[39] contents, with 77 numbered plates; engraved frontispiece, pp. [xiv], 886, [ii], 887–974, [30] with 103 engraved plates; in all 280 engraved plates; all titles printed in red and black; occasional very light browning, due to paper quality; some of the plates in weak impressions, but predominantly fine; contemporary full sheep, spines in compartments, with raised bands, elaborately decorated in gilt, matching lettering and numbering pieces; a very attractive set. First edition of volume II, second edition of volumes I and III, of the most famous German book of professions, trades and artisans, with nearly three hundred engraved plates showing different professions at work, in their traditional costume and surrounded by their tools or equipment. The plates are by Weigel after designs by Jan and Caspar Luiken. susanne schulz-falster rare books
The volumes are a fascinating source of information both on the costumes of representatives of different trades, but also their equipment and workshop surroundings. Many of the scenes were drawn from life by Luiken, and thus preserve a lifelike immediacy. Professions include printer, bookbinder, type caster, musical instrument maker, as well as carpenter, bricklayer and builder. Professions like doctor, dentist and lawyer are also included. The engraved plates are accompanied by extensive chapters in prose by Abraham a Santa Clara, outlining the relationship of each craft to God and the divine world plan. Abraham a Santa Clara (1644–1709), an Augustinian friar and preacher, was the author of numerous books of popular knowledge, presented with wit and humour. They showed the influence of Sebastian Brant’s Narrenschiff (Ship of Fools). More than a century later Friedrich Schiller summed up his verdict in a letter to Goethe: ‘This Father Abraham is a man of wonderful originality, whom we must respect, and it would be an interesting, though not at all an easy task, to approach or surpass him in mad wit and cleverness’. It is rare to find all three volumes together, complete with all plates and in a fine contemporary binding. Bertsche 38a–5, 56a–2, 57a–1; Dünnhaupt 146, 35 II.1 and 35.III.1; Faber du Faur 1118–1120; Jantz 313, 314; RLIN/OCLC record copies at the University of Chicago, Columbia, Berkeley (volume I only), Duke, the Library of Congress, the University of Philadelphia and the Metropolitan Museum of Art; a Dutch version was published later. Mathematics a Cure for All Ills 93 WEIGEL, Erhard. Extractio radicis, oder Wurzl-Zug des so schlechten Christen-Staats, sammt einer Rolle von 45 Lastern, welche in gemeinen Schulen unsern Kindern angewehnet werden. Nechst Andeutung einer bessern Lehr-Art so genannter Jugend- Schul. Und mit dem Anhang des Beweises, daß die ersten Christen anders als bissher geschehn, ihre Kinder informiret haben. Jena, Bielcke, 1680. £1,200 4to, engraved portrait, pp. [vi], [viii], 55, [1], [8]; [xvi]; title printed in red and black, some light browning and spotting; frontispiece, which was meant to be folded, is here cropped and title page shaved at foot; nineteenth century paste-paper boards, gilt-lettered red morocco label to upper board, extremities a little rubbed. First edition of an interesting early attempt at making science and mathematics more widely accessible to the public. Weigel maintained that the universal competences of mathematics formed the basis of all things, and should therefore be the centre of education. In forty-five articles, he identified problems in modern education, ranging from clumsiness to arrogance, ignorance, laziness, sloth and disobedience. In each case mathematics is prescribed and guaranteed to improve students’ behaviour, both physical catalogue fifteen
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