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Leipzig, Ambrosius Barth, 1907. 8vo. In full cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In "Annalen der Physik", Vierte Folge, Band 24. Entire volume offered. Library labels pasted on the pasted down front free end paper. Traces after a label to lower part of spine. Stamp to title page. Internally fine and clean. Pp. 783-4. [Entire volume: 968, VIII pp.]. First printing of Silberstein's important paper in which he presented what was later to be known as the Riemann-Silberstein vector: a complex vector that combines the electric field E and the magnetic field B.

London, Boston, Faber and Faber, (1980). 4to. Orig. full cloth with dustjacket. 143 pp., 12 colourplates and 60 plates in b/w.

London, Fisher Unwin, 1911. Untrimmed in orig. full pictorial cloth, gilt. Stamps on title-page. Frontispiece in colour. XXI,354 pp., profusely illustrated with plates and 4 maps. Clean and fine.

Paris, D'Abel Lanoe, 1820. 8vo. Bound uncut in 2 contemp. modest hcloth. One hinges and spine-ends taped. Stamp on titlepages. (6),468;(6),484 pp. Some browning to margins. Scattered brownspots.

Annaberg, (1914). Lex8vo. Orig. full cloth. (12),XXIX,264,75 pp., 6 chromolithographed plates and 28 colourplates.

Cont. hcalf. Richly gilt back. Paperlabel pasted on lower compartment. Stamp on title. Lithographed portrait. X,346 pp.

Copenhagen, 1929. Royal8vo. 424 pp. Textillustr. Owners name erased from title. Small tear in top of wrappers. Birket-Smiths disputats.

Berlin, o.Jahr (ca. 1855). Small 8vo. Cont. full cloth. Top of spine worn, tear in first hinge, but not detached. 412 pp., 9 lithographed colourplates (by Theodor Hosemann). A little brownspotted.

Orig. full cloth, decorated. XXII,482 pp., 48 chromolithographed plates and 144 illustr. (Lehmann's Medizinische Handatlanten Bd. XXXII).

Kjøbenhavn, Qvist et Comp., 1863. Lex8vo. Samtidigt hshirtbd. med rygforgyldning. Lidt skrammer i kanter. XLVIII,808 pp.

Torino, Fratelli Bocca, 1891-1892. Royal8vo. Uncut, unopened in the original blue printed wrappers. In "Atti della R. Accademia delle Scienze di Torino", Vol. XXVII, Disp. 10a, 1891-92. Small paper label pasted on to lower left part of front wrapper. A very fine and clean copy. Pp. 608-612. [Entire issue: Pp. 597-655]. First appearance of Peano's first work on the quadrature formulas.The famous Italian mathematician, logical philosopher, pioneer of symbolic logic, and a founder of mathematical logic and set theory, Giuseppe Peano (1858 -1932) studied mathematics at the University of Turin, where he was employed just after graduating (1880), and where he stayed almost all of his life, devoting this to mathematics. After having graduated with honours, he was employed to assist first Enrico D'Ovidio, and then the renowned Angelo Genocchi, who possessed the chair of Infinitesimal calculus. In 1890 Peano became extraordinary professor, and in 1895 ordinary professor, of infinitesimal calculus at the Unversity of Turin. hIS "Principles of Arithmetics" (the present work) constitutes his groundbreaking main work.

Stuttgart u. Tübingen, Cotta'schen, 1837. Small 8vo. Uncut in orig. printed wrappers. Stamp on title. VIII,92 pp. + Advertisements. Clean and fine.

Kbhvn., Kristiania, 1912-13. Lex8vo. Indbundet med de originale foromslag i et smukt privat hldrbd. i oaseged. Ryggen falmet. (6),220,(6),224 pp. Rigt illustr.

K., 1792. Samt.hldrbd. 185 pp. St.p.t.

Paris, J. Correard, 1862. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt back. A paperlabel on lower part of back. Stamp on titlepage. (3),175 pp. and 3 large folded engraved plates. First edition. Brettes was a pioneer in measuring the speed of projectiles by electrical means.

Nice, E. Gauthier et Cie, 1879. Small 8vo. Fine cont. hcalf. Litographed portrait. 253,(2) pp. and 1 folded plate. First edition of the founder of the Electro-Homoepathic theory.

Paris, Hachette, 1892. Royal8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. (4),918,(2) pp., Profusely illustrated, maps, plates, textillustr. Internally clean and fine.

Kiøbenhavn, P. Horrebow, 1785. Samt. hldrbd. Ryg med lidt brugsspor. (20),311 pp. Originaludgaven der blev af stor betydning for den videnskablige behandling af det danske sprog, idet Baden her udgiver sine forelæsninger, som blev de første i Universitetes historie over det danske sprogs historie og grammatik.

Dresden, Waltherischen Buchh., 1799. Cont. marbled boards. Paperlabel pasted on back and frontcover. Engraved titlevignette. 107,(2) pp.

K., 1940- 42. 4to. 4155 pp. Rigt illustr.

Paris, L. Hachette et Cie, 1856. Fine later full cloth. (4),VII,417 pp.

Frankfurt am Main, Hermannschen Buchh., 1821-24. Small 8vo. 2 cont. hcalf. Gilt backs. Top of spine lightly worn. Paperlabel pasted on lower part of back. V,312;364 pp.

K., 1855. + Mit Livs Eventyr. Fortsættelse (1855 - 1867). K., 1877. Bd. 1 i smukt samt. hldrbd. m. rig rygforgyldn. Bd. 2 indb. ubeskåret m. orig. for- og bagomsl. samt omsl.s ryg i nydeligt nyere hldrbd. af blå-grå maroquin. Med litograferet Portræt. Her og der lidt brunplettet. BFN 745 og 1071. Originaltrykkene.

Paris, Libraire Scientifique, 1923. 8vo. Uncut in orig. printed wrappers. Tears to backstrip but preserved. A small nick to upper left corner of frontwrapper. First French editions of the three famous papers: "Ueber die Wasser stoffspektrum", "Ueber die Serienspektren der Elemente", "Der Bau der Atome und die physikalischen und chemischen Eigenschaften der Elemente" - Rosenfeld:24.