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58. [JUVENILE – ANON.] Die fleissigen Künstler u.
Handwerker. Ein leichtes deutsch und französisches ABC und
Lesebuch. Mit illlumin. Kupfern. Leipzig, Magazin für Industrie
und Literatur, [1815]. £1,250
8vo, pp. [iv] including lithograph title, 95, with 24 hand-coloured
engraved illustrations on twelve plates; a little dust-soiled, but overall a
clean copy; contemporary pink pattern cloth; extremities rubbed, foot
of spine chipped and corners rounded.
First and only edition of a charming bi-lingual German-French alphabet
of trades and professions. First the alphabet is introduced, black letter,
Roman, italics, followed by a handy introduction to reading and writing,
introducing vowels and consonants, and then words with increasing
numbers of syllables, with information on spelling. An alphabet of trades
and professions is given (following the French terms) and illustrated on
the charming hand-coloured engraved plates. The professions are identified
and explained on facing pages in French and German. Not all of them are
necessarily ‘desirable professions’ for children to aspire to, and include a
magician performing the three cup magic trick, and a usurer, in addition to
more common professions, such as printer, baker, painter, grape harvester
and vinegar merchant.
Teistler 824; not found in OCLC.
Colour
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59. [JUVENILE – ANON.] Le Savant de huit ans suivi du Petit
Coloriste. [colophon:] Lille, Blocquel, 1830. £980
Oblong 8vo, (92 x 114 mm), pp. [viii] including frontispiece, coloured
title, 96, and six hand-coloured woodcuts; original printed yellow
boards, rebacked.
Charming children’s guide to arts and sciences, covering in brief paragraphs
all aspects of knowledge. Text illustrations include charts for drawing in
proportion, printed music, and many definitions of arts and trades. The
second half is taken up by an introduction to colour, information on simple
and composite colours, some of which are illustrated on the title.
The coloured plates, including the title, surrounded by fourteen
colour samples, illustrate painter, sculptor, engraver, copperplate printer,
letterpress printer, and finally book-binder.
OCLC: Princeton, Newberry, Morgan Library.
Military Training in Questions & Answers
60. KLOTZ, Friedrich von. Entwurf einer Anleitung zum Unterrichte
des Infanteristen. Dresden, Carl Gottlob Gärtner, 1817. £600
8vo, pp. x, 173, [1] advertisement; contemporary half calf over green
boards, crowned cipher stamp ‘I.A.’ to front free endpaper; a fine copy,
with mss note ‘1st Compagnie’ to front free endpaper.