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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8vo, pp. [ii], 13, [1] blank, 1 folding engraved plate; stitched as issued<br />
in the original wrappers, a little dog-eared, else Wne.<br />
First edition in Swedish of Leonhardi’s Abbildung und Beschreibung der von<br />
John Middleton erfundenen neuen englischen Maschine zur schnellen Abführung<br />
des Heues von den Wiesen, bei eintretenden Regenwetter oder schnell entstehender<br />
Ueberschwemmung, 1797. This describes a useful invention by Middleton,<br />
an early harvesting machine, which allows harvesting of hay in a matter of<br />
minutes – especially useful when rain or Xoods are imminent. As so often,<br />
the work was translated via the German rather than directly out of English.<br />
The rather attractive engraving shows a simple horse-drawn contraption for<br />
the raking and collecting of hay.<br />
For German edition see Engelmann p. 188; not found in NUC, RLIN or OCLC.<br />
Aide-Memoire for the Confessional<br />
188 LEUTBREWER, Christophe. La Confession Coupée, ou la<br />
Methode facile pour se préparer aux Confessions particulières et<br />
générales. Dans laquelle est renfermé l’Examen général de tous les<br />
pechez qui se commettent par les personnes de toutes sortes d’etats<br />
& conditions; lesquels sont tous coupez, & disposez de maniere que<br />
sans rien écrire on leve chaque article don’t on se veut confesser: & à<br />
l’instant ou après la Confession, le tout se remet & confond avec les<br />
autres pechez, comme il estoit auparavant, sans que d’autres<br />
personne puissant connaitre les pechez, don’t on s’est accusé...<br />
Revuë & corrigé en cette dernier Edition ... Paris, Denys Thierry,<br />
1695. £1000<br />
12mo, pp. [lii] including two full-page engravings, 188; printed<br />
throughout within typographic border; pp. 1–80 printed on one side<br />
only, pasted together in the margins and pre-cut; contemporary calf,<br />
spine gilt in compartments, gilt-lettered spine label; head and tail of<br />
spine chipped, upper joint worn, but holding Wrm.<br />
Popular aide-mémoire for the confessional, Wrst published in 1677 and frequently<br />
reprinted. The book is of great interest in book history, and with its<br />
‘loose leaf’ arrangement has been regarded as an ancestor of the reference<br />
card in knowledge management, and as such of the modern computer. A<br />
list of sins for the confessional is given, arranged in the order of the <strong>Ten</strong><br />
Commandments. It is printed and pre-cut by the bookbinder in a way that<br />
the little slips of paper with the ‘individual sin’ can easily be torn out, or<br />
folded over. They can then be taken to confession as an aide-mémoire. After<br />
confession it can be reinserted, and no-one needs to be the wiser.<br />
See Graesse IV, 188 for the edition of 1688; see ‘Reparages et Navigation dans<br />
l’Espace du Livre Ancien’ 17.<br />
susanne schulz-falster rare books catalogue ten<br />
189 LOCKE, John. Some Familiar Letters between Mr Locke<br />
and several of his Friends. London, A. & J. Churchill, 1708. £550<br />
8vo, pp. iv, 540; title within border; lower corner of O4 torn, no loss; contemporary<br />
panelled calf, upper joint starting; a very clean and crisp copy.<br />
First edition of the Wrst authorized collection of Locke’s Letters. The collection<br />
contains letters to and from William Molineux, a copy of Leibniz’s<br />
comments on the Essay, a letter to Ezekiel Burridge, the Irish translator for<br />
the Latin edition of the Essay, correspondence with Thomas Molyneux,<br />
and the Latin correspondence with Philippus van Limborch about Dutch<br />
religious aVairs.<br />
Attig 806; Yolton 346.<br />
190 LOCKE, John. Some Thoughts concerning Education.<br />
Sixth Edition enlarged. London, A. and J. Churchill, 1709. £300<br />
8vo, pp. [viii], 390, [2] contents; Wnal endpaper with dampstain;<br />
contemporary panelled calf, spine in compartments, joints repaired.<br />
Later edition of this fundamental classic in the history of educational<br />
theory. Some thoughts concerning education (Wrst published in 1693) was<br />
the last of Locke’s Wve great books on the theory of liberty to be published.<br />
The Wve – on human understanding, civil government, religious toleration,<br />
interest, and education – together may be said to comprise a complete system<br />
of thought, one which inspired the American and French Revolutions,<br />
and liberal democracy in the modern world. Locke stressed the value of<br />
experience in education, holding that ‘we are born with faculties and powers,<br />
capable of almost anything; but, as it is with the body, so it is with the<br />
mind, practice makes it what it is.’<br />
Attig 527; Yolton 170.<br />
Locke’s Treatise on Government<br />
191 LOCKE, John. Oförgripelige Tankar om WerldXig Regerings<br />
Rätta Ursprung / Gräntsor och Andamål; Ofwersatte ifrån Engelskan<br />
af Hans Harmens, Stockholm, Kongl. Tryckeriet, 1726. £300<br />
8vo, pp. [viii], 382, [2], title printed in red and black; contemporary<br />
wooden boards, with sprinkled paper covering, back strip worn oV, but<br />
cords holding very Wrm, small piece of paper torn oV from lower board;<br />
preserved in a slip-case; a very clean and crisp copy.<br />
First edition in Swedish of Locke’s Second Treatise of Government (Wrst<br />
1690), the translation by Hans Harmens based on David Mazel’s French<br />
version. Locke’s treatises on government can be considered the foundation<br />
of liberal political thought in Britain. He was Wrst and foremost a defender<br />
of individual liberty against pope or king, and it was his inXuential theories<br />
of liberalism which lay behind those of the American revolutionaries.<br />
Attig 216; Yolton 60.