Hebrew Printing in Sabbioneta 1 AFFO, Ireneo - Schulz-Falster Rare ...
Hebrew Printing in Sabbioneta 1 AFFO, Ireneo - Schulz-Falster Rare ...
Hebrew Printing in Sabbioneta 1 AFFO, Ireneo - Schulz-Falster Rare ...
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The Wrst part of the auction catalogue conta<strong>in</strong>s his theological collection<br />
(as is to be expected <strong>in</strong> a clergyman), the second law, medic<strong>in</strong>e, philosophy,<br />
mathematics, history and literature, antiquities, language and grammar, literature<br />
and art. The books are arranged by size, and author, title, and date<br />
is given, as is the type of b<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g. In some <strong>in</strong>stances rarity of Wne b<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs<br />
are noted.<br />
Süssmilch (1708–67), is best known for Die göttliche Ordnung, his classic<br />
contribution to the study of population Wgures and demography – the earliest<br />
work which can be described as ‘statistical’ <strong>in</strong> the modern sense.<br />
The catalogue was compiled and annotated by the German encyclopedist<br />
Johann Georg Krünitz (1728–1796), who was work<strong>in</strong>g on his Oeconomische<br />
Encyclopaedie, a massive undertak<strong>in</strong>g extend<strong>in</strong>g to 242 volumes, only<br />
72 of which he managed to see through the press.<br />
Goldsmiths’–Kress 10407.9–1 suppl.; see J. Hecht, ‘Johann Peter Süssmilch. A<br />
German Prophet <strong>in</strong> Foreign Countries’. In: Population Studies, vol. 41, 1987 pp.<br />
31–58; H. Birg, Ursprünge der Demographie <strong>in</strong> Deutschland. Leben und Werk Johann<br />
Peter Süssmilch, 1986; uncommon: KVK lists copies at Berl<strong>in</strong>, Gött<strong>in</strong>gen and Munich;<br />
not <strong>in</strong> Blogie.<br />
susanne schulz-falster rare books