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43 GIANNI, Francesco Maria. Governo della Toscana sotto il Regno di sua Maestà il Re Leopoldo II. Florence, Gaetano Cambiagi, 1790. £1500 Tall 4to, pp. [iv] including Wrst blank, 76, 60 unnumbered leaves and 4 folding sheets, tables A – DD, dimostrazione I – V; bound in contemporary vellum-backed pattern paper boards; a very crisp Wne copy, printed on strong paper. First edition of Gianni’s account of the economic reforms carried out during Leopold II’s rule as Grand Duke of Tuscany, before he became emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1790. Leopold II was one of the most capable and remarkable of the reforming princes of the eighteenth century. Advised by the liberal economist Bandini, he introduced a system of free trade in grain and foodstuVs, promoted agriculture, and reclaimed marshlands for intensive cultivation. Taxation was reformed on the basis of equality for all citizens, which abolished the privileges of the nobility. Local government and the administration of justice were also revised, and torture and capital punishment abolished. Written by the economist and administrator Gianni (1728–1821) in close collaboration with Leopold II, this account was clearly modelled on Necker’s famous Compte Rendu. Gianni gives a detailed, and Wrst-hand report of these economic reforms, which in the Wrst part are described in great detail, with clear reference to the legislation passed and new rules introduced. In the second section the achievements are presented in detailed account form, presenting the ‘end-of-year’ accounts of Leopold’s last year in oYce in Tuscany, compared to 1765, the beginning of his reign. In a clear cost versus result analysis, all aspects of public Wnance are covered, ranging from the Tuscan tax income, public accounts and the national debt, to local accounts of cities such as Siena, and state expenditure on speciWc areas, such as prisons, Wne arts, and public administration. Even the accounts of the grand duke himself are laid open. A fascinating document of enlightened administration, which shows an astonishing degree of openness and accountability of an absolute ruler. The work was widely distributed through two reprints in 1791 and even translated into German in 1795. (See also no 98.) Cossa 143, 87; Einaudi 2668; Kress Italian 595. Gillet’s Extensive Type and Ornament Specimen 44 GILLÉ, Joseph-Gaspard. Recueil des divers Caractères, Vignettes et Ornemens de la Fonderie et Imprimerie De J. G. Gillé. Paris, Rue Saint-Jean-de-Beauvais, Division de Panthéon. Année 1808. [With:] Prospectus d’un Nouveau Manuel Typographique ou Traité des moyens mécaniques qui concourent à la confection physique des Livres. [Paris, 1806]. [With:] Caracteres de la Fonderie susanne schulz-falster rare books
et Imprimerie de Gillé Wls. Exposition de l’An IX au Palais. [1801]. [With:]Titres des Fonderie et Imprimerie de Gillé Wls à Paris. n.d. [With:] Choix de nouvelles Vignettes. De la Fonderie de Gillé à Paris, n.d. [With:] Epreuves des Vignettes et Fleurons Gravés aux Bois et Politypés, des Fonderie et Imprimerie de Gillé. 1808. £11,800 Folio, ll. 95, and one large folding printed type specimen broadside (some wear in folds); most of the leaves printed on one side only; bound in contemporary glazed red boards, spine and sides covered with buV paper (?contemporary or later 19th century), with the original wrappers (blue with decorative border) bound in; a Wne copy. catalogue fourteen
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