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Metz, Lithographie de l'Ecole Royale..., 1825. Folio. (34 x 20,5 cm.). Uncut in original blue blank wrappers. Original printed titlelabel on spine. Spine-ends strenghtened with tape. (2),83 pp. Throughout printed in lithographed handwriting. On good paper. Clean and fine. Klaus Jordan, 2172.

K., 1851. Senere papbd. m. skindtitelfelt på ryg. Enkelte blade en anelse brunplettede. (8), 210 pp. BFN 591. Originaludgave.

(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1819). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1819 - Part I. Pp. 11-27, 1 textillustr. First appearance of one of Brewsters importent paper in the field of optical mineralogy, a field he himself created. In the paper he investigates the polarization-force of double refracting crystals. In 1819 he was able to group all but a few of hundreds of minerals and crystals into mutually consistent optical and mineralogical categories: the primitive form determined the number of axes of double refraction."He regarded "all the various phenomena of polarisation of light by reflexion and refraction as brought under the dominion of laws as well determined as those which regulate the motions of the planets." In 1816 he received the Copley Medal, in 1819 two Rumford Medals, and in 1831 a Royal Medal for the papers in which he announced these discoveries. On the popular level, Brewster’s reputation was established in 1816 by the fad for his kaleidoscope. Its invention was a direct result of his studies of the ory of polarization by multiple reflections."(DSB).

A Barby, Frederic Laux, 1782. Fine contemp. hcalf, raised bands and titlelabel in leather gilt lettering. 636,(12) pp. Clean and fine. First French edition of his "Idea Fidei Fratrum..", the declaration of faith of the Moravian Church. Spangenberg succeeded Zinzendorf as bishop of the Moravian Church, and he was active in establishing settlements and Churches in Georgia, Pennsylvania and North Carolina. - This French edition not in Sabin.

Lpz.,Göschen, 1806. Later hcalf., raised bands. XXVI, 326, 283 pp. and 13 engr.plts. (Fr.Kaiser).

Chicago, 1923-28. 8vo. Bound with orig. printed frontwrappers in 3 fine solid halfbuckram.(10),1045 pp. and 102 plates. Clean and fine. (Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago).

Helmstad, Pavli Diet. Schnorrii, 1732. 4to. Uncut in orig. blue boards. (20),110,(10),80,36,32,28,44,35,20,(18) pp. Internally fine.

Paris, Levrault, 1825. Contemp. modest hcloth. Original printed frontwrapper pasted on upper board. (6),481 pp., 6 folded lithographed plates.

Kbhvn. u.år (ca. 1890). Folio. Samt. hldrbd. Med håndskrevet titelblad, da et trykt ikke udkom. 131,IX pp. samt 7 kobberstukne tavler, delvis håndkolorerede. H.F. Hansens bidrag til Zoologia Danica vedrørende edderkopperne, blev aldrig afsluttet da udgivelsen af Zoologia Danica ophørte.

Cracovie, Imprimerie de L'Université, 1903. 8vo. In the original printed wrappers. Offprint from "Bulletin de L'Académie des Sciences de Cracovie", Mars, 1903. Very fine and clean copy. Pp. 143-182. Scarce offprint of Smoluchowski early work on aerodynamics and the related thermal effects.

Kjøbenhavn, Forfatterens Forlag, 1840. Indbundet i et nydeligt nyere halvmaroquin med blindtrykte dekorationer ved kapitælerne. Forgyldt rygtitel. Håndsyede kapitælbånd og fladstrøgne kapitæler. (Sign. Rigmor Birkedal Kragh). Svage brunpletter. Originaludgaven. BFN: 368.

Kbhvn., 1759. 4to. Helldrbd. fra 19.årh. Titelbladet mangler. (12),633 pp. samt 7 kobberstukne og håndkolorerede kort (glober,landkort). Med brugsspor.

Leipzig, Barth, (1891). Orig. printed wrappers. Offprint from "Annalen der Physik und Chemie" pp. 24-51 and 1 folded plate. First edition in the scarce offprint and with "Von den Verfasser überreicht" printed on frontwrapper.

Lipsic, Gerard Fleischer Le Cadet, 1804-05. 2 cont. hcalf. Gilt backs. Backs somewhat worn, especially top of spines. 1 engraved frontisp. A little brownspotted.

Hafniæ, Simmelkviærianus, 1789. Samt. hldrbd., ryg lidt slidt. XVI,596 pp. Originaludgaven af Bangs ansete lærebog i intern medicin med dens udvalg af illustrative sygehistorier fra Frederiks Hospital.

Hamburg, Heroldischen Buchh., 1774. Small 8vo. Unbound, but stitched. 64 pp. Some even browning, otherwise fine. First German edition. - Fromm 2567.

Leipzig, Weidmanni, 1732. 12mo. Contemp. full vellum. Ms-title on spine. Engraved frontispiece. (18),700,(32) pp. A collection of classical speeches for teaching rhetorics.

Small 4to. With all wrappers, loose and uncut in publisher's portfolio. No 230 of 324 "papier pur fil de Marais", a total of 386. With 6 original etchings, many etchings in the text.

(Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1809). Without wrappers as issued in "Annalen der Physik und der Physikalischen Chemie. Hrsg. Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert", Bd. 31, Viertes Stück. Pp. 337-452 a. 1 engraved plate. (The entire issue offered). Humboldt's paper: pp. 337-397. First edition of Humboldt's large paper on the refraction in the atmosphere and his caloric theory of absorption. - Darmstaedter 1809 H.

Copenhagen und Leipzig, 1790. Small 8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Some wear to tome-and titlelabels. on spine. Marbled coverpapers and corners renewed. XXXVI,330,487,(3) pp. Internally fine. First German edition of Bang's renowned work on pathological case studies, a translation of his work "Selecta diarii" from 1789.Bibl. Danica I:802. - Not in Waller.

(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1819). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1819 - Part I. Pp. 11-27, 1 textillustr. First appearance of one of Brewsters importent paper in the field of optical mineralogy, a field he himself created. In the paper he investigates the polarization-force of double refracting crystals. In 1819 he was able to group all but a few of hundreds of minerals and crystals into mutually consistent optical and mineralogical categories: the primitive form determined the number of axes of double refraction."He regarded "all the various phenomena of polarisation of light by reflexion and refraction as brought under the dominion of laws as well determined as those which regulate the motions of the planets." In 1816 he received the Copley Medal, in 1819 two Rumford Medals, and in 1831 a Royal Medal for the papers in which he announced these discoveries. On the popular level, Brewster’s reputation was established in 1816 by the fad for his kaleidoscope. Its invention was a direct result of his studies of the ory of polarization by multiple reflections."(DSB).

Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1880. Without wrappers as issued in "Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg. von G. Wiedemann.", Neue Folge Bd. 10, 7. Heft With Titlepage to vol. 10.. Pp. 337-512 a. 1 folded plate, (entire issue offered "Heft" 7). Hertz's paper: pp. 414-448. First printing of Hertz's first paper by which he won the Philosophical Faculty Prize (Berlin) in 1879, earning a medal, a first publication in Annalen der Physik and Helmholtz' deepening respect."To encourage experimental work in the notoriously difficult domain of unclosed currents, Helmholtz proposed for the prize of the Berlin Philosophical Faculty in 1878 a problem dealing with an implication of Weber’s theory: when oscillations of electricity are set up in an unclosed circuit, Weber’s hypothetical electrical inertia should reveal itself in a retardation of the oscillations. Through the experiments that Helmholtz had suggested on the self-induction of doubly wound spirals, Hertz won the Philosophical Faculty prize; he proved that the inertia of electricity is either zero or less than a very small value, thereby lending experimental support to Helmholtz’ theoretical judgment of the improbability of Weber’s theory."(DSB).

(London, John Murray, 1820, 1821, 1822). Wirhout wrappers as ectracted from "The Quarterly Journal of Science and the Arts. (The Royal Institution of Great Britain)", vol. IX, X, XI, XII, XIII. Pp. 149-164, 416-426, 177-182, 137-151 a. 366-385, textillustr. First English translation of Olber's famous work on the orbits of comets."In 1796 Olbers discovered a Comet and calculated its parabolic orbit with a new method, simpler than that used by Laplace. In a letter to F.X. von Zach...Olbers asked whether his treatise on this method shouild be printed, and if so, how this could be done. After reading the tratise and using it with excellent results to compute the orbit of the comet of 1779, which had presented great difficulties to many astronomers, von Zach decided to see it through the press himself. It appeared in Weimar in 1797 under the title "Über die leichteste und bequemste Methode, die Bahn eines Kometen aus einigen Beobachtungen zu berechnen" This work immediately established Olbers among the formost astronomers of his time, and his method was used tyhroughout the nineteenth century."(DSB X, p. 198).

Stockholm, L. Salvius, 1744-53. 8vo. Indbundet i et smukt samtidigt halvlæderbind med rygforgyldning. Forgyldt skindtitel. Fire ophøjede bind. Kapitæler slidte, øvre delvist bortslidt. Ydre false med en smule slid. Hjørner stødte. Navnetræk på forsatsblad. En smule brunet, ellers ren indvendig. (28), 248, (10); (6), 314, (24); (43), 30-262, (10) pp. Den ualmindelige originaludgave.

(Paris, Gauthier-Villars), 1876. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 82, No 17. Pp. (927-) 1006. (Entire issue offered). Marey's paper: pp. 975-77 First printing of a founding paper in electrocardiography where Marey recorded the first electrocardiogram, using the mercury capillary electrometer, the electrical activity of an exposed frog's heart.