice copy.<br />
First edition, rare, of a useful French-German dictionary of synonyms. Detailed<br />
explanations are given to words of similar meaning, but the author is<br />
fully aware that lexemes rarely have exactly the same meaning, and that stylistic,<br />
regional, emotional, or other diVerences have to be considered. An<br />
extensive commentary gives clear guidance to usage, idiomatical phrases,<br />
and translations, supported by numerous examples.<br />
Not found in NUC.<br />
178 LAVATER, Johann Caspar.] Le Lavater Portatif, ou Précis de<br />
l’Art de Connaitre les Hommes par les Traits du Visage. Cinquième<br />
Édition, augmentée d’une Notice sur la vie de Lavater, d’un Recueil<br />
d’anecdotes physionomiques, etc. etc. Avec Trente-Trois Planches.<br />
Paris, Saintin, 1812. £220<br />
16mo, hand-coloured frontispiece portrait, pp. 96, with 32 handcoloured<br />
plates, i.e. thirty-three plates in all; contemporary sheep,<br />
undestructibly re-backed, small stamp to front free endpaper.<br />
Fifth edition of this appealing spin-oV from Lavater’s great work on physiognomy<br />
– a mini physiognomy of men. Thirty-two diVerent ‘characters’ are<br />
described and illustrated.<br />
The earliest version of this work was apparently published in 1808, with<br />
another one following in 1809, later editions followed in 1815 and 1826.<br />
All editions are uncommon.<br />
The Founder of National Statistics<br />
179 LAVOISIER, Antoine Laurent. Résultats extraits d’un<br />
Ouvrage intitulé: De la Richesse territoriale du Royaume de<br />
France; Paris, l’Imprimerie Nationale. 1791. £2800<br />
8vo, pp. [ii], 48; uncut in the original wrappers, bound with three<br />
folding broadsides.