Catalogue Number 7 - Susanne Schulz-Falster

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Early Industrial Exhibition 23 [EXHIBITION – MILAN 1805.] Indice delle Produzioni delle Arti del Paese esposte nel Palazzo di Brera in occasione dell’ Incoronazione di Napoleone I. Imperatore de Francesi in Re d’Italia. Impresso d’orgine dell’Amministrazione Municipale di Milano. Milano, dai Torchi di Giacomo Pirola al R. Teatro ala Scala. [1805]. £750 8vo, pp. [vi], 22, [4] blank; stitched as issued, title a little spotted. First edition of the catalogue of an exhibition of arts and sciences mounted on the occasion of Napoleon’s accession as ruler of Italy in 1805. The exhibition took place at the Palazzo di Brera in Milan, which houses both the ancient Milan observatory and the Bibliotheca Braidense. The concise catalogue is divided into two sections: Wrst, products and inventions of the mechanical industry; secondly, works of art. In the Wrst section, various types of fabric are exhibited, including lace and tull, items of clothing, surgical instruments, musical instruments, a special lock, various types of wire, Wre-Wghting equipment to mention but a few. In each case the name of the producer and a brief description is given. The second half contains a listing of works of art exhibited at the fair, including prints, drawings, painting and sculpture. Not in Carpenter; very rare, NUC, RLIN and OCLC list just one copy at the National Art Library, giving the wrong collation. The First Swedish Printing Manual 24 [FAHLGREN, Carl I.] Handbok i Boktryckerikonsten för Unga Sättare. Stockholm, tryckt uti Joh Beckmans OYcin, 1853. £420 8vo, pp. [viii], 144; steel-engraved vignette to title, numerous illustrations of typecases & imposition schemes; contemporary blindstamped cloth, original wrappers bound in, gift inscription in ink to head of half title, faint private ownership stamp to half title and title. First edition of the Wrst original Swedish typesetting and printing manual. Earlier printing manuals available in Swedish had been translations from the German, such as the translation of Täubel’s Handbuch der Buchdruckerkunst. The printing manual is addressed to young typesetters and gives a brief introduction to the history of printing and the development of letterforms, with a special section on the Rune alphabet, which is illustrated. Typecases for Antiqua, Black letter, Greek, and Hebrew letters are shown. Further sections deal with imposition schemes, cost and paper calculations, correction marks and accounting for printing oYces. A four-language dictionary of printing terms, covering Swedish, German, French and English, is followed by brief information on printing presses in use. The work concludes with the statutes of the Swedish printer’s society or guild. susanne schulz-falster rare books catalogue seven The attractive title page steel engraving shows printers and a typesetter at work. Bigmore & Wyman, p. 209; Almquist 4966; rare, NUC, RLIN and OCLC locate just three copies, at Harvard, the Newberry Library and New York Public Library. 25 [FEMINISM.] Politica per le Dame. Seconda Edizione. In Venezia, appresso Paolo Colombani, 1767. £600 8vo, pp. 128, including initial blank, very attractive title vignette showing the lady of the house surrounded by children and between the representatives of emotion and beauty; uncut in the original stiV buV wrappers, endpapers spotted; a Wne copy. Second edition, very rare, of this courtesy book for women – in particular, of course, women of noble birth. The anonymous author discusses ladylike conduct in diVerent social and moral situations, and gives basic moral and philosophical principles for everyday-behaviour. In his introduction he deplores the lack of legal rights of women. He begins quite predictably with women’s role in respect of God and religion, but then proceeds to discuss women and money, recommending an even balance between economy and generosity. Further chapters deal with the choice of friends, women and conversation (no shrieks), women and their husbands (constant attention and devotion is required, once she has agreed to get married, but careful choice of partner is advised) and women and their children. The last chapters deal with women’s conduct in society, their behaviour towards their servants, their social inferiors, towards other ladies and gentlemen. Not in Melzi, just one copy found in NUC and RLIN (Chicago); the Wrst edition had been published in 1764 (Stanford only).
The Closed Commercial State 26 FICHTE, Johann Gottlieb. Der geschloßne Handelsstaat. Ein philosophischer Entwurf als Anhang zur Rechtslehre, und Probe einer künftig zu liefernden Politik. . . Tübingen, in der J. G. Cotta’schen Buchhandlung, 1800. £2000 8vo, pp. [xxii], 290; title lightly browned and occasional spotting throughout; contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, spine ruled and decorated in gilt, gilt-lettered spine label; boards with decorative gilt panelling; extremities a little rubbed; an attractive copy with manuscript notes to endpapers, and ownership cipher to title page. The philosopher Fichte, though not an economist in the strict sense, has indirectly exercised great inXuence on economists. In Der geschlossne Handelsstaat, he presents the Wrst modern socialist concept of the state. His ‘closed commercial state’ is a corporate one, with a controlled economy and autarchy. To ensure the eYcacy of domestic controls and maintain the value of money, the state must also regulate international economic relations. Once the state is ‘isolated’, production and trading, prices and wages can be fully regulated. The state guarantees the existence of the individual and his susanne schulz-falster rare books catalogue seven right to work, but there is no free choice of occupation. Fichte is a socialist, but not a communist – private property, family life, and even the accumulation of riches are an accepted part of his concept. Fichte (1762–1814) was a main representative of idealist philosophy in Germany and was clearly inXuenced by Kant. In 1794 he became professor at Jena, but was dismissed in 1799 on a charge of teaching atheism. In 1810 he became professor at the new university of Berlin. Fichte’s ideas can be traced in Proudhon and in syndicalist and socialist doctrine. State socialism in Germany, not only of Lassalle but also of Rodbertus, has also claimed the authority of Fichte (Gurvitch in ESS). Baumgartner & Jacob, J. G. Fichte – Bibliographie, A1 50x.; Goldsmiths’–Kress 17957; Humpert 7668; Menger c. 163; Ziegenfuss I, 342. Franklin’s Way to Wealth in Italy 27 FRANKLIN, Benjamin. La Scuola della Economia e della Morale ossia Avvertimenti a tutti quelli che desiderano essere ricchi, sani e virtuosi. Opuscoli di Beniamino Franklin. Prima edizione Italiana. Pavia, nella Stamperia di V. Fusi e Comp. 1825. £550 8vo, frontispiece portrait after Borde, pp. xii, 83, [1], title vignette; some light foxing, contemporary half sheep over marbled boards, giltlettering directly to spine, barely legible; spine rubbed, but sound, manuscript note to last leaf. First edition in Italian of Benjamin Franklin’s economic and social works, including his Way to Wealth or Poor Richard Improved; Advice to a young Tradesman; Necessary Hints to those that would be Rich; The Way to make Money plenty in every man’s Pocket, An economical Project; but also The Art of procuring pleasant Dreams, On the Art of Swimming, Morals of Chess, and on Early Marriage. This Wrst Italian edition is rare, RLIN and OCLC list copies at Yale and Princeton only. An Ode to the Sausage 28 [FRIZZI ANTONIO]. La Salameide, poemetto giocoso con le note. Venezia, appresso Guglielmo Zerletti, 1772. £1000 8vo, pp. [iv] engraved frontispiece and title page, pp. [viii], 135, [1] blank; Wnely engraved vignette to title page and at head of the main text; small tear to blank margin of frontispiece, with small stain in the image; uncut in the original buV boards; a Wne copy. First edition of a charming work, a light-hearted eighteenth-century heroic poem dedicated to the ‘salamina’, the little sausage, by the Ferrara historian Antonio Frizzi. The publisher, Zerletti, writes in his preface that while occupied with printing a ponderous theological work he has decided to present his customers with a not-so-serious oVering. In his poem Frizzi utilises the traditions of the epic poem, but sings the praises not of chivalry and
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