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Züllichau und Freistadt, Darnmannschen Buchhandlung, 1819-21. Bound in 3 contemp. half calf. Gilt spines, titlelabels with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spines. Stamps on title-pages. VIII,422,(2);(6),416,(2);VIII,354 pp.

Stockholm, Carl Stolpe, 1773. Samtidigt hldrbd., ophøjede bind på ryg, titeletiket på ryg. Øverste kapitæl bortslidt og øverste rygfelt med en papirsetiket. Stempler på titelbladet. (24),550,288 pp. + Register afsluttende med Rettelsesblad (2) pp. Lidt spredte brunpletter. Heri store afsnit om Lapland og Finland.

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.

Kjøbenhaffn, Christian Wering, 1671. 4to. Hldrbd. fra 19. årh. med rig rygforgyldning. (8),249,(16) pp. På skrivepapir. Hver side med træskåren sammensat røskenramme.

Leipzig, B.G. Teubner, 1910. 8vo. Original printed wrappers, no backstrip and a small nick to front wrapper. In "Mathematische Annalen. Begründet durch Alfred Clebsch und Carl Neumann. 68. Band. 4. Heft." Entire issue offered. Internally very fine and clean. [Hilbert:] Pp. 445-71. [Entire issue: Pp. 445-572]. First printing of Hilbert's obituary over Minkowki. They had a life long friendship."Minkowski was born of German parents who returned to Germany and settled in Königsberg [now Kaliningrad, R.S.F.S.R.] when the boy was eight years old. His older brother Oskar became a famous pathologist. Except for three semesters at the University of Berlin, he received his higher education at Köningsberg, where he became a lifelong friend of both Hilbert, who was a fellow student, and the slightly older Hurwitz, who was beginning his professorial career. Hilbert’s education at Königsberg and his close friendship with Hermann Minkowski both stimulated his interest in physics." (DSB).

Copenhagen und Gotha, Ettinger, 1788. Contemp. hcalf. raised bands. Richly gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on lower part of spine. Stamp. on title-page. (16),184,(1) pp., 14 folded engraved plates. Klaus Jordan, 3566.

Kjøbenhavn, Frantz Christian Mumme, 1751. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with four raised bands and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Four blank leaves inserted in the back with register in contemporary hand. (12), 258 pp. Andet oplag af originaludgaven, som udkom samme år. - Johansen 31,2.

Amsterdam, No Printer, 1772. Small8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Spine somewhat defective, lacks some leather at spine ends. With a paperlabel pasted on spine. A stamp on titlepage. XI,288,(1) pp. Internally clean.

Oxford, Printed at the Theater, 1749. Hcalf. Covers detached and gone. Block intact. Engraved titlevignet. (12),171 pp. and 15 engraved plates (of which 9 are folded). Light browning.

Paris, Bossange Frères, 1823. Bound in 2 contemp. hcalf, gilt spines and gilt lettering. Upper compartment on volume one with a tear to joint and top of spine worn. Stamp on verso of titlepages. VIII,439;XIV,446 pp.and 1 large folded engraved map and one plate with facsimile of handwriting. Internally clean and fine.

København, J.D. Qvist, 1843. Orig. bogtrykt kartonnage. Ryg en smule slidt. Ubeskåret og uopskåret. Stempel på fællestitelbladet. X,542,(4) samt foldetabeller. Originaludgaven. (Bidrag til Kundskab om de danske Provindsers nærværende Tilstand i oeconomisk Henseende, Sextende Stykke).

Leipzig, Meissen und Riesa, Goedesch's Buchhandlung, (1853). Contemp. clothbacked marbled boards. Engraved frontispiece (Stadtbad). IV,28 pp., 1 litographed colouplate (Badeloge 5) and 1 large folded lithographed plan in colour. Some foxing to text.

Havniæ (Copenhagen), 1741. 8vo. In contemporary full calf. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Wear to extremities. Scratches and holes in the leather on boards, showing the wooden boards underneath. Previous owner's name in contemporary hand to front free end-paper. Internally with a few ink stains. (14), 398, (100) pp. + frontispiece and 2 maps. New and revised edition. Biblioteca Danica IV, 118

Paris, G. Masson, 1883. 8vo. Contemp. hcalf, raised bands, gilt spine. Light wear along edges. Small stamps on verso of titlepage. In: "Annales de Chimie et de Physique", 5e Series, Tome IX. 576 pp. and 3 folded engraved plates. (Entire volume offered). Mendeleev's paper: pp. 111-119. First printing of this paper in which Mendeleev, in connection with his aerobautical researches, investigated the compressability and elasticity of gases.The volume contains other importent papers DES CLOIZEAU'S "Mémoire sur L'Existence, les propriétes optique et christallographiques, et la Composition chimique du Microline,nouvelle Espèce de feldspath...", pp. 433-499 and illustrated with 12 ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHIC textillustrations. Also with original contributions by Berthelot, Raoult, and CLAUDE BERNARD "Critique experimentale sur la ormation du Sucre dans le Sang ou sur la Fonction de la Glycémie physiologique", pp. 207-265.

Kbhvn., Peder Hake, 1656. 4to. Smukt nyere hldrbd. (20),244 pp. Titelblad og de 2 første blade repareret i bladkanter og med lidt skjolder. Originaltrykket, men her foreligger kun den første afdeling "Oc handler først Om Danmarckis Grentzer; Deelelse, Fructbarhed, oc Indbyggernes Idretter i Almindelighed" (København, Siælland-Skaane-Blekinge-Fyen-og Jyllands Stifter (incl. øerne). I samtidig hånd på sidste dedikationsblad flg. karakteristik af forfatteren: "Du Arent Berntsen, har været en Hÿcler, du har haft god Lön, vist nok, og levet paa fattige Folks Bekostning, derfor har du skrevet meget Fiass op, og Kostet i Trÿk !"

Bologna, Nicola Zanichelli, 1913. 8vo. In the original printed wrappers (With both the regular journal issue wrappers and the offprint wrappers - as issued). Offprint from "Scientia", Band XIII, Jahr 7. (1913), N.XXVII-1. A very fine and clean copy. Pp. 1-(25) - 20-(44). Offprint issue of Smoluchowski's paper on the number and size of mulecules and atoms.

Basil, James Decker, 1801. Bound in 3 nice contemp. hcalf with richly gilt spines and gilt lettering.

Hamburg, Hoffmann, (1808-09). Bound in 8 cont. hcalf. Back on vol.4 (1808) torn. A little worn. Stamp on titles.

(Nwe York, Johnson Reprint Company Ltd., 1977). Folio. Orig. full cloth portfolio. (8) pp. of text in-4to. and 8 facsimile plates in colour.

Berlin/Lyon, Woss/Bruyset, 1761. Contemp. full mottled calf. Raised bands. Richly gilt spine. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spine. Light wear to top of spine. Stamps on title-page. Title-page printed in red and black. VIII,378 pp., and 24 large folded engraved plates.

Kjøbenhavn, F. Brummers Forlag, 1818. Small 8vo. Bound in a slightly worn contemporary hcalf. with gilt spine. Gilt title label. Corners bumped. Some brownspotting. The rare first printing of the sixth volume of Peter Foersom's and P.F. Wulf's translation of Shakespeare's tragic works. This volume contains the first danish translation of Richard III.The present translation of Shakespeare's works is considered the most important in Danish literature and became the standard version of the works.The copy belonged to the Danish literary historian Mogens Brøndsted and the renowned zoologist J. Reinhardt.

Sthlm., 1838 - 39. Samt. hldrbd. m. rygforgyldn. og blindtrykte dekorationer på ryg. Med fællestitelblad og de to deltitelblade. Første svenske udgave.

Paris, Béchet Ainé, 1822. Bound in one cont. hvellum. Gilt back, red titlelabels. (4),XI,359,(4),320 pp. Stained in upper inner corner of vol. 1, decreasing towards end.