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London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1809. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1809 - Part II. With titlepage to Part II. Pp. 221-231 a. 1 engraved plate. Clean and fine. First printing of Cavendish's last paper.This paper relates to his astronomical interests and describes three improved methods of graduating astronomcal instruments.

Paris, Arthus-Bertrand, 1838. 8vo, Contemp. full cloth. Spine gilt, with gilt lettering. Royal monogram in gold on frontcover. Stamp on titlepage. In: "Bulletin de la Société de Géographie". 2 Series, tome 9. 376 pp. a. 2 folded maps. (Entire volume offered). Fitzroy's paper: pp. 145-160. First French version of Fitzroy's sketch of the Beagle-voyage, based on his paper from The Journal of the Royal Society of London vol. 6, 1836, in which Darwin is mentioned. The sketch was published before Fitzroy's "Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of his Majesty's Ships...", 1839 ff.

(London, Taylor and Francis, 1865). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1864. Vol. 154 - Part III. Pp. 733-755. Clean and fine. First printing of Boole's last paper, - Boole, the founder of Computer science.George Boole is mostly known for his "An Investigation on the Laws of Thought" 1854 and his developments of a form of symbolic logic, called Boolean Algebra. But he also did importent work on the Calculus, Differential Equations and the Theory of probabilities.

Biponti (Zweibrücken), Typographia Societatis, 1788. 8vo. 2 contemp. full calf. Richly gilt spines with title-and tomelabels. Some scratches to covers. 2 engraved titlevignettes. XIV,381;(2),343 pp. + Indexes. 2 folded engraved plates. Internally clean. Dibdin II:221 "Destitute of Notes; but with a very correct text. The Notitia Literaria prefixed is also very useful."

Paris, Moutard, 1777. Bound in 5 cont. full mottled calf. Richly gilt backs, tome-and titlelabels in leather. Back lightly rubbed. Top of spines a bit worn.

Kbhvn., 1910. Orig. omslag. 406 pp., 23 tavler, 1 kort. Indeholder afhandlinger af bl.a.: K.J.V. Steenstrup: Geol. og Antikvariske Iagttagelser i Julianehaab Distrikt - H.P. Steensby: Contributions to the Ethnology and Anthrologeography of the Polar Eskimos. Etc.

London, T. Becket, 1776. 8vo. Bound in 2 fine contemp. full mottled calf. Profusely gilt spines. Title- and tomelabels in green and red with gilt lettering. Light wear to two spineends. Some cracking to leather at fronthinge on volume 1, but still holding. Backcover on vol. 1 with a nick, some loss of leather. (4),XXIII,429;(4),402 pp. Internally clean and fine, printed on good paper. First English edition. - Lowndes IV:2166.

s'Gravenhage en Amsterdam, Van Cleef, 1846-50. Bound in 5 contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines. Gilt lettering. Spines slightly rubbed. Stamp on foot of title-pages. Clean and fine, printed on good paper.

København, A. Guldbrandsen & Ko., 1876. Ubeskåret i orig. blå blanke omslag. Foromslaget løst. 131 pp. 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.

København, 1870-78. Indbundet i 3 beskedne hshirtbd. Indvendig ren og risk. 346;601;556 pp. Sættet indeholder standardbibliografien over dansk zoologisk og medicinsk litteratur. (= 3. Afdeling).

Kjøbenhavn, Poppske Bogtrykkerie, 1829-30. 3 ensartede, lidt senere, hldrbd. Rygforgyldning. Forgyldte skindtitler. En papirsetiket påsat rygge. Stempel på titelblade. XXVIII,470;(4),402;(4),516 pp. Fiske I,425.

(København, William Christensen, 1891). Lille 4to. Ubeskåret med orig. omslag. Ryg slidt og lidt kantslid på omslaget. Titebladet delvist håndkoloreret. (46) pp. Med 20 håndkolorerede illustrationer (kunstværker) af bl.a. Willumsen og Hammershøi. "I 1891 satte nogle vittige fyre i det Københavnske kunstliv sig for at efterkomme publikums trang til at følge fremskridtet på maleriets område med Den fordomsfri juleudstilling. Det er tvivlsomt om udstillingen nogensinde blev til noget, den har nok snarere helt fra start været tænkt som ren julesatire over datidens kunstscene og i særlig grad miljøet omkring den netop etablerede kunstnersammenslutning Den Frie Udstilling. Det, der med sikkerhed står tilbage, er publikationen Catalog over den fordomsfri juleudstilling med håndkolorerede skitser af værker af prominente navne som Vill. Ulmsen (Willumsen) og Hammerslav (Hammershøi)." (Bo Bjerggaard).

Sofia, 1955-59. 4to. 3 orig. green full cloth. Corners a bit bumped. XIV, (2), 682, (1), 940, 692, (3) pp. From Blgarska Akademija na Naukite. Institut za Blgarski Ezik (Bulgarian).

Odense, 1826. 4to. Smukt privat hldrbd. i brun oaseged, bred ryg og hjørner(Axel Jensen). (8),130,(1) pp. Brunplettet.

(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1750). 4to. No wrappers, as issued in "Mémoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres", tome IV, pp. 149-188 and 2 folded engraved plates.. First edition. Euler shows that any discrete system obeys the Maupertois principle; from this result, he derives the general equation for the balance of moments in a plane elastica, which includes the general catenary as a special case. He also proves that Daniel Bernoulli's principle for the elastica that is free of distributed loads is also a special case of this general equation. - Enestrom No. 145.

Göttingen, Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 1831. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Gilt lettering. Stamp on title-page. XII,1021 pp., 11 foldedlithographed plates. Light browning to title-page. A few scattered brownspots.

Nürnberg, Riegels, 1719. 8vo-oblong. Contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Stamp on title-page. Engraved frontispiece. (14),263,400,302,72 pp. Without plates. Clean and fine.

(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1758). 4to. No wrappers, as issued in "Memoires de Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres", Annee 1756, tome XI, pp. 149-162 a. 3 folded engraved plates. First printing of an early description of the North American Raccoon, Ursus Lotor, Washer Bear (Linné 10th ed.), with 3 fine engraved plates.

Berlin, Mittler, 1819. Contemp. hcalf. Titlelabel with gilt lettering, partly gone. Spine rubbed and a small tear towards top of spine. A paperlabel pasted on lower part of spine. Stamps on title. VIII,392 pp. and 6 large folded maps and plans. Some foxing to titlepage. Scattered brownspots and browning.

Kjøbenhavn, Thiele, 1801. Ubeskåret i orig. blå kartonnage. Det blå ovetrækspapir med revner og rifter og nogle mangler især nederst på ryg. Kobberstukket titelvignet. (4),259 pp. Indvendig ren og frisk, trykt på svært skrivepapir. Originaltrykket. - Bibl. Dan. I,609.

Basel, Birkhäuser Verlag, 1975. Small 4to. Orig. full cloth with dustjacket X,585 pp.

Berlin, Stockholm, Paris, Beijer, 1895. 4to. Bound in contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In "Acta Mathematica", Vol, 19, 1895. Entire volume offered. Stamps to title page, otherwise a fine and clean copy. pp. 1-62.[Entire volume: (4), 395 pp]. First printing of Cousin's important paper containing the first appearance of his two "Cousin problems": two questions in several complex variables, concerning the existence of meromorphic functions that are specified in terms of local data.

Lund, Gleerups Forlag, 1847. Samt. hldrbd. med rygforgyldning. Kanter en smule slidte. (14),656 pp. Enkeltelæg med lidt brunpletter. Med fornem proveniens idet værket forst har tilhørt J. (Jonas) Collin, hans navn på fribladet og herefter R. Hørring, hans exlibris på indersiden af forpermen.

Stockholm, Carl Délen, 1805. Lille 8vo. Samtidigt hldrbd. Rygforgyldning. Lille papirsetiket påsat nederst på ryg. Stempel på titelbladet. (6),(4 = Prenumeranter),602,(2) pp. Tilskrift i blæk på foden af 1 blad. De første 10 blade med en svag skjold, ellers ren og velbevaret.

(London, W.Nicol, 1826). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1826 - Part II. Pp. 163-173 a. (Dalton:) pp. 174-187. First appearance of both works as printed together in the "Transactions".A classic paper by CHARLES BELL on the function of the nervous system, one of the researches in preparation of his famous work "The nervous Systems of the Human Body" from 1830.In his paper JOHN DALTON takes up themes which had occupied him since his great work from 1793 "Meteorological Observations and Essays" and in his Manchester Papers of 1801, where he established the atomic theory.