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Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1879. Contemporary half calf, spine with gilt lettering. VII,299 pp. Inscribed by the translator to Mademoiselle Caroline Simonsen. First French translation.Bikelas was a Greek businessman, translator, poet and novelist, and was also first president of the International Olympic Committee.

New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1971. 8vo. Original full green cloth, bound with the original blue wrappers. Volume 50, 1971 of "The Bell System Technical Journal". Library stamp to free front end-paper and title page. Minor bumping to extremities. A nice and clean copy. [Mentioned articles:] Pp: 219-700. [Entire issue:XXXVII, (3), 1098]. First edition of the technical description of Bell System's picturephone System.When the system was launched it was regarded as a state of the art information tool. It was being used in various science fiction-movies, among these, Stanley Cubric's A Space Odyssey."The AT&T picturephone offered full motion, a monochrome picture, and about half the resolution of a conventional TV image. It worked over three phone lines, and though fairly costly, was somewhat affordable. The AT&T picturephone utilized sophisticated image technology and was a well designed product offering desk-top, impulse use." (Noll, Michael. Highway of dreams: a critical view along the information superhighway, 1997, p. 27).It never became a huge success and after a few years only, it was taken off the market. In the history of the telephone and communication in general, however, it occupies an important role, as this was the first time that a visual personal communication tool was being offered to a broad audience. In this respect, it can be regarded as the forerunner of web-cam and video mobiles. Other papers of interest is contained in the present volume:1. Baird, Jack A. The Picturephone System: Foreword. Pp. 219-220. 2. Dorros, Irwin. The Picturephone System: The Network. Pp. 221-233. 3. Crater, T.V. The Picturephone System: Service Standards. Pp. 235-269.4. Cagle, W.B.; Strokes, R.R.; Wright, B.A. The Picturephone System: The Station: 2C Video Telephone Station Set. Pp. 271-312.5. Gordon, A.M.; Singleton, J.B. The Picturephone System: Station Set Components. Pp. 313-349.6. Brown, H.E. The Picturephone System: Transmission Plan. Pp. 351-394. 7. Brown, J.M. The Picturephone System: Baseband Video Transmission on Loops and Short-Haul Trunks. Pp. 395-425.8. Bunin, B.J.; Hirsch, R.B.; Olsen, R.E. The Picturephone System: Crosstalk Considerations in the Transmission of Analog Signals on Paired Cable. Pp. 427-457. 9. Millard, J.B.; Maunsell, H.I. The Picturephone System: Digital Encoding of the Video Signal. Pp. 459-479.10. Broderick, C.W. The Picturephone System: A Digital Transmission System for TD-2 Radio. Pp. 481-499. 11. Gunn, J.F.; Ronne, J.S.; Weller, D.C. The Picturephone System: Mastergroup Digital Transmission on Modern Coaxial Systems. Pp. 501-520. 12. Urich, J.F. The Picturephone System: Switching Plan. Pp. 521-531. 13. Burgess, P.N.; Stickel, J.E. The Picturephone System: Central Office Switching. Pp. 533-552.14. Breen, Charles. The Picturephone System: Customer Switching Systems. Pp. 553-565.15. Daskalakis, A. The Picturephone System: Key Telephone Systems. Pp. 567-584.16. Anderson, H.P. The Picturephone System: The 850A PBX. Pp. 585-604.17. Brown, D.W.; Horvath, J.R.; Paxton, T.S. The Picturephone System: No. 101 ESS. Pp. 605-620.18. Dougherty, H.J.; Peterson, E.B.; Schachtman, M.G. The Picturephone System: Maintenance Plan. Pp. 621-644. 19. Favin, D.L.; Gilmore, J.F. The Picturephone System: Line and Trunk Maintenance Arrangements. Pp. 645-665.20. Bender, E.C.; Howson, R.D. The Picturephone System: Wideband Data Service. Pp. 667-681.21. Warwick, P.S.; Phipps, G.W. The Picturephone System: Computer Access. Pp. 683-700.And many other.

leipzig u. St. Petersburg, Haessel, 1868-69. Cont. hcalf. Gilt back. V,812 pp. Light browning to leaves.

Weimar, B.F. Voigt, 1847. Bound in 2 contemp. hcalf. Spines gilt, but somewhat worn, the gilt lettering nearly gone. Lithographed frontispiece-portrait. LVIII,440;321;IV,392;IV,439,(1) pp. A few scattered brownspots, otherwise internally fine.

Hannover, Hahn'sche, 1854. Uncut in original printed wrappers. A small part of upper corner on wrappers gone. Small stamp on title-page. XV,108 pp., 5 lithographed plates.

(Venezia), 1781. 41,5x31,5 cm. Kobberstukket Danmarkskort med stor håndkoloreret kartouche visende landsdele med træer og bygninger. I samtidig håndkolortereing. I kraftig passe-partout. Udkom i Zattas "Atlante Novissimo".

(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1766). 4to. No wrappers as issued in "Mémoires de L'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres", tome XV, pp. 89-184 and 1 folded engraved plate. First edition. Redern, curator to the Berlin Academy presents here an historical account of the development in Optics, from Kepler to Euler, together with its mathematical theory.Poggendorff II:582-83.

Paris, D'Amyot, 1854-56. Royal8vo. 4 cont. hcalf. Gilt backs. Backs lightly rubbed. Stamp on titles. 480,546,437,424 pp. Printed on good paper. Occasionally lightly brownspotted.

Odense, (Hempel), 1809. 4to. Samt. noget slidt hldrbd. Her og der lidt brunplettet. Alle årgangens numre intakte. 816 pp.

London, C. Drin (et) C. Harper, 1694. 8vo. Contemp. full calf. Raised bands, gilt spine (faint). Light wear to top of spine. Spine a bit rubbed.Engraved frontispiece. (28),491,(38) pp., a few textillustrations. Macrobius was one of the leading popularizers of science in the Latin West, and his conception of the world geography as an equatorial and meridional ocean (depicted in the book) dividing the earth into four quarters, dominated scientific thinking on world geography in the Middle Ages. - His "Saturnalia" deals with Roman feasts in form of table-talk at a banquet in Rome, giving information of food and drink and their preparation.and is fascinatingly rich in philological, historical, antiquarian and scientific lore, throwing a clear light on the interests and taste of the period.

(London, Richard Taylor, 1835). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1835 - Part II. Pp. 263-274. Clean and fine. First appearance of this paper in which Faraday describes his improvements of the Voltaic battery."This paper relates altogether to the practical construction and use of the voltaic battery. Guided by the principles developed in former series, the author concluded that in voltaic instruments in which the copper surrounded the zinc, there was no occasion for insulation of the contiguos coppers, provided they did not come into metallic contact; and therefore in the cionstruction of some new instruments he interposed paper only between the coppers instead of the usual insulating plate of porcelain or glass."(Abstract)..From 1831 to 1852 Michael Faraday published his "Experimental Researches in Electricity" in The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. These papers contain not only an impressive series of experimental discoveries, but also a collection of heterodox theoretical concepts on the nature of these phenomena expressed in terms of lines of forces and fields. He published 30 papers in all under this general title.They represents Faraday's most importent work, are classics in both chemistry and physics and are the experimental foundations for Maxwell's electro-magnetic theory of light, using Faraday's concepts of lines of force or tubes of magnetic and electrical forces. His many experiments on the effects of electricity and magnetism presented in these papers lead to the fundamental discoveries of 'induced electricity' (the Farday current), the electronic state of matter, the identity of electricity from different sources, equivalents in electro-chemical decomposition, electrostatic induction, hydro-electricity, diamagnetism, relation of gravity to electricity, atmospheric magnetism and many other."Among experimental philosophers Faraday holds by universal consent the foremost place. The memoirs in which his discoveries are enshrined will never ceaseto be read with admiration and delight; and future generations will preserve with an affection not less enduring the personal records and familiar letters, which recall the memory of his humble and unselfish spirit."(Edmund Whittaker in A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity).

Paris, The Olympia Press, (1953). Orig. printed wrappers. Printed for Private circulation, limited to 2000 copies. This being no. 1286. 342,(4);348,(2) pp. Clean and fine copy. First edition.

Stockholm, P. G. Berg, 1859. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with gilt lettering to spine. Spine with wear and some of gilting worn off. Brownspottet throughout. Stamp ("Axel Carlberg") to verso of four our the plates. (6), 546 pp. + 8 coloured plates depicting various shipwrecks. Rare first partial Swedish translation of Eyries' "Histoire des naufrages" containing descriptions of shipwrecks, winterings, abandonments, fires and other fatal events at sea.

Kjøbenhavn, Berling, 1747. Lille8vo. Samtidigt hldrbd. Ophøjede bind på ryggen. Blindtrykte stempler i rygfelter. En papirsetiket påsat nederste rygfelt. Revner i skindet ved forreste kapitæl, men permen ikke løs. Stempel på titelbladet. (12),260 pp., 1 blad Mangler (pp.153/54), tekstfigurer. + (4),140 pp. Lettere brugsspor.

New York, Argus Books, 1946. Small folio. In the original printed red and white wrapper. Wrappers with some soiling of a 5 x 2 cm repair to front wrapper. Internally fine and clean. (10), 116 pp. The rare American abridged (90 pages of notes removed) edition of this seminal and highly controversial work on the British/Palestine issue. Despite the fact that this edition was issued in a more popular rendition, shortened and with a more colorful and inviting cover, intended for the American audience, it is rarely offered for sale. The Rape of Palestine presents a devastating criticism of the British politics in Israel. The British Foreign Office declared the book "violent and offensive" and monitored Ziff closely thereafter. Ziff was one of the most prominent American supporters of Revisionist Zionism and took active part in politics and was persuaded by Revisionist Zionist leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky to accept the presidency of the Zionist-Revisionists of America organization.

Leipzig, Baumgärtners Buchhandlung, 1839. 4to. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt. Spineends taped. Engraved frontispiece (with portraits). XVI,320 pp., 67 engraved plates. Scattered brownspots.

Mannheim, Schwan und Götz, 1794-97. Bound in 2 contemp. full calf. Spines gilt,titlelabels nearly gone. Spines a bit rubbed. Old owners names on titlepage. XVIII,184,(2);303;271;231 pp. Internally clean and printed on good paper. First German edition of this classic work which was published up to 1825, comprising in all 10 parts. Frank, best remembered for his great services to public health, was the first physician to emphasize the gravity of diseases of the spinal cord and the first to define diabetes insipidus.Garrison & Morton: 1965 (the Latin original).

Paris, Dumaine, 1849. 4to. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. (4) pp., 17 double-page engraved plates. Faint scattered brownspots. Klaus Jordan,4175. (Mentions 18 plates, but 17 is correct).

St.- Petersbourg, 1891. Royal8vo. Orig. full blindtooled cloth, gilt spine and gilt frontcover. Wear to spine ends. Some wear along hinges. Backhinge with tear in cloth. 2 engraved frontispieces (portrait and views). (2) pp., LXIV,768,X columns, (3) pp. With 115 woodcut-illustrations on plates. One leaf with a long tear, no loss of text. Internally clean.

London, Cadell & Davies, 1812. 77,5x56 cm. Kobberstukket kort over Danmark i original konturkolorering. Island i lille format indsat i øverste venstre hjørne. Det store Danmarks-kort udkom i Pinkerton's "Modern Atlas", men solgtes også i løsblad.

Hauniae, Schultz, 1841. 4to. In recent boards with leather title-label to front board. First and last leaves with brownspotting. (2), 14 pp. Rare first edition of this official Latin address by Hans Christian Ørsted delivered as part of a formal academic convocation at the University of Copenhagen. Issued to mark the dual occasion of the commemoration of ecclesiastical reforms in Denmark and the inauguration of a new academic magistrate, the work reflects Ørsted’s ceremonial role as rector and his participation in shaping the intellectual and institutional life of the university.

Paris, Bilaine, 1716. Contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Richly gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Some neath repairs to joints and edges. Stamp on title-page. Engraved frontispiece (mounted). (14),913,(30) pp. Neath repairs to the first 3 leaves.

Lond., 1731. Cont. full calf. Back rubbed. On good paper. (12), XXXII, 342, XLII pp.

(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1814). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 18154 - Part II. Pp. 436-439. First appearance of an importent paper in which Brewster reveals his discovery of a new connection between light and heat: "glass brought to a certain temperature forms two images, and polarises them in opposite manner, like all doubly refracting crystals, the one image being coincident with the other"(p. 437). Brewster was the discoverer of the law of polarization, of biaxal crystals, of optical mineralogy, and of double refraction by compression.Independently of Seebeck, in 1814 English physicist David Brewster started investigating birefringence in glass caused by inhomogeneous heating. He also investigated the effect of sudden cooling of heated glass and discovered that in broken glass birefringence vanishes. Brewster considered his discovery so important* that he hastily published a paper, in which he only verbally described the creation of birefringence in glass by heat.With 2 other notable papers by HENRY KATER "An improved Method of dividing Astronomical Circles and other Instruments", pp. 419-435a. 2 folded engraved plates. And JOHN W.F. HERSCHEL "Consideration of various Points of Analysis", pp. 440-468.

Lpz., 1805-06. Uncut in cont.(orig.) blank wrappers. XX, 620, 476 pp.