Über den Freyhafen von Venedig mit Rücksicht auf den österreichischen Seehandel im allgemeinen. Nebst einer vergleichenden Übersicht der Industrieverhältnisse Großbritannien's, Frankreich's und Österreich's.

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8vo, pp. x, 232; some light browning, due to paper quality; uncut and mostly unopened in the original printed wrappers; a little creased and dog-eared, else fine; with heraldic book plate to verso of title. First and only edition of this assessment of the naval trade of Venice, and by extension the Austrian Empire, after the creation of the free port of Venice in 1829. Czoernig proposes the creation of a free port in Venice, an enclosed free trade zone where ships could enter, load and unload, without incurring any customs duties or inspections. This would revive the flagging economic fortunes of Venice, since it would act as an important distribution centre for the hinterland, potentially with detrimental effect on the other free port, Trieste. Czoernig, however, confirms the predominance of the existing free port of Trieste, because of better road connections and established trade routes to the Austrian Empire. Venice would complement this, by increasing the trade with Lombardy and Italy. Czoernig (1804-1899), chief government statistician and president of the Austrian statistical commission, refined the purpose of government statistics. He wanted it to grow beyond being a mere tool of financial administration and become a study of every phase of a country's economic and social life. For this purpose he introduced innovative and direct methods of gathering statistical information. According to his preface his findings on the Venetian trade are based on a detailed study of thousands of shipping manifestos. Goldsmiths'-Kress 26750.6; Menger c. 144; not in Humpert; see Pibram in ESS IV p. 688 for further information on Czoernig. N° de ref. del artículo 1588

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