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Paris, Ernest Bourdin, 1840. Royal 8vo. Bound w. both lithographed and printed t-p. in a very nice cont. full mottled calf. Boards made like frames w. gilt decoratins in corners and gilt lines making a large centre of the calf framed, this piece of the calf is a bit lighter brown than the rest of the boards. Back richly gilt. Bdg. w. traces of use. Hinges cracked at top. Somewhat brownspotted. Lithographed t-p. loose. Richly illustr. w. frontispiece and numerous woodcuts in text, by Johannot. First edition with the illustrations of Johannot.

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, (1990). 4to. Orig. full cloth. Fronstispiece. XXVIII,748 pp., 10 plates.

Stockholm, Hörberg, 1836. Samtidigt rødt hldrbd. med ophøjede bind på ryggen. Permer med brede bordurer i guldtryk, helt guldsnit i gaveeksemplars-udstyr med kronot monogram i guld på forpermen stort C med et 8-tal i midten. Stempel på titelbladet. (12),400 pp., 7 kobberstukne plancher. Indvendig ren og frisk.

Friburgi Brisgoviae, Sumptibus Herder,1888-90. Lex8vo. Bound in 3 fine contemp. hcalf. Richly gilt spines and with gilt lettering. XII,588,(1);XXII,644,(2);XVI,555,(1) pp. Stamps on title-pages. Internally clean and fine.

Washington, Government Printing Office, 1873. Royal8vo. Orig. full calf. Gilt boders and gilt lettering on covers. Gilt spine. Lithographed frontispiece in colour. XVI,107,203,26,8 pp., 3 lithographed colourplates (one large folded).

erlin, Dietrich reimer, 1908. Lex8vo. Orig. full cloth. Title on spine missing. Large titlelabel on frontcover. XI,441 pp., plates, maps. Clean and fine copy. First edition.

Kjøbenhavn, Forlagsbureauet, 1877-1883. Indbundet i 8 ensartede samtidige hldrbd. Rygforgyldning. Rigt illustreret. Originaludgaven. "Blandt dansk teknologihistories forløbere kan man pege på Opfindelsernes Bog, som kom i flere udgaver omkring århundredeskiftet. Der var her ikke tale om studier på et videnskabeligt, kritisk fortolkende ambitionsniveau, men dog fin folkeoplysning, med meget og godt stof af interesse for både det almene publikum og for professionelle historikere og teknikere." (Historisk Tidsskrift, Bind 16. række, 5,1996)

(London, Taylor and Francis, 1869). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1868 - Vol. 158. Pp. 75-143 a. pp. 145-172. Clean and fine. First printings on 2 influential memoirs on the analytical geometry of curves.

Berlin, Stockholm, Paris, Beijer, 1886. 4to. With the original wrappers in "Acta Mathematica, 9:1. Band]. No backstrip. Fine and clean. Pp. 35-56. [Entire issue: 104 pp. ]. First translation of Tchebycheff's paper on Moments - a quantitative measure of the shape of a set of points. Tchebycheff is known for his work in the field of probability, statistics and number theory.

(Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1718). 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from "Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences. Année 1715". Pp. 174-202 and 3 folded engraved plates. First appearance of of this importent paper on the precious stones in which he showed that certain turquoise stones were actually fossilized animal teeth."Réaumur was among the greatest naturalists of his or any age. In the breadth and range of his researches, in the patient detail of his observations, and in the brilliant ingenuity of his experiments, it would be difficult to name his equal. Thomas Henry Huxley has compared his favourably with Darwin."(DSB)

Rastatt, Kosten des Verfassers, 1823. Uncut with orig. blank wrappers. Small stamp on titlepage. Some scattered brownspots. Wide-margined. 79 pp., 1 large folded lithographed map of Tarragona (35x43 cm.).

Münch., 1908. Orig.full blindtooled cloth. XII,176,218 pp., plts.a.80(of 81) chromolitogr.plts.(nach Original-Aquarellen von A.Schmitson).

6 ed. Ldn., 1807. Cont.full. calf. Richly gilt back, blindtooled borders on covers. First hinge weakening. XIV,616 pp.

Berlin, Springer, 1933. 8vo. In contemporary halv cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In "Zeitschrift für Physik", Bd. 84, 1933. Entire volume offered. Stamp to front free end-paper and titlepage, Extremities with light wear. Pp. 168-194. [Entire volume: VIII, 816 pp.]. First appearance of Blochinzev's paper in which he demonstrated, the electron mass was no longer the intrinsic characteristic of an individual particle, but varied depending on other particles and interactions - became "effective" or "apparent" mass.

Hamburg, Friedrich Perthes, 1834-50. 8vo. Bound in 5 contemp. hcalf, spines gilt, some stains to spines. Wear to top of spine on 2 volumes. Stamp on titlepages. Ca. 2.700 pp. Titlepages brownspotted, some scattered brownspots. (Series-title: Geschichte der europäischen Staaten. Hrsg. von A.H.L. Heeren und F.U. Ukert).

Ldn., 1817. 2 cont.hcalf with raised bands a.blindtooled decoration. Engr.portr.(Gifford), LXXXII,284,XLVII,224,163 pp.

Leipzig, Libraria Kuehniana, 1843. Bound in one contem. hcloth. Gilt spine. Spine rubbed and inner hinge weakening. (2),434,(2);425-928 pp. Some scattered brownspots. The scarce original edition.

Kbhvn., Brødrene Berling, 1851. Ubeskåret med de orig. omslag delvis bevarede (rifter heri med tab). IV,(1),212 pp. Lettere brunplettet. Originaludgaven af "Færøiske Kvæder", som i 1855 blev suppleret med et "Andet hefte".

München, Holbein Verlag, (1927). Folio. Loose in orig.cloth. 47 pp. a. 346 facs. 0n 207 plts.

Kjøbenhavn, Schultz, 1870. 8vo. In a nice recent half calf binding with leather title-label to front board. (2), 11 pp. + 2 folded plates depicting the proposed botanical garden. Rare work describing the newly proposed botanical garden.We have not been able to trace a single copy in the trade.

London, Macmillan and Co., 1895. Uncut in orig. full cloth. Gilt warrior on upper cover. Gilt lettering on spine. Near mint condition. Frontispiece. VI,(2),183 pp., 1 colormap, 2 folded plans in color and 20 plates. Advertisements. Very light offsetting from tissue-guard to title-page

(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1809). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1809 - Part II. Pp. 221-231 a. 1 engraved plate. Clean and fine. First printing of Cavendish's last paper.This paper relates to his astronomical interests and describes three improved methods of graduating astronomcal instruments.

Kjøbenhavn, Bianco Luno, 1877 - 1916. 8vo. Bound with the original printed wrappers in a recent half calf binding with gilt lettering to spine. In "Oversigt over det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger". A very nice and clean copy. Interisting sammelband containing nine publications by Warming.

Leipzig, L. Crusius, 1767. Cont. full mottled calf. Gilt back. Back somewhat worn and small tears in top and bottom of spine. Engr. frontisp.,(8),219 pp. and 3 engraved plates (Gravelot). Slightly brownspotted. Issued in the same year as the original edition.