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Paris, Académie des Sciences, 1841 (submitted 1826). 4to. (257x197mm). Extract from: 'Mém. Acad. d. Sciences de Paris', 1841, pp.176-264. Contemporary half calf with gilt spine lettering. Spine with a little wear. Some light brown spotting throughout. Otherwise fine and clean. Very scarce first edition of Abel's main paper, in which he first presented his theorem for elliptic integrals - Abel's theorem. "After studying at Christiania and Copenhagen, Abel received a scholarship that permitted him to travel. In Paris he was presented to Legendre, Laplace, Cauchy, and Lacroix, but they ignored him. ... Abel knew the work of Euler, Lagrange, and Legendre on elliptic integrals and may have gotten suggestions for the work he undertook from remarks made by Gauss, especially in his 'Disquisitiones Arithmeticae'. He himself started to write papers in 1825. He presented his major paper on integrals to the Academy of Sciences in Paris on October 30, 1926, for publication in its journal. This paper, [the offered item], contained Abel's great theorem. Fourier, the secretary of the Academy at the time, read the introduction to the paper and then referred the paper to Legendre and Cauchy for evaluation, the latter being chiefly responsible. The paper was long and difficult, only because it contained many new ideas. Cauchy laid it aside to favor his own work. Legendre forgot about it. After Abel's death, when his fame was established, the Academy searched for the paper, found it, and published it in 1841. ... Because Abel's main paper of 1826 was not published until 1841, other authors, learning the more limited theorems published in between these dates, obtained independently many of Abel's 1826 results." (Kline: Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times, pp.644-55). Sotheran: Bibliotheca Chemico-Mathematics, Third Supplement, describes this paper as "very scarce".

Paris, Thomas Jolly, 1679. Small8vo. (15x9 cm.). Contemp. full sprinckled calf., raisedbands, richly gilt spine. Top of spine a bit worn. Edges of covers gilt. (12),86,(1) pp. Last page "Extrait du Privilege du Roy". 34 fine full-page engravings (25 copper-engraved a. 9 in woodcut). A paperflw at foot of titlepage neathly repaired, no loss of paper or letters. Internally clean and fine, printed on thick, good paper. Extremely scarce first edition of Leclerc's important work on binocular vision in which he finds that one of the eyes has a dominant status, thus announcing the discovery of the "Master-eye" - a discovery of outmost importance in the theory of shooting and elsewhere. With use of diagrams he shows that "things that can be seen clearly are seen with but one single eye.". He records and depicts a large series of experiments with binocular vision and shows geometrically the relation to the science of perspective, and points out the importance of understanding the physiology of binocular vision for perspective painting in general.Sebastien Leclerc was originally an engraver who studied physics and geometry in relation to perspective theory, a field of which he became famous. In 1672 he was appointed to "l'Academie de Peinture" as professor in perspective. He was also engraver to Louis XIV and was appointed professor at "l'Ecole des Gobelins".

Odense, Hempelske Boghandel, 1874. 8vo. Bound in the beautiful original green full cloth binding with gilt spine and gilt angel to front board. Blindstamped frames to boards. All edges gilt. Minor insignificant wear to extremeties. Inner hinges weak. Exlibris to pasted down front endpaper. Internally clean with a fully legible presentation-inscription to front free endpaper: "Dr. Professor E. Hornemann / en hjertelig Hilsen ved Udgangen / af Aaret 1874 fra hans / taknemlige Ven / H. C. Andersen. ("Dr. Professor E. Hornemann a heartfelt greeting by the end of the year 1874 from his grateful friend H. C. Andersen."). A lovely presentation-copy of the first printing of Andersen's poem Oldingen.The inscription is made for Andersen's doctor Claus Jacob Emil Hornemann (1810-90). On December 30, 1874 Andersen wrote in his diary: "Sendt til Dr Hornemann i smagfuld Indbinding de tre Bind Eventyr illustrerede af Frøhlich, dernæst en ligesaa rig Udgave af Odense: Julebog og endeligt O T paa Engelsk, amerika Udgaven. Netop da Bydrengen var gaaet med Bogpakken kom Dr Hornemann i Besøg." ("Sent Dr Hornemann a tasteful copy of the three volumes of fairy tales, illustrated by Frøhlich, then a likewise beautiful copy of Odense: Julebog and lastly, O T in English, the American edition. Just as the delivery boy had left with the books Dr Hornemann visited me.")BFN 1038.

Verlag v.H.Georg im Basel u. Genf, (um 1865). Folio-oblong. Orig.leather backed pictorial cloth. Engr. title, 45 steel-eng.plates after J.Ulrich and ab. 200 engr. views in the text. Title and mostof the plates with occasional faint brown-spottings, mostly in margins.

Lisboa, Officina de Simão Thaddeo Ferreira, 1803. Folio-oblong (365 x 255 mm). In contemporary half calf. Wear to extremies, upper part of spine with loss of leather. Ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. With, primarily marginal, brownspotting throughout. Dampstain to inner margin and upper outer margin of last 10 ff. 32 ff. Rare first edition of the most celebrated Portuguese treatise on calligraphy. Joaquim José Ventura da Silva (1777–1849), regarded as one of Portugal’s finest calligraphers and teachers of writing, composed this methodological guide to handwriting in which he combines a historical survey of scripts used in Portugal with practical instruction for teaching and learning penmanship.Ventura da Silva is reffered to by Innocencio (Diccionario Bibliographico) as "one of the best Portuguese Calligraphers". A second edition was published in 1819, a third in 1841, and a facsimile was published in Porto in 1899.

London, Iohn Windet, 1608. 12mo. In contemporary full calf. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Wear to extremities, corners bumped. Edges of boards with loss of leather. Previous owner's names to front and back end paper ("Robert Wilson" & "Edvard Wilson, anno domini 1666"). Internally with a few light dampstains. (20), 328, 328-499, (4) pp. The exceedingly rare second edition (the first being from 1586) of Roger’s somewhat free translation of ‘Papist’ Diego de Estalla’s work “Libro de la vanidad del mundo (Toledo, 1562). Roger’s admit that he had no access to the original but had to use the Itanlian and Spanish translations. This present English translation, however, is of significant interest since recent research suggests it was a source and inspiration for Shakespeare’s ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’: At the opening of ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’, the vow to renounce worldly pleasure has barely been announced before one of Navarre’s book-men declares his success: “Dumaine is mortified” (I.i.28). This ‘mortified’ is not a word Shakespeare would use often. It appears here in the sense of ‘having the appetites and passions in subjection’ and insensible or impervious to (the world and its pleasures), the latter informing Dumaine’s gloss: ‘To love, to wealth, to pomp. I pine and die’. The fact that this is the earliest use of ‘mortified’ in the Shakespearean canon is the first clue that one of the sources for Love’s Labour’s Lost was Thomas Roger’s A Methode unto Mortification, published in London in 1586 and again in 1608. Shakespeare’s pleasure in frustrating the ambitions of this book went some way to shaping his play”. (Kingsley-Smith, A Method unto Mortification: A New Source for Love’s Labour’s Lost). "Love's Labour's Lost" is one of William Shakespeare's early comedies, believed to have been written in the mid-1590s. The play revolves around the King of Navarre and three of his noble companions who make a pact to swear off women and focus on scholarly pursuits for three years. However, their resolve is tested when the Princess of France and her entourage arrive on a diplomatic mission. Each of the men falls in love with one of the women, leading to a series of comedic misunderstandings, romantic entanglements, and wordplay. “It is also possible that some facts about the original author sparked Shakespeare’s interest. Diego de Estella was born in Navarre, and spent time the court of Philip II of Spain before incurring disapproval for his criticism of court life and being forced into a Franciscan monastery. Armado, the braggart and clown of Love’s Labour’s Lost, is the first Spaniard to appear in Shakespeare”. (Kingsley-Smith, A Method unto Mortification: A New Source for Love’s Labour’s Lost).

Paris, Guillyn, 1751. 8vo. Uniformly bound in three very nice contemporary full sprinkled calf bindings with five raised bands and richly gilt spines. Vol. 1 missing top 5 mm. of spine. Small paper-label pasted on to upper part of spines, indicating the inventory number in an estate library. Small worm-tract in lower margin of vol. 3, far from affecting text. A very nice set. (12), 456, (24) pp. + 8 folded plates; (36), 365, (3) pp.; (8), 400 pp. + 4 folded plates. Rare second edition, first with all three volumes published simultaneously, of arguable one of the most important and influential 18th century book on gastronomy. Here Menon for the first time explicitly describes the recently invented “nouvelle cuisine: a tendency to put food and nutrition on a scientific basis, its functions in the body, reducing the number of varieties offered at a meal, lighter foods and bringing simpler presentations to the table. Menon embraced a comprehensive approach to the culinary customs of his era, extending beyond mere food preparation and presentation. His works highlighted the significance of action, strategy, and demeanor, emphasizing that these aspects were equally crucial. His books served not only as guides to gastronomic practices but also as manuals for proper conduct and manners. For instance, in this present work, he incorporated a diagram illustrating the meticulous organization of dishes discussed throughout the books. Menon had what we would today call a holistic approach to gastronomic practices of his day that went well beyond the preparation and presentation of food. Several of his titles make clear that action, strategy and deportment were just as important. His book were as much about ways of acting as they were about food itself, like style-guides for gastronomic mores and manners. For instance, in his Nouveau traite, there is a diagram showing the careful arrangement of dishes that are described in the course of the books. "François Menon was the most influential and prolific French cookbook author of the eighteenth century. During his time, today's familiar categories of French cooking were emerging, and Menon was a master of them all: nouvelle cuisine (a term that each generation redefines); haute or classical cuisine; and cuisine bourgeoise. He even wrote the first French cookbook devoted specifically to a woman cook (La cuisinìere bourgeoise)... Menon first described the new cuisine in detail in the third and final volume of Nouveau Traité de la cuisine (New Treatise on Cooking, 1742). In contrast to traditional cooking, he wrote, the key to nouvelle cuisine was delicacy. Sauces were lighter but at the same time more nourishing; seasonings aimed to enhance rather than mask lead ingredients... Menon not only wrote about the practicalities of nouvelle cuisine; he was also concerned with philosophy, linking his mission closely to that of the leading thinkers of the Enlightenment: to advance and disseminate knowledge that allows humankind to live in a state of nature perfected." (Willan, The Cookbook Library, pp. 218-19). Vassallo, Catalogo dei libri esistenti nella pubblica biblioteca di Malta p. 118.

New York, Macmillan, 1924. 8vo. In the original cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Minor wear to extremities and hinges a bit weak, otherwise a very fine copy. (blank), X, (1), 394, (blank) pp. First edition of Commons' landmark work, in which he developed his 'theories of the evolution of capitalism and of institutional change as a modifying force alleviating the major defects of capitalism' (New Palgrave). Together with Thorstein Veblen and Wesley Clair Mitchell, Commons was one of the three founders of American Institutionalism.'He sought to demonstrate the importance for economic theory of collective action in all its varieties. These included not only the state but also a host of voluntary associations, such as the corporation and the trade union; in fact, collective action conceptually embraced all institutions, since Commons defined an institution as "collective action in control of individual action"' (IESS)'Although Commons' institutionalism had different emphases from that of Thorstein Veblen, for example, in that Commons stressed reform of the capitalist framework, they shared a view of economics as political economy and of the economy as comprising more than the market' (The New Palgrave, vol.1, p.506).John Rogers Commons (1862-1945) was an institutional economist and labor historian who became a significant contributor to most pieces of social and labor legislation in the 20th century. He was the first American economist and social scientist to dedicate himself to improving labor conditions, believing that labor injustice not only impacted workers, but also the stability of society.

Paris, Moutard, Panckoucke, 1780. 4to. Extract from "Mémoires fe Mathematique et de Physique, Présentés à l'Academie des Sciences par divers Savans", Tome IX. With titlepage to vol. IX. Pp. (2), (167-) 264 and 4 folded engraved plates. The memoir has also its own titlepage. Fine and clean. Wide-margined. First printing of this monumental memoir (the invention of the TORSION BALANCE) dealing with the best way to construct a magnetic compass. The paper contains the design of a torsion suspension declination compass and the demonstration that the forces of torsion is proportional to the angle of twist. Coulomb received the prize awarded by the Academy for this paper drafted by the Academy in 1777 (he shared the prize with Van Swinden). - "The importance of this memoir for Coulomb's career is that it CONTAINED ELEMENTS OF ALL HIS MAJOR PHYSICAL STUDIES: the quantitative study of magnetism, torsion and the torsion balance, friction and fluid resistance, and the germ of his theories of elasticity and magnetism."(DSB)."Coulomb’s first writings on torsion were presented in his Academy prize-winning memoir of 1777, "Recherches sur la meilleure maniere de fabriquer les aiguilles aimantées."......... his simple, elegant solution to the problem of torsion in cylinders and his use of the torsion balance in physical applications were important to numerous physicists in succeeding years. In chapter 3, Coulomb developed the theory of torsion in thin silk and hair threads. Here he was the first to show how the torsion suspension could provide physicists with a method of accurately measuring extremely small forces. He showed that within certain angular limits, torsional oscillation consisted of simple harmonic motion. He examined the parameters relating the angle of twist to the length, diameter, and elastic properties of the torsion thread. In the range of simple harmonic oscillation Coulomb demonstrated that the force of torsion was proportional to the angle of twist. He used this principle in measuring small magnetic forces and also called attention to its use in measuring other forces, notably those of fluids in motion. Eventually he was able to measure forces of less than 9 x 10-4 dynes.""Coulomb’s major memoirs in electricity and magnetism are his 1777 memoir on magnetic compasses, the famous series of seven electricity and magnetism memoirs read at the Academy from 1785 to 1791, and several magnetism memoirs prepared after the French Revolution. In his electrical studies Coulomb determined the quantitative force law, gave the notion of electrical mass, and studied charge leakage and the surface distribution of charge on conducting bodies. In magnetism he determined the quantitative force law, created a theory of magnetism based on molecular polarization, and introduced the idea of demagnetization (basically, that combinations of magnetic poles can "cancel" each other)."(DSB).Parkinson "Breakthroughs": 1777:P

Kiöbenhavn, uden ang. af trykker, 1755-80. 4to. 11 samt. ensartede hellæderbind af flammet kalv. Rig rygforgyldning og ophøjede bind på rygge. Tome-og titelfelter i skind. Forgyldte bordurer på permer. Kapitæler på nogle få bind bind lidt slidte, nogle hjørner lidt stødte. 10 kobberstukne titelblade og 1 bogtrykt. Trykt på svært skrivepapir. Indvendig ren og frisk. Pragteksemplar af "Fundationerne" som har tilhørt Adam Gottlob Moltke til Bregentved og til hvem flere af bindene er dediceret. På alle for-og bagpermer er Moltke's store forgyldte, kronede hjerteskjold. Komplet eksemplar af Hans de Hofmans store værk, som indeholder en del plancher i form af portrætter, kort og genealogiske tabeller, bl.a. portræt af Tycho Brahe, store vignetter m.m.

Stockholm, R.W. Statlanders Boktryckeri, 1935 + 1930. Large 4to. 2 vols in original printed wrappers. 1st part with some spine wear and a bit of wear to corners. Wrappers of second part with a bit of light brownspotting. Both parts with stamps to front wrappers and title-pages, library markings to wrappers, and printed tape-strips across wrappers, all from the Danish Meteorological Institute (from the archive of which this set has been sold directly). 79 + 17 pp. Richly illustrated. First printing of Stenquist's landmark work on earth currents, which includes his seminal scientific description of the great storm of May 1921 that has turned out to be one of the most significant reports in the history of geomagnetic storms and space weather. The work is of fundamental importance to extreme weather forecasting and is a classic in the field. "The most spectacular (and most dangerous) examples of GIC impact were two destructive fires-the first in Sweden around 02:00 GMT on 15 May and the second in the United States around an hour later. The Swedish event occurred in a telephone exchange in the town of Karlstad, 260 km west of Stockholm. This event was widely reported around the world... It was also the subject of contemporary study by David Stenquist, a Swedish scientist and engineer, who had a long interest in what we would now call GIC impacts on telecommunications systems. One of his narrative reports on the event is included in his 1925 memoir on earth currents (Stenquist, 1925), and another is reproduced by Karsberg et al. (1959). They both outline how the operators at Karlstad exchange first experienced problems (equipment anomalies and faint smoke) around 01:00, followed by a period of quiet, before the main fire started around 02:00 leading to extensive equipment damage. Stenquist also highlighted a near-miss incident at Ånge, some 380 km north west of Stockholm, that was simultaneous with the Karlstad fire. This experienced a threat similar to that fire, but where the initial problems were sufficient to trigger preventive measures that avoided major damage. In his later analysis of the Karlstad fire (Albinson, 2018; Engström, 1928; Stenquist, 1925), Stenquist noted that this site was vulnerable to strong GIC, because it was on the 400 km route of the major communications lines between Oslo and Stockholm, and this route was vulnerable because of its east-west orientation. His insights into engineering design of the communications lines enabled him to estimate the geoelectric fields that created the damaging GIC. He showed that fields of at least 6 V/km were required to cause the observed melting of fuses, "tubes de fusion," in copper wires, and that a field of 20 V/km would have caused more damage than observed (melting of fuses in iron wires). As a result he suggested that 10 V/km would be a reasonable estimate of the average geoelectric field in central Sweden at the time of the Karlstad fire." (Hapgood). "Over the past decade the public perception of space weather has changed markedly so that it is now considered a major societal risk alongside other natural hazards including pandemic disease, extremes of temperature, coastal and river flooding, earthquakes, and volcanic activity. As a result of this step change in public perception, improved understanding of severe space weather, and its impacts, is now a vital element in the scientific evidence sought by policy-makers responsible for societal resilience. Those policy-makers require information on both the likelihood, and the adverse impacts, of severe space weather, just as they do for other natural hazards. Only then can they integrate space weather into wider plans to ensure societal resilience against the whole range of natural hazards....A key element in this evidence is the likely timelines of extreme space weather events. Such knowledge enables us to build scenarios that give insights into the spatial and temporal distribution of adverse impacts, and into the information that will be available to enable timely decision-making before, during and after an extreme event. They are also vital for exercises to test mitigation plans and to train key personnel in government and industry. Scenarios are also critical inputs for realistic studies on the socio-economic impact of space weather.This study addresses one route to scenario development, namely, a review of previous severe space weather events, and specifically focuses on one outstanding case, the great storm of 13-16 May 1921, and particularly the very intense activity on 14/15 May." (Mike Hapgood: Space Weather. The Great Storm of May 1921: An Exemplar of a Dangerous Space Weather Event).

Beograd, Izdavacka Knjizarnica Gece Kona, 1924. 8vo. In the original printed wrappers. Spine renewed, preserving most of the original spine. Ink stain to front wrapper. Previous ower's name to top of title-page. First leaves with a few underlignings, otherwise internally fine and clean. 198, (4) pp. Rare first Serbian translation of Marx's Das Kapital. Translator Mosa Pijade, a Serbian Sephardic Jew, were sentenced 20 years of prison in 1925 because of 'revolutionary activities', partly because of making the present translation. In prison he meet Josip Broz-Tito and Pijade became Tito s right hand, one of the leaders of Tito s Partisans during WWII and after the war the President of the Yugoslavian Parliament.During WWII Pijade became one of the leaders of Tito s partisans and after the war the President of the Yugoslavian Parliament between 1954 and 1955. In 1948, Pijade convinced Tito to allow the Yugoslav Jews to immigrate to Israel. The book was issued by Geca Kon (Géza Kohn), a Jewish publisher, born in Hungary, who owned the biggest publishing house in Yugoslavia, operating from 1901 until the occupation by Germany in 1941. After the Germans marched into Belgrade, Kon was arrested and shot. Most of his family, who were also active in the business, were taken to a concentration camp in Vojvodina and shot in the same year. OCLC only list three copies: University of Pittsburgh, Philosophical Faculty; Ljubljana and Zagreb City Library

Oporto, Livraria Chardron, de Lello y Irmao, (1913). 8vo. Partly uncut in the original printed wrappers. Spine cracked and front hindge with repair. Wrappers with a few nicks. Half-title with previous owners names. Internally fine and clean. XVI, 477 pp. The first edition, in the rarely seen wrappers, of the first Portuguese translation of Darwin's "Origin of Species". The comparatively late translation is partly due to the Portuguese 'Frenchism' at the time. The first French translation appeared in 1862 and was also widely circulated in Portugal. It also appears that the translator, a doctor and professor (who was also a Mason, a self-proclaimed poet, and the founder of the Spiritist Society of Portugal) named Joaquim [Marques] Dá Mesquita [Montenegro] Paúl (1875-1946), used the French translation rather than the English original. This apparently led to a number of errors and mis-translations that rendered the work unfaithful, to say the least. Unfortunately, this translation continued to be reprinted for the rest of the century in the Portuguese speaking world, oftentimes by simply changing the name of the translator for a spurious name. The first Brazilian edition, in 1973, turned out to be nothing but an exact reproduction of the text of the Portuguese translation. It appears that even in the 21st century many of the purported new translations were still reprints of the first Portuguese edition. A proper translation from the English was made in 1982, but it was apparently condensed from the 6th ed. (1872). In 1985 a complete translation was published, but it was based on the first ed. (1859). In 2011 and 2014, finally, two different translations were published in Brazil that appear to be more legitimate, which, as a commentator avers (see links below) doesn't necessarily guarantee that they are faithful. Thus, the Portuguese OSS bibliography remains murky and convoluted to this day, and it appears to be a continuing saga. Therefore this late, defective first translation, seems to have been crucial to the understanding-or misunderstanding- of Darwin's OSS for Portuguese readers for the remainder of the century, and then some.The uncertainty regarding the publication year is quite puzzling for a modern book. Freeman (online) gives three different numbers (F743, F743a, and F743b, the latter being 1961 and 1990, both of which are by the same translator as the first), and he gives the date "[?192-]" and 1920 to the first. The entry in the Biblioteca Nacional de España states "1924", and two Brazilian libraries give "1900's" and the rather wide ranging "1910-1992," a Portuguese university library states "1900-80," and the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal says "1900." The year 1925 is given to the only two copies in US libraries, the American Philosophical Society and The Huntington. In the links below, the commentators assign it to the year 1913, and even though they don't justify that date, they seem to be quite familiar with Portuguese OSS editions in general. The date 1913 is also given by Ana Leonor Pereira in "The Reception of Darwin in Portugal (1865-1914)" Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia T. 66, Fasc. 3, Evolução, Ética e Cultura / Evolution, Ethics and Culture (2010), pp. 643-660, which perhaps makes it more plausible As a final note, the 1961 translation at the Huntington purportedly by Eduardo Fonseca, is one of those spurious reprints with a made up name mentioned earlier. (http://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1703473 )(For a few commentaries on the different editions and on various Portuguese OOS translations and purported translators, see:http://observatoriodaimprensa.com.br/armazem-literario/_ed802_lendo_darwin_em_portugues/ andhttp://naogostodeplagio.blogspot.com/2009/10/miseria-pouca-e-bobagem.html )Freeman 743

London, Printed for John Hearne by J.F. Dove, 1822. Folio. (41 x 33 cm.). Fine later hmorocco, raised bands, gilt spine, titlelabels with gilt lettering. (4),36 pp. and 36 fine handcoloured aquatint-plates. Broad-margined. Very light browning to a few leaves. A few insignificant marginal brownspots. A fine copy. First edition. - Abbey No 198. - Tooley No 511.

Madrid, 1788-93. 4to. Bound in 2 nice contemp. full sprinkled calf. Gilt borders on covers, 5 raised bands, gilt spine, titlelabels with gilt lettering. The Appendice slightly different bound, but matching. Fine marbled endpapers. Engraved portrait. (6),XVI,359 pp. and 4 folded tables, 4 large folded engraved maps. Appendix: (4),128 pp., 1 folded table and 1 folded engraved map. Clean and fine printed on thick paper. A small wormtract in top of the last 2 maps and the last few leaves (margins). First edition of two important expeditions by Antonio de Córdoba. The first voyage was made with the intention of surveying the Straits of Magellan to see if it was advisable for the Spaniards to continue to use it as a route to the Pacific. It also includes a history of the discovery of the strait, as well as of the expeditions of Cabot, Drake, Bougainville, Carmargo and others. The second voyage includes an interesting account by Cevallos of the first encounter with the natives.Sabin, 16765.

Bergen, Mons Litleré, 1889. Indbundet ubeskåret med de originale omslag i et særdeles nydeligt halvlæderbind af brun maroquin med forgyldt titel og blindtrykte streger på ryg. Forgyldte linie-bordurer på permer. Foromslag forstærket yderst i margin og med en professsionalt udbedret rift (uden teksttab) samt navnetræk. Titelblad jævnt brunet. Et særdeles fint, friskt og rent eksemplar. Den sjældne originaludgave af Hamsuns fjerde bog, som ikke er kommet i komponeret bind. Bogen efterfølger Bjørger og er som de tre tidligste Hamsun-bøger svær at få fat på.

Leipzig, J.A. Barth, 1926. 8vo. All five paper bound separately in blank blue wrappers. Extracted from In "Annalen der Physik. Hrsg. von W. Wien und M. Planck., Vierte Folge, Bde. 79-81."Entire issue 4, 6, 8, 13 and 18 offered. A fine and clean set. [Schrödinger's papers:] Pp. 361-376; Pp. 489-527; Pp. 734-756 (Bd. 79). Pp. 438-490 (Bd. 60). Pp. 109-131 (Bd. 81). First printing and first appearence of these 5 papers which introduces Schrödinger's wave-equations and explains the stationary states of electrons in Bohr's theory of the atom by way of applying de Broglie's concept of electron waves. These papers are among the most important in modern physics and "almost overnight, made Schrödinger famous" (Brandt, Harvest of a Century)."The intensity of Schrödingers work on the problem (he found the earlier Bohr-Sommerfeld quantum theory unsatisfactory) increased as he saw that he was on the track of "a new atomic theory", and it reached a peak during his winter vacation in Arosa. On 27 December 1925 he wrote to Wilhelm Wien, editor of the "Annalen der Physik" inMunich that he was very optimistic: "I believe that I can give a vibrating system...thatyields the hydrogen frequency levels as it eigenfrequencies." The frequences of the emitted light rays are then obtained, as Schrödinger observed, by establishing the differences of the two eigenfrequencies respectively. "Consequently the way is opened toward a real understanding of Bohr's frequency calculation - it is really a vibration (or, as the case may be, interference) process, which occurs with the same frequency as the one we observe in the spectroscope. I hope, that I will soon be able to report on this subject in a little more detail and in a more comprehensive fashion" (Schrödinger's letter to Wien)...The so-called Klein-Gordon equations which Schrödinger used gives an incorrect description of the relativistic structures Schrödinger tried to describe. As this equation he tried to use, describes particles without spin, whereas a a description of electrons requires the Dirac equation..."After a brief interruption Schrödinger took up his method again, but this time he treated the electron nonrelativistically. It soon became apparent that he had arrived at a theory that correctly represented a the behavior of the electron to a very good approximation. THE RESULT WAS THE EMERGENCE OF WAVE MECHANICS IN JANUARY 1926. Schrödinger published the results of his research in a series of four papers in the "Annalen der Physik" bearing the overall title "Quantisierung als Eigenwertproblem." The first installment, sent on 26 January and received by Wien the next day, contains the first apperarance in the literature of his famous wave equation, written out for the hydrogen atom..."(DSB). In the fifth paper offered, Schrödinger himself shows that there is an essential equivalence of his theory and that of Heisenberg, Born and Jordan's.Brandt, Harvest of a Century, no. 39.

Uppsala, Joh. Edman, 1788-93. 8vo. Four beautiful, excellently preserved contemporary half calf bindings. Gilding and gilt title-labels to spines. (26), 389, (1); (32), 384; (14), 414, (30), 341 pp.Engraved vignette and 10 engraved plates (og which two are folded). With all four half titles (inserted). Printed one fine, good paper and internally very nice and clean. Indbundet i 4 ensartede, smukke og velbevarede samtidige hldrbd. Rygforgyldning og med forgyldte titeletiketter i skind på rygge. Kobberstukket vignet (Goda Hoppet Udda) samt 10 kobberstukne plancher (hvoraf 2 udfoldelige). Med alle 4 halvtitelblade, som dog er indsatte. Trykt på skrivepapir og indvendig meget rene. First edition, in a very fine copy, of Thunberg's account of his famous naturalist and ethnographical travels in Europa, Asia and Africa. Thunberg is sometimes called "the father of South African botany" and "the Japanese Linnaeus". In the first two volumes he vividly decribes the botanical and ethnographical features of South Africa around the Cape."Thunberg’s description of his great voyage, published in four parts in Swedish in 1788-1793 and soon translated into English as Travels in Europe, Africa and Asia (1793-1795), as well as in French and German, contains material of great ethnographical interest." (DSB).

Paris, Beaurin, Poirion, Jombert, 1755-56 Folio. (41 x 30 cm.). 3 uniform contemp. hcalf. Raised bands. Gilt spines. Title-and tomelabels with gilt lettering. Stamps on title-pages. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spines. Light wear along edges. (6),IV,410 pp. With 5 title-pages. 11 large engraved vignettes. Atlasvolumes with 2 engraved title-pages and 147 (of 148 - lacking map 20 in part 4) double-page engraved topographical plans and maps, nearly all with handcoloured positions, symbols and routes. Some maps in triple-folio and folded. Printed on thick paper. 2 textleaves with a faint dampstain in margins. First edition of Jean de Beaurain's main work on the military history of Flanders. Beaurain (1696-1771) was a French geo- and cartographer, who studied under the famous Pierre Moulart-Sanson in Paris. Sloos. Warfare and the Age of Printing, 12227. First edition. - Brunet I,722.

København, (Copenhagen), 1885-87. 4to. In contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Even browning as usual, due to the paper quality. An envelope pasted on to front free end-paper containing Danish articles on Marx. Previous owner's name to title-pages. A fine and clean copy with both half-titles present ("Socialistisk Bibliotek" Vol. IV-V). Vol 1: (2), 473, (1); Vol 2: VII; (1); (4), 363, (1) pp. First edition of the first Danish translation of "Das Kapital". The translation is remarkable in several respects - the Danish Social-democratic party was one of the first labour organizations in the world to publish the two volumes of "The Capital", the translation of the first volume preceded both the English and the Italian, and the translation of the second volume is the second in the world to appear, only preceded by the Russian from 1885 - furthermore, these two translations were the only two to appear of volume two until after Engels' death in 1895. After having been in a serious crisis at the end of the 1870'ies, the labour movement in Denmark turned things around in the 1880'ies, primarily with the aid of Marx. Marx' theories and his connection between theoretical and practical politics became the foundation for the Social Democrats. In 1884, the Danish Social Democratic Party got its two first members of parliament elected, and many workers wished to become politically active. Also in Denmark, the class struggle had properly begun.As Marx was the foundation for the beginning success of the Social Democrats, the Party decided that it would translate and publish all the most important works by Marx - of course most importantly "The Capital". This translation was to become "a new and powerful weapon for the Danish Labour Party in the agitation for the socialist principles". The translation of "The Capital" was made by the linguist and journalist Hans Vilhelm Lund (1840-1893), who worked at the paper Social-Demokraten in the 1880'ies and 90'ies. The translation is famed for being extremely true to the original and virtually flawless. In order to reach as wide a relevant audience as possible, the price was kept as low as it could be. It still constituted a full day's wages for a skilled worker, namely 2 kroner - still about 1/7 of the German edition. In spite of all the efforts to distribute the translation, it did not become a bestseller, and in 1911, the remainders were issued with a new title-page in 1911. (PMM 359 - first edition).

Paris, Sonnius, 1594. 8vo. In contemporay vellum with yapp edges with title in contemporary hand to spine. Light soiling to extremities and a small tear to the vellum on the spine. Small worm-tract affecting last two leaves, otherwise a fine copy. (4), 369, (26) ff. Exceedingly rare first edition of Fumée’s work on the Hungarian history from the Battle of Mohács and the death of Louis II in 1526 up until the truce between the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II and the Ottoman sultan Murad III.The present work not only presented a narrative history of the sixteenth-century wars in Hungary but also included a geographical description of the region. Fumée explicitly dedicates his history "to you (the French people) and to no other." After vividly portraying the brutality of warfare in Hungary, Fumée urges French readers to contemplate the destructive nature of war. He prompts them to reflect, stating, "When you see the ruins and great desolations of a beautiful and rich country, you see your own at present reduced to an identical state." Fumée draws direct parallels between the sufferings of Hungary and France, both seen as enduring divine punishment. In his conclusion, he asserts, "it seems that we are in a worse condition than Hungary is in." Hungary thus serves as a reminder to the French people of the shared hardships stemming from religious disunity, political turmoil, and civil warfare that continued to afflict both kingdoms. 'Martin Fumée, squire of Mary le Chastel, a high-ranking French aristocrat, based his desciption of the battle of Mohács on the work of István Brodarics (1470-1539), De conflictu Hungarorum cum Turcis ad Mohacz, Cracow, 1527, who in the company of the ill-fated Louis II (1506-1526) was eye-witness to the destruction of the Hungarian army by the Ottoman forces in 1526. Fumée's main source for events following the battle was probably Ascanio degli Hortensii' (Horvath p.26).

Strassburg, Balthassar Beck, 1552. 4to. In contemporary blindstamped half pigskin-binding over wooden boards with later marbled paper covering the boards. Endpapers renewed. Upper part of spine with title paper-label. Wear to extremities and front board partly detached. Last blank leaf with annotations in contemporary hand. Internally fine and clean. (6), XCVIII, (7), (blank), (4), CLV, (8) ff. One woodcut illustration in text. Rare later edition of Ryff’s first part of “Kleinen Apoteck” and second part of “kleinen Teutschen Apoteck” - his highly popular manual of domestic medicine and cookery. Ryff in general wrote for a lay audience and his texts were all published in German, rather than Latin. “Ryff had no scruples in appropriating material wherever he could find it. Ryff is known to as one of the most notorious plagiarists who robbed the works of others, and therefore brought on himself the wrath of his contemporaries who showed no mercy for his short comings, either as a man or as an author” (Hagelin, Materia Medica, p. 58). Versalius even called him “the Strasbourg plagiarist.” What his contemporaries criticized him for eventually turned out to be the strength of his publications. He managed to popularize medical knowledge and make, what used to be an esoteric knowledge only available for the few, available to a broad audience. His ability to make medical knowledge available for the layman and the fact that he wrote in German later earned him flattering title of being the “Luther of Medicine”. “Walther Hermann Ryff (c.1500-c.1548) was a German surgeon and author. While little is known about his life, he probably studied pharmacy in Basel. He served as the city apothecary in the northern German town of Güstrow, then moved on to Strasbourg, where he served as city physician from 1532-1540. He left Strasbourg in 1544 following a legal suit involving plagiarism – one of the defining features of his literary career – and went on to Frankfurt, Mainz, Nuremberg, and Kulmbach. He died in Würzburg.” (Bernard Becker Medical Library). Durling 4018Not in Waller

(Various places in Germany, various printers - See below), 1679 - 1728. Folio (310 x 200 mm). In contemporary half vellum. Binding with wear, edges of front board with paper detached. Front free end-paper with index in contemporary hand. Bookblock closely trimmed, occassionally touching text, but internally generally nice and clean. (For collation see below). Extensive and most interesting sammelband containing 31 funeral sermons, orations, memorial writings and funeral music compositions. All work are from Northern and Eastern German-speaking areas, especially Danzig (Gdansk), Königsberg (Kaliningrad), Glückstadt, Hamburg, Berlin, Halle, Zerbst and Wittenberg and are commemorating nobility, various wives of nobles, judges and city officials are commemorated. All are of the utmost scarcity and are never found in the trade. To mention a few: Boguslav Radziwill (1620–1669): A prominent member of the Radziwill family, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, Governor of Prussia. Sigismund Guldenstern, a member of the Guldenstern family. Detlev von Rantzau (Graf zu Rantzau) and his wife Dorothea Benedicta AhlefeldtErnst Gottlieb von Börstel: A Prussian officer and noble. Joachim von Sydow: General-Major in service of the Danish King. Friederich Ehlers: Mayor of Danzig. Nicolaus von Bodeck: Another mayor of Danzig. Hans Ernst von der Linde: Mayor of Danzig, appears in multiple funeral publications. Johann Gottfried Diesseldorff: Mayor of Danzig, a high-ranking administrator. Caspar Ziegler (1621–1690): Famous Lutheran jurist, professor at Wittenberg, Matthias Philipp von Lattorff: Member of the Lattorff family. OFFERED PUBLICATIONS: Merckwürdige Gedancken von den Wunden Jesu Des Weyland Magnifici, Hoch=Edeln/ Besten und Hochgelahrten Hernn Caspar Zieglers Weitberühmten Jurisconsulti und Antecefloris auf der löbl. Universität Wittenberg. Wittemberg, 1716. 12 ff. Leich- Procession Bey des Durchläuchtigen fürsten und Herrn Boguslav Radziwilln. Königsberg, Friderich Reusnern, (1670). (16) pp. Geistliche Rechenkunst Der Tage Menschlichen Lebens Zum ... Ehren- Gedächtnüss Des ... Herrn Boguslav Radziwiln ... Stadthaltern des Hertzogthumbs Preussen ... Als desselbigen am letzten Tage des 1669sten Iahres ... entseelter Cörper den 6 Maji des 1670 Iahrs zur Erden Königsberg, Friderich Reusnern, (1670). 35 pp. Stella Lucida Matutina Christus Jesus: Oder Christus Jesus Der helle Morgen-Stern/ und welche sich dessen zu erfreuen haben/ zeitlich/ und ewig Bey Hoch-ansehnlicher Beerdigung und Begleit Des ... Herrn Sigismundi Guldenstern/ Freyherr auff Lundholm und Vogelwick/ Castellanus auff Dantzig ... Welcher den 30. Iunii 1666. Jahres zum Strumb ... entschlaffen/ Dessen entseelter Co¨rper aber bey der Pfar-Kirchen zu St. Marien ... den 23. Septemb. bemeldten Jahres ... ist beygesetzet worden Danzig, Rhete, 1666. (4), 40 pp. Die verachtete Eitelkeit, aus den letzten Reden der Weyland ... Frauen Dorothea Benedicta [geb. Ahlefeld] ... Gräfin zu Rantzou und Löwenholm etc. des ... Herrn Detlev ... Grafen zu Rantzou ... Ehe-Gemahls, wie Dero erblaszter Cörper den 3. Sept. des 1696 Jahres zu Itzehoe ... eingesetzet worden, in diesem geringen Leich-Sermon von dem Castro Doloris ... su Glückstadt : Bey Reinhard Janssen, 1696. 20 pp. Kurzer Entwurff Der Trauer-MUSIC, Womit Der Weyland Hochgebohrnen Gräfin und Frauen Frauen Dorothea Benedicta / Gräfin zu Rantzou und Löwenholm / Frauen auf Breitenburg / &c. Als Dero entseelter Cörper den 3. Sept: Anno 1696. zu Itzehoe mit HochGräflichen Ceremonien beygesetzet worden / Gehorsamst aufgewartet Augustus Christianus Prætorius, Organist in Crempe. Glückstadt, Reinhard Jansen, (No year). (8) pp. Kurzer Entwurff Der Trauer-music, Womit Der Weyland Hochgebohrnen Gräfin und Frauen Frauen Dorothea Benedicta Gräfin zu Rantzou und Löwenholm Frauen auf Breitenburg / &c. Als Dero entseelter Cörper den 3. Sept: Anno 1696. zu Itzehoe mit HochGräflichen Ceremonien beygesetzet worden / Gehorsamst aufgewartet Augustus Christianus Prætorius, Organist in Crempe. Glückstadt, Reinhard Jansen, 1696. (14) pp. Leich-Predigt Bey der Hochansehnlichen Leich-begängnüss Dess ... Hn. Friederich Ehlers/ Wolverdienten Herrn Burgermeisters der Königl. Stadt Dantzig. In der Pfarr-Kirchen daselbst Anno 1665. den II. Iun: Gehalten. Dantzig, Reiniger, 1667. (6), 52, (8) pp. + folded title-page. Gott der Herr Sonne und Schild / Gnade und Ehre der Frommen. Das ist: Christliche Erklärung der Worte des LXXXIV. Psalms Im 12. und 13. Versichet enthalten. Bey sehr Volckreicher / und Ansehnlicher Leich-Begängnüß Des Weyland Wohl-Edeln / Gestrengen / Besten und hoch-Wolweisen HERREN / Hn. Nicolai von Bodeck / Der königlichen Stadt Dantzig gewesenen Woll- verdienten Bürgermeister / und der Höchstlichen Regie- rung wohlverordneten Administrato- ris, &c. Welcher Anno 1676. den 21. Juli in dem Herren JESU seinem Erlöser sanfft und selig entschlaffen / Und darauf den 30. desselben Monats in der Obersten Pfarr- Kirchen zu S. Marien mit Ansehnlicher und Adelreicher Proces- sion, wie auch gebührlichen Ceremonien / zur Erden bestattet worden. Vorgestellet Und auff Begehren zum Druck herausgegeben von Abraham Heyse, Abgedachter Kirchen Pastore.Danzig, Simon Reiniger. 1677. (8), 62, 24 pp. Christliches Bende- und Ehren-Mahl Auf Dem Grabe der Beliebten/ Alss innerhalb fünff Monathen/ Die immerhalb fünf Monathen/ Des hoch-Edlen/ Gestrengen/ Besten und Hochweisen HERRN Hrn. Hans Ernst von der Linde/ Hoch-meritirten/ und jetziger Zeit Prædirirenden Bürgermeisters dieser königlichen Stadt DANZIG Hertgeliebte Ehe-Gattin/ Die weiland hoch-Edle/ Hoch-Ehren- und Tugend- begabte fraw Fr. Sophia Elisabeth. Danzig, Johann Zacharias Stollern, (no year). (4), 120 Schmieden, Des hoch-Edlen, Gestrengen, und Hochweisen Herrn, HERRN Johann Gottfried Diesseldorff hochverdienten Burger-Meisters der Königl. Poln. Stadt Danzig und des Höchsten Gebiets daselbst Administratoris Herzlich liebgewesenen Ehe-Genossin/ als nach Dero Anno 1723. am 2. Septembr. seligen Absterben Der entseelte Leichnam, unter hochansehnlichem Gefolge in der Ober-Pfarr-Kirchen zu S. Marien/ am 16. Septembr. zu seiner Ruhe gebracht worden/ aus denen von Ihr Selbst beliebten Sprüchen Röm. VIII. 18. 1. Corinth. XV. 19. 2. Corinth. IV. 17. 18. Danzig, E. Rhetius, (no year). (2), 46, (10) pp. Eines frühzeitig-sterbenden Gerechten getrostes Hertze im Tode Bey Christ-Adelicher und Hochansehnlicher Leich-Begängniss Der ... Johanna Christiana von Lattorff, geb. von der Saahla, Des ... Herrn Matthias Philipp von Lattorff. Zerbst, Tietze, 1728. 71, (29) pp. Letztes Ehren-Gedächtnis… Dantzig, Johann Daniel Stollen, 1712. (2), 39, (1) pp. Das Liebe Land Welches Die weiland Hoch-Edle Gross-Ehr- und Tugendreiche Frau Fr. Margareta Elisabeth Ahrends gebohrne Scheffelin / Des Hoch-Edlen / Hochgelahrten und Hocherfahrnen Herrn Johann Georg Ahrnden Glückstadt, Reinhard Jansen, 1699. 12 pp. Invicta Mortis Victoria, Die Unüberwindliche Todes-überwindung Der gläubigen Kinder Gottes Bey angestelletem Hoch-Adelichen Leich-Begängnüs Dess… Hall in Sachsen, Salfeld, 1678. 26 ff. Die Ursachen umb welcher willen die Glaubige stets an Gott bleiben : Aus Psalm. LXXIII, 23. 24. Bey dem wolverdienten Ehren-Gedächtniss/ Welches Der ... Frauen Mariae Loysae… Königsberg, Friedrich Reusners Erben, (1699). (2) 92 pp. Piorum in Cruce Jubilum. Das ist/ Frommer und gla¨ubiger Christen Freude in ihrer Angst und grossem Leide… Helmstat, Müller, 1679. (88) pp. Des Glaubens Erkäntnuss und vergewisserte Erwahrung dessen Beilage Auf der II. Epistel an Timoth. am I. Cap. v. 12. In einer Leich-Predigt vorgestellet Bey Hoch-Adlicher und Hochansehnlicher Leichbegängnuß Des Weyland hoch- und Wolrdlegebohrnen Herrn Hr. Albrecht Friedrich von Rauschen. Königsberg, Friedrich Reusners, (1692). (4), 68 pp. Ein Kron- und Helm-würdiges Haupt Eines recht glücklichen und Wohlsehligen Consistorial-Rahts Doctoris, Praepositi und Pastoris Bey Hochansehnlicher Beerdigung Des ... Hrn. Andreas von Cronhelm. Hamburg, König, 1696. (4), 51, (1) pp. Das gute Zeugnüss Welches Von Dem Wohlseligen Ende Des ... Hrn. Andreae von Cronenhelm… Hamburg, Ziegler, 1697. (16) pp. Honor Supremus, viro magnifico et generoso Domino Dn. Andreæ á Cronhelm. Hamburg, Kaenigi, 1696. (34) pp. Memoria Friderici Corfeyi Iusti Cum Laudibus. Oder Eine Leichen-Rede/ Bey Hochansehnlicher Beerdigung Des HochEdlen Gluückstadt, Janssen, 1696. (44) pp. Die grossmütige Heldtin im Leben und Tode, welche zum unsterblichen Nachruhm der ... Frauen Anna Catharina Schultzin, gebohrnen Heldtin, am 30. Glückstadt, Reinhard Janssen, 22 pp. Die unvergleichliche Süssigkeit der Göttl. Rechte; Aus dem 19. Vers des 94. Psalms Ich hatte viel Bekümmernisse etc. Bey ... Leichbestattung Des ... Hrn. George Friedrich Scholtz von Schollenstern. Tietze, Immanuel, 1695. 44 pp. Christ-schuldiges Andencken Bey Hoch-ansehnlicher Leich-Begängniss Des weiland Hoch-Edlen Bestreengen Vesten und Wohlweisen Herrn HERRN CONSTANTINI. Danzig, Zacharias Stollen, (1714). (6), 50 pp. Der hochgeachtete Todt der Frommen : bey dem Hoch- Adelichen Leich-Begängnüss des ... Ernst Gottlieb von Börstel ... Cölln an der Spree (Berlin), Ulrich Liebpert, 1687. (48) pp. Ehren-Gedächtnis, Des Weyland Hoch=Edeln, Hochweisen, Festen und Hochbenamten H. R. R. Herrn Michael Rycken… Dresden, Schreiber, (1726). 34, (6) pp. Symbolum Constantiae Aus dem Denck- und Wahl-Spruch. Psalm LXXIII. 25. 26. Der ... Frauen Constance Louyse/ gebohrne von Prön/ Des ... Hn. Ernst Gottlieb von Borstel, Sr. Churfürstl. Berlin, Salfeldische Witwe, 1691. (2), 52 pp. Christliches Ehren-Gedächtnüss, welches bey Volckreicher Leich-Begängnu¨ß, dem Weyland ... Herrn Ottoni Dieterico Voegedingio. Dantzig, Johann-Zacharias Stollen, (1700). 42 pp. Ein geistlicher Krieges-Held/ Aus II. Tim. 3.4.5. : Als Der entseelte Leichnam Des ... Hn. Joachims von Sydo Auff Blumenberg ... Erbsassens Bey Königl. Majest. zu Dennemarck und Norwegen gewesenen General-Major. Danzig, Rhete, 1687. (2), 34, (11) pp. Die plötzlich überfallende Böse Todes-Zeit, das ist Christliche Leich-Predigt ... bey Volckreichem Leich-Begängnüss des ... Hn. Benjamin Gabriel Koopmanns ... Als Derselbe den 16. Novembr. Anno 1687 ... in Königsberg ... zu Tode geschlagen. Dantzig, Johann-Zacharias Stolle,

Paris, Aux Bureau du Journal, 1879-88. 4to. Bound in 29 uniform contemp. hcalf. Spines gilt and with gilt lettering.Top of spine on 3 vols. with wear. A nick to spine on 2 vols. 4 vols. with some wear to spines. A few vols. slightly rubbed. Internally fine. More than 14000 pp. Profusely illustrated with fine woodcuts in the text. The work is known for its fine executed illustrations of machinary and apparatus. This is the first journal entirely devoted to theory of light and electricity in its practical applications, documenting the early history of Telegraphy and Telephony. It describes and depicts the new inventions of electrical apparatus used in industries and communications. It describes the installments of telegraphy in Amerika as well as in Europe. It describes arch-lamps, Eddison-lamps, the Telephoneworks of Gray, Edison, Bell and others, the introduction of electric lightening in houses and towns, applications of electricity to railways, electro-motors and dynamoes, electromagnetism, microphones etc. etc. It contains importent papers on the theory of electricity and magnetism as well.- Weaver, Cat.of the Wheeler Gift, No. 5919.

Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1820. Contemporary half calf. Raised bands, gilt spine. Spine slightly rubbed. "Annalen der Physik. Hrsg. von Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert", Bd. 66. Small stamps on verso of title-pages (2) and verso of plates. (12), 426 pp., 1 folded table a. 3 engraved plates. The entire volume offered. Oersted's paper: pp. 295-304. Internally clean and fine. First edition of the first German translation (by Gilbert) of Oersted's epoch-making announcement of his discovery of electromagnetism, printed in the same year as the Latin original. The work originally appeared in Latin as "Experimenta circa effectum conflictus electrici in acun magneticam. Hafniæ, 1820"; this Latin pamphlet is impossibly scarce and only a few copies are known, as it was privately printed in a very small number and was only distributed to colleagues in Europe. This discovery and confirmation of the connection between 2 forces, electricity and magnetism, must be considered one of the happiest events in the history of science, both with regard to scientific and practical results."From the moment that Ørsted's discovery became known it created an enormous sensation. The results communicated were so astounding that they were received with a certain distrust, but they were stated with such accuracy that it could hardly be permitted to entertain any doubts. In the course of a short time the treatise was translated into all the chief languages." (Kirstine Meyer). In a note Gilbert says, that it is a word by word translation of Oersted's small Latin pamphlet, "Eine fast wörtliche Uebersetzung des einzeln gedruckten, lateinischen, de 21 Juli 1820 geschriebenen Viertel-Bogens, de von Hrn. Oersted mehreren zugeschicht worden ist..."When Oersted's discovery became known to European physicists they became busy with testing Oersted's results; thus, this volume of "Annalen" contains some important papers on electromagnetism in German: Gilbert: Untersuchungen über die Einwirkung des geschlossenen galvanisch-electrischen Kreises uaf die Magnetnadel. pp. 331-391; Biot & Savart: Von einer Abhandlung über die Magnetismus der Voltaischen Sáule (The Law of Biot & Savart), pp. 392-394 (German extract); Yelin: Ueber den Zusammenhang der Electricität mit dem Magnetismus...mit einigen Zusätzen von Gilbert.; Muncke: Einiges die Polarisierung des Lichtes und die Oersted'schen Versuche betreffend... The volume also contains first German editions of papers by Biot, Gay-Lussac, G.G. Schmidt, Humphrey Davy, etc.Dibner:61 - PMM: 282 - Horblitt: 3 b. - Sparrow: 152.