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Stockholm, Nordstedt & Söner, 1863-68. (Andra Upplagan, Stockholm, 1921-22). Smukt privat hldrbd. med ophøjdede bind på ryggen. (10),374,X;(8),340,LII pp., tekstillustrationer. Helt frisk eksemplar.

Cambridge University Press, 1954. 8vo. Orig. blue full cloth w. gilt lettering to spine, a bit of wear to extremities. Orig. blue and white dust-jacket w. some soiling to spine and spotting to upper part of front jacket, a few small nick causing minor loss to upper part. Internally nice and clean. W. bookplate of John Hind Charles and owner's name to front free end-paper. (6), 129 pp. First edition of Ryle's second main work, in which he sets out to discuss true issues and dilemmas of the actual life of man.Gilbert Ryle (1900-1976) was an immensely influential British philosopher, who represented the ordinary language philosophers so strongly influenced by Wittgenstein. He was also greatly influenced by Bertrand Russell and his theory of descriptions and the conception of analysis embodied in that. Influenced by the idea of misleading expressions, which can be sorted out only with the help of logic, Ryle establishes his view of philosophy as cartography. Just like the inhabitants of a space on earth can talk about that space to the cartographer, so the ordinary user of a language can talk to the philosopher. However, in both cases the practical knowledge of the ordinary user must be transformed into the universal terms of the expert in order for him to say anything meaningful.In his "Dilemmas" Ryle, with the aid of the tools of the practicing philosopher, solves a number of puzzles for everyday man and makes him understand the meaning and use of philosophy in general.

Berlin, Springer, 1941. 8vo. In contemporary halv cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In "Zeitschrift für Physik", Bd. 117, 1941. Entire volume offered. Stamp to front free end-paper. Fine and clean. Pp. 689-708. [Entire volume: VIII, 818 pp.]. First printing of Recknagel's paper in which he showed that the immersion objective lens, which is a crucial part of a Emission Electron Microscope that accelerates the electrons emitted at quite low energy E0 to some final energy E and forms the first image of the emitting surface, has surprisingly good properties. Its basic aberration coefficients are proportional to the ratio E0/E so that they keep decreasing down to lowest emission energies.Here he concluded that there were no reason in principle to prevent the emission microscope from attaining the resolution of the light microscope.

Berlin, Himburgischen Buchh., 1803-05. 3 cont. hcalf. Richly gilt backs. Titlelabels in leather a little torn. With 7 engraved portraits and 11 folded maps. Stamp on titles. Internally clean an on good paper. Having engraved portraits of Peter I, Luxemburg, Carl XII, Gustav Adolf, Prinz Eugen, Condé and Turenne.

Berlin, Springer, 1929. 8vo. Bound in contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering, In "Zeitschrift für Physik", Band 55, 1929. Entire volume offered. Two stamps to title page, otherwise fine. Pp. 725-737. [Entire volume: VI, 821 pp]. First appearance of Oppenheimer's paper on the radiation of free electrons in the Coulomb field.Oppenheimer is primarily known for his role as the scientific director of the Manhattan Project and is often referred to as the father of the atomic bomb. In 1947, Oppenheimer accepted an offer from to take up the directorship of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, where he held Einstein's old position of Senior Professor of Theoretical Physics.

London, Timothy Goodwin, Matthew Wotton, Benjamin Tooke, Daniel Midwinter Jacob Tonson, 1718. 8vo. In a contemporary Cambridge-style mirror binding with five raised bands. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Light soiling and a few dots and marks to extremities. Previous owner's name to lower margin of title-page. Internally a few leaves evenly browned but generally nice ande clean. 455, 200, 56 pp. + frontispiece. Later edition of Chamberlayne’s work on the current state of England in which he discusses its institutions, monarchy, inhabitants, crown officers, women's court, children, servants, scholarly institutions, academies and universities, government and parliament. Edward Chamberlayne (1616-1703), Professor of rhetoric at Oxford, was a guest in several European cities during the English Civil Wars. After the accession of Charles II, he became a member of the Royal Society of London and in 1669, accompanied the Earl of Carlisle on his embassy to Stockholm. Upon his return, he became chamberlain to the Duke of Grafton, the natural son of Charles II. Goldsmith, 1961; Einaudi I, 1017.

Leipzig, B.G. Teubner, 1905. 8vo. Original printed wrappers, no backstrip. In "Mathematische Annalen. Begründet durch Rudolf Friedrich Alfred Clebsch. 61. Band. 3. Heft." Entire issue offered. Internally very fine and clean. Pp. 369-371. [Entire issue: Pp. 289-452]. First printing of Klein's paper on the Icosahedron."One of the leading mathematicians of his age, Klein made many stimulating and fruitful contributions to almost all branches of mathematics, including applied mathematics and mathematical physics. Moreover, his extensive activity contributed greatly to making Göttingen the chief center of the exact sciences in Germany. An opponent of one sided approaches, he possessed an extraordinary ability to discover quickly relationships between different areas of research and to exploit them fruitfully." (DSB).

Berlin, Mittler, 1891-93. Bound in 8 contemp. half calf, spines richly gilt, but faded and with paperlabels pasted on spines, front boards with gilt monogramme. Stamp on titlepages.. With numerous facsimiles and illustrations.

(Frankfurt am M., um 1780). (36 x 26 cm.) Engraved handcoloured map/plan of Gibraltar with text and with insets of Southern Span and North Africa around Ceuta and Tanger. A stamp in upper left corner. I.M. Zell, sculp. (Johann Michael Zell)Some brownspots.

Berlin, G. Reimer, 1846. 4to. In "Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik, 31. Band, 4 Heft, 1846". In the original printed wrappers, without backstrip. Fine and clean. [Schönemann:] Pp. 269-325. [Entire issue: Pp. 269-358, (2) + 1 plate.]. First printing of Schönemann's paper in which Hensel' Lemma first was introduced - several years before Kurt Hensel published his paper on the subject. He obtained several important results in number theory concerning the theory of congruences, which all can be found in several publications in Crelle's journal, volumes 17 to 40. Notably he obtained Hensel's lemma before Hensel, Scholz's reciprocity law before Scholz, and formulated Eisenstein's criterion before Eisenstein.

Solidt privat helshirt. (292) pp., tekstillsutr. samt 1 foldeplanche. Enkelte sider reparert for rufter. Særtryk af Meddelelser om Grønland Bd. 16:3.

Samt. hldrbd. XC,952,(1) pp. Lettere brunplettet. Heri talrige sagastykker i førsteudgivelse.

(London, Taylor and Francis, 1865). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1865. Vol. 155. Pp. 325-411 a. 8 lithographed plates with many figs. First apprance of a classic paper on forarms, describing many type-specimens. Parker became one of the greatest authorities on the Foraminifera, a group containing microscopic single-celled amoeboid protists with calcareous tests (shells). Had he not met Rupert Jones and Crawford Williamson he might have remained an unpublished amateur. It was Jones, mainly, who taught him how to present his considerable knowledge, and together they wrote 34 papers on the forams.

(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1771). 4to. No wrappers as issued in "Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles Lettres". tome XXV, pp. 265.-284. First appearance of one of D'Alembert's importent papers on the mathematical theory of acromatic lenses and abberation.

Paris, Plon, (1936 - 38). 8vo. 5 volumes in orig. wrappers, all uncut. Backs w. some tears and scratches; a bit of overall soiling and wear and some tears. A few spots to front wrapper of volume four. Internally nice and clean. W. five frontispieces and five plates. (6), XV, (1), 453, (3); (6), XI, (1), 427, (1); (6), VI, 431, (3); (6), V, (1), 392, (2); (6), II, 280 pp. Volumes one and three in fourth (4e) edition. Volumes two, four and five 2nd thousand (2e mille).

Kiøbenhavn, Simmelkiær, 1783. Samtidigt hldrbd. Rygforgyldning. Forgyldt skindtitel. 2 etiketter påsat ryggen. Stempel på titelblad. 88),432,300 pp., 1 kobberstukket foldeplanche. Første danske udgave.

London, W. Heinemann, 1914. 4to. Orig. full cloth, rebacked preserving old spine. Covers gilt. Printed title from papercovers (?) pasted on back. XVI,477 pp., numerous plates and maps. First English edition.

Berlin, Julius Springer, 1920. Uncut in orig. printed wrappers. 15 pp. First edition. - Weil No. 111.

Leipzig, Weidmanns Erben und Reich, 1769. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with richly gilt spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Corner's bumped and small paper label pasted on to top spine, otherwise fine and clean. (14), 118 pp. and 7 full page plates including in the pagination. Printed on good paper. First French translation of Thummel’s famous "Wilhelmine", regarded by many as German literature’s finest example of a mock epic produced in the wake of Pope's “Rape of the Lock”.

Chicago, The University of Chicago, 1945. 8vo. In the original printed wrappers. Offprint from: "Cowles Commission Papers", New Series, No. 11. With two wholes punched in the back. The name of the journal written to lower part of front wrapper. Occassional underligning in pencil. Pp. (1), 448-66. Offprint of Koopman's important paper in which he showed that the question of what the observables and assumed underlying structure are capable of revealing is fundamentally distinct from the choice of statistical methods used in practice for estimation. Koopman was awarded the Nobel price In Economics for his "contributions to the theory of optimum allocation of resources".

(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1768). 4to. No wrappers. Extracted from "Mémoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres", tome XXII, pp. 99-107 a. 1 folded engraved plate + pp. 108-116 a. 2 folded engraved plates. First appearance of two importent papers in the theory of elasticity of materials in which Bernoulli gives, for the first time, the solution to a main problem, and stating a formula which expresses the shape of the loaded beam without reference to the load acting or to the elastic properties of the materials.

Paris, 1845. 8vo. Contemporary red half calf with some wear. Brownspotting and a marginal damp stain. Old owner's name to half-title. XII, 470, (1) pp. First edition of the Fragments of Cartesian Philosophy by the French philosopher, who founded "Ececticism" and fundamentally influenced French educational policy.

Le Caire, Impr. de L'Inst. Francais, 1953. Small folio. Fine, solid full cloth. XV,251 pp. and 12 plates. (Documents de Fouilles de L'Institut Francais...du Caire...Tome XIX).

Berlin, Julius Springer, 1916. Royal8vo. Bound in contemporary half calf with gilt lettering to spine. In "Die Naturwissenschaften", 4 Jahrgang, 1916. A very nice and clean copy. Pp. 509-510. [Entire volume: XIV, 866 pp.]. First printing of Einstein's only paper on aircrafts. In it he proposed a new shape for aircraft wings. Disappointed that nobody took up his idea he took it to an airline in Berlin. A prototype was constructed but it performed poorly and it was never put into service.

Paris, Didot Frères, 1855. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Stamp on title-page. 84),175 pp., 1 large folded plate with map and current-computing.