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14 CHIARI, Pietro. La Viniziana di Spirito, o sia le avventure d’una Viniziana ben nata, scritte da lei medesima, e ridotte in altrettante Massime, le più giovevoli a formare una Donna di Spirito. . . Tomo Primo [–Tomo Secondo], Venezia, ed in Parma, 1762. £550 Two volumes, 8vo, engraved frontispiece, pp. [xii], 228; [viii], 224; woodcut vignettes, head-pieces and decorated initials; some light browning throughout, and a couple of leaves with some staining; uncut in the original buV limp boards, spine lettered in manuscript; discreet paper repairs to spine of volume one; early nineteenth century ownership inscription to front free endpaper. First edition of Chiari’s lively novel tracing the adventures of a well-born Venetian woman. Written in the form of a diary or epistolary novel, the trials and tribulations of the heroine are traced until her eventual marriage. All developments are summed up by handy maxims. Pietro Chiari (1712–1785), inXuenced by Richardson, Fielding, Voltaire and in particular Swift, is known for introducing the novel into Italian literature. Morazzoni, p. 222; OCLC and RLIN locate just one copy at the university of Minnesota. 15 [CHIARI, Pietro.] La Donna Saggia o sia Memorie ed Avventure della Vedova Dorigini sorella della vezzosa e bella Villiers. In Venezia, nella Stamperia Graziosi, 1779. £450 8vo, pp. [iv] frontispiece and title, 160; title page within decorative border and hand-coloured title vignette, engraved frontispiece with contemporary but rather crude hand-colouring; some light browning and spotting to paper; contemporary marbled boards, spine label lettered in ink; corners bumped, private book plate to front paste-down. First edition, uncommon, of these racy memoirs of a well-born lady, written like many of Chiari’s novels from a Wrst person point of view. She begins by reXecting on women’s role in society. The engraved frontispiece reveals the cloak and dagger adventures of the heroine. Rare, RLIN and OCLC list just one copy at Harvard; Birmingham University holds a copy of the second edition (1786). Contemporary Hand-Colouring 16 CHOMEL, Noel. Dictionnaire Oeconomique contenant divers Moiens d’augmenter son Bien, et de conserver sa Santé. Avec plusieurs remedes assurez et eprouves. Pour un Très grand nombre de maladies, & de beaux Secrets pour parvenir a une longue & heureuse vieillesse. Quantité de moiens pour élever, nourrir, guérir & faire proWter toutes sortes d’Animaux Domestiques, comme Brebis, Moutons, Boeufs, Chevaux, Mulets, Poules, Abeilles, & Vers susanne schulz-falster rare books catalogue seven a Soie. . . Tout ce que doivent faire les Artisans, Jardiniers, Vignerons, Marchands, Negocians, Banquiers, Commissionnaires, Magistrats, OYciers de Justice, Gentils-Hommes, & autres d’une qualité & d’un emploi plus relevé, pour s’enrichir, &c. Troisième Edition, Revûe, corrigée & considerablement augmentée par J. Marret, enrichie de Figures nouvellement dessinées & gravées par B. Picart, Le Romain. Tome Premier [–Tome Second]. A Amsterdam, chez Jean Cóvens & Corn. Mortier, 1732. £4000 Two volumes bound in one, Folio, engraved frontispiece dedication, pp. [ii] title in red and black, [vi], 424; [ii] title in red and black, 400; with 10 full page engraved plates bound in and 180 text engravings by Picard; all illustrations in Wne contemporary hand-colouring; paper lightly browned, marginal tear to X3; contemporary full calf, spine gilt in compartments, and gilt-lettered spine label; a magniWcent copy. Very uncommon hand-coloured copy of the third enlarged edition of Chomel’s Dictionary, with the illustrations largely re-engraved by Picard. Chomel’s dictionary of agriculture and house-keeping covered an extensive array of subjects, including gardening, botany, gastronomy, viticulture hunting, medicine, together with the more predictable topics of livestock breeding, bee-keeping, farming, and farm management. Chomel’s work was introduced by the Dutch to Japan and was translated into Japanese: ‘the encyclopedia that proved so useful to the Japanese’ (Blussé, Bridging the Divide, 400 years the Netherlands – Japan, p. 111). Chomel’s dictionary was Wrst published in 1709 and went through numerous editions. It is said to be one of the sources of Diderot & d’Alembert’s Encyclopédie, and Diderot was accused of plagiarism when some of the information found its way unacknowledged into the Encyclopédie. It is very unusual to Wnd this work with contemporary hand-colouring. Goldsmiths’–Kress 6930. The Newton–Leibniz Dispute 17 CLARKE, Samuel. A Collection of Papers which passed between the late Learned Mr. Leibnitz, and Dr. Clarke, In the Years 1715 and 1716. Relating to the Principles of Natural Philosophy and Religion. . . Also Remarks upon a Book, Entituled, A Philosophical Enquiry concerning Human Liberty. London, printed for James Knapton, 1717. £850 Two parts in one volume, 8vo, pp. [xiii], [iii] advertisements and errata, 416, 46, [2] advertisements; the Wrst part in English and French on facing pages; with attractive woodcut initials and devices; occasional light browning to paper; contemporary full calf, sides with gilt and blind borders; spine gilt in compartments, with gilt-lettered spine label, head and tail of spine lightly rubbed, single worm hole to lower joint; a very good copy.
First edition of the famous correspondence between Leibniz and Clarke. It was started by Leibniz who had written to Caroline, Princess of Wales, in 1715 maintaining that Newtonian physics was contributing to the decline of natural religion in England. This charge was taken seriously by Newton and his followers. Samuel Clarke (1675–1729) was chosen to respond to Leibniz, as being the one man in England qualiWed by suYcient knowledge of both physics and theology, although he most certainly took instructions from Newton himself. ‘The ensuing correspondence, contain[s] Leibniz’ most penetrating criticism of Newtonian philosophy’ (DSB). The longstanding feud between Leibniz and Newton over the priority of the invention of calculus was fuelled by Princess Caroline eschewing her earlier tutor, Leibniz, for Newton. Babson 229; Wallis 62.1. 18 [COAL.] Unterricht den Gebrauch deren Stein-Kohlen betreVend. Brünn, gedruckt mit Swobodischen Schriften, 1769. £650 8vo, pp. [32], with six folded leaves of plates, title vignette, engraved head- and tail-piece and vignettes; very clean and crisp in contemporary paste-paper wrappers; shelf mark in ink at head of title; a very Wne copy. susanne schulz-falster rare books catalogue seven First and only edition of a rare and well-illustrated work on the use of coal for heating, the production of bricks, and numerous domestic applications such as the brewing of beer, baking of bread and distilling. In fact the author maintains that coal can be used in all instances which traditionally call for the use of charcoal, which at the time was getting increasingly scarce and expensive on account of deforestation. In separate chapters the anonymous author describes the use of coal for the production of Dutch bricks, both small scale and large scale; furthermore he shows its use in a lime-kiln, then proceeds to its use in the production of foodstuVs, such as beer and spirits, and for domestic heating. In each case the plate shows a detailed view and plan of the device, and both construction and use are described in the text. Very rare, not found in NUC, RLIN records; just two copies at the Smithsonian Institution and the University of Pennsylvania. 19 [ECONOMICS JOURNAL.] Versuche in politischen und ökonomischen Ausarbeitungen, zum Nutzen und Vergnügen. Erster Band. Erstes Stück [–Zweites Stück]. Wien, gedruckt bey Joh. Thomas Edlen v. Trattnern. . . 1765, 1767. £600 Two parts in one volume, 8vo, pp. 85, [3] blank; 102; both titles with engraved vignette; paper lightly browned, title dust-soiled, occasional faint dampstaining; original thin wooden boards, covered with pale blued paper, shelf label to foot of spine, and shelf mark in pencil to verso of title; some surface wear to boards, discreet repairs to foot of spine. First edition (all published) of this short-lived economic periodical, which contains a number of interesting contributions. In his preface the anonymous author/editor gives a brief outline of his approach. He is particularly concerned with the recent emphasis on industrialisation and mechanisation and its impact on the population. The selection of articles in the Wrst two issues reXect this concern. In the Wrst one he discusses the inXuence of increased wine production on population density in Lower Austria. He maintains that general agricultural production is more beneWcial to population growth than viticulture. The second one concentrates on the more speciWc eVects of mechanisation and industrialisation on population Wgures, based on Montesquieu and Forbonnais and the German author S. P. Bauer. This article elicited a sharp response from Sonnenfels (Schreiben an den Verfasser der politischen und ökonomischen Versuche). Further articles deal with taxation and price regulation. The Wnal contribution is a lengthy and damning review of Sonnenfels’ Grundsätze der Polizey, Handlungs- und Finanzwissenschaft (1765–67). The anonymous author, clearly still oVended by Sonnefels’ negative review, goes through carefully through Sonnenfels’ textbook and criticises its wordiness and logical redundancies. KVK locates just two copies at the Bavarian State Library and Göttingen University Library; not found in NUC, OCLC or RLIN.
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