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Stuttgart, 1854. Small 4to. Orig.printed boards. Back with tears and first hinge a little loose. 560 pp., 28 engr.plates, of which 24 are handcoloured.

Stockholm, Frithiof Helleberg, 1891. Samtidigt privat helshirtbd. Kanter med lidt slidspor. (Anton Larsens Bogbinderi Kiöbmagergade 47). 287;296 pp., 1 kort. Originaludgaven af Selma Lagerlöfs debutroman.

Bremerhaven, L. v. Vangerow, 1884. 8vo. In the original full cloth binding with a gilt blind-stamped lighthouse to front board. Round paper label pasted on to top of front board and stamps to verso of front board. Some leaves miscoloured due to poor paper quality. 279, XVI pp.

Berlin, G. Reimer, 1844. 4to. In "Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik, 28 Band, 3. Heft, 1844". In the original printed wrappers, without backstrip. Last leaf with repair. Fine and clean. [Eisenstein:] Pp. 223-245; Pp. 246-247. [Entire issue: 193-288, (2), + two folded plates.] First printing of two important papers by the German mathematics prodigy Eisenstein. Even though he died prematurely at the age of 29, he managed to prove biquadratic reciprocity, Quartic reciprocity, Cubic reciprocity, to be imprisoned by the Prussian army for revolutionary activities in Berlin and making Gauss state that: "There have been only three epoch-making mathematicians: Archimedes, Newton, and Eisenstein". Alexander von Humboldt, then 83, accompanied Eisenstein's remains to the cemetery. The papers presented in the present issue is among his most prominent and made him famous throughout the mathematical world. (James, Driven to innovate, P. 88). "The twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth volumes of Crelle's Journal, published in 1844, contained twenty-five contributions by Eisenstein. These testimonials to his almost unbelievable, explosively dynamic productivity rocketed him to fame throughout the mathematical world. They dealt primarily with quadratic and cubic forms, the reciprocity theorem for cubic residues, fundamental theorems for quadratic and biquadratic residues, cyclotomy and forms of the third degree, plus some notes on elliptic and Abelian transcendentals. Gauss, to whom he had sent some of his writings, praised them very highly and looked forward with pleasure to an announced visit. In June 1844, carrying a glowing letter of recommendation from Humboldt, Eisenstein went off to see Gauss. He stayed in Göttingen fourteen days. In the course of the visit he won the high respect of the "prince of mathematicians," whom he had revered all his life. The sojourn in Göttingen was important to Eisenstein for another reason: he became friends with Moritz A. Stern-the only lasting friendship he ever made. While the two were in continual correspondence on scientific matters, even Stern proved unable to dispel the melancholy that increasingly held Eisenstein in its grip. Even the sensational recognition that came to him while he was still only a third-semester student failed to brighten Eisenstein's spirits more than fleetingly. In February 1845, at the instance of Ernst E. Kummer, who was acting on a suggestion from Jacobi (possibly inspired by Humboldt), Eisenstein was awarded an honorary doctorate in philosophy by the School of Philosophy of the University of Breslau.Eisenstein soon became the subject of legend, and the early literature about him is full of errors. His treatises were written at a time when only Gauss, Cauchy, and Dirichlet had any conception of what a completely rigorous mathematical proof was. Even a man like Jacobi often admitted that his own work sometimes lacked the necessary rigor and self-evidence of methods and proofs." (DSB)

London, Printed for the Author, 1814. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine with gilt lettering. Some tears to hinges at upper compartment of spine. Large folded engraved frontispiece (Laboratory at the Surrey Institution). IX,(1),562 pp. Some brownspots on the last leaves and on frontispiece.

Kjøbenhavn, Gad, 1928. Orig. bogtrykt omslag. Orig. printed wrappers. XX,272 pp., 1 folded plate. Originaludgaven. First edition.

(Paris, Crochard, 1828). 8vo. Without wrappers. In 'Annales de Chimie et de Physique', Series 2 - Volume 37, Cahier 4. Pp. 337-444 (entire issue offered). Poisson's paper:pp. 337-355. First appearance of one of the founding papers in "The mathematical Theory of Elasticity" and Poisson's first on the subject. "The theory of elasticity based on the idea of a molecular structure attracted Poisson's interest, and he did much to lay the foundations of that science."(Timoshenko p. 111 ff.)."In the preface to the long "Mémoire sur I’équilibre et le movement des corps élastiques" (14 April 1828), the hints yield to explicit declaration. In applying mathematics to physics, Poisson stated, it was necessary at first to employ abstraction and "in this regard, Lagrange has gone as far as possible in replacing physical ties by equations between coordinates." Now, however, "along with this admirable conception," it is necessary to "construct physical mechanics, the principle of which is to reduce everything to molecular actions." In other words, the death of Laplace the previous year enabled Poisson to move boldly ahead with his long range plans and to present himself as Laplace’s successor."(DSB)The issue offered contains notable papers by Berzelius, Gay-Lussac and others.

London, Longman, Green etc., 1861. Bound in 2 solid fine recent full cloth. LXXIV,VIII,1053 pp. and 2 coloured frontispieces. Stamp on verso of titles. Clean and fine. First edition.

Leipzig, Gleditsch & Lanckisiii, 1749. 4to. The entire volume offered in contemporary full vellum. Hand written title on spine. A yellow label pasted on to top of spine. A small stamp to title-page and free front end-paper. Library label to pasted down front free end-paper. As usual with brownspotting. (4), 552, (28) pp + 6 plates. The offered volume contain many reviews by influential contemporary mathematicians, philosophers and historians.

Paris, Hachette, 1884. Royal8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. (4),950,(2) pp., Profusely illustrated, maps, plates, textillustr. Internally clean and fine.

Berlin, Boike, 1829. (Printed title: 1830). Cont. hcalf. Richly gilt spine. Lithographed titlepage with battlescene and a printed. Stamp on title. XXIV,400 pp., 1 large folded engraved map, 8 folded engraved plates and 1 large folded lithographed view of Schumla. A few scattered brownspots, but internally fine

Paris, Robustel & La Veuve Duchesne, 1767. 8vo. Two parts bound in one contemporary half calf with four raised bands. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Boards with scratches and lower spine-end chipped. Internally nice and clean. XX, 381, (4), (4), 357, (3) pp. Barbier IV, 47,

(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1769). 4to. Without wrappers as extracted from "Mémoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres", tome XXIII. Pp. 353-364. First edition. In this paper Lambert shows that one can solve the classic three body problem by the use of infinite series. This allows numerical approximations, but Lambert notes that nearly nothing in the problem (excepts for the classic easier cases) allows for shortcuts in these calcualtions. More even, approximations of neighboured streches of the orbit to be calculated may even require different approximatuion series, so as to renderr even tables more or less or at least rather ineffective.

Edinburgh, W. Smellie, 1785. 4to. Cont. full calf. Binding very worn and covers detached from spine. XXIII,400 pp. Printed on good paper. A little brownspotted. First edition.

London, Chapman & Hall, 1952. 8vo. Original full cloth in dustjacket with few minor tears - very good. Owners name on front free end paper - else fine. IX,259,(1) pp. Text diagrams. First edition. Ashby pioneered the concept of homeostatic machines which is of fundamental importance in the field of artificial inteligence. Hook & Norman: Origins of Cyberspace, No. 435.

Altenburg, Richter, 1765. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with five raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. All edges coloured in red. Light wear to extremities, boards with a few scratches. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Internally nice and clean. (8), 248, 186, (6) pp. Abridged German translation of Richardson's The Paths of Virtue, Pamela and Clarissa Harlowe.

Leipzig, B.G. Teubner, 1895. 8vo. Original printed wrappers, no backstrip. In "Mathematische Annalen. Begründet durch Alfred Clebsch und Carl Neumann. 46. Band. 1. Heft."Entire issue offered. Internally very fine and clean. [Hilbert:] Pp. 91-96. [Entire issue: IV, 160 pp]. First printing of Hilbert's groundbreaking paper in which "Hilbert's Metric" (or Hilbert's projective metric) - and the metric in general - was introduced. The Hilbert metric an a closed convex cone that can be applied to various purposed in non-Euclidean geometryThe usefulness of Hilbert's metric were made clear in 1957 by Garrett Birkhoff who showed that the Perron-Frobenius theorem for non-negative matrices and Jentzch's theorem for integral operators with positive kernel could both be proved by an application of the Banach contraction mapping theorem in suitable metric spaces. (Serrin. Hilbert's Matric. P. 1).

(Paris, 1948). Bound uncut with the orig. wrappers in a very beautiful binding of brown morocco with title and year of printing in gold on back. Lowered hinges, flat capitals, upper edge gilt. In leather-edged slip-case of same marbled paper as that on the cover of the boards, leather-title on back. (Juul-Lassen). The post-humously published first edition. This is nr. 49 of 100 copies "sur velin pur Fil Johannot".

København, Guldbrandsen & Ko., 1876. Lille8vo. Samtidigt halvshirt. 131 pp. Lidt brunplettet. Originaltrykket af Geleffs "Jammers-Minde", hvori han redegør for fængselsopholdet og dets baggrund. Povl Geleff var en af de tre arbejderledere i Den internationale Arbejderforening (Harald Brix, Louis Pio og Povl Geleff). Foreningen var blevet forbudt, men alligevel indkaldte de til et møde på Fælleden den 5. maj 1872, et møde som resulterede i de optøjer, som blev døbt "Slaget på Fælleden". Alle tre blev arresteret og idømt 4 til 6 års fængsel. Skriftet er et centralt dokument i Socialdemokratiets og Arbejderbevægelsens historie i Danmark. Geleff var en af de tre stiftere af Socialdemokratiet.

Weimar, Industrie=Comptoirs, 1797. Bound uncut in 2 contemp. boards. Spines spotted. paperlabels pasted on spines. Stamps on title-page. XX,142 pp. + Anhang I-XXX and 4 engraved plates + (143-) 484 pp. Internally fine and clean, wide-margined, uncut. 2 engraved vignettes. No portrait.

Rendsburg, Wendell, 1848. 8vo. In contemporary half cloth with the original blue wrapper. Stamp and a paperlabel to front board. Wear to extremities, internally fine. 43 pp. + folded map. First edition.

Berlin, Sander'schen Buchhandlung, 1840. Bound in nice later boards, handwritten title on spine. XXVI,540,(1) pp. Clean and fine, printed on good paper. First edition. Michelet, a devoted Hegelian and founder of the Berlin Philosophical Society, became the first editor of "Der Gedanke".

København, Gyldendal, 1895. 4to. Orig.hshirtbd. Ryg med en smule kantslid. Forperm med et par brunpletter.ll9 pp. samt l6 farvelitograferede plancher. Med dedikation på fribladet "Til Hr. Overgartner Heise/ Venligst fra/ Rud. Nielsen"

København, Schubothe, (1830). Originalt hollanderet papbd. med håndskreven titeletiket på ryg. Ubeskåret. Stempel på titelblad. 14,612,(1) pp. Første danske udgave af "Histoire des expeditions maritimes des Normands et de leur etablissement en France aux dixieme siecle. Paris, 1826." - Bibl. Danica II:526.

Regenspurg, 1. October, st.n. 1691. A folded leaf (18x36 cm.). Only printed on verso. 23 lines.