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An excellent ms., on thick high-quality paper, of this fascinating work\u2014a meteorological perpetual calendar from 1521 to the end of the world, and an agricultural almanac, with numerous observations on wine. It was prepared in 1680 by the Acad\u00e9mie des Sciences for Fran\u00e7ois-Michel Le Tellier (1641-91), Marquis de Louvois, Secretary of War under Louis XIV. In the preliminaries, the work is attributed to the mysterious Neapolitan philosopher Joseph le Juste, frequently listed, in C18 French prophetic collections, alongside Pythagoras and Nostradamus. \u2018The figure of Joseph Le Juste was already present in prophetic literature and almanacs. [\u2026] the biblical Joseph, who interpreted dreams, who had received a revelation from an angel concerning the prediction of good and bad days\u2019 (Halbron, \u2018Vaticinations\u2019, 2014). The Acad\u00e9mie had allegedly collected the prophecies which had passed their tests, hence were deemed \u2018infallible and truthful\u2019\u2014a witty fiction (\u2018Journal de Paris\u2019, 1807, 445). After a brief introduction on seasonal time, the work provides a meteorological perpetual calendar, in 28-year cycles, suggesting best practices in agriculture, fishing and cloth manufacture in relation to the weather. Great attention is paid to wine-making, with St Jean, Rochelle, Soitou, Auxerre and Champagne being the most profitable, resistant and tasty wines, and to the wine trade, with observations on the fluctuations of prices according to the quality of the harvest, the supply of specific wines and the effect of the surrounding economic situation on good or bad harvests. Fodder, rye, grain, cattle and wool are also discussed, with suggestions on how to avoid losing money by foreseeing demand and supply thanks to the almanac. Louvois himself owned numerous estates, with complex gardens and water pipes.<\/em><\/p>\n

A contemporary reviewer of the 1807 printed edition doubted whether the Acad\u00e9mie ever offered the ms. to Louvois. In fact, the only recorded institutional copy in the US may even be the presentation copy, with Louvois\u2019s illuminated coat of arms on the t-p, now at UC Davis. The few others recorded (e.g., Cochran, \u2018Catalogue\u2019, 1837, n.237; Uni Strasbourg, Ms.0.556) were copied from this, probably upon request of members of the Acad\u00e9mie. The watermark of this copy dates it probably to the early C18 (Churchill, \u2018Watermarks\u2019, n.130), like the Strasbourg copy. A ms. note suggests that it was sold from the inventory of M. De la Jonch\u00e8re, arguably M. Lescuyer de la Jonch\u00e8re, academician, topographer and hydrographer in the 1710s (\u2018Le journal des s\u00e7avans\u2019, 192; \u2018Histoire De L\u2019Academie\u2019, 555). It was later in the library of Jean-Baptiste Huzard (1755-1838), a French veterinary doctor, himself a member of the Acad\u00e9mie and later the Institut. His large library comprised over 40,000 volumes, many on natural science; the present was lot 5507 in the catalogue \u2018Biblioth\u00e8que Huzard\u2019 (Part I) (1843).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Small 4to. 75 unnumbered ll. French MS, in black ink, ronde hand, approx. 15 lines per page, Garden of Holland Pro Patria watermark, initials with pen flourishing. T-p minimally toned, remargined at foot, slight yellowing. An excellent copy, on thick high-quality paper, in c.1700 mottled calf, spine gilt, gilt-lettered morocco label, a.e.g., two worm holes to upper joint and label, spine a little rubbed with small loss at head and foot, corners a bit bumped, upper hinge starting. C18 ms. shelfmark \u2018n.1644 F. Tab. 1er D. 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