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Printed J. Robertson, Edinburgh 1792. VIII+457 pages. Full leather binding. Spine has elegantly been restored with a newer spine in leather. Near fine. * Translated by James Macpherson.

Mit einer Kupfertafel. Georg Joachim Göschen, Leipzig 1834. 8vo. 36 + (4) pages + large foldable plate. Bound untrimmed with the original wrappers in a nice green half morocco binding. Name to the verso of the original front wrapper. Old handwritten library number to the front wrapper. * Möbius [1790-1868] was professor in Leipzig and was a capacity on geometry and astronomi. Today, he is still remembered for his neverending 'Möbius-strip' - a non-orientable surface.

T. Basset, London 1680. 8vo. 634+(2) pages. Woodcut vignettes with coats-of-arms. Mid-19th century brown half calf binding with blindtooled decorations. Titlepage somwwhat soiled. Bookplate on front pastedwon and on front endpaper.

Les editions G. Crès & C., Paris. No date (ca. 1925). First edition. V+219 pages. Illustrated in b/w. Later half cloth binding with calf titlelabel to spine and original front cover included (signed Merete Funder). Near fine. * From the "Collection de "L' Esprit Noveau".

Third Edition, Revised and Corrected. Carey and Lee, Philadelphia 1831. 8vo. XII+[13-]590 pages. Thirteen plates, hereof two folding. Recent pastiche half calf binding with spine gilt in six compartments and reusing the contemporary spinetitle. Some foxing, but still a very nice, tight copy. * Third edition of the first American book on gynaecology. First edition was published in 1826.

Geschrieben in den Jahren 1842-1845 während der auf Befehl Sr. Majestät des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV von Preussen ausgeführten wissenschaftlichten Expedition. Verlag von Wilhelm Herz, Berlin 1852. XII+456 pages. Chromolithographic frontispiece showing Jebel Barkal [in Sudan]. Woodcut title vignette (Pyramid of Merot in Nubia).Illustrations in text depicting hieroglyphs and woodcut architectural plan in b/w. One plate in b/w inserted in rear depicts inscriptions in the Sct. Cathrine monastery in Sinai. Folding map in b/w showing Egypt also inserted in rear. Later quarter leather with spine in five compartments and lettering in gilt. Some wear to spine and corners. Light edgewear Foxing to illustrations and neighbouring pages, including tissue-guard (no foxing to illustrations in text). * Richard Lepsius (1810-1884) was a German scholar of Greek and Egyption archaeology. He travelled widely and made numerous connections in Europe. His expedition to Egypt was inspired by the earlier one carried out by Napoleon. His party of varoious specialists discovered several pyramids, untill then unknown to Western society. His chief publication was the Denkmäler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien' published in 1849. He continued into a professorship in Rome and later head of the Royal Library in Berlin and published widely.

3 volumes. Arthus Bertrand, Paris 1820. 8°. VIII+362 + 349 + 425+(2) pages. With folding litographed views (Christiansborg Palace of Copenhagen & Stockholm + engraved or litographed portraits of Danish king Christian VII and queen Carolina Mathilda, Swedish kings Gustav III, Gustav IV Adolf and Karl XIV Johan, Swedish baron Armfeldt and Russian empress Catherine II. Uniform dark green half-calf bindings with gilt ornamentation on spines. Heraldic bookplate front pastedown in all volumes. Old name on subtitlepage in each volume. Slight rubbing to bindings. * Nice set. With extra handwritten pages in contemporary handwriting, in French, added as commentaries after p. 80, p. 364 and p. 404 in volume 3.

2 bind. P.G. Philipsens Forlag, København 1889-1892. 171 + 202 sider. Orig. grønne komponerede helshirtingsbind. * Førsteudgaverne - i de ikke almindelige forlagsbind - af denne klassiker i dansk litteratur. Efter skuffelser og frustration i forbindelse med sin deltagelse i krigen 1864 og i Den fransk-tyske Krig søgte Karen Blixens og Thomas Dinesens far til grænselandet mellem USA og Canada, hvor han levede som pelsjæger. En velskrivende eventyrer i sit rette element. Navnet Boganis fik han af indianerne i området, som han kom fint ud af det med.

2 bind i 1 Kongelige privilegerede Bogtrykker, København 1738-41. (8)+276+(4)+380 sider. Indbundet i et moderne halvbind af rødbrunt gedeskind (fra starten af det 20. århundrede). Mærker efter exlibris på inderpermen. Godt, solidt eksemplar. * Den utrættelige polyhistor Erik Pontoppidan, der i slutningen af 1730rne var biskop i Århus, har her indsamlet en guldgrube af indskrifter fra ligsten rundt om i de danske kirker. Meget er gået til siden på grund af vanrøgt og brande, så i adskillige tilfælde er værket her den eneste dokumentation af dette vigtige genealogiske materiale. Værket er i øvrigt et stykke Holbergiana, idet det er et af blot to bøger, hvor Ludvig Holberg som censor har fået anført sit trykte imprimatur.

Grant and Griffith, London 1849. Thick 8vo. Vi+c. 460 pages. 42 woodcut vignettes and 8 litographed plates by Franz von Pocci. Contemporary green half-morocco binding with ridhly gilt spine. Slight shelfwear and some rubbing. Innner front hinge weak. Name on front endpaper.

No printer stated, Amsterdam 1716. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece plate. Titlepage printed in red and black. VI+153+(11) pages. Contemporary vellum binding. Bookplate on front pastedown. Old names on titlepage. Old name on verso of plate. * On intellectual crooks in various fields.

6 volumes. The Museum of the Far eastern Antiquities, Stockholm 1929-34.. Large 8vo. Illustrations in b/w. Publisher's printed wrappers. Waterstain along lower edge, not affecting text.

Peter Jöransson Nyström, Stockholm 1750. (12)+276 sider. Elegant helbind af brunt maroquin med rygforgyldning og spejldekoration i stiliseret 1700-tals udformning og tresidet guldsnit (Jakob Badens Sønner). I kassette. * Ehrencron-Müller XI,101. Oversat af Esaias Zachariasson Plantin (1711-72). Eksemplaret mangler de to plancher.

3 volumes. The Second Edition. Printed for W. Johnston/ B. Collins, London 1771. XVI+250+(4); 249+(1); (4)+275+(1) pages. contemporary half calf bindings with orange spine titles. Slight foxing and browning to the leaves, and some ink stains to page IX of volume I, with no text loss. Very good++ copy. * The true first edition, published same year as the original edition.

Enrichi de plusieurs expériences de physique. Seconde édition, revue, corrigée et augmentée. (12)+672 pages. Contemporary full calf binding. A bit of wear to the top of the spine. Small hole to the top leather to the back board. Slight edgewear. * Maitre-Jan [1650-?] originally published this work in 1707. If was for many years acclaimed as the best and most thorough book on ofthalmology, diseases of the eye.

Harrap & Co., London n.d. (c. 1912). 4°. Unpaginated (180 pages). With illustrations by Willy Pogány in b/w, as tipped-in colour-plates and as colour-litographs. Lettering (also designed by Pogány) litographed as well. Orig. soft green full leatherbinding with blindtooled decorations on front, and gilt lettering on spine. Untrimmed. Pictorial endpapers. With inscription on inner cover. Owners stamp on halftitle page. Front cover with some staining. Cover a bit sunned. Good. * A very attractive Art Nouveau book.

Selskabet for grafisk Kunst, København 1933. 52 sider. Indbundet med orig. foromslag i et papirbind med papir af Salto. Rygtitelfelt i blåt læder. Omslag let plettet. * Kun udgivet i 425 eksemplarer. Poul Christensens første bogarbejde og en klassiker inden for dansk bogillustration. Med denne bog debuterede en af dansk bogkunsts fineste udøvere. "Egentlig var det først med denne bog, at Blicher, fortælleren Blicher, novellens forfatter fandt sin illustrator. Povl Christensen kunne som tilrettelægger binde billeder og typografi sammen, så denne bog kom til at stå som en af de smukkeste og mest helstøbte ikke blot i hans produktion, men i dansk bogkunst overhovedet." (H. P. Rohde). "Når det i hans første store arbejde, Blichers 'Brudstykker af en Landsbydegns Dagbog' er lykkedes ham at lade en forlængst forbigangen tid genopstå, skyldes det naturligvis ikke, at han efterlignede en stilart, men at han indlevede sig i et tankesæt. Ved typografi, opsæt af satsbilleder, ved bogens glidende rytme, har han bibragt læseren fornemmelsen af en håndværksmæssig stabilitet (deraf stilbilledet), og ved aldrig at træde på digterens ord, men tværtimod lade tegningernes akkompagnement nænsomt understøtte og hæve dem, har han skabt en samhørighed mellem tekst og illustrationer". (Walter Schwartz). Bogen blev 1933 udvalgt blandt 'Årets bedste Bogarbejde'. Holst 5. Birkelund 388. Blicher-Selskabet 1743.

3 volumes. John Pearsson, London 1873. 344;370;417 pages. Bound untrimmed in a full red morocco binding. With gilt bordings on boards. Spines richly gilded with letterings and decorations. Hinges a bit weak. Otherwise near fine. * With the bookplate of Duff Cooper.

Published by the author, Paris 1987. 4to. 63 pages booklet, 26 folded construction plans and 1 colour table in a cardboard box. Unattached outer clothbound boards in dust wrapper. Fine booklet and plans / Near fine boards and box with light shelfwear/signs of use. * Translated by David H. Roberts. ** All the information needed to reconstruct the famous naval vessel from the American War of Independence. Originally a French East Indiaman, American Captain John Paul Jones led her to victory against the British HMS Serapis in the Battle of Flamborough Head in 1779. *** Heavy item - extra shipping charges may apply.

Translated from the French by Colonel Charles Gold. Baldwin and Cradock, London 1833. 8vo. Frontespice of the trajectory + XIII+124 pages. Bound untrimmed in a pastiche half calf binding with five raised bands. Slight occasional foxing, mainly to the frontespiece engraving.

3 volumes, A la Haye (Den Haag/The Hague) 1757. 8vo. Uniform brown mabled calf bindings wtih richly gilt spines. 2 wormholes at lower spine-end of volume 1. Contemporary armorial bookplate on front pastedown in each volume. * First edition of the memoirs of Colbert Torcy (1665-1746), a nephew of the great Colbert), the French diplomat, who represented Louis XIV and France in negotiating the peace treaty of Utrecht, ending the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714).

Maeght Éditeur, Paris 1965. Folio. 34 pages. 7 offset litographs after Kandinsky, 2 double paged. Loose in the original wrappers, as issued. Near fine+. * The Maeght publications were immensely popular, both because of the quality of the prints, but also because they contained a series of important art work in lithography.

Editions J. Terquem, Paris 1927. Large 8vo. X+7+148 pages. Illustrated with orig, engravings in colour by Chas-Laborde. Bound with original wrappers in lovely contemporary red full calf with gilt borders to boards and four raised bands of spine. Inner gilt border in art nouveau-style. Top dedge gilt, two edges uncut. Light wear to edges of spine * One of an edition of 980 copies printed on vélin de Marais. Signed by the editor.

5 volumes bound in seven. G. Reimer, Berlin 1839-1857. Bound in seven modest, brown halfcloth bindings with gilt lettering on the spines (bindings from the middle of 20th century). Inside with only a few spots. Otherwise a nice set. * From the library of the Danish classical scholar Holger Friis Johansen.

5 bind. C. Steen, København 1833-36. (4)+(VI)+290 + (1)+ VIII+303 + 308 + (4)+274 + 236 sider. Subskriptionslister i bd. 1, 2 og 4 (der var ingen i bind 3 og 5). Bind 1-4 i smukke samtidige uniforme brune halvlæderbind med rig rygforgforgyldning; bind 5 i et afvigende samtidigt brunt halvlæderbind med rig rygforgyldning. Bind 1-4 gennemgående gulplettet.Gl. navn på indersiden af forpermen i bind 1 & 2. * Udgivelseshistorien bag Blichers noveller er snørklet, men disse fem bind udgjorde den oprindelige grundstamme, der samlede hans bidrag til forskellige tidsskrifter, spædet op med en god mængde førstetryk. Første bind er i 2. oplag, der udkom marts måned samme år som første oplag. I 2. oplag er listen med 'Rettelser' udgået, da fejlene er indføjet i teksten, i øvrigt alle fra s. 1-16 ('En Landsbydegns Dagbog'); pagineringen er den samme, og der er ingen forskydninger ved sideskift. Bind 4 og 5 indeholder følgende førstetryk: Hævnen; Juleferierne; Eneboeren paa Bolbjerg; Marie; Fjorten Dage i Jylland. Blicher-Selskabet 438. Bertelsen 15.** Blicher-samlingen kan begynde her.