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

enna. Published under the auspices of the Vienna Chamber of Commerce
(Großhandelsgremium), the compendium, which presumably was published
annually, Wrst gives details of the oYcials of the court of commercial law in
Vienna, followed by details of the members of various merchants’ organisations
(arranged by specialisation), and divided into members of the nobility,
the bourgeoisie and Jewish merchants. In each case the business address
and details are given. The large folding map shows a street plan of Vienna,
with the most representative merchants and manufacturers listed in red.
This useful publication gives a unique insight into the industrial production
and merchant life of central Europe. It was apparently Wrst published in
1808, later editions, compiled by changing editors are listed for 1833 and
the 1850s; all editions are very rare.
RLIN and OCLC list copies for 1808, 1811, 1812, and 1820, with single copies
only; not in Humpert.
Common Sense
254 RESEWITZ, Friedrich Gabriel. Die Erziehung des Bürgers
zum Gebrauch des gesunden Verstandes, und zur gemeinnützigen
GeschäVtigkeit ... Zweyte veränderte AuXage. Kopenhagen,
Heineck und Faber, 1776. £400
8vo, pp. [xxiv], 244, with two-page printed table inserted facing p. 130;
bound in contemporary full marbled sheep, spine decoratively gilt, giltlettered
spine label, label chipped and gilding somewhat faded; a very
clean and crisp copy.
Second edition, enlarged, of Resewitz’s educational reform project with the
aim of educating the citizens in the use of common sense. Resewitz (1729–
1806), a theologian and educator, was a parson at the German church in
Copenhagen and taught at Copenhagen university. The result of his academic
activities was this project for the organisation of a school which was
to provide schooling and education for a modern age, to prepare all sections
of society for a useful and productive life.
ADB XXVIII, p. 241; RLIN and OCLC list copies at Columbia and Brigham
Young, with copies of the Wrst edition at Stanford and Northwestern only.
255 RICARD, Samuel. L’Art de bien tenir les Livres de Comptes
en parties Doubles a l’Italienne, avec une Table Alphabetique de
l’Explication des Termes qui sont le plus en usage dans le commerce.
Corrigée & augmentée par Jean Pierre Ricard. Amsterdam, David
Paul Marret, 1724. £2000
Folio, engraved frontispiece, pp. [iv], 96, [ii], 113, [1], [xii], [iii], ll. 31
(double-page), [ii], ll. 6 (double-page); engraved title vignette, title in
red and black; some light browning, two circular stains to title, else
clean and crisp; contemporary half sheep over marbled boards, joints
and extremities worn, but holding Wrm; a good copy.
susanne schulz-falster rare books catalogue ten
Second, corrected (Wrst 1709), edition of one of the most inXuential French
treatises on double-entry book-keeping. Ricard, best known for his general
introduction to commercial practice ‘Traité Général du Commerce’, gives a
very thorough introduction to double-entry book-keeping, clearly
inXuenced by his own practical experience. He does not just rely on sample
entries, but clearly explains every procedure and every account book in double-entry
book-keeping. His extensive practical experience becomes obvious
in his comments on common pitfalls and problems, such as correcting
errors in account books and journal entries.
Goldsmiths’–Kress 6320; Historical Accounting Literature, p. 158; not in
Herwood; see Bywater & Yamey, p. 146–7.