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Paris, Bachelier, 1825. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Stamp on title-page. XIV,524 pp. and 9 large folded engraved plates. Internally clean and fine. Originally published 1800. This 5th ed. is the last. - Poggendorff I, 790.

Berlin, Joachim Pauli, 1790. Cont. hcalf. Gilt back with leather titlelabel. Top of spine worn. Leather along hing with tear, but not loose. Engraved titlevignette. 764 pp. and 3 folded engraved plates.

London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1828. 4to. Contemp. clothbacked boards. Stamp on title-page. 24 pp.

Hafbiae, 1944-47. Large 4to. Uncut in orig. wrappers. Clean and fine. XII,508,(8),574 pp. One of 500 copies.

Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen, 1809. Small 8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Richly gilt spine. A paperlabel paste don lower part of spine. Stamps on title-page. VIII,230 pp. Internally clean and fine.

Stockholm, Central-Tryckeriet, (1887). Lille folio-oblong. Samtidig hshirtbd. Titelblad, oversigtskort samt 28 kortblade, nogle foldede. Nogle kortblade forstærkede i kanter, ligesom titelbladet.

(London, Harrison and Sons, 1888). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1887 - Vol. 169 - Series A. Pp. 451-469, textillustrations. Clean and fine. First appearance of a paper in which Crookes with his wide variety of apparatus tests Thores "New Force"."On february 15 last M.J. Thore communicated to a scientific society at Dax a short paper describing some results he had obtained on the rotation of a delicately suspended cylinder of ivory. So remarkable were these results that in a private letter to myself, accompanying a printed copy of his paper, Mr. Thore said "they seem to demonstrate the existance of a new force inherent in the human organism." (Crookes).Sir William Crookes (1832-1919) studied at the Royal College of Chemistry , London, and served there as an assistant to Hoffmann. In 1859 he founded the Chemical News and remained its proprietor and editor until his death. he early attracted attentuion by his discovery of the element thallium by spectroscopic methods. he was an active investigator in many fields of physics and contributed greatly to the advance of knowledge by his study of the radiometer and of the electric discharge in rarefied gases. -(PMM: 386 describing J.J. Thomson's Cathode Rays). - Magee, Source Book in Physics p. 564 ff.

Amsterdam, Duchesne, 1760. Small 8vo. Contemp. marbled boards. stamp on title-page. (4),207 pp.

Leipzig, Veit & Comp., 1899. Folio. orig.binding, hcloth and covers in granitol, lettered.. VII,114 pp. and 17 fine lithographed plates.

(London, Richard Taylor, 1833). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1833 - Part II. Pp. 593-633 and many tables with vibrating figs. Clean and fine. First printing of this classic paper on acoustics."Wheatstones interest in acoustics was basically inspired by his desire to understand properties of a tone, such as timbre, interms of vibration. During the fifteen years he worked on acoustics, he investigated the mechanical transmission of sound, visible demonstrations of vibrations, and properties of the vibrating air column..."(DSB XIV, p. 289).

Leipzig, B.G. Teubner, 1870. 8vo. In "Mathematische Annalen, 2. Band, 3. Heft, 1870". In the original printed wrappers, without backstrips. Back wrappers with a few nicks. [Clebsch:] Pp. 504-13. [Entire issue: 385-514 pp]. First printing.

A cologne, 1695. 12mo. In contemporary full calf with four raised bands and richly gilt spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Light weat to extremities. With loss of leather to head of spine, showing headbands. Internally nice and clean. (22), 333 pp. + frontispiece.

Wien, Hof= und Staats=Druckerey, 1810. Folio. Orig. blank blue wrappers. Endwrapper torn. Stamp on title-page. (4),41 pp. + Formularen. Beylage A-G (48) pp. A dampstain to last leaf. A handwritten "Besondere Bemerkungen zu der gedruckten Vorschrift... Erziehungshäuser", 1page folio., laid in.

Kiøbenhavn, Gyldendal, 1785-87. 4to. 2 samtidige hldrbd. Rygforgyldning. Rygge lidt slidte. Kobberstukket frontispiece. (38),443;(4),753,(3) pp.

(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1805). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1805 - Part II. Pp. 131-154 and 2 engraved plates. Clean and fine. First printing. Pigott is mainly known for his discovery of new comets and variable stars. "He was a frequent contributor to the "Philosophical Transactions"; his works therein include a number of importent papers on the method of observing stars with a transit instrument."(DSB).

Berlin, Johannes Räde, 1897; Leipzig, Wigand's Verlag, 1896; Leipzig, Wigand's Verlag, 1896; München, Bed'sche, 1893; Freiburg, Herder'sche, 1890. 8vo. All 5 works bound together in one modest cardboard binding with "Socialdemokratiske Skrifter" written in hand on spine. With minor brownspotting to title-pages, otherwise fine and clean. 200 pp.; XII, 229 pp.; X, 232 pp.; 116 pp. First printing of these five works on socialism and social-democrats.

Hamburg, L. Friederichsen & Co., 1875. Lex8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Gilt lettering. Light wear along hinges. (6),286 pp., 4 large folded maps, textillustrations. Internally clean and fine.

Copenhagen, Höpffner, (1747). 4to. Senere hldrbd. Stempler på titelbladet. (86) pp. Bibl. Dan.II,870.

Schleswig und Flensburg, Röhss, Christiani u. Korte, 1807. Small8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt, titlelabel with gilt lettering. VIII,302,(1) pp. Scattered brownspots. Extremities a bit rubbed.

London, W. faden. 1797. 4to. Later hcloth. Gilt lettering. 5,(1) pp. Somebrowning to leaves.

Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1823. 4to. Later clothbacked boards. Stamp on title-page. (6),49 pp.

København, Gyldendal, 1946-48. 3 orig. hldrbd. 531;384;400 pp.

(København, 1805). Originalt håndkoloreret kobberstik. (21 x 14,5 cm.). Indrammet i "sølvramme" (29 x 21 cm.). Frisk eksemplar. Fra serien "Danske Nationale Klædedragter i 72 illuminerede Kobbere" udgivet 1805-06.

No date (end of 19th century). Brown linen (43 x 29 cm) with a drawing of a young man looking dreamily out of a window. Edges embroidered in red design. On verso 7 highly erotic black/white photographic reproductions of paintings pasted on. (9 x 13 cm each). Linen slightly stained.

(Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1750). 4to. Extract from "Mémoires de Mathematique et de Physique, Présentés à l'Academie des Sciences par divers Savans", Tome I. Pp. 420-446. First appearance of a pioneer work on plant physiology."Bonnet is considered one of the fathers of modern biology. He is distinguished for both his experimental research and his philosophy, which exerted a profound influence upon the naturalists of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. " (D.S.B. II: 286).