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4 volumes. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, London & Leipzig 1951-57. Publisher's dark blue cloth bindings, Fine. * Harvard Oriental Series. Volumes 33 - 36, edited by Charles R. Lanman. Der Rigveda.

D. Lizars, Edinburgh 1824. Second Edition. XXXVI+85+116+64+74 pages. With engraved frontispiece and 23 engraved plates (showing landmarks of Copenhagen and Northern Zealand. Uncut in publishers cased binding. Lower spine-end cracked. A few plates with foxing due to paper quality. Otherwise a remarkably fresh copy of this attractive book. * First edition came 1823 and is identical to this edition. Parts of the pagination in the first chapters have been change from Arab into Roman numerals. A. Andersen Feldborg was a Dane living in England right from the beginning of the 19th century. He made large efforts to open his new countrymens' eyes for the qualities of his native country, despite the Anglo-Danish wars of 1801 and 1807-14. Among the artists behind the plates are C.W. Eckersberg, the founder of Danish Golden Age painting.

Artpress 1982. Folio. 255 pages. Illustrated throughout with photos in b/w. Orig. full red silk with title in silver to spine and upper board. In orig. matching red silk slipcase. Small stain to slipcase. Minute flaking of silver title on upper board. Photographic print lacking with this copy. Fine/fine- slipcase. * Deluxe edition limited to 420 copies, signed by Berenice Abbott. and numbered 1-400 and i-xx. This is copy no. 158. **Commentary by Berenice Abbott. Introduction by John Canaday. ***After art studies in Paris and Berlin as well as working as an assistant in the studio of Man Ray in Paris, Abbott returned to her native USA and was struck by the change she observed happen in a New York which was rapidly transforming into the city we know today. She set about recording the old and the new cityscapes with her camera

Two volumes (with two parts in each). Opus Quadripartitum, Cujus Liber primus recenset laesiones internas abdominis. Secundus exhibet variam stragem pectoris. Tertius prodit diversam labem cerebri. Quartus verò vitia externa colligit. Vincent, Paris 1767. Small quartos. XLVIII+540+(4 pages of advertisments); XVI+606+(2) pages. Full calf binding, spines restored. Number to pastedown. A bit of soiling here and there. * First edition.

The Birds of Greenland. With Danish/English parallel text. 3 bind i 2. Ejnar Munksgaard, København 1950. 4to. 608+(2) sider. Med 52 helsidesfarveillustrationer af Gitz-Johansen og foldet kort over Grønland. Indbundet ubeskåret med orig. omslag i 2 smukke uniforme halvbind af grønt kalveskind med guldtrykt fugl på hver ryg og topguldsnit (Henning Jensen, usigneret). * Dejligt sæt af dette klassiske værk.

Commentate in lingua uulgare toscana, da Giouanni Fabrini, con ordine, che'l vulgare è comento de'l latino, et il latino de' l vulgare, ambedue le lingue dichiarandosi l'una co l'altra, di nuovo ristampate, et aggiuntovi Alcune Annotationine i margini, che illustrano grandemente il testo, et recano marauiglioso frutto a gl'imparanti. marchio Sessa, Venetia [Venice] 1567. 4to. (2)+226 leaves. Bound in a nice, modern pastiche half calf binding. Margins dampstained. Leaves 43-47 with traces after a burn with a little text loss. Slight loss of text to the dedication leaf, due to an old restoration to the inner margin. The edges and corners of the first and last leaves are chipped and fragile. A few ink spots here and there, but without text loss. * Text in Latin and Italian. Scarce edition of Sessa's beautiful Cicero edition. The copy is rather battered on the inside, but has been saved by a nice binding.

3 bind. C.A. Reitzel, København 1849-51. XII+495 + VIII+465 + 513+LXVII sider + trykfejlslister. I alt 19 litograferede plancher, 1 facsimile og 5 kort. Ubeskåret i orig. kartonnager med lærredsryg og bogtrykte rygtitelfelter. Lidt gulplettet. Bogblokkene sidder lidt løse i bindene (men holder stadig). Rygge og kanter med slitage. Ryggen på bind 1 noget plettet og meget lysere end på de to andre bind. * Et lidt slidt sæt af den sjældne førsteudgave af Steen Billes rejseberetning. Formålet med Steen Billes lange togt 1845-47 var at overdrage de danske besiddelser i Indien til Storbritannien, indlede kolonisering af Nikobarerne og foretage etnografiske og hydrografiske undersøgelser. Koloniseringen af Nikobarerne blev hurtigt opgivet, men Bille hjembragte betydeligt videnskabeligt materiale. ** Account on the Danish circumnavigation of the globe 1845-47. The purpose of the voyage was to lead the transition of the Danish colonies in India to Britain and to gather scientific material. Bille´s account is illustrated with etnographic litographs and maps.

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.