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(Paris, Gauthier-Villars), 1867. 4to. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 65, No 10. Pp. (373-) 428. (Entire issue offered). Chasles' paper pp. 375-385. "Chasles was a collector of autographs and manuscripts, and this interest allied with his credulity to cause him serious embarrassment. From 1861 to 1869 he was the victim of one of the most clever and prolific of literary forgers, Denis Vrain-Lucas. Chasles bought thousands of manuscripts, including a correspondence between Isaac Newton, Blaise Pascal, and Robert Boyle which established that Pascal had anticipated Newton in the discovery of the law of universal gravitation. Chasles presented these letters to the Academy in 1867 and took an active part in the furor that ensued (1867-1869), vigorously defending the genuineness of the letters. In 1869 Vrain-Lucas was brought to trial and convicted. Chasles was forced to testify and had to admit to having purchased letters allegedly written by Galileo, Cleopatra, and Lazarus, all in French." (DSB).

Altona, Hammerich, 1815. Orig. blue blank wrappers. Corners bumped. Stamp on title-page. 55,(1) pp. Scattered brownspots.

Washington, Government Printing Office, 1900. Orig. full cloth. Light discolouring to back. 169 pp., 168 photographic plates and 1 large folded map. First edition.

(Philadelphia), 1858-60. 4to. Bound in one contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine and with gilt lettering. Stamp on title-page. Some tears to hinges, but holding. Spine rubbed. 88),112 pp., 1 map. + (6),49 pp. + (6),82,(2) pp., 4 plates.

Amsterdam, Depens de la Compagnie, 1750. 8vo. In contemporary full mottled calf. Light sunning and wear to spine and edges of boards. Hinges a bit weak. Ex-libris pasted on to verso of front board. All edges of boards coloured in red. Internally nice and clean. XLVI, (2), 134, 50, (4) pp.

(Berlin, G. Reimer, 1830). 4to. No wrappers. Extracted from"Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik. Hrsg. von A.L. Crelle, 6. Band". No backstrip. A fine and clean copy. [Jacobi:] pp. 257-286. [Entire issue: Pp. 215-310 + 1 folded plate.]. First printing of Jacobi's paper on infinit series. "Most of Jacobi's fundamental research articles in the theory of elliptic functions, mathematical analysis, number theory, geometry, and me-chanics were published in Crelle's Journal fue die reine and angewandte Mathematik. With an average of three articles per volume, Jacobi was one of its most active contributors and quickly helped to establish its international fame." (DSB)

Aberdeen, University Press, 1972. 4to. Orig. full cloth. Frontispiece. X,668 pp. and 1 folded map. Small stamp to titlepage. Internally clean.

London, Macmillan & Co, 1906. 8vo. In publisher's original full red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and a circular gilt elephant head illustration on the front board. Spine with light miscolouring and capitals with a bit of wear, otherwise a fine and clean copy. X, 306, (4) pp. First edition.

Hafniae, 1819. 8vo. in contemporary half calf. All edges coloured in blue. Light wear to extremities. Stamp to title-page. Internally nice and clean. 172 pp. First edition of Hornemann’s catalogue of the Copenhagen Botanical Garden intended for students and amateur botanists. The work lists and classifies the Garden’s living plant collection according to the Linnaean system and served as a foundational teaching work in early 19th-century Danish botanical education. Jens Wilken Hornemann (1770–1841) later became one of Denmark’s most influential botanists. Trained under Martin Vahl at the University of Copenhagen and the Naturhistorieselskab he was appointed lecturer at the Botanical Garden in 1801, and succeeded Vahl as editor of Flora Danica in 1804.Biblioteca Danica II, 198.

København, Gad, 1918-29. Lex8vo. 3 nydelige private hshirtbd. med titel-og tomefelter i skind på rygge. 794,655,806,(1) pp. Originaltrykket.

Berlin, Julius Springer, 1927. 4to. Orig. printed wrappers. In "Die Naturwissenschaften", Heft 12, Fünfzehnter Jahrg. (Seite 273-296), textillustrations. Einstein's paper pp. 273-276. With one plate (portrait of Newton). Clean and fine. First appearance of Einstein's Newton-paper, which was later included in "Mein Weltbild" and its translation in "In the World as I see it"- Weil: 158 - Boni: 166.The issue contaions also a first-printing by Max von Laue "Aus Newtons Optik", pp. 276-280, textillustr.

Pest, Wien und Leipzig, Hartleben's, 1854. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt lettering. Stamp on title-page. Large folded engraved panoramic view of Constantinopel as frontispiece. 136 pp., 4 folded engraved maps, parly in colour. Clean and fine.

Kiøbenhavn, Schultz, 1814. Lille 8vo. Senere blødt hellæderbd. Forgyldt titel på forreste bindside. 56 pp. Titelbladet lidt brunplettet. Originaltrykket af anordningen for København, som blev udstedt på grundlag af den første lov (1814) om tvungen skolepligt i Danmark.Anordningen var et fremskridt for den danske skole. Loven slog fast, at alle børn havde pligt til at tage del i skoleundervisning fra de var 7 år til de blev konfirmerede. I forhold til de tidligere skolelove fra 1739-1742 blev der med 1814-anordningerne sat nye og mere ambitiøse rammer for undervisningen. Børnene skulle nu ud over læsning og kristendom også som et minimum lære at skrive og regne, og der blev stillet krav om oprettelse af skoler i alle landsogn.

Kopenhagen u. Berlin, Gyldendal u. Springer, 1943. Lex8vo. Orig. full cloth. (12),682 pp., textillustr. and 13 plates. First edition of this scientific standardwork in which the author summes up his livelong studies of freshwater insects.

Kbh., 1844. Nyere marmoreret papbd. m. forgyldt skindtitel på forperm. Brunet. Originaludgave. Bertelsen s. 31.

Paris, 1857. Cont.hcalf. Gilt back. St.o.t. VII,476 pp.

(Paris, Crochard, 1820). Without wrappers as issued in "Annales de Chimie et de Physique", tome XV, pp. 225-264. A small tear to one leaf. First edition.

Weimar, Landes=Industrie=Comptoirs, 1805. Unbound, but stitched, first sheet loose. XII,111 pp. First German edition. (Bibliothek der neuesten und wichtigsten Reisebeschreibungen...hrsg. von M.C. Sprengel, fortgesetzt von T.F. Ehrmann, 28. Bd.: 4. Theil). Also having the series-titlepage, this with a stamp.

London, Hunt & Co., 1873. Original red full pictorial cloth. Gilt. Wear to spine ends. Light wear along edges. Stamp on title-page. VIII,391 pp., 47, partly folded, plates. Internally clean and fine.

Berlin, Internationale Verlagsanstalt für Kunst und Literatur, n. d. (around 1910). Folio. Fine orig. hmorocco, gilt. 60;60;60;60 pp. and illustrations and plates.

Leipzig, Christian Ernst Kollmann, 1833. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt. and slightly rubbed. (4),518 pp. A few brownspots. First german edition.

Regensburg, Manz, (ab.1920). 4to. Orig.decorated full cloth. A small tear in top of spine (1 cm.). Otherwise fine. XII,982 pp.

Prag & Dresden, Walterischen Hufbuchhandlung 1796 8vo. In contemporary marbled paper covered boards. Two small paper-labels pasted on to top of spine. Light miscolouring to spine. 66, (10) pp. + 1 folded plate. First edition of this work on English agriculture.

Kiöbenhavn, 1756. 4to. In a nice contemporary full calf binding with five raised bands and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. A few scratches to boards. Ex-libris to pasted down front end-paper. Internally fine and clean, printed on good paper. (6), 442 pp. + 12 folded tables and plates (the engraved title-page included in the pagination). A nice copy of volume two of Hans de Hofman’s valuable work, containing a wealth of Danish-Norwegian genealogical source material.

(Metz ?), Lithographie de l'Ecole d'Application de l'Artillerie et du Génie, 1889. Small 4to. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Gilt lettering. (4),XXXII,377 pp., many textillustrations, plates and 12 lithographed plates in colour. Text throughout lithographed.