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Leipzig, B.G. Teubner, 1909. 8vo. Original printed wrappers, no backstrip and a small nick to front wrapper. In "Mathematische Annalen. Begründet durch Alfred Clebsch und Carl Neumann. 67 Band. 2. Heft." Entire issue offered. Internally very fine and clean. [Weyl:] Pp. 225-45. [Entire issue: Pp. 145-280]. First printing of Weyl's paper on the convergence of series which continue as orthogonal functions. "Very few of Weyl's 150 published books and papers-even those chiefly of an expository character-lack an original idea or afresh viewpoint. The influence of his works and of his teaching was considerable: he proved by his example that an "abstract" approach to mathematics is perfectly compatible with "hard" analysis and, in fact, can be one of the most powerful tools when properly applied." (DSB)

Lancaster, AMerican Physical Society, 1953. Lex8vo. Entire volume offered in the original blue wrappers with previous owner´s stamps [C. Møller, Danish physician] to front wrapper. In "The Physical Review" Volume 91, August 15, No. 4, 1953 of , Second Series. A fine and clean copy. Pp. 1008-1009. [Entire volume: Pp. 775-1033]. First printing of Dicke's early studies of polarization of atoms. "After the war Dicke returned to Princeton University, where he had spent two years as an undergraduate. He was appointed Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics in 1957 and Albert Einstein Professor of Science in 1975. In his first decade back at Princeton Dicke put aside his interest in astronomy, working instead on quantum optics and techniques of precision measurements of atomic structure. His style is illustrated by his demonstration of what came to be called Dicke buffering" (DSB)

[No place, no printer], 1961. 4to. Offprint from "EUROPA, Monatszeitschrift für Politik, Wirtschaft, Kultur", August 1961. Fine and clean. 4 pp. Offprint of the first German (and overall) translation of Bohr's "The Unity of Human Knowledge". in which he investigates the human knowledge with its scientific processes in the history.

Leipzig, B. G. Teubner, 1877. 8vo. Bound in recent full black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In "Mathematische Annalen", Volume 11., 1877. Entire volume offered. Library label pasted on to pasted down front free end-paper. Small library stamp to lower part of title title page and verso of title page. Title page missing a small piece of paper to the right margin, not affecting text. Very fine and clean. Pp. 242-292. [Entire volume: IV, 574, (2) pp.]. First printing of Korkine and Zolotareff's paper in which they for the very first time introduced the concept of Perfect lattice.

Lipsiae, Fritsch, 1796. 8vo. Bound in contemporary half calf. Text in contemporary hand to front end-papers. Previous owner's name to title page. Half of spine is missing. Internally fine. L, 736, 206 pp. + folded plates.

København, Gyldendal, 1919-20. Lille8vo. 3 smukke private hldrbd. i slangeskindspræget kalv. XLIII,383;312;282 pp. Nr. 44 af 600 eksemplarer.

[No place], The Journal of Symbolic Logic, 1967. 8vo. In the original printed wrappers. In "Journal of Symbolic Logic", Vol. 28, Number 4. December, 1963. Entire issue offered. A very fine and clean copy. Pp. 295 [Entire issue: Pp. 273-346, VI. ]. First printing of three short reviews by Alonzo Church.

Paris, Michel Lévy Frères, 1863. Royal 8vo. Nice cont. solid black hcalf w. five raised bands and gilt title to back. Half-title ("Histoire des Origines du Christianisme. Livre premier") browned, otherwise only occational brownspotting. A nice and solid copy.. (4), LIX, 459, (2) pp. + (1) leaf (colophon). Printed the same year as the first edition (also Paris, Michel Lévy Frères). The work caused immediate scandal when it appeared. Renan's masterpiece, which constitudes the first attempt to write a biography of Jesus the man and strongly puts forth the notion that the Bible too can be subject to historical investigation and critical scrutiny. The work enraged the Roman Catholic Church but was an immediate success in most of Europe. "In six months sixty thousand copies of the French edition had been sold and edition succeeded edition. Renan regarded the book as the first of a series on the "Origins of Christianity", which he continued with "The Apostles" (1866), "Saint Paul" (1869), "The Anti-Christ" (1873), "The Gospels" (1877), "The Christian Church" (1879) and "Marcus Aurelius" (1881) but none of these emulated the success of the "Life of Jesus"... Immediate success was partly a "succès de scandale" but this would not have kept the book alive. It is Renan's approach to the subject and his beautiful prose that gave it lasting eminence." (PMM 352). This groundbreaking work analyses the personality of the man Jesus, -a figure created by Renan out of his mind but based on historical sources. "It is a pastoral idyll with the central figure a gentle, albeit oracular visionary, his power to work miracles a part of his unique personality -the son of man, but not the Son of God... In this great work it seems clear that the audience he has found was the one he sought: the general reading public rather than the limited coterie of scholars; and there is no doubt of the fact or the degree of his success." (PMM 352). "C'est le livre plus célèbre d'Ernest Renan (1823-1892) et le premier volume de l'Hisoire des origines du Christianisme"... on peut considérer cette "Vie de Jésus" comme une oeuvre de vulgarisation: l'auteur cherche à déterminer ce qui, au point de vue "scientifique", est de créance dans la vie du Nazaréen?" (Laffont-Bompiani IV:681). Apart from causing a world-wide scandal, the work was also a world-wide success, and no matter how many harsh words can be said about the historical and religious contents of the work, there is no doubt about the fact that it influenced the destiny of Catholocism decisively and that it is a masterpiece of 19th century French literature. It is very elegantly written and is renowned for its description of the historical setting, charming descriptions of sceneries, its penetrating psychological analysis and its overall style and class. "Il faut ajouter que la "Vie de Jésus" compte au nombre des livres les mieux écrits de son temps; le charme de la peinture des paysages, le pittoresque géneralement exact des évocations historiques, l'analyse pénétrante de l'âme des personnages, des seductions du style enfin, n'ont pas été pour rien dans le succès universel de cette oeuvre." (Laffont-Bompiani IV:681). Ernest Renan (1823-1892) was a French philologist, philosopher and historian. His father died when he was aged five, and his mother wanted him to become a priest. Until he was about 16 years old, he was trained by the Church, but due to his investigative and truth-seeking nature as well as his studies (e.g. Hebrew), he was in doubt as to the historical truth of the Scriptures, and with the help of his sister he chose his own path in life. "He studied intensively the languages of the Bible and filled a number of minor academic positions, frequently encountering difficulties because of the heterodoxy and outspokenness of his religious opinions." (Printing and the Mind of Man 352). In 1840 he began studying philosophy and later philology, in 1847 he took his degree as Agrégé de Philosophie and became master at the Lycée of Vendome. After having returned from a mission to Italy in the year 1850 where he gathered material for his historical-philosophical masterpiece, "Averroës et l'Averroisme", he was offered employment at the "Bibliothèque Nationale" (at the manuscript department). In 1861 he was chosen to become professor of Hebrew at the Collège de France, but because the emperor refused to ratify the appointment (inspired by the Clerical party), he was not established in the chair untill 1870. In 1878 he was elected for the Academy. Renan is considered a scolar of the greatest excellence and an impressive writer.

Leipzig, B. G. Teubner, 1887. 8vo. Bound in recent full black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In "Mathematische Annalen", Volume 30, 1887. Entire volume offered. Library label pasted on to pasted down front free end-paper. Small library stamp to lower part of title title page and verso of title page. Very fine and clean. Pp. 15-29; 437-441; Pp. 561-570. [Entire volume: IV, 596 pp.]. First printing of these early three papers by Hilbert. David Hilbert, one of the most influential mathematicians of the 19th and early 20th centuries, is probably best known for the "Hilbert Problems" - a list of twenty-three problems in mathematics all unsolved at the time, and several of them were very exceedingly influential for 20th century mathematics.He is regarded as one of the founders of proof theory and mathematical logic, as well as for being among the first to distinguish between mathematics and metamathematics."Hermann Weyl described his teacher Hilbert's style: "It is as if you were on a swift walk through a sunny open landscape; you look freely around, demarcation lines and connecting roads are pointed out to you, before you must brace yourself to climb the hill; then the path goes straight up." (Princeton Companion to Mathematics). The present volume contain several other papers by influential contemporary mathematicians.

[Berlin, Stockholm, Paris, Beijer, 1910]. 4to. Without wrappers as extracted from "Acta Mathematica. Hrdg. von G. Mittag-Leffler.", Bd. 33, pp. 87-104. First translation of Russian mathematician Markoff's important paper. He is best known for his work on theory of stochastic processes. A primary subject of his research later became known as Markov chains.

Frankfurt am Main, Vittorio Klostermann, (1962, -recte 1963). 8vo. Orig. printed wrappers. Mint condition. 36 pp. First edition, off-print, of this important work on the metaphysics of Kant.

K., 1819. Indb. sammen med Frederik Ludvig Høedt. Lyriske Studier I. + Lyriske Digte. Andet - Tredie Hefte. (I alt 3 bd., som er alt det udkomne). K., 1844 - 55 i ét samt. hldrbd. m. rig tidstypisk rygforgyldn. Øvre kapitæl slidt. False og hjørner m. brugsspor. Indvendig brunplettet. 4 originaludgaver. "Lyriske Studier" er Høedts lyriske debut.

København, J.D. Qvist, 1837. Lidt senere hldrbd. med rygforgyldning. XV,439 pp. samt 10 tabeller. Stempel på foden af fællestitelladet og på tabellerne. En tabel overrevet, men intet tab. Originaludgaven. (Bidrag til Kundskab om de danske Provindsers nærværende Tilstand i oeconomisk Henseende, Niende Stykke).

Lancaster, The Astronomical Journal, 1961. 4to. In the original printed wrappers. Offprint from: "The Astronomical Journal", Vol. 66, No. 3. Fine and clean. Pp. 148-155. Offprint of Neyman's paper in which he documents that the dispersion of redsshift of field galaxies can be estimated empirically.

München, Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1892. Orig. full pictorial blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front board. X,200 pp., 8 plates, 78 textillustrations, 1 folded map. Clean and fine.

Berlin, Stockholm, Paris, Beijer, 1910. 4to. Without wrappers as extracted from "Acta Mathematica. Hrdg. von G. Mittag-Leffler.", Bd. 10. Including the title page. Fine and clean. Pp. 105-232., First printing of Cousin's extensive paper on periodic functions of two variables.

Berlin, 1923. Private hcloth. (8),1024 pp., 20 colourplates, 37 b/w plates, 791 textillustr.

Berlin, Julius Springer, 1924. 8vo. Bound in contemporary halfcloth. In "Zeitschrift für Physik", Bd. 30.Entire issue offered. Stamp to front free end paper and title page. Fine and clean. Pp. 341-359. [Entire volume: IV, 387 pp]. First printing of Schrödinger's paper on hydrogen heat.

København, 1899. Ubesk. i orig. omsl. Omsl.s ryg opklæbet på papir, mgl. ca. 1/3, primært v. false og kapitæler, rygtitlen bevaret. For- og bagomsl. særdeles rene og pæne. Indvendig aldeles frisk. Originaludgaven af Wieds hovedværk. Ikke almindeligt forekommende. Houmøller XVI.

New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1928. 8vo. In the original printed blue wrappers. In "The Bell System Technical Journal", Volume XXIV, Number 3-4, July-October, 1945. Entire issue offered. A very fine fine and clean copy, near mint. Pp. 305-321. [Entire issue: Pp. 305-467.]. First printing of Pierce's paper on electron ballistics.

K., 1868. Samt. hshirtbd. m. titlen fra den orig. bogtrykte titeletiket påsat ryggen. Titelbl. en smule plettet, ellers ren. Originaludgave. BFN 978.

Berlin, Stockholm, Paris, Beijer, 1883. 4to. As extracted from "Acta Mathematica, 2. band.", Clean and fine. Pp. 329-348. First transation of Cantor's important papers on trigonometric series.

Kbh., 1841-42. 8 samt. ensartede hldrbd. af ræd kalv m. rig rygforgyldn. Her og der lidt rifter i bindene. Indvendig indimellem lidt brunplettet. Den første samlede udgave af Oeh.s Tragedier.

Leipzig, B. G. Teubner, 1881. 8vo. Bound in recent full black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In "Mathematische Annalen", Volume 18., 1881. Entire volume offered. Library label pasted on to pasted down front free end-paper. Small library stamp to lower part of title title page and verso of title page. Very fine and clean. Pp. 195-236 . [Entire volume: Pp. IV, 608.] First printing of these two important papers in the history of Conical function. The functions were introduced by Mehler and expanded by Neumann.

Berlin, G. Reimer, 1843. 4to. In the original wrappers, no backstrip. In "Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik. Hrsg. von A.L. Crelle, 26. Band, Ersters [1] Heft". Entire issue offered. A fine and clean copy. Pp. 81-87. [Entire volume: 92, (4) pp.]. First printing.