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3 volumes. curis et studio Stephani Andreae Philippe. Sumptibus ant. urb. Coustelier, Lutetiae Parisiorum 1745. 12mo [9 x 15 cm]. XVI+XCVI+206; XXIV+232; XII+254 pages + 18 copperplate engravings [complete]. Bound in three lovely red morocco bindings, spines, boards, edges of boards and inner boards richly gilt. Hinges a bit weak. Edges and extremities of the spines with slight wear. Three edges gilt. Cut-outs to the top of the flyleaves [probably old names removed]. Printed on good paper.

4 bind. Gyldendal, København 1776-1777. 8vo. Kobberstukket portræt af Cervantes på frontispicen i bind 1. 29 plancher med kobberstukne illustrationer. Nydelige uniforme samtidige halvbind med rygforgyldning. Lille marginal fugtskjold øverst i indre hjørne på de første 25 sider af bind 1. * Charlotte Dorothea Biehls oversættelse af den verdensberømte roman må betragtes som denne rigt begavede kvindes litterære hovedværk. Hendes tekst er så slidstærk, at den blev betragtet som den autoritative danske oversættelse og udgivet igen og igen frem til 1990'erne, da hele to forlag lod hver sin oversætter tage fat med hele to udgaver til følge. Spændende, om den ene eller begge kan leve i over 200 år.

Balthasar Christophorus Wust, Frankfurt am Main 1689. Folio. (16)+520 pages [in 1040 columns] + (60) pages of index + (2)+ 22 pages [in 44 columns]. Contemporary full vellum binding. Front pastedown not pasted down. Dampstaining to the margin throughout most of the book. Dampstain to the titleleaf. Backboard soiled. * Text in Latin, Hebrew and a bit of German.

Pierre Martau, Lyon 1700. 4to. Engraved frontispiece plate. Titlepage printed in red and black. (54)+384+235+(1)+96 pages. Bound with: Heinrich Bened. Strak: Notae selectae criticae. Heirs of Johann Fr. Braun, Leipzig 1724. (4)+162 pages. Contemporary full vellum binding with blank spine. 19th century pen notes i Danish in part 1 and on front endpaper. Front endpaper with tear. Bookplate on front pastedown. 3 cm tear in front outside hinge at upper spine-end. * Jean Leclerc (1657-1736) was a Swiss biblical scholar who promototed exegesis or critical interpretation of the Bible.

16 volumes. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1931-1973. Illustrations in b/w. Uniform brown half-cloth bindings. The gilt logo of the Danish Naval Library at upper spine-end of each volume. The first 2 volumes (1931-39) with original front cover of each issue preserved (with ink stamp from the Danish Naval Library). * British scientific journal of Arctic and Antarctic exploration and research. Lots of material concerning Greenland.

Heineck & Faber, København 1772. 4°. På skrivepapir. (8)+338+70+(2) sider. Samtidiigt hellæderbind med rygforgyldning. Nederste forreste hjørne slidt. Forsatsbladet lidt skjoldet. Ryggen med småskrammer og med et ormehul ved øverste kapitæl. * Danmarks første farmakopé i originaludgave, inklusiv den tilhørende oversigt over medicinpriser.

Udgivet af Den danske Radeerforening. Trykt hos Kristian Kongstad, Helsingør 1914. 78 sider. Indbundet med orig. for- og bagomslag i et smukt samtidigt helbind af mørkebrunt kalveskind med blindpræget dekoration og topguldsnit. Exlibris. Ryggen falmet * Velindbundet eksemplar af dette hovedværk i dansk bogillustration. ** Dansk Bogkunst 34. En af de 50 smukkest udførte danske bøger nogen sinde.

2 volumes. Doubleday & Company, New York 1955. 596+594 pages. Orig. boards in dust wrappers. Untrimmed. Light edge wear, spines of wrappers evenly sunned and with light general wear. Very good / Good wrappers. * Inscribed on the halftitle page in both volumes by the former president - as of yet the only one to use a nuclear device in anger.

3 volumes. Insel Verlag, Leipzig & Frankfurt am Main 1977. Square 4to. Facsimile volumes not paginated (c. 500 pages). Commentary volume 75 pages. Richly illustrated with colour plates. Publisher's uniform pictorial cloth bindings. Ink stamp on bottom edges. * Facsimile of the original edition from Weimar 1790. With 200 colour-plates showing animals and plants.

Jacques Boüilleroy, Paris 1664. 12mo. (16)+341+(1) pages. One copperplate engraving of the 'Man without passions', holding the chains of women and children. Contemporary full calf binding with a bit of edgewear. Old stamp to the flyleaf. Old owner's names to the titleleaf and lst blank leaf. * Extremely scarce edition, not in the BnF and with no auction records. All reprints refer to the 1665 edition.

James R. Osgood and Company, Boston 1882. 412 pages. Bound in a nice, green morocco binding, spine richly gilt, inner and outer golden borders. Binding signed 'Whitman Bennett, N.Y,' Slight wear to the corners. Minimal chip to the left margin of the titleleaf. Small (15mm) closed tear to lower edge of page 123/124, not affecting text. * First edtition, second state: Still with the Franklin imprint to the copyright page, but with the three errors på pp. 124, 263 and 362 corrected.

William Dawson and Sons. London 1888. 8vo. XVI+228 pages + advertisement section. Litographed frontispiece illustration and plate; richly illustrated with woodcuts. Woodcut portrait of author. Publisher's pictorial purple cloth with blank spine. Binding faded and with some stains on the front board. Bookplate on verso of front endpaper. Pencil notes on verso of frontispiece plate. * Somewhat worn copy of this scarce work on the Danish West Indies, from 1916 the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Sumtu Viduæ Felgineriæ, Hamburg 1731. 4to. Engraved frontispiece plate (Fritsch sc.). Titlepage in red and black. (8)+796+234+(2) pages. Contemporary vellum binding. Slight foxing throughout. * A history of the Christian missions through the ages, including the contemporary Danish mission in the Danish settlement Tranquebar in India.

Bradbury & Evans, London 1853. 8vo. XVI+624 pages. Litographed frontispiece and title + 38 litographed plates. Contemporary red half morocco binding. Frontispiece and engraved title browned, the other plates marginally browned. The pastedown on the inner front hinge cracked, but the hinge itself is perfectly sound. Slilght wear along the edges. Bookplate inserted. Gift inscription to the flyleaf (from Danish professor Carl Roos). * First book edition, first issue with the identification points present: 'elgble' on page 19, line 6; 'chair' on page 209, line 23; 'counsinship' on page 275 line 22.

Nicolaus Møller, København 1783. 4°. På skrivepapir. XIV+550 sider. Med kobberstukket vignet på titelbladet. Samtidigt helbind af brunt kalveskind med rig rygforgyldning. I kassette. Exlibris (bl.a. H.I Andersen og Chr. Bang). Ejernavne (bl.a. H.F. Rørdam) på fribladet. Bageste udvendige fals revnet. * Den sjældne første del, med god bibliofil proveniens, af Nicolai Jonges Københavns-beskrivelse. Anden del blev udgivet så sent som i 1945. Med Jonge som grundig cicerone vandrer læseren rundt i for eksempel den pragtfuldt udstyrede Vor Frue Kirke og på det enorme Christiansborg.

Herausgegeben von Günther Niethammer und Urs N. Glutz von Blotzheim. 14 volumes in 22. Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Frankurt und AULA-Verlag, Wiesbaden 1966-97. Illustrated in b/w. Orig. green cloth with d/w. Dustwappers of vol. 1 torn and vol. 5 defective (back side missing). Otherwise a near fine/very good set. * Complete set. Volume I: Gaviiformes - Phonocopteriformes. II: Anseriformes (part one). III: Anseriformes (part two), IV: Falconiformes. V: Galliformes und Gruiformes. VI: Charadriiformes (1. Teil). VII: Charadriiformes (2. Teil). VIII/1+2: Charadriiformes (3. Teil). IX: Columbiformes bis Piciformes. X/1+2: Passeriformes (1. Teil). XI/1-2: Passeriformes (2. Teil). XII/1-2: Passeriformes (3. Teil). XIII/1-3: Passeriformes (4. Teil). XIV/1-3: Passeriformes (5. Teil).

Johan Rudolph Thiele, København 1782. 8°. XIV+(2)+400 sider. Trykt på skrivepapir. Med kobberstukket portræt af skuespiller Christopher Pauli Rose, udført af Meno Haas efter forlæg af Virgilius Erichsen. Samt. helbind af brunt kalveskind. Exlibris. * Med stor dedikation: Den tænkende og aandfuld Kunstner Hr. Skuespiller N.P. Nielsen til venskabelig Erindring og Tak for mangen sand Kunstnydelse. Bakkeh. d. 24 Spet. 1825 K.L. Rahbek. ** Herligt associationseksemplar af et af Rahbeks hovedværker, hvor han formulerede sit syn på det følsomme teater. Bogen vakte opsigt og sikrede den unge litterat en til enhver tid fremtrædende position i Københavns kulturliv.

Aquarelles de Marcelle Picard. René Kieffer, Paris 1925. Large 8vo. (12)+202 pages. Illustrated in colour. Bound untrimmed with the original wrappers in a magnificent embossed morocco binding with an amphora motiff to the boards. Upper edge gilt. Binding signed 'René Kieffer, Relieures d'Art'. * Copy number 268 of 500 copies printed on Vélin blanc de cuve (of a total edition of 550 copies). The wonderful binding is also from Kieffers renowned publishing house/ bookbindery.

Ernst Bojesens Kunstforlag, København 1889-90. Folio. 201 sider. Indbundet med orig. omslag (formgivet af Thorvald Bindesbøll) i et orig. halvbind af brunt kalveskind med rygforgyldning og gulddekoration på permerne, ligeledes formgivet af Bindesbøll. Med tresidet guldsnit. Ryggen slidt. Lidt plettet. * Med dedikation fra Joakim Skovgaard til Johan Rohde. ** Klunketidens nationalromantiske idealer omsat i så prægtig en bogform, som den altid entreprenante og stort tænkende forlægger Ernst Bojesen formåede, hvilket ikke siger så lidt. Bogen er stadig en klassiker inden for dansk illustrationskunst.** Dansk Bogkunst 32. En af de 50 smukkest udførte danske bøger nogen sinde.

Cum Fragmento nuper Tragurii reperto. Accedunt diversorum poëtarum. Lusus in Priapum, Pervigilium Veneris, Ausortil cento nuptialis, Cupido crucifixus, Epistola de Cleopatra, et alia nonnulla. Omnia commentaris, et notis doctorum virorum illustrata. Concinnante Michaele Hadrianide. Johannes Blaeu, Amsterdam 1669-71. 8vo (12 x 19 cm). (34)+558+(42)+168+(8)+(8)+72+32 pages. Bound in a contemporary full vellum binding with hand written spine title. Names to flyleaf and title leaf. 2 contemporary handwritten pages of notes to the back of the book.

Verlag der Buchhandlung Walter König, Köln 2008. 395 pages. Original full gray cloth in dust wrapper. Spine very slightly cocked. Lower rear corner bumped. Wrappers with light creasing along edges. Very good-/very good wrappers. * An artist's book, built on several rules or concepts: The texts are a randomly generated mix of words from a magazine, the photograhic images of the wood and it's trees were sorted by composition, rather than by what they otherwise convey.

Det Schubotheske Forlag, København 1896. 265 sider. Illustreret af N.P. Mols. Med portræt af HP af P.S. Krøyer. Senere rødt pluviusinbind med tresidet guldsnit. * Med dedikation fra Henrik Pontoppidan til hans hustru nummer 2: Til Antoinette fra H.P. Stenløse 13de Ottb. 96. ** Første udgave, andet oplag. Indgår i den delikate klunketidsserie Det Schubotheske Miniatur-Bibliotek.

Jacques-Francois Quillau, Paris 1747. XLVIII+528 pages + 5 foldable plates. Contemporary half calf binding. Spine richly gilt, but with a couple of old worm holes. Inscription to the inner board. Printed on good paper. * First edition of this French introduction to Newtons philosophie and mathematics.

Original plakat, udført i farvelitografi, Moskva & København (1954). Arkmål: 88 x 62 cm. Meget velbevaret. Indrammet bag glas i ramme af matforgyldte trælister.(Grafik/Prints). * Prægtig, farveglad plakat efter forlæg af den sovjetiske kunstner Sigorskij, hvor det røde sovjetflag vajer over bugnende kornmarker og pulserende fabrikker. Hip hurra: Her går det godt. Stalin havde været død i et år.

5 volumes. Aedibus B.G. Teubneri, Stuttgart 1964, 1962, 1962, 1963 & 1963. Publisher's full orange cloth. Near fine. Slight soiling to top-edges.