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Paris, Chez Fuchs, An VII, (1799). Without wrappers..In: "Annales de Chimie, ou Recueil de Mémoires concernant la Chemie" Tome 29, 2. Cahier. Pp. 113-224. (Entire issue offered). Humboldt's paper: pp. 125-160. First printing of perhaps Humboldt's most importent paper in chemistry."In fact, immediately following this clash (the clash with Fourcroy over the vitalistic principle in organic chemistry, where Fourcroy considered "that Mr. Humboldt proceed to quickly in his explanations"), Humboldt went to Vauquelin and Fourcroy's laboratories in Paris where he sought to gain experience on the new French methodology. Thanks to this training, Humboldt wrote a memoir on the earth's absorption of oxygen that was soon to become famous (the paper offered). This memoir is also the evidence that Humboldt had joined the new way of reasoning in chemistry."(Angela Bandinella)

Paris, Nyon l'aîne, 1782. Later hcalf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Stamp on foot of title-page. XIV,(2),360,(24) pp., 27 folded engraved plates. Clean and fine. Klaus Jordan, 1505.

Paris, Osmont, 1672. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with four raise bands with gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Ex-libris (Juel of Valdemar's Castle) to verso of front board. Wear to extremities, a few small holes to front board and head of spine with a bit of loss of leather. Lower margin (with the previous owner's name) cut out, not affecting text, otherwise internally nice and clean. (4), 380 pp. Later edition of this interesting guide to court life and the instruction of courtiers, teaching gentlemen the art of living at court - and how to remain there.

K., 1842-49. Et samt.hldrbd.m.rygforgyldn. Ene indre fals svag. Originaludgaven hvor bind 1 er i den oprindelige, ikke omarbejdede udgave.

Kbhvn. 1952. 4to. Orig. halvshirt. 188 pp. Nr. 394 af 600 numm.ekspl.

København, J.J. Høppfner, (1788). Indbundet i 2 samtidige papbd. Håndskrevne rygtitler. Rygge og kanter slidte. Spredte brunpletter og papirsbruning. Det såkaldte "3. Høppfnerske Eftertryk", som indeholder samtlige 7 komediebind. - Ehrencron-M., II, p. 208 ff.

Guelferbyti (Wolfenbüttel), Meisneri, 1740. 12mo. Contemp. full calf with "mirror" (Cambridge binding-style). Ricly gilt spine with gilt lettering. Wear to top of spine. (4),378 pp.

[Berlin, Stockholm, Paris, F. & G. Beijer, 1892-93.] 4to. Without wrappers as extracted from "Acta Mathematica. Hrdg. von G. Mittag-Leffler.", Bd. 16, With half title and title page of volume 16, including the frontiespiece. Pp. 153-215. First printing of Zorawski's important paper which is one of the very first responses to Sophus Lie's group theory. "One of the first mathematicians who reacted to Lie's newly introduced concept was Kasimir Zorawaski, a polish scientist who worked in Warsaw. As examples of differential invariants, Zorawski mentioned Gauss curvature, Beltrami operators, and Minding's geodesic curvature. Similar to Lie, he asked for the number of invariants of different orders. From then on, two concepts played a major role within the theory of differential calculus, initiated by Ricci, and the group concept that was introduced by Lie and improved by Zorawski." (Earman, The Attraction of gravitation: new studies in the history of general relativity, P. 229)

Amsterdam, Ioan Blaeu, 1670. 12mo. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt with gilt lettering. Engraved title-page. 285,(3) pp. Some old annotations.

Breslau, Josef Max und Komp., 1828. 8vo. 2 contemp. blue boards. Handwritten titlelabels on spines. Some scratches and edges with some wear.XII,455,(1);(1),373,(1) pp. and 1 folded engraved plate. Some brownspots mainly in vol. 1. One leaf with a tear, no loss. First edition of this classic work on Etruscan antiquities.

(Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1714). 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from "Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences. Année 1712". Pp. 226-245 and 1 folded engraved plate. First appearance of an importent paper in animal physiology, as Reamur here, as the first biologist observes the regenration of the extremities and other parts of the body of crayfish."Reamur showed that crustaceans replace their lost limbs, a fact until then disputed."(Garrison & Morton No. 301)."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)

Kastellet, Roskilde, 1908. Lille 4to. 2 sider. Omhandler afregninge af royalties for tyske og østrigske opførelser, forsinkelser i disse - er teatret ved at gå fallit ? - om opførelser i Wien, om oversættelser af "Dansemus" - "Jeg har lavet en virkningsfuld Drejesceneudgave af Dansemus" etc. etc.

Stuttgart, Hofmann, (1893). Small 4to. Cont. hcalf. Back with traces of use. LX,722 pp., 48 chromolithographed and 2 plain plates.

Hannover, Hahn'sche, 1854. Uncut in orig. printed wrappers. Backstrip repaired. Stamp on title-page. XV,108 pp., 5 lithographed plates. Internally clean.

Leipzig, B.G. Teubner, 1889. 8vo. Original printed wrappers, no backstrip and a small nick to front wrapper. In "Mathematische Annalen. Begründet 1889 durch Rudolf Friedrich Alfred Clebsch. XXXIII.[33] Band. 3. Heft." Entire issue offered. Internally very fine and clean. [Cantor:] P. 476. [Entire issue: Pp. (1), 318-476, (1)]. First printing of Cantor's important comment to Illigens paper from the same year: "Zur Weierstrass'-Cantor'schen Theorie der Irrationalzahlen". He states that: "The squareroot of 3 is thus only a symbol for number which has yet to to be found, but is not its definition. The definitions is, however, satisfactorily given by my method as, say (1.7, 1.73, 1.732, ...). [From the present paper]. Cantor is famous for his work on infinite numbers.

Dresden, Arnoldischen Buchhandlung, 1826. 2 cont. hcalf. Gilt backs. Backs slightly rubbed. Stamp on titles. VI,XIII,995,(4) pp. Internally fine and clean, printed on good paper. First German edition of the second volume (in 2 parts) of Berzelius' famous "Lehrbuch".

Kiøbenhavn, Schultz, 1798-1802. Et samt. hldrbd. Ryg med brugsspor og lidt slidt. (14),370;(4),451 pp. samt 16 kobberstukne foldeplancher (9+7). Første titelblad lidt brunplettet, her og der lettere brugsspor. Nogle ormehuller i planchedelen til første bind. Denne omfattende lærebog i fysik, indrettet til den nye skolereform for latinskolerne, er oversat efter Büsch: "Mathematik zum Nutzen...". Det foreliggende eksemplar har dog en fra Bibliotheca Danica (II:53) afvigende titel til 2. del, idet der her anføres titlen "Forsøg til en Mathematik..."

Lund, Agardh & Co., 1812. - Lund, Joh. Lundblad, 1802. Indbundet i et lidt senere moirepræget helshirtbd. Rygforgyldning. 227,(1) pp. + (8),(113-) 232 pp. Spredte brunpletter samt stempel på titelblade.

Paris, Charles-Lavauzelle, n.date ca. 1920. 7 contemporary hcalf. Gilt. A paperlabel pasted on backs. Stamp on title. Internally clean.

Berlin, Sandersche Buchhandlung, 1823. 4to. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Spine rubbed and with a tear to top of upper joint. The atlas contains all 41 lithographed plates, some handcoloured, some folding. Without the textvolumes.

Schleswig, Serringshauses Buchdruckerei, 1790. Contemp. hcalf. A paperlabel pasted on top of spine. Stamps on title-page. (16),XIV,174 pp. and 1 folded engraved plate.

København, Gyldendal, 1957. 8vo. Uncut in the original printed wrappers. Signed by the author on half-title: "Karen Blixen / 31.10.1957". Wrappers with a few nicks and tears, back-wrapper with a few stains. Internally nice and clean. 301 pp. First edition, signed by Blixen on half-title.

Paris, Bernard, 1806. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Wear to top of spine. Spine slightly rubbed. In: "Annales de Chimie", tome 59. 342 pp. and 1 engraved plate. (Entire volume offered). Desormes & Clement's paper: pp. 329-339. First edition of the paper which for the first time explained catalysis - the intermediate compound theory. According to this theory, the desired reaction is brought about by a path involving the formation of an unstable intermediate compound, followed by its decomposition into the desired end products with the regeneration of the catalyst.Parkinson "Breakthroughs", 1806 C.

Havniae, Lillies, 1760. 8vo. In a recent cardboard binding with white paper title-label to front board. Title-page mounted in margin, light occassional brownspotting throughout. (12), 88 pp. Rare first appearance of White’s doctoral thesis on various functions and roles of hospitals such as such as treatment, care training and the design and layout of hospitals. Joris White was born in 1731 in Trondheim, son of Thorsten and Ingeborg White. He studied privately, earned degrees in philosophy (1750) and theology (1752) and then turned to medicine. He trained at Frederiks Hospital and became a medical doctor in 1760. In 1761, he was appointed mining physician and lecturer in Kongsberg but died in 1765.

Leipzig, B.G. Teubner, 1892 8vo. Original printed wrappers, no backstrip and a small nick to front wrapper. In "Mathematische Annalen. Begründet durch Rudolf Friedrich Alfred Clebsch. XL. [40]. Band. 1. Heft." Entire issue offered. Internally very fine and clean. [Hölder:] Pp. 55-88. [Entire issue: Pp. 1-156]. First printing of Hölder's paper on group theory. "Hölder owed his interest in group theory and Galois theory primarily to Kronecker, but also to Felix Klein, in whose seminar at Leipzig Hölder participated soon after receiving his doctorate. Hölder turned his attention first to simple groups. Besides the simple groups of orders 60 and 168 already known at the time, he found no new ones with a composite order less than 200. Nevertheless, he considered his method to be "of some interest so long as we do not possess a better one suitable for handling the problem generally." Such a general method is still lacking, despite the progress and great efforts of recent years." (DSB)The issue also contains: 1. Klein, Felix. Ueber den Hermite'schen Fall der Lame'schen Differentialgleichung. Pp. 125-29.2. Klein, Felix. Ueber den Begriff des functionentheoretischen Fundamentalbereichs. Pp. 130-39.