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Cambridge University Press, 1954. 8vo. Orig. blue full cloth w. gilt lettering to spine, orig. blue and white dust-jacket w. some overall soiling, but no loss. Price-clipped. Owner's name stamped to front free end-paper. (6), 129 pp. First edition of Ryle's second main work, in which he sets out to discuss true issues and dilemmas of the actual life of man.Gilbert Ryle (1900-1976) was an immensely influential British philosopher, who represented the ordinary language philosophers so strongly influenced by Wittgenstein. He was also greatly influenced by Bertrand Russell and his theory of descriptions and the conception of analysis embodied in that. Influenced by the idea of misleading expressions, which can be sorted out only with the help of logic, Ryle establishes his view of philosophy as cartography. Just like the inhabitants of a space on earth can talk about that space to the cartographer, so the ordinary user of a language can talk to the philosopher. However, in both cases the practical knowledge of the ordinary user must be transformed into the universal terms of the expert in order for him to say anything meaningful.In his "Dilemmas" Ryle, with the aid of the tools of the practicing philosopher, solves a number of puzzles for everyday man and makes him understand the meaning and use of philosophy in general.

Paris, Paul Dupont, 1856. Contemp. hcloth. Wear to top of spine. Stamps on title-page. XVII,(2),216 pp., 3 large folded engraved maps.

Stuttgart und Tübingen, Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1824. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Gilt lettering. Spine slightly rubbed. Light wear to edges. Stamp on title-page. XVI,940 pp., 4 folded engraved maps/plans. A map called for on the title-page is missing. A few minor scattered brownspots.

Berlin, Julius Springer, 1923. 8vo. Contemp. hcloth. A stamp to titlepage. Entire volume 12 of "Zeitschrift für Physik". IV, 380 pp. Entire volume offered). The paper: pp. 342-75. Internally clean and fine. First printing of Bohr's conceptions about atomic structure including electronic orbits and chemical bonds. The paper was written in the months during which element 72 was discovered (first named Hafnia, the Latin name for Copehagen, then Danium, and finally the official name became Hafnium), and in the paper, element 72 is mentioned but not named. This is Bohr's first paper with joint authorship."Element 72 is included, but it is still indicated as unknown. In the second section of the paper a classification is given of the known X-ray spectra of 48 elements, from magnesium to uranium." (Bohr. Collected Works: The periodic system (1920-1923), p. 33).The volume also contains the following paper by Erwin Schrödinger:Über eine bemerkenswerte Eigenschaft der Quantenbahnen eines einzelnen Elektrons. Pp. 13-23

Berlin, Gruyter & Co., 1930. 4to. Orig. printed orange wrappers. Offprint/Sonderausgabe aus Sitzungsberichten...pp. (1)-13. Fine fresh copy. First edition in the rare Offprint with its separate printed title and separate pagination. Se Weil No. 170, not mentioning this.The early Offprints from "Sitzungsberichten..." are called "Sonderabdruck" up to Weil No.165 (including this). From Weil 166 they are called "Sonderausgabe...". - Before 161 (up to 160) the Offprints do not have separate title and pagination (the pagination follows the numbering in the periodical). From 166 the Offprint has both separate printed title and pagination. - ( So Weil Nos 161-165 is still "Abdruck", but with separate title and pagination). These facts are not mentioned in the bibliographies.

Kopenhagen, Nicolaus Møller, 1771-77. Folio. Helbind i flammet kalv fra omkr. 1850 med rygforgyldning. (8),286,(10),160 pp. På skrivepapir. Gennemgående ren og velholdt bortset fra en skjold i øvre margin på ca. 10 sider i første del. Eksemplaret mangler Preislers 8 portrætstik. Med Frederik Heymans kobberstukne exlibris indklæbet på forpermens inderside. Anden del af værket er helliget Christian den Fjerdes Historie.

Kbhvn., 1752. Samt. hldrbd. Kapitæl slidt og ryg med brugsspor. Kobberstukket titelvignet. (16),342 pp. + Register og Forklaringer. Her og der brunplettet. Forordet med understregninger i gl. hånd.

La Haye, Pierre Gosse, 1738. Small 8vo. Bound in 2 contemp. hvellum. Titlelabels with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on spines. Stamp. on titlepages. XVI,170;(4),200 pp. and 14 folded tables. Internally clean and fine, printed on good paper.

Leipzig, Junius, 1765 2 contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines. Tome- and titlelabels with gilt lettering. Wear to top of spine on volume 1. A paperlabel pasted on lower part of spine on volume 1. Stamp on title-pages. 328;368,(30) pp. Faint scattered brownspots.

(Paris), Hachette et Cie, 1898. 4to. Orig.full longgrained morocco. Richly gilt on back a.covers. VIII, 390 pp. Richly illustr. with textillustr. a. 19 plts. in Helio gravure.

Paris, Par la Compagnie des Libraires, 1730. 4to. Contemp. full mottled calf. Raised bands. Richly gilt spines. A small tear on hinge at upper part of spine. (10),154,470 pp. and 17 folded engraved plates. Some leaves with light yellowing, otherwise fine and clean. Contributions by Cassini le fils, Parent, de la Hire, Renaume, Nicole, Cassini, Maraldi, Mery, Reaumur, Varignon, Geoffrey, Homberg, Rollf, De Lisle, Lemery, Astruc.

Paris, 1898. 4to. Cont.hcalf.Richly gilt backs. Hinge slightly weakening. A little foxing in the text. No. 91 of 500 copies. 186 pp. Uncut and 24 litogr.colour-plates.

Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1750. 4to. Extract from "Mémoires de Mathematique et de Physique, Présentés à l'Academie des Sciences par divers Savans", Tome I. Pp. 478-529 pp. and 2 engraved plats. With titlepage to Volume I. A small wormhole to inner margin. First appearance of this classic study of the tapeworm (Taenia), being the first accurate description of the Proglottids."In 1741 he began to study reproduction by fusion and the regeneration of lost parts in the freshwater hydra and other animals. The following year he discovered that the respiration of caterpillars and butterflies is performed by pores, to which the name of stigmata has since been given. He also studied tapeworms. These investigations earned him a membership of the Royal Society of London in 1743, the same year he became a doctor of laws.""Bonnet is considered one of the fathers of modern biology. He is distinguished for both his experimental research and his philosophy, which exerted a profound influence upon the naturalists of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. " (D.S.B. II: 286).With: M. Geer "Observation sur la propriété singulière qu'ont les grandes Chenilles á quatorze jambes & à double queue, du Saule, de seringuer de la liqueur". Pp. 530-638 a. 1 engraved plate.

(Kiöbenhavn, 1764). 54x43 cm. Kobberstukket grundplan af København indenfor Voldene, visende bebyggelsen i 1764. Med spor efter foldning, men iøvrigt ren og frisk, trykt på svært skrivepapir Grundplanen udkom i Pontoppidan's "Danske Atlas" Tome II, 1764.

Kjøbenhavn, C. A. Reitzels Forlag, 1837. Indbundet i et samtidigt halvlæderbind med rygforgyldning. Forgyldt rygtitel. Fire ophøjede bind på ryg. Øverste to centimeter af ryggen mangler. Ryggen falmet. False en smule slidte. Titelblad brunet, med slid i hjørnerne og forstærket i indre margin. Noget brunet i kanterne. Mangler smudstitelbladene. Originaludgaven. BFN 308.Eksemplaret har tilhørt Eiler Høeg og bærer hans exlibris samt navnetræk på smudstitelbladet og titelbladet.

Berlin, Gruyter X Co., 1930. 4to. Orig. orange printed wrappers. Offprint/Sonderausgabe aus Sitzungsberichten... pp. (1)-13. First edition in the rare Offprint, having separate printed title and separate pagination. See Weil No. 170, where this is not mentioned.The early Offprints from "Sitzungsberichten..." are called "Sonderabdruck" up to Weil No.165 (including this). From Weil 166 they are called "Sonderausgabe...". - Before 161 (up to 160) the Offprints do not have separate title and pagination (the pagination follows the numbering in the periodical). From 166 the Offprint has both separate printed title and pagination. - ( So Weil Nos 161-165 is still "Abdruck", but with separate title and pagination). These facts are not mentioned in the bibliographies.

Stockholm, Lars Salvius, 1744. Samtidigt hpergamentsbd. (14),190,22 pp. samt 14 kobberstukne plancher. Titelvignetten og andre vignetter og 3 foldeplancher kolorerede. Et par udsnit i titelbladet, hvor gl. ejernavne bortklippet. Uden teksttab. Lidt spredte brunpletter, men ganske velbevaret. First Swedish edition of Clairaut's renowned elementary geometry "Élémens de géométrie", 1741.Clairaut’s Élémens de géométrie is linked to the more liberal school. He wanted geometry to be rediscovered by beginners and therefore put together, for himself and for them, a very optimistic history of mathematical thought that reflected the concepts of his contemporaries Diderot and Rousseau. (DSB)."I intended to go back to what might have given rise to geometry; and I attempted to develop its principles by a method natural enough so that one might assume it to be the same as that of geometry’s first inventors, attempting only to avoid any false steps that they might have had to take" [Élémens de géométrie, preface].

Kbhvn., Gyldendal, 1815. Ubeskåret i orig. hollanderet papbd. Forperm løs. Lettere brunplettet. XII,312 pp.

Paris, Briasson, 1753. Contemp. full mottled calf. Richly gilt backs in compartments. Lower compartmen with a paperlabel pasted on. Stamp on titlepage. XV,(2),174,(2) pp. and 17 large folded engraved plates (maps and plans). Clean and printed on fine paper.

Stockholm, (1898). 4to. Samt. hldrbd. med rygforgyldning. Ene fals itu. (6),XV,343 pp. samt 69 kromolitograferede tavler. Anker No. 270. Wood p. 421.

Ldn., 1877. All 3 vols. in the orig. blue full cloth. Here and there some traces of use. Uncut. Internally fine. XXXVI, 454, XXIV, 506, XXXII, 429 pp. With the advertisements in the back.

Kjøbenhavn, Schultz, 1814-16. Indbundet ensartet i 4 nyere smukke hldrbd. med ophøjede bind, rygforgyldning, forgyldte skindtitler samt blinsdtrykte dekorationer i alle rygfelter. Med det kobberstukne portræt af Ewald, tegnet og stukket af C.F. Clemens, samt alle 21 kobberstukne plancher. Med de "anstødelige" 6 kobbere til første bind af Abildgaard, resten af Chodowiecki. Flot rent og velbevaret eksemplar på skrivepapir.

Berlin, Hempel, 1857-61. Lex8vo. 3 contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines. gilt lettering. Spines a bit rubbed. Stamp on title-pages. Chromolithographed frontispiece. IX,870;XVIII,1130;XV,1341 pp. many lithographed maps, plates and facsimile. Volume one with traces of use.

Leipzig, B.G. Teubner, 1846. Small 4to. Contemp. hcalf, raised bands, gilt spine. Frontispiece. (2),464 pp. Profusely illustrated with plates and textillustr. in woodcut by Grandville. Internally clean and fine.