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(London, Harrison and Sons, 1883). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" Year 1882, Volume 173 - Part II. Pp. 661-697 a.1 lithographed plate (showing apparatus). A few brownspots to margins of plate. Fine and clean. First printing of one of the main papers relating to the determination of the standard electrical unit, the relations between the ohm, the unit of resistance and the electromagnetic unit of resistance."It is a tribute to Rayleigh's great experimental care that his final results have not been appreciably altered by more modern work. He appeared to possess the uncanny power to make the simplest of equipment produce the utmost precision."(Robert Bruce Lindsay).

New York, Cornell University Press, 1957. 8vo. Original full blue cloth. Upper capital bumped, otherwise a nice and clean copy. With the ownership-signature of "W. V. Quine" to front free end-paper and "With the compliments of the Author and Publisher"-card laid in. XI, (1), 203 pp. Quine´s copy of the first edition of Chrisholm's first publication, in which he occupies himself with: "some of the philosophical puzzles or problems that arise when we think and talk about perceiving.""Roderick Milton Chisholm is widely regarded as one of the most creative, productive, and influential American philosophers of the 20th Century. Chisholm worked in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and other areas. His work constitutes a grand philosophical system somewhat in the manner of Leibniz or Descartes. Chisholm continually refined - and sometimes utterly revised - his views." (SEP).Willard Van Orman Quine was an American philosopher who in a Leiter-poll made by philosophers was rated as the fifth most important philosopher in the last two centuries only superseded by Ludwig Wittgenstein, Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell and John Stuart Mill.

Halis Saxonum, Hemmerde, 1796. 8vo. Contemp. boards. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Spineends with a bit wear. XXXVI,674, Small stamp on title-page. Greek and Latin text.

Berlin, 1758. 4to. Contemp loose blank boards. Uncut. Stamp on title-page. 43 pp.

(Paris, ca. 1786). 25,3x31 cm. Engraved map of Northern Russia, the european part. In original handcolouring. The map engraved by E. Dussy. From Vaugondy's atlas "Nouvel Atlas Portatif".

Coblenz, Karl Baedeker, 1868. Small 8vo. Orig. full cloth. Gilt. Corners a bit bumped. One hinge opening, block fine. XXII,491 pp., maps and plans. Throughout with some brownspots.

Paris, Herrisant (et) Les Freres Estienne, 1766. Contemp. full calf.Richly gilt back. Back rubbed and the gilding somewhat worn. (1),VI,754,(2),20(Supplement) pp.

Leiden, Boudouin van der Aa, 1741. Small 8vo. Contemp. full mottled calf. Richly gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on spine. Stamp on title-page. Engraved titlevignette. (62),350 pp., 1 folded engraved map. Printed on good paper.

København, 2017 Originalt papbind. 1222 pp. 2. udgave.

Hannover, Helwingschen Hof=Buchhandlung, 1789. Small 8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Title-label with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spine. Stamps on title-page. 143 pp., 1 folded engraved map of Gibraltar (of 2 ??).

Randers, Elmenhoff, 1839. 12mo. Samt. hldrbd. m. rygforgyldn. Biblioteksnumre i guld på ryg. Håndskrevne numre samt stempel på titelbl. Brunplettet. Originaludgaven, bl.a. indeholdende "Skytten paa Aunsbjerg".

Et samt. helldrbd. med rig rygforgyldning og skindtitel. Bindet med brugsspor. Nederste 3 cm. af første titelblad bortklippet med tab af tryksted og år.

Leipzig, Grossii, Gleditschii & Fritschium, 1723. 4to. The entire volume offered in contemporary full vellum. Hand written title on spine. A yellow label pasted on to top of spine. Two small stamps to title-page and free front end-paper. Library label to pasted down front free end-paper. Occassional brownspots throughout, otherwise fine. First printing of this index volume of Acta Eruditorum 1723.

La Haye, P. Gosse & J. Neaulme, 1727. Small8vo. Contemporary full calf. Covers with large gilt arms with lions. Gilt back in 6 compartments. A few small nicks to covers. (12),180 pp. Some browning to leaves.

London, Sam. Harding, 1758. Cont. full calf, professionally rebacked in old style. Corners bumped. A fes leaves lightly brownspotted. XLVIII,80,19,176,96 pp. and 21 folded engraved plates. Dealing with Dynamics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics and Optics. Having the general titlepage and 3 separate titles.

Paris, Flammarion, (1899). Original printed wrappers. A paperlabel taped to spine. 143 pp., illustrated.

(Paris, Mallet-Bachelier), 1860. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 51, No 8. Pp. (273-) 307. (Entire issue offered). Pasteur's paper: pp. 298-299. First appearance of the paper in which the optical chemical acticity in fermentation could be explained as an activity of a living organism."He showed in 1860 that a specific mold, penicillium glaucum, selectively metabolized the right-handed form in a solution of ammonium paratartrate containing a little phosphate. Later qualified, modified, and generalized by others, Pasteur’s new method become applicable to the separation of leftand right-handed forms in a number of compounds."(DSB).

Kbhvn., Schubothe, 1805. Samt. halvlæder med farvede titelfelter, lidt skrammet. 436 pp. Originaludgave m.førstetryk af bl.a."Aladdin, eller den forunderlige Lampe".

4to. All orig. wrappers. Uncut. No 898 of 1128 "sur velin pur fil des Papeteries du Marais", a total of 1228. Engraved frontisp. and 6 half-page engraved illustrations.

Karlsruhe und Freiburg, Herder'sche Verlagshandlung, 1842. 4tp. 2 contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines. Gilt lettering. Light wear at top of spine. Stamps on title-pages. (2),923,(5) pp. Atlas missing. Faint scattered brownspots.

Kiel und Leipzig, Lipsius & Tischer, 1893. Contemp. hcloth. Gilt spine. Gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on spine. VI,148 pp., textillustrations, 3 large folded maps.

Kiøbenhavn, Hegelund, 1799. 8vo. In a contemporary modest half calf. Wear to extremities. Traces from removal of previous owner's name to title-page. Light brownspotting throughout. XLIV, 148 pp. + 7 engraved plates. Second enlarged edition of one of the earliest Danish textbooks on astronomy. With an extensive preface by Thomas Bugge.

London, G. Bell & Sons, 1939. Royal8vo. Orig. full cloth. Portrait. XII,524 pp., 4 plates, textdiagrams. First edition.

London, Jonathan Cape, (1935). 4to. Uncut in orig. full cloth. Gilt lettering on back and gilt crossed swords on frontcover. Spine faded. 672 pp., 4 folded maps and many plates in photogravure. First trade edition.

Berlin, C.F. Himburg, 1800-01. Uncut in orig. blank wrappers. Stamp on titles. Engraved frontispiece (aquatint). xxviii,310;xvi,299,(1) pp. and 20 engraved plates (of 22).