Susanne Schulz-Falster Catalogue Ten

Double-Entry Book-Keeping
130 FUSS, Franz. Anweisung zur Verfassung einer neuen,
verlässlichen und so viel möglich einfachen Wirthschaftsrechnung.
Prag, Herrlische Buchhandlung, 1800. £1200
4to, pp. [viii], 366, [1]; short worm-trace to Wrst two leaves, single
wormhole; contemporary pale blue boards, spine label; manuscript
purchase note to front free endpaper; and remains of sealing wax, from
the Haid library, with early stamp to title.
First edition, very rare, of this comprehensive introduction to double-entry
book-keeping. Fuss (1745–1805) gives a brief introduction to administration
and especially accounting for agricultural estates. The main body of the
book is taken up with a detailed presentation of all the books necessary for
reliable accounts. He presents the journal for the year 1800 followed by
individual account books, which are accompanied by a running commentary.
Mostly his introduction to double-entry book-keeping is based on example,
showing the diVerent procedures.
Very rare, not in Kress or Goldsmiths’, not in Historical Accounting Literature or
Herwood, just one copy located in RLIN and OCLC, at Syracuse University.
Economics at University Level
131 GASSER, Simon Peter. Einleitung zu den Oeconomischen
Politischen und Cameral-Wissenschaften, worinnen für dieses mal
die Oeconomico-Cameralia von den Domainen- oder Cammer- auch
andern Gütern, deren Administration und Anschlägen, nebst einem
Vorbericht von der Fundation der neuen oeconomischen Profession,
und des Allerdurchlauchtigsten Stifters eigentlichen allergnädigsten
Absicht. Halle, Verlegung des Waisenhauses, 1729. £2250
4to, pp. viii, 24, 347, two folding printed tables bound after 149;
signature K misbound; title page a little browned, occasional browning
in the text; paper repair to margin of T3; original pale blue boards, with
discreet repairs to head and tail of spine and corners; private library
stamp to title, erased stamp to verso of title and on L4.
First edition, rare, of this important introduction to cameralistic science,
published just two years after Gasser had been appointed as the Wrst holder
of the chair of economics at Halle. His work is of particular interest as it
documents the ‘new’ thinking of the time, with its emphasis on teaching the
basics of economics to young civil servants, to prepare them for their role in
administration. Gasser dedicates his treatise to Friedrich Wilhelm I, on
whose instigation the chair of economics had been founded, and in his preface
comments on the king’s desire to promote the science of economics as a
professional discipline.
Goldsmiths’–Kress 6642.3; Humpert 783; Palgrave II, 187; Roscher, pp. 371–6;
ADB VIII, 401–2; see A. M. Small, The Cameralists, pp. 206–211.
Economist’s Library
susanne schulz-falster rare books catalogue ten
132 GERANDO, Joseph Maria Baron de. Catalogue des Livres
composant la Bibliotheque de feu M. Le Baron de Gérando,
Conseiller-d’État, membre de l’Académier des Inscriptions ...
Don’t la vente se fera, le Mercredi 20 Mars 1844, et jours suivants ...
Rue de Vaugirard, no 52 bis, par le ministère de M. Sauvan,
commissaire-priseur. Paris, J. F. Delion, 1844. £550
8vo, pp. 108, [2]; contemporary blue wrappers, with original printed
wrappers bound in; manuscript spine labels, some ink and pencil
annotations.
First and only edition of the sale catalogue of the library of Joseph Maria
Baron de Gerando, (1772–1842), lawyer, government oYcial, economist
and philanthropist. He is best known for his publications on the administration
of charities and public works, such as De la Bienfaisance Publique.
His library covering more than 1400 lots is particularly strong in the areas
of political economy, charity and the poor law and education. In the
introduction the auctioneer oVers these sections for purchase ‘en bloc’ to
avoid the dispersal of the collection.
Not found in KVK, RLIN, and OCLC; not in Kress or Goldsmiths’, not in
Granier.
Silk Industry in Italy
133 GHILIOSSI-DE-LEMIE, Joseph-Ignace. Mûriers et vers-asoie
... Coni [Cuneo.], Pierre Rossi, 1812. £320
8vo, pp. [viii], 74, [2] index; printed on pale green paper;
contemporary glazed decorated paper, resembling tree calf, sides with
decorative blind panelling; extremities a little worn; traces of a spine
label, book plate removed from front paste-down; a attractive copy.
First edition of an attractive little treatise on silk production, i.e. mulberry
trees and silk worms in Piedmont. Ghiliossi-de-Lemie (1749–1823), government
oYcial in Cuneo, gives a brief history of the introduction of the
silk worm to northern Italy, which goes back to the time of Justinian.
Ghiliossi-de-Lemie gives a detailed description of the propagation of silk
worms, and their common diseases, followed by practical information on
silk manufacture. The whole treatise is accompanied by detailed references
both to the legal edicts regulating the silk manufacture and trade, and to
relevant technical reference works.
Not found in NUC; not in Einaudi, where his main work on the silk worm Il baco
da seta e sua educazione is listed (Einaudi 2533).
134 GHIRLANDA, Gaspare. Negoziazione e Nobiltà a sua
Eccellenza il Sig. Conte Carlo de Firmian. [colophon:] Milano,
Giuseppe Galeazzi, 1773. £600