Susanne Schulz-Falster Catalogue Ten

A curious annual for the Agricultural Society of the Departement Seine,
founded in 1797. Given is a list of members – among them Dupont de
Nemours, who, after a period in America, spent time in France to research
and edit the works of Turgot, followed by associated and foreign members,
including JeVerson, president of the United States. Further information includes
associated societies and local and foreign correspondents.
French Constitution
124 [FRANCE – CONSTITUTION.] Constitution Française et
Acceptation du Roi. Dijon, P. Causse, 1791. £600
12mo, pp. [ii], 163; contemporary full red morocco with simple gilt
rule to sides and spine, gilt-lettering directly to spine; early owner’s
signature ‘John Greenwell, Broomshields’ to front free endpaper.
An attractive copy of this rare provincial printing of the Revolutionary constitution,
together with the King’s letter of September 13th, 1791 to the
Assemblée Nationale, his acceptance of September 4th, and the response of
the president to the King. The constitution is preceded by the Declaration
of Rights, and the work concludes with a useful alphabetical subject index.
Another Dijon edition without the King’s response, was published the
same year.
125 [FRANCE – CONSTITUTION.] Analyse, Dictionnaire et
Texte de la Constitution Française; précédés d’une Introduction.
Paris, Didot, 1792. £750
Large 8vo, pp. 157; [1] blank; [ii], 61, [1] serment du Roi; some light
spotting, but in all clean and crisp; early nineteenth century green roanbacked
boards, spine decorated and lettered in gilt; with inoVensive
stamp to title, Bibliothèque des Chapelles; a good copy.
First and only edition of this handy introduction to the new French Constitution
including a general outline of the constitution, an analysis of the
main arguments, a dictionary of all the terms, and Wnally the complete text.
For easy cross-referencing every statement of the constitution has been
given a number, which is also listed in the analytical table and the dictionary.
Particularly useful is the dictionary, as it enables the reader to Wnd the
relevant section of the constitution with ease.
In the Bibliothèque Nationale, no copy traced in RLIN or OCLC.
126 [FRANKLIN, Benjamin.] La Science du Bonhomme Richard,
ou Moyen Facile de payer les Impôts. Philadelphie, et se trouve à
Paris, Ruault, 1777.
[bound with:] [GUIDI, L. abbé.] Dialogue entre un Éveque et un
Curé, sur les marriages des Protestans, n.p., 1775. £1200
susanne schulz-falster rare books catalogue ten
Two works bound in one volume, 12mo, pp. 151, [1] blank, 4
advertisement; iv, 5–120; title vignette; occasional light browning, due
to paper stock; contemporary mottled sheep, sides with triple gilt rule,
spine decorated in gilt, gilt-lettered spine label; discreet repairs to joints;
an attractive copy.
Very rare Wrst separate French translation of Franklin’s Way to Wealth, containing
his shrewd maxims and proverbs against idleness, pride and folly.
The work, Wrst published in Poor Richard’s Almanac for 1758, and then
separately issued in 1760 under the title of Father Abraham’s Speech, gained
instant popularity as a gospel of bourgeois thrift and common sense.
The translation is by F. A. Quétant and J. B. Lecuy. Included are also
translations of Examination of Dr Franklin before the British Parliament
translated by Dupont de Nemours, the Constitution of Pennsylvania, as established
in 1776, and the Examination of Mr Penn, at the bar of Parliament in
1776.
Bound with it is the Wrst edition of Guidi’s treatise on Protestant marriage,
written in form of a dialogue.
I. Faij 10; Echeverria, p. 54; see Sabin 25583 for 1778 edition. II. Barbier I, 945;
INED 2205.
127 FRANKLIN, Benjamin. Kleine Schriften meist in der Manier
des Zuschauers, nebst seinem Leben. Aus dem Englischen von G.
Schatz. Mit Franklins doppeltem Bildnisse. Erster Theil [–Zweyter
Theil]. Weimar, Verlag des Industrie-Comptoirs, 1794. £750