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

lished foreign scientiWc advances can immediately be utilised in the country.
In the second half he deals with agricultural society as a whole, its police and
internal organisation, including problems of mendicancy and poverty.
Goldsmiths’–Kress 18147; INED 4197.
The Importance of Recycling
282 SIMMONDS, Peter Lund. Waste Products and Undeveloped
Substances: or, Hints for Enterprises in Neglected Fields... London,
Robert Hardwicke, 1862. £220
8vo, pp. vi, [ii], 430, [2] advertisements; occasional light browning;
publisher’s maroon cloth, neatly recased.
First edition of this pioneering work on the commercial advantages of recycling
waste materials, and the use of hitherto unconsidered substitutes for
existing raw materials. Simmonds, deputy superintendent of the Colonial
Department, International Exhibition, begins with some general observations
on the importance of recycling and the use of waste materials. He
covers a wide variety of substances, including the use of rags, tea adulteration
and tea substitutes, the use of manure, the uses of bones in glue production,
the commerce in ice for cooling and food preservation.
283 SINCERUS, Alexius. Der curiose in allerley, sowohl für
hohe als niedrige Stands-Personen erdencklichen Back-Wercken, als
in unterschiedlichen Brod-Pasteten-Torten-Kuchen-Zucker und
Leb-Zelten & Backen Wohl-erfahrner und in jeder solcher Profession
allezeit wolbestehender Becker. Nürnberg, Johann Albrecht,
1713. £2500
8vo, fold-out engraved frontispiece, fold-out title printed in red and
black, pp. [viii], 426, 36 index; contemporary full vellum over boards;
upper joint discreetly strengthened; a Wne copy.
First and only edition, very rare, of a very attractive early handbook for the
baker and pastry chef. Bread plays an important role in the nation’s diet, and
the author stresses the importance of fair grain prices for public health. Beginning
with general information on bakeries, Xour qualities, and baking
procedures, a wide array of recipes for diVerent types of bread is given, covering
both yeast based and sour dough breads. This is followed by cakes,
cookies and pastries, ranging from the basic to very elaborate recipes, including
preserves, candies, and confectionary. The last quarter of the work
contains extensive information on the conservation of meat and meat products.
In the concluding chapter the preparation of various beverages is discussed,
ranging from fruit drinks, to wine, schnaps and Aquavit. A
comprehensive index concludes the work.
Particularly appealing is the Wnely engraved folding frontispiece, showing,
within a baroque border, four detailed scenes. Two of them show the
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insides of a bakery, the other two scenes show the inside of a slaughterhouse
and a wine cellar respectively.
Drexel 23; Georg 327; Schoene, Wein 4406; Walterspiel 487; Weiss 3616; not
found in Vicaire or Bitting; RLIN and OCLC locate just one copy, at Cornell University.
284 SMITH, Adam. Essays on Philosophical Subjects... to which is
preWxed, an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, by
Dugald Stewart. Dublin, Wogan, Byrne, 1795. £1600
8vo, pp. cxxiii, [1] blank, 332; contemporary marbled calf, gilt rules to
spine, gilt-lettered red roan spine label; short splits to joints, corners a
little bumped; an attractive copy.
First Dublin edition, published the same year as the London edition, of
Smith’s posthumously published works. These essays, which Smith had left
in manuscript form with friends, were written throughout his career, the
article on astronomy being one of his earliest works. They had been withheld
from publication since Smith had planned to write a connected history
of the liberal sciences and the elegant arts. The essays cover philosophy,
aesthetics, and the history of sciences.
Stewart’s Life, taken from the Transactions of the Royal Society, is here Wrst
published in book form.
Vanderblue p. 43.
285 SMITH, Adam. The Theory of Moral Sentiments. London,
A. Millar; Edinburgh, A. Kincaid and J. Bell, 1759. £12500
8vo, pp. [vi], [viii], 550 [i.e. 530, pp. 317–336 omitted from pagination
as usual], [1], with half-title and errata present; early ownership
inscription to title, partly crossed out; some light foxing and browning,
small ink stain to last 3 leaves; recently bound in full sprinkled calf,
spine gilt in compartments, with gilt-lettered spine label.
First edition of Adam Smith’s Wrst book, the work that established his reputation
as a philosopher not only in London but also on the Continent. The
Theory of Moral Sentiments is of the highest importance because of the way in
which it supplements Smith’s views on the nature of man and the way this
world runs, as set out in the more familiar Wealth of Nations.