Susanne Schulz-Falster Catalogue Fifteen

58 [LOEN, Johann Michael von.] Kräftige Mittel wider die
Herrsch- und Regiersucht denen bösen Weibern zum Neuen Jahr
geschenckt. Von Chrisolocosmopophilopax. [n.p., n.d.] [1748 or
1750]. £850
8vo, pp. 160; woodcut title vignette; quite browned throughout, due
to paper stock; uncut in contemporary wrappers.
First and only edition of this outspoken critique of women’s opinionated
and domineering behaviour, illustrated with numerous examples. Under
the guise of a humorous New Year’s gift, Loen produces a misogynist tract,
but admits the extremity of his views.
Loen (1694–1776), a highly educated and widely travelled government
official at the court of Frederick the Great, became the model of the wellread
and cultured nobleman, whose published works are generally characterised
by a tolerant and free spirit. He is also credited with having written
one of the first important political novels, with Der redliche Mann am Hofe,
where the honest and noble protagonist triumphs over adversity at court.
There seems to be some doubt as to the year of publication, both 1748
and 1750 have been suggested.
Hayn Gotendorf IV, 563; Holzmann-Bohatta 50; not in Goedeke; rare, OCLC
and KVK list copies at Göttingen, Munich and Berlin only.
Pros and Cons of the Lottery in the Eighteenth Century
59 [LOTTERY – SAMMELBAND.] L.J.N. Der nie unglückliche
Lottospieler, oder eine kurze Anweisung wie man mit Verstande in
die Lotterie spielen soll. Augsburg, Johann Georg Bullmann, 1784.
[bound with:] [ZWACKH, Franz Xaver.] Ueber das Lotto,
Träumereyen eines Wachenden zum Aufwecken der Schlafenden.
[Munich], [n.p.], 1784.
[bound with:] Luthers Wunsch ist erfüllet. Press-Burg, 1783.
Augsburg, Johann Georg Bullmann, 1784. £2,250
Three works bound in one volume, 8vo, pp. 30, [2] blank, with large
engraved title vignette; 119, [1] blank, [1] errata, [1] blank; 48; contemporary
two-colour pastepaper boards, head of spine chipped and
corners bumped, still a very good copy.
A charming Sammelband of two responses to the lottery craze of the late
eighteenth century. I. First and only edition of this attempt at analysing
lotteries to reduce the risk. Even though the anonymous author concedes
that lotteries are basically dependent on luck, he maintains that if the player
follows certain principles, he will increase the probability of winning and
reduce the risk of losing. After a brief discussion of various forms of lotteries,
he dismisses the annuities lottery in favour of the more ubiquitous
Genoa lottery. He analyses various habits of lottery addicts – either religiously
sticking to the same number for every draw, or covering too many
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