Hundertjähriger Kalender, bis zum Jahre 1902, darinnen zu finden, wie ein jeder Hausvater die ganze Zeit über nach dem Einflusse der sieben Planeten beobachten, und sein Hauswesen nützlich und glücklich einrichten könne. Nebst Wirthschafts- und Bauernregeln.
Vienna, Johann Georg Edler von Mösle, (1798).
8vo. 109, (1) pp. With engraved frontispiece. Early 20th c. half cloth over marbled boards.
€ 400.00
A practical manual describing the planets and their influence on weather conditions, as well as giving advice on agriculture, cattle breeding, pomiculture, viniculture and on hunting birds and game, accompanied by folksy adages for each month of the year. Includes remedies for various illnesses, such as icterus and dysentery, cures for warts and headaches, and recipes for ointments.
Paper variously browned and brownstained. From the library of the Viennese collector Werner Habel, with his stamped and signed ownership to the pastedown, dated 1979. Rare; possibly the first edition (a second edition appeared in the same year).
References
Kayser III, 297.