Hebrew Printing in Sabbioneta 1 AFFO, Ireneo - Schulz-Falster Rare ...

Not found in Kress or Goldsmiths’; Hebbe, Den Svenske Lantbrukslitteraturen I,
118; KVK and OCLC record copies at the Swedish National Library, Braidense,
Milan, Göttingen and Chicago.
The Spanish Economy – Measures of Reform
123 WARD, Bernardo. Proyecto Economico, en que se proponen
varias providencias, dirigidas á promover los intereses de España, con
los medios y fondos necesarios para su plantiWcacion: Escrito en el Año
de 1762... Opera Postuma. Madrid, D. Joachin Ibarra, 1779. £1400
4to, pp. [iv], xxviii, 400, armorial woodcut to title; contemporary full
limp vellum, spine lettered in manuscript, tear to endpaper; a very Wne
and crisp copy with contemporary ownership note to title.
First edition, rare, of ‘perhaps the best digested and most methodical book
written on these topics [i.e. political economy] in Spain during the [eighteenth]
century, giving a clear insight into the causes of the decay of the
country, which, like his predecessors, Uztariz and Ulloa, Ward ascribes
to the neglect of trade and industry, and to the absurd system of taxation
which had prevailed for more than two centuries. Like them, Ward is a mercantilist,
but more discriminating and less extreme’ (Palgrave, III, p. 656).
Bernardo Ward (died around 1760), of Irish descent and in the employment
of King Ferdinand VI of Spain, travelled throughout Europe to study
the means of remedying the state of the poor and to promote trade and
manufactures in Spain. The clear outcome of these travels is this considered
and detailed report, and his proposals for reform. He suggests the foundation
of a land-bank and far-reaching reform of taxes and tariVs, including
the exemption of national manufacturing industry from internal taxation,
free inland trade in corn, and free trade with the Spanish colonies. Manufacturing
is to be encouraged by the abolition of guilds, and active settlement
of ‘industrious’ foreigners in Spain. His far-reaching reforms of the poor
laws, which were Wrst published separately under the title Obra Pia, are
appended at the end. An extensive section deals with the American colonies
and contains proposals to grant the native population the freehold of a
certain proportion of the land.
Ward’s study, published posthumously, proved popular and was reprinted
in 1779, 1782 and 1787.
Colmeiro 401; Kress B243; Palau 373988; Sabin 101282.
The First Italian Washing Mashine
124 [WASHING MACHINE.] Dell’ Arte di Fare il Bucato a
Vapore. Dialoghi el Dott. G.P. Bologna, Giuseppe Lucchesini,
1805. £880
8vo, pp. 44, folding engraved plate with 5 illustrations bound at the
end; uncut in contemporary blue wrappers; a little dog-eared, else Wne.
catalogue fourteen