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(Paris, Gauthier-Villars), 1900. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 130, No 20. Pp. (1285-) 1344. (Entire issue offered). Grignard's paper: pp. 1322-24. One leaf repaired in upper margin affecting the text on verso (but without loss of letters). Light browning, poor paperquality. First apperance of an importent paper in which Grignard revealed the "Grignard Reagent", an important means of preparing organic compounds from smaller precursor molecules. For this work, Grignard was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1912 jointly with fellow Frenchman Paul Sabatier."A large number of general synthetic methods had been developed by the end of the nineteenth century. However, one of the most versatile and importent was first described as the new century opened. This was the Grignard synthesis." (Leicester "A Source book in Chemistry 1900-1950", where this paper is translated "Some New Organometallic Compounds of Magnesium and Their Application to the Synthesis ofAlchohols and Hydrocarbons")."Grignard treated magnesium turnings in anhydrous ether with methyl iodide at room temperature, preparing what came to be known as the Grignard reagent, which could be used for reaction with a ketone or an aldehyde without first being isolated. On hydrolyzing with dilute acid, the corresponding tertiary or secondary alcohol was produced in much better yield than Barbier had been able to obtain. Grignard’s discovery was reported in a short paper at a meeting of the Académie des Sciences in May 1900 (the paper offered)." (DSB).

Paris, Lévy Frères, 1870. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Gilt lettering. Stamps on title-page. Engraved portrait as frontispiece. XCVIII,458,(2) pp., 1 large folded engraved map (l'Algerie). Internally clean and fine.

Kjøbenhavn, 1833-72. Lille 8vo. 3 ensartde private hshirtbd. med skindtitel på rygge. (4),282,(1);(8),380,(8),181 pp.

(London), Phaidon, (1974). Large 4to. 2 orig. full cloth. Coloured frontispiece. XI,453 pp. and platevolume with 845 illustrations on plates. Clean and fine.

Stockholm, Bonnier, 1941-45. Lex8vo. 7 smukke, velbevarede orig. hldrbd., skindtitler forgyldt på rygge og guldsnit foroven. Rigt tekstillustreret. Helt frisk eksemplar af den svenske oversættelse.

Paris, Guillaume Cavelier, 1700. 12mo. Cont. full calf. Gilt back. Back and covers worn. Corners bumped. 234 pp. + Privilege du Roy 5 pp. First edition. dealing with the ceremonies and secret lifes of the Roman Vestals.- Barbier I:178, having only the issue from 1701.

Schleswig, J.G. Röhss, 1796. Orig. blue blank wrappers. Uncut and unopened. Stamp on titlepage. XVI,(4),308 pp., 1 engraved plate. Somewhat brownspotted throughout. First edition.

K., 1870. Indb. ubeskåret m. orig. for- og bagomsl. i nyere marmoreret papbd. m. skindtitelfelt på forperm. På ryggen påsat en stribe fra den orig. ryg, hvorpå står forfatter og titel. Bortset fra omsl., der er en smule nussede, et rent ekspl. BFN 1006. Originaludgave.

Gotha, Julius Perthes, 1866. 4to. Contemp, hcalf. Gilt spine. Spine somewhat rubbed. A small stamp to titlepage. VI,474 pp. and 18, partly folded, lithographed maps and plans. Scattered brownspots. With importent expediton reports and original maps from Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Polynesia, Polar regions etc.

(London, Taylor and Francis, 1866). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions", Vol. 156 - Part II, pp. 671-756 a. 13 fine lithographed plates. Clean and fine. First printing of this classic monograph on Crinoidea.

Braunschweig, Eduard Leibrock, 1845. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spine. Stamps on title-page. XIV,536,VI,(2),404 pp. Profusely textillustrated with woodcuts.

Copenhagen, Reitzel, 1924. Royal8vo. Uncut in orig. printed wrappers. Small tears to wr. Upper part of backstrip torn. 547 pp., 87 plates, textillustr. Internally fine and clean, unopened.

Genève, J.J. Paschoud, 1820. Contemp. hcalf. Richly gilt spine with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spine. Stamps on title-page. VII,579,(3) pp. and 6 folded engraved plates and 1 engraved table. First edition. - Klaus Jordan, 948.

Torino, D'Arte Fratelli Pozzo, (1972). Large 4to. Orig. full cloth with dustjacket. 364 pp. incl. plates. (Catalogo del Museo Egizio di Torino Serie Seconda-Collezioni, Vol. I).

Ubeskåret og delvist uopskåret i pænt senere marmoreret papbd. m. pergamenttitelfelt m. guld på forperm. En smule brunplettet. Originaludgaven, hvis smudstitelblad bærer titlen "Svithiod." Bertelsen 18.

Helmstädt und Leipzig, J.G. Müllerschen Budhhandlung, 1785. Small 8vo. Orig. printed blue wrappers, no backstrip. In: "Chemische Annalen...von Lorenz Crell", 1785:2. Bd., 10. Stück. (2),(291-)384. - Scheele's papers: pp. 291-303. First appearance of a paper by the discoverer of oxygen.

Paris, Fuchs, AN XI (1802). Extract from "Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago." tome 45. Titlepage to vol. 45. Pp. 103-107. Some even browning to titlepage. First French edition of "Experiments And observations on the heat and cold produced by the mechanical condensation and rarefication of air" 1802. It is Daltons 4th paper and the first paper as secretary of the Royal Society. It "Contained the understated but importent result that the temperature of air compressed to one-half its volume is raised 50 Degr.F'"(Smyth No. 28)..

Berlin, Ernst Toeche, 1887-92. Lex8vo. Bound in one contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spine. Stamp. on first title-page. (8),348;V,376;(6),356,VI,422 pp. Each volume profusely textillustrated. Internally clean and fine. (Handbuch der Baukunde, Abth. III, Heft 1-4).

(London, Taylor and Francis, 1874). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions", 1874. Vol. 164 - Part II. Pp. 783-803 a. 8 lithographed plates. Fine and clean. First appearance of a classical paper in which Owen describes the finds of the remains of some of the extinct Kangaroos - Macropodidae, meaning "large foot".

Kbhvn., 1947-52. Lex8vo. 2 smukke private hldrbd. i oaseged. (Axel Jensen). 498,468 pp. Illustr.

Berlin, J.F. Unger, 1794. Contemp. hcalf. Wear to spine and titlelabel gone. Top of spine taped. Stamp on titlepage. XX,368 pp. and 2 folded engraved plans. Some light foxing and scattered brownspots.

Oslo, Selskapet til utgivelse af Gamle Norske Håndskrifter, Folio. Orig. hldrbd. i kassette. 124 pp. (Corpus Codicum Norvegicum Medii Aevi, Quarto Serie Volume V).

(Paris, Bachelier),1847. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome XXIV, No. 7. Pp. (209-) 252. (Entire issue offered). Sobrero's paper: pp. 247-248. Clean and fine. First appearance of the paper in which Sobrero announced his discovery of nitroglycerin."When I think of all the victims killed during nitroglycerine explosions, and the terrible havoc that has been wreaked, which in all probability will continue to occur in the future, I am almost ashamed to admit to be its discoverer." (Sobrero)"Nitroglycerin was synthesized by the chemist Ascagne Sobrero in the middle of the nineteenth century. When he tasted it, as all good nineteenth century chemists did when they discovered a new compound, it gave him what he called a migraine, because of its vasodilatory effect, which was later harnessed in the treatment of angina by William Murrell (1879), following the experience of a distinguished British clinician, Lauder Brunton, using amyl nitrite (1867) Later in the nineteenth century, Alfred Nobel discovered how to stabilize nitroglycerin, using kieselguhr (diatomite) clay; this led to highly successful industrial applications of dynamite and created the fortune that eventually funded the eponymous prizes. For medical purposes nitroglycerin was subsequently renamed glyceryl trinitrate, to hide the fact that it was literally dynamite as well as metaphorically."

Paris, Armand Colin, 1914. 4to. Bound uncut in contemp. hmorocco, raised bands, gilt lettering to spine. Top of spine repaired and with some wear. CIX,164 pp. and 77 fine plates (collotypes) with 100 illustr. With tissue guards. Intenally fine and clean, printed on fine paper.

Franckfurt, Johann Pressii, 1646. 8vo. Contemp. full vellum. Wear to edges of vellum-covers.Engraved titlevignette. 384 Ff + Index. Internally fine.