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Leipzig, 1874. 8vo. Later hcalf. Text and 72 lithographical plates (4 in colours).

London, Crokatt, 1726. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with five raised bands and richly gilt spine. Gilt boarders to boards. Paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Parts of gilting to spine worn off. Ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Internally with dampstain. (8), 469, (15) pp. + 1 folded map (by Moll) and 9 engraved plates (out of 10). Volume 3 of Salmon's extensive 'Modern History' containing information and maps on India, Ceylone, Persian Empire ect..... Salmon’s "Modern History” is an ambitious attempt to provide a comprehensive account of the world’s countries, their histories, and their contemporary states during Salmon’s time and stands as a monumental achievement in the history of 18th-century historiography. His work is a fine example of the Enlightenment's goal for cataloging and comprehending the world, offering a unique snapshot of global perspectives as understood by Europeans in the early modern period. It represents one of the earliest comprehensive attempts to document and analyze the state of nations worldwide.

Berlin, 1847. 2 cont.hcalf. Backs somewhat worn. XIV,661,VIII,659 pp.

Kiøbenhavn, Græbe, 1822. Lille 8vo. Samtidigt hldrbd. med rig rygforgyldning. Stempel på titelbaldet. XII,396 pp. På skrivepapir. Indvendig ren og frisk. Bibl. Danica II:536.

Leipzig, Burfürst, 1860. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Top of spine taped. A paperlabel on lower part of spine. Stamp on title-page. XII,332 pp., 11 "Beilagen" (map, plan etc). Title-page brownspotted.

New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1951. 8vo. In the original printed blue wrappers. In "The Bell System Technical Journal", Volume XXX, Number 4, part II, 1951. Entire issue offered. Light miscolouring to spine. A fine fine and clean copy. Pp. 1145-1173. [Entire issue: Pp. 1041-1254.]. First appearance of Wallace on how to preproduce magnetically recorded signals."In early studies R. L. Wallace devised conference-room systems for stereo reproduction, having small loudspeakers placed in chair backs. Wallace also demonstrated that externalization of sound images could be obtained from stereo earphones that were carefully compensated for ear-canal response". (Millman, A History of Engineering & Science in the Bell System).

London, Macmillan and Co., 1880. Orig. full cloth. Gilt covers. Spine with gilt lettering. Lower corners slightly bumped, otherwise fine. XXIII,(1),537 pp., 168 textillustr. First and last few leaves with mild foxing. Clean and fine. Old name on halftitle. First edition.

London,N.Y., 1957. 2 orig. full cloth. XXV,806,VIII,1096 pp., 96 colourplates, 19 photogr. plates, textillustr.

Braunschweig, 1923. Orig. hcloth. A fine clean copy. VIII,204 pp. First edition.

Kbhvn., 1833. Et samt. hldrbd. med rig rygforgyldning. Lettere brugsspor.

København: Soldin, 1809. 8vo. Samtidigt halvlæderbind med rygforgyldning og skindtitel. XXIV,424 pp. Originaludgaven af Ørsteds første bog.

Royal8vo. Cont. hcalf. Gilt back. Tear in first hinge. Back rubbed. 548 pp. 26 wood-engraved plates and textillustr. Ocassionally a little brownspotted.

Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1887. Without wrappers as issued in "Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg. von G. Wiedemann.", Neue Folge Bd. 31, 5. Heft. Pp. 1-144 a. 1 folded plate.(entire issue offered "Heft" 5). The Elster-Geitel-paper: pp. 109-126. Clean and fine. First edition."In 1887 Elster and Geitel discovered the "electrification of gases by means of incandescent bodies", a finding that later was very significant in thermionics. Their finding of the emission of negative electricity from incandescent filaments was decisive in the proof that Thomson’s "corpuscles" (electrons) are a constituents of all matter."(DSB).The issue contains another importent paper by BUNSEN "Ueber das Dampfcalorimeter", pp. 1-14, in which Bunsen describes his invention of the Vapor Calorimeter.

Tyrnaviae, F. Gall., 1723. 12mo. Bound in a lovely contemporary full calf binding with richly gilt spine and boards. Gilding vague. Gilt floral lozenge surrounded by birds and borders to boards. All edges vaguely gilt. Cracks to capitals and hinges worn. Stamping to title page. Internally clean. (8),355,(43) pp.

Lipsiae, Ex officina Wiedmanniana, 1748. Small 8vo. Beautiful, well-preserved full-calf Cambridge-bdg. w. 4 raised bands on back, back richly gilt. T-p. in red and black. Clean copy w. ex-libris-stamp on t-p., picturing a crown w. the initials R.L. underneath. (4), 502 pp., Index, 43 pp. Greek and Latin.

Leipzig, Breitkopf, 1771. Small 8vo. Cont. hcalf. Back gilt. Lower compartment with light wear. 552 pp.

Upps., 1955. Orig.hcloth. 4to. 560 pp. many textfigs and plates, maps.

Kiøbenhavn, Stein, 1785. Samtidigt halvlæderbind med fem ophøjede bind og rygforgyldning. Permer med slitage, ellers pænt eksemplar. Trykt på skrivepapir. (22),196 pp. Originaludgaven. Proveniens: Valdemar Slot.

(Paris, Jean Boudot, 1706). 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from "Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences. Année 1705". Pp. 194-211 and 1 engraved plate. First appearance of the description of Jacque Cassini's new method for the determination of longitudes by means of the eclipses of the stars and the planets by the moon.

Grimma, Verlags-Comptoir, 1845. Small 4to. 2 contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines. Top of spine tape-repaired on volume one. Stamp on title-page. XXII,352;(2),344 pp. On good paper.

Rønne, Colbergs Enke, (1865). Indbundet med orig. blanke omslag i smukt nyere privat hldrbd. i brun oaseged. (6),67 pp. Bornholmer-geologen Magnus Jespersens hovedværk, en pioneer-indsats i Bornholms geologi.

Lancaster, American Physical Society, 1957. Royal8vo. In the original printed orange wrappers. In "Reviews of Modern Physics", Vol. 29, No. 2, 1957.". No backstip and straces after having been stitched. Stamp to front free end paper (Langley Aeronautical Laboratory). Pp. 235-243. [Entire issue: 159-254]. First printing of Morrison's "seminal review about CR [Cosmic Rays] origin" (Cornell University Library). Morrison is famous for his 1958-paper in Nuovo Cimento which is considered to mark the birth of gamma ray astronomy.

Kbhvn., 1912. Lex8vo. Uopskåret, frisk eksemplar. 397 pp., textillustr., 4 plancher.

Kiøbenhavn, Godiche, 1763. 4to. In contemporary full calf with five raised bands with gilt ornamentation to spine. Wear to extremities, the gilt ornamentation to spine partly worn off. Hinges a bit weak. Internally clean. XL,723, (1) pp. Wanting the plates. First edition of the first volume of "Danske Atlas", which is renowned for constituting the very first comprehensive description of Denmark in floristic, faunistic, geological and paleontological terms.

Stockholm, Zacharias Hæggström, 1853-52. Indbundet ubeskåret med originale bogtrykte for- og bagomslag i 2 meget smukke senere hldrbd. med rig tidstypisk rygforgyldning (pastichebind), forgyldte titeletiketter i skind, på rygge.Indbundet af Nanna Grönvall. (4),390,(2);(8),344 pp. Et usædvanligt frisk og attraktivt indbundet eksemplar. Derudkom et 3. bind i 1864, som ikke foreligger her.