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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.

Tübingen, Max Niemeyer, 1962. 8vo. Orig. full brown cloth, original dust-jacket. A few tears to top of d-j., otherwise an excellent copy. Bdg. and internally near mint. VII, (1), 189 pp. First edition of Heidegger's important interpretation of Kant's "System aller Grundsätze des reinen Verstandes" from "Kritik der Reinen Vernunft". The work is founded on the basis of a lecture-course given by Heidegger in Freiburg in 1935-36 under the title of "Grundfragen der Metaphysik"; the work is translated into English as ""What is a Thing?" and constitutes an in part revision of the notions put forth in his "Kant und das Problem der Metaphysik"."Aus dem Umkreis der Grundfragen der Metaphysik stellen wir in dieser Vorlesung EINE Frage auf. Sie Lautet: "Was ist ein Ding?" Die Frage ist schon alt. Das stets Neue an ihr ist nur, dass sie immer wieder gefragt warden muss." (p.1).As much as this is an interpretation of Kant's notion of "thing", it equally presents us with Heidegger's own philosophy on this metaphysical question.

Paris, A. Sirou, 1845. Nice contemp. full embossed cloth. Gilt spine. Stamps on title-page. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spine. Lithographed frontispiece with handcolouring. (6),107 pp. Internally clean and fine, printed on good paper (papier vélin). First edition describing the French optical telegraph system, the mechanical and optical telegraph system developed by Ennemond Gonon. This system was described by Gonon as a new telegraph for day and night, universal and perpetual, and for all languages. Mechanical-optical telegraphy had been invented by French engineer Claude Chappe in the 1790s. Gonon's system was intended to improve on Chappe's, but the rise of the electric telegraph developed by Morse in the 1840s, meant Gonon's system was never built.

Berlin, Mittler und Sohn, 1905-06. Bound in one contemp. hcloth with orig. printed title on spine and original printed wrapper on upper board. XIV,196;XI,120 pp., 3 large folded maps, 1 Plan (in pocket at end), textillustrations. Klaus jordan, 3465.

(København), 1768. Lille8vo. Samtidigt helldrbd. Rygforgyldningen lidt slidt. Hjørner stødte. Med kobberstukket titelvignet. (14),1044 spalter + Registre. Indvendigt ganske velbevaret. Lille udklip i nederste højre hjørne af titelbladet. Bibl. Danica I:684.

2 cont. hcalf. Gilt backs. Slightly brownspotted. XXXII,638,(4),703 pp. Containing Arago's studies on famous scientists. Part of Oeuvres de Fr. Arago.

Paris, J. Klostermann fils, 1811. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt and with gilt lettering. Wear to top of spine. Slightly rubbed. Stamp to verso of titlepage. In: "Annales de Chimie, ou Recueil de Mémoires concernant la Chemie" Tome 77. 344 pp. and 5 engraved folded plates. Some scattered brownspots. (Entire volume offered). Duportel's paper: pp. 178-224 a. pp. 225-258. and 5 large plates describing different destillation apparatus. First appearance. The ppaer relates Descortel's and Adam's new destillation processes, and Descortel gives an historical account of destillation processes throug the ages.The volume contains further 2 papers by Gay-Lussac "Note sur L'Acide Prussique", pp. 128-133 and "Extrait d'un Mémoire sur les sels triples", pp. 134 - 150 and Berzelius "Lettre de M. Berzelius à M. Berthollet", pp. 63-84.

Kjøbenhavn, C. A. Reitzels Forlag, 1865. Indbundet med de originale omslag i et smukt halvmaroquin med rygforgyldning. Forgyldt titeletiket. Håndsyede kapitælbånd og fladstrøgne kapitæler. (Sign. Rigmor Birkedal Kragh). Foromslag restaureret i hjørnerne. Enkelte spredte brunpletter. Originaludgaven. BFN 888.

(Amsterdam, ca. 1610). (19x25,5 cm.). Engraved map of the south east of England in old handcolouring with The Isle of Wright, London, Cambridge etc. etc. Letterpress headline outside engraving "Angleterre". Coloured in full. Right and left sides shaved. From an edition of Mercator's "Atlas Minor". French text on verso.

Kjøbenhavn, Gyldendal, 1921-24. 3 samtidige hshirtbd. Orig. illustrerede foromslag påsat forpermerne. 87,72,112 pp. Rigt illustreret og med kortbilag.

Kjøbenhavn, Jacob Lund, 1885. Orig. bogtrykt omslag. Løs i heftningen og omslaget med rifter og pletter. (4),91 pp. Indvendig pæn. First edition. The most importent Danish work in psychology. It is a psychophysiological study on vasomotor disturbances and conditioned reflexes during period of emotional stress - known as the James-Lange-theory.

Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1835. Without wrappers as issued in "Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg.von Poggendorff", Bd. 36, No 11. Pp. (321-) 504. (Entire issue offered). Dove's paper: pp. 321-351. First apperance of an importent meteorological paper in which Dove sets forth his "Drehungsgesetzt", the turning of the wind: the direction on northern hemisphere is opposite as on the southern hemisphere.Darmstaedter 1835.

Kastellet, Roskilde, 13.8.1908. 1 1/4 side lille 4to. W.skriver videre om manglende opgørelse fra Walfredt. Endvidere skriver han om oversættelse af 2x2=5 til engelsk (som hans søster er i gang med). Etc.

Paris, 1826. LII,264,348 pp. St.o.t.

London, Henry G. Bohn, 1861. Royal8vo. Bound in contemp. full longgrained red morocco, spine richly gilt, broad gilt boredrs on covers. All edges gilt and inside gilt borders. Corners a bit bumped and slight wear to edges. (6),XXIII,350 pp. and 22 fine engraved plates with portraits.

København, Deichmanns, 1849. Samt. hldrbd. Ryg slidt og forreste indre fals itu. 504 pp. Sidste blade lidt brunplettede, ellers indvendig frisk. Originaludgaven.