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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321 [VIENNA.] Uiber das neue Haus nächst der Schramme.<br />
[n.p.], 1786. £250<br />
8vo, pp. 23; recent marbled boards.<br />
Rant against eighteenth century architects, who plan houses with miniscule<br />
rooms, ignore basic requirements of their tenants, and generally design eyesores<br />
and ‘carbuncles’. The speciWc wrath of the anonymous author is directed<br />
against the Vienna’s new prison which for some reason has been built<br />
right in the centre of town. Rather than facing inwards, all the prisoners’ cells<br />
face the street, giving them ample chance to irritate the neighbours. Additionally<br />
the prison sewage system causes concern, together with the knacker’s<br />
yard which is located next door, and both raise public health questions.<br />
Not found in KVK, RLIN or OCLC.<br />
Washer Women’s Trade Secrets<br />
322 [VIENNA – WASHER WOMAN.] Das Wiener Putzmacherund<br />
Nähtermädchen. Zur Belehrung und zum Nutzen ihrer Mitschwestern<br />
herausgegeben von einem Wiener Putzmacher- und<br />
Nähtermädchen. Zweyte AuXage. Wien, 1801. £600<br />
8vo, pp. viii, 174, [2] advertisement; occasional light spotting, faint<br />
dampstaining to upper margin of Wnal signature; uncut in the original<br />
pale blue wrappers; a little dog-eared.<br />
Second edition (Wrst 1798) of a fascinating manual of all that is necessary<br />
for the washer woman and seamstress, allegedly written by one member of<br />
the profession. In Wve chapters all relevant tricks and recipes for a successful<br />
career as a washerwoman are described. In the Wrst chapter all manner of<br />
articles of clothing are washed, with careful recipes for soap and suitable<br />
starch. The second chapter deals with spinning of Xax and linen, cotton and<br />
wool. Stain removal of all types and from all materials occupies the following<br />
extensive chapters – and clearly puts modern dry cleaners to shame. A<br />
most extensive section deals with dyeing of all materials, using natural dyes,<br />
and giving very detailed instructions on the dyeing process. The author<br />
diVerentiates between colourfast dyeing, and short term dyeing for fashion<br />
purposes, which will be removed in the next wash. The manual was clearly<br />
popular and went through a number of further editions up to 1816.<br />
<strong>Rare</strong>, no copies listed in RLIN and OCLC,KVK records copies in the Austrian<br />
National Library and at Göttingen.<br />
323 VILLATE, Cesaire. Parisismen – alphabetisch geordnete<br />
Sammlung der eigenartigen Ausdrucksweisen des Pariser Argot.<br />
Ein Supplement zu allen Franz.–Deutschen Wörterbüchern.<br />
Berlin, Langenscheidt, 1884. £200<br />
8vo, pp. [iv], x, [ii] list of abbreviations, 237, [1] blank, [2]<br />
advertisements; contemporary half cloth over marbled boards, with<br />
original printed wrappers bound in.<br />
susanne schulz-falster rare books catalogue ten<br />
First edition. The Argot-German dictionary is preceded by a brief introduction<br />
to the history of Argot, the Paris slang and cant, and its sources. These<br />
include remnants of old French, foreign language imports, adding of extra<br />
syllables, abbreviations, substitution of cause and eVect (pleurant-weeping<br />
for onion), switching of initial and Wnal consonants, to name but a few.<br />
Not in Bonaparte.<br />
324 [VILLENEUVE, Daniel Jost de.] Il Filosofo Viaggiatore in<br />
un Paese incognito alli Abitanti della Terra. Selenopoli, 1771. £750<br />
Two volumes, 12mo, engraved title, pp. 246; engraved title, 280; some<br />
light foxing; contemporary half sheep over marbled boards, spine gilt,<br />
gilt-lettered spine labels; label to volume I chipped, spine and corners of<br />
volume one repaired; from the Enrico Romolini collection, with blindstamp<br />
to last leaf.<br />
First edition in Italian, very rare, of this enlightenment utopia Wrst published<br />
in French in 1761. This account of life in the lunar outpost of<br />
Sélénopolis contains detailed philosophical considerations of society versus<br />
the natural state of man. The narrator, an experienced traveller, gives a close<br />
account of life in Sélénopolis, its political system, education, legal system,