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Kbhvn., 1834. Nydeligt samt. helshirtbd. med rygforgyldning. Lidt rifter ved øvre kapitæl. XVI,298,(2) pp. samt 13 litograferede plancher, heraf 8 håndkolorerede. Lettere brunplettet. Landhusholdningsselskabet gav ham prisen for dette værk, som er den første håndbog over danske pattedyr.

(London, Richard Taylor and William Francis, 1853) 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1853, Vol. 143 - Part I. Pp. 291-310 and 4 lithographed plates. A dampstain to lower right corners of plates. First appearance of this importent paper, in which Owen established a new genus, Nesodons on the basis of the fossils found by B.J. Sulivan in the Tertiary beds of Patagonia in 1845.

Manchester, The Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 1895. 8vo. In the original printed wrappers. Offprint from "Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society", Ninth [9] volume, Fourth series. With author's presentation inscription to top of front wrapper: "With the Author's Compliments.". Front wrapper loose and back wrapper detached, light miscolouring to wrappers. Internally fine and clean. Pp. 67-85 + 1 folded plate. Scarce offprint issue, with author's presentation inscription, of Wilde's contribution to helium and its place in the natural classification. Henry Wilde (1833 - 1919) a wealthy individual from Manchester, England who used his self-made fortune to indulge his interest in electrical engineering. He invented the dynamo-electric machine, or self-energising dynamo, published in 1866. The machine was considered remarkable at the time, especially since Wilde was fond of spectacular demonstrations, such as the ability of his machine to cause iron bars to melt.

Leipzig, Gleditschii & Lanckii, 1754. 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. (4), 550, (40) pp. First edition, containing many reviews by influential contemporary mathematicians, philosophers and historians.

Paris, Jombert, 1770. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spine. Stamps on title-page. VIII,109,(5),5 pp., 9 folded engraved plates. Internally clean, printed on good paper. Klaus Jordan, 490.

Braunschweig, Vieweg und Sohn, 1883. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine with gilt lettering. First inner hinge weakening. XVI,224 pp., textillustrations and 4 plates. Some scattered brownspots. First German edition of Maxwell's "Elementary Treatise on Electricity", 1881.

(Paris, Bachelier), 1849. 4to. Without wrappers. In "Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l’Académie des sciences", Vol. 29, No 8. Pp. (193-) 224. (Entire issue offered). Blanquart-Evrard's paper: pp. 215-217. First printing of an importent paper in the history of photography in which " Blanquart-Evrard described, in 1849 (the paper offered), a process very similar to that of Niepce de Saint-Victor (his glass pictures or "Niepceotypes"), with minor changes, and called attention to the fact that the silver-iodized albumen could be used either moist or dry."(Eder p. 339)."In the field of photography we are indepted to Blanquart-Evrard for many improvements,in particular for having introduced the developing process of iodide bromide (or silver chloride) paper by gallic acid as a rapid printing process for producing large editions of silver prints."(Eder).

London, Taylor and Francis, 1874. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions", Vol. 164 - Part II, pp. 719-756 and 13 fine lithographed plates with many figs. Wyville Thomson was the first to prove, that life was not confined to the surface layer of the oceans, but that the depth showed a rich life. He was head of the staff of the zoologists joining the Challenger-Expedition.

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1876. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 82, No 8. Pp. (429-) 467. Mendelejeff & Kaiander's paper: pp. 450-454. Clean and fine. First printing of one of the papers which marks the beginning of Mendeléeff's aeronautical recherches to which he turned after his discovery of the periodic table. These researches were stimulated by his interest in the gas-laws of Boyle-Mariotte and Gay-Lussac and aimed at establishing the ontology of the ether.

London, John Nourse, 1738. 8vo. Contemp. full calf. Spine and covers worn. Titlepage in red/black. (2),XXXVI,448,(28) pp. Internally clean and printed on good paper.

(Berlin & New York, Springer), 1970. Royal8vo. In the original blue wrappers. In "Astronomy and Astrophysics", Volume 5, No. 2, April 1970. Entire issue offered. A very fine and clean copy. Pp. 209-27. [Entire issue: Pp. (2), 171-334]. First printing of Malaise's important paper in which he for the first time presented convincing evidence for the inner coma of comets"A comet's nucleus is like a dirty snowball made of ice. As the comet gets closer to the Sun, some of the ice starts to melt and boil off, along with particles of dust. These particles and gases make a cloud around the nucleus, called a coma. The coma is lit by the Sun. The sunlight also pushes this material into the beautiful brightly lit tail of the comet." (NASA)

Halle, Maison des Orphelins, 1755-57. 2 contemp. full calf. Gilt spines. Titlelabels with gilt lettering. 2 engraved frontispieces. (30),480;(22),448,(30) pp., 7 engraved plates. Faint scattered brownspots.

Kiøbenhavn, Gyldendal (but printed in Sorø), 1774 & 1775. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with four raised bands and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. All edges coloured in red. Wear to spine, parts of gilting worn off. Internally very nice and clean. (8), 599, (7), 438 pp. First edition of one of Schytte’s most famous work, the first extensive coherent exposition of constitutional law, political and economic matters relating to Denmark. Schytte was much influenced by Montesquieu. Biblioteca Danica II, 485.

(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1815). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1815 - Part II. Pp. 203-213 a. pp. 214-219. First appearance of two importent papers by davy. In the second paper offered, he relates his discovery of chlorine dioxyd."By explosion over mercury he found that 2 vols. give from 2.7 to 2.9 of gas, and this would probably be 3 vols. if no chlorine had been absorbed by the mercury. This gas contains 2 vols. of oxygen and the remainder chlorine, hence the compound consists of 'two in volume of oxygen and one of chlorine, condensed into the space of two volumes' (ClO2). He found it to explode at about 100 deg. with more viollence than euchlorine."(Partington III, p. 57).Together with ROBERT PORRETT "Further analytical experiments relative to the constitution of the prussic; of the ferruretted chyazic, and of the sulphuretted chyazic acids; and of their salts; together with the application of the atomic theory to the analysis of these bodies.", pp. 220-230 a. 2 tables, one folding.

Cambridge, 1685. 8vo. Bound in one brown cont. full calf with raised bands on back and title-label in red. Blind-stamped border on boath boards and all adges gilt. Cord shows in inner hinges, but binding tight. Upper capital with a few worm-holes, which have been restored. (8),707,187 pp.

London, Glasgow and Dublin, Blackie & Son, 1899 Royal8vo. Bound in 6 fine pictorial full cloth. Gilt lettering on spines. Richly illustrated with plates and maps, all with tissue guards. Some faint brownspotting at beginnings and ends.

Stockholm, Kongl. Ordens-tryckeriet, Johan Pfeiffer, 1796. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with four raised band and gilt lettering to spine. Lower part of front boards missing the marbled paper. Vague stamp to pasted down front free end-paper. Internally fine and clean. (6), 250 pp. First Swedish translation (from the German edition from 1795) of the "English A Narrative of the British Embassy to China, in the Years 1792-94."

Berlin, G. Reimer, 1836 4to. In the original printed wrappers, without back strip. In "Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik", 16. band, Heft 3, 1836. Entire first heft offered. Fine and clean. Pp. 221-84. [Entire volume: Pp. 197-84]. First printing of Richelot's important contribution to the theory of abelian varieties in algebraic geometry.

Kjøbenhavn, Soldin, 1796. Indbundet i et samtidigt hldrbd. Ryg noget slidt. (10),426 pp. Spredte brunpletter. Heri bidrag af Rahbek, Baggesen m.fl.

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.

Leipzig, Weidmannia, 1819. Later full cloth. XII,1040 pp. Greek and Latin text. Brunet V:784.

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.

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

Dateret Oslo 12/1-48. 2 sider 4to. Ægteparret Kihle skriver om deres oplevelser i vidunderlige Italien, hvor de har set på kunst og "den store bukkene bruse". De synes ikke om triste Oslo og den kolde vinter.

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.