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Washington, United Stats Government printing Office, 1953. 4to. orig. printed wrappers. A stamp and written numbers on frontcover. On covers and all leaves "Restricted. Security Information". On frontcover: Department of the Army technical Manual TM 9-1985-4 -.6. Department of the Air Force technical order TO 39B-1A-8.

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1905. Contemp. hcalf. Back somewhat worn. Stamp on titlepage. VIII,127,(1) pp. Internally clean. First edition of Baires third work which had a profound influence on the teaching of mathematics in France.

Small 8vo. Cont. hcalf. Gilt back. Tear at upper part of hinge. IV,326 pp. Stamp on title.

(London, Taylor and Francis, 1859). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1859 - Vol. 149 - Part I. Pp. 401-415. Clean and fine. First printing of an importent chemical paper on the organometallic compounds.

Large 8vo. Bound in 5 cont. hcalf. Vol. 1-2 bound in one and not uniform with vol. 3-6. 1-2 a little brownspotted. With 4 rngraved frontisp. Volume 1-2 larger "Prachtausgabe" ?

Kiel, Carl Schröder & Comp., 1852. Modest hcal without title on spine. Somewhat worn. Stamp on titlepage. VIII,487 pp. Traces of use and slightly browned. Atlas in contemp. clothbacked boards with 3 very large folded lithographed maps. Some tears to maps, especially the first.

(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1752). 4to. No wrappers, as issued in "Memoires de L'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles Lettres" tome VI (1750), pp.144-162. First printing of Marggraf's importent investigation of the so-called "Bologna-Stone" in which he found that its base is different from lime, it is heavier and more soluble. In this memoir he anticipated Lavoisier’s conclusions by identifying the constituents of gypsum as water,lime, and vitriolic acid.Bologna stone, any of the dense, silvery white stones first found (1603) on Mount Paderno, near Bologna, by an Italian cobbler-alchemist, Vicenzo Cascariolo, who synthesized from them a luminescent material that glowed at night after being exposed by day to the Sun. Originally thought to be the philosopher’s stone that was believed capable of transmuting base metals into gold, Bologna stone ultimately was shown to be the mineral barite, barium sulfate.

Prag, Calve'sche Buchhandlung, 1827. Contemp. clothbacked marbled boards. (6),129 pp. Scattered brownspots and foxing.

Paris, Paul Geuthner, 1929. Royal8vo. Bound uncut with orig. wrappers in 2 fine hvellum, gilt backs. XVIII,770 pp. Coloured frontisp., 32 plates and 7 maps. Presentation-copy signed by the author.

München & Leipzig, Georg Müller, 1906. 8vo. Bound in 2 fine hmorocco. 492;460 pp. and 40 portrait-plates. Text in German and Dutch.

Paris, 1823. 2 very nice red uniform cont. full calf. Backs richly gilt, gilt framesinside which blindstamped frames on boards. All edges of boards with gilt borders. Occationally a bit brownspotted. Handwritten notes on blank leaves in back of vol. 1. From "Auctorum Latinorum Collectio." "excudebat Firminus Didot."

4to. Bound with orig. frontwrapper in solid private hcloth. 248 pp. 6 colourplates and textillustr.

Oslo, Selskapet til utgivelse af Gamle Norske Håndskrifter, 1983. Folio. Orig. hldrbd. med smudsomslag i kassette. 208 pp. Delvist i farvefaksimile. (Corpus Codicum Norvegicum Medii Aevi, Quarto Serie Volume VII).

Kiøbenhavn, Gyldendal, 1781. Lille 8vo. Samtidigt stift marmoreret omslag. (10),94 pp. Lettere brunplettet og med brugsspor. Gl. ejernavne på titelbladet. Første danske udgave, som er oversat efter originalsproget. Birgitte Thotts oversættelse fra 1661 var oversat fra Latin. Boye følger her Kalls græske tekst i "Epicteti Enchiridion Græce". - Bibl. Danica IV:95.

3 solide helfableabd. Med biblioteksetiketter påklistret nederste del af titelbladene. Forsatse med stempel. Indvendig ren og frisk. Illustr.

London, 1909. 2 orig. full cloth. 302,234 pp. and 72 plates.

Paris, A. Quantin, 1878. Large 8vo. Fine later hmorocco. XX,391 pp. and facsimiles of letters. First ediiton.

Ulm, Gebrüder Rübling, 1859. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spine. Stamps on title-page. XII,260 pp. and 12 folded lithographed plates. Scattered brownspots. Klaus Jordan, 3126.

Nürnberg, Shrag, 1850. Contemp. hcloth. Spine gilt, but gilding weak. Spine rubbed. Stamps on title-page. XXIV,363,(5) pp. and 2 folded engraved plates. Brownspotted throughout. First edition.

Kbhvn., Schubothe, 1822. Ubeskåret i orig. papbd. med overtræk af grønt glanspapir. Bindet dog noget slidt, særlig ryg. Kobberstukket titelvignet og 6 kobberstukne foldeplancher. Indvendig fin og frisk, ubeskåret på skrivepapir. XII,516 pp.

St.- Petersbourg, 1887. Lex8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Raised bands, gilt spine. Spine slightly rubbed, corners bumped. Enraved portrait (Paul Petrovitch) as frontispiece. (6),474,(2) pp. One engraved plate (portrait of Maria Feodorowna) and 1 folded table. Faint scattered brownspots. In Russian.

(Paris, Crochard, 1817). No wrappers. Extract from "Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago.", tome 5, Cahier 1. Pp. 59-84. First French printing of an importent paper in glaciology. Translated from "memoires de la Societe Werneriennes d'Edimbourg".Not in Lauridsen "Bibliographia Groenlandica" - Not in "Groenlandica. Catalogue of the Groenlandic-collection in the National Library of Greenland".

Small 8vo. 4 cont. hcalf. Backs slightly rubbed. One inner hinge broken. With 96 (of 100) plates (photoetchings). Some browning to title.

4to. Senere hldrbd. med skindtitel på forperm. Kobberstukket titelblad med vignet stukket af Lahde efter Eckersberg. 28,IV pp. samt kobberstukket foldekort (højre margin med lidt tab). Uden de øvrige 5 plancher. Stort eksemplar. Lettere brunplettet.

(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1769). 4to. No wrappers, as issued in "Mémoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres", tome XVIII, pp. 279-342.and 1 folded engraved plate. First printing of these 5 memoirs on hydrodynamis by the son of Leonhard Euler.