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Dresden, Waltherischen Hofbuchhandlung, 1799. Small 8vo. Cont. hcalf. Richly gilt spine. Gilt lettering. Stamp on title. 154,(4) pp. Clean and fine, printed on good paper.

Leipzig, Officina Solbrigia, (1788) 4to. Orig. blank wrappers. Frontwrapper loose. (6),70,(2) pp. and 4 engraved plates with many figs. Titlepage and 2 lvs. brownspotted. Scattered marginal brownspots. Wide-margined copy, printed on good paper. This dissertation is probably the first monograph on the Gadfly. - BMC (NH) II, p.576. - Horn &Schenkling, Fischer :76.

Paris, Magimel, Anselin et Pochard, 1819. Clothbacked blank covers. 32 pp. and 1 large folded lithographed map (35 x 34 cm.) printed in colour (Lith. G. Engelmann). First edition. Remarkable with this incunabula lithography, being among the very first lithographs used in bookillustration, here probably colouprinted. - Klaus Jordan, 3277.

Kbhvn., Seb. Popp, 1798. Meget smukt nyere hldrbd. i brun oaseged. Rygforgyldning. 414,(2) pp. På skrivepapir ! Originaltrykket.

(No place), The Association for Symbolic Logic, Inc., 1956. Lev8vo. Bound in two uniform red half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In "Journal of Symbolic Logic", Volume 21. Barcode label pasted on to back boards. Small library stamp to lower part of 5 pages. A very fine copy. Pp. 225-248; [Entire volume: (4), 426 pp] First printing of this important, but for long overlooked, paper, which together constitute Hintikka's attempt to cope with Wittgenstein's elimination of identity as proposed in the "Tractatus". With the translation rules that Hintikka here put forward, he is the first to try to carry out Wittgenstein's suggestions systematically.In 1957 Hintikka published "Vicious Circle Principles and the Paradoxes", also in Journal of Symbolic Logic, in which he introduced the the "abstraction principle".The Finnish born philosopher and logician, Jaakko Hintikka (born 1929), Professor of Philosophy at the University of Boston, is generally accepted as the founder of formal epistemic logic and of game semantics for logic. He has contributed seminally to the fields of philosophical and mathematical logic, philosophy of mathematics and science, language theory and epistemology. Independently of Evert Willem Beth he discovered the semantic tableau, and he is famous for his work on game semantics and logical quantifiers. In 2005 Hintakka was awarded the Schock Prize in logic and philosophy, the philosophical equivalent to the Nobel prize, "for his pioneering contributions to the logical analysis of modal concepts, in particular the concepts of knowledge and belief ". In the 1950'ies Hintikka took it upon himself to follow Wittgentein's suggestion of elimination of identity suggested in the "tractatus", and in the two offered articles, he succeeds in constructing a logic without identity. The main point of paper is to show that variables can be used in two ways. One way does not exclude coincidences of the values of different variables (inclusive interpretation of variables), the other does (exclusive interpretation of variables) and can be either weakly or strongly exclusive. He now claims that in the "Tractatus" Wittgenstein adopts the weakly exclusive interpretation of variable and then proves that the weakly exclusive quantifiers are able to express everything that the inclusive quantifiers plus identity can express, and without a sign for identity, - for the first time systematically supporting Wittgenstein's claim that identity is not an essential constituent of logical notation. "There are a number of references to the exclusive interpretations of variables in current logical literature. An exclusive reading of variables was, in effect, suggested by Ludwig Wittgenstein in "Tractatus logico-philosophicus. As far as I know, however, no one has previously tried to carry out his suggestions systematically. Several misconceptions seem to be current concerning the outcome of an attempts of this kind. Carnap expects radical changes in the rules of substitution. If I am not mistaken, however, at least one form of the exclusive interpretation may be formalized by making but slight alterations in the axioms and/or in the transformation rules of the predicate calculus. Also I hope to say that it is not correct to say (as Russell has done) that Wittgenstein tried to dispense with the notion of identity. What a systematic use of an exclusive reading of variables amounts to is a new way of coping with the notion of identity in a formalized system of logic. Under the most natural formalization of the new interpretations, the resulting system is equivalent to the old predicate calculus (with identity): every formula of the latter admits of a translation into the former, and vice versa." (Vol. 21, Nr. 3, p. 228)."A deviation from standard English. Recent discussion serves to bring out, amply and convincingly, the utility of observing the ordinary correct use of words and phrases for the purpose of clearing up philosophical problems. In this paper, I shall endeavour to show, by means of an example, that the reverse method may have its interest, too. " (Vol. 21, Nr. 3, p. 225). "This note is a sequel to the previous paper of mine which was entitled "Identity, variables, and impredicative definitions" and published in this JOURNAL, vol. 21 (1956, pp. 225-245. That early paper served to call attention to the dependency of the set-theoretic paradoxes on the interpretation of the variables that may occur in the critical "abstraction principle".

(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1767). 4to. Without wrappers as issued in "Memoires de l'Academie des Sciences et Belles Lettres", tome XXI, pp. 381-413. First edition, in the periodical form. In this paper D'Alembert comments on the previous solutions - by Huygens, Fontaine, Euler, Lagrange - to the tautochrone problem, the problem of finding the curve for an object sliding without friction in uniform gravity to its lowest point and in its shortest time.- Withbound a paper by M.J.A. Euler: Recherches des Forces dont les Corps célestes sont sollicités qu'ils ne sont pas spherique. Berlin, Acad. Royale, tome XXI, 1767.

Cologne, Jean du Pais, 1666. 12mo. In contemporary full vellum with yapp edges. Light wear and a few stains to extremities. Previous owner's name (Peter Otto Rosenørn - owner of Hersomgård) in contemporary hand to front free end-paper. Internally nice and clean. (8), 248, 245 pp. Later edition of this work on Henri de Rohan (1579–1638) also providing a detailed geopolitical overview of the territorial ambitions of various European states as well as Russia and Persia covering both ongoing and potential conflicts. The first edition appeared in 1639, shortly after the author’s death the same year they also published Le Parfait Capitaine. Willems no. 1371

Havre, Stanislas Faure, 1824. Later hcloth. Gilt lettering on spine. Stamp on title-page. XII,478,(2) pp. Without the maps and plans. Clean and fine.

Paris, Felix Juven, n.date (ca. 1910). 4to. Orig. clothbacked pictorial boards in Jugend-style, gilt. (60) pp. Richly illustrated in the text in black/white and colour.

... Sth.,(1871). Stor 8vo-oblong. orig.komp. helshirt. 146 pp. samt 21 tonede litograferede plancher. tekstillustr.i træsnit.

Kiøbenhavn, Møller, 1774. 8vo. In contemporary full mottled calf with five raised bands and richly gilt spine. Edges of boards gilt. All edges coloured in red. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. A few scratches to boards. Printed on good paper. A very nice copy. 54 pp.

Kjøbh., Høpffner, (1788). Indb. i 7 senere blanke omsl. Rygge plettede. Tome 5 brunet, ellers velholdt sæt m. titelvignet til hver tome. Det såkaldte 3. Høpffnerske eftertryk, som indeholder samtlige 7 komediebind.

(Paris, Huzard-Courcier, 1827). Contemp. clotbacked blue boards. Stamp on title-page. 104 pp.

Toulouse, 1878. Later hcloth. LXXIII,266 pp. and 26 plates. On good paper.

Berlin, Julius Springer, 1926. Lex8vo. In "Die Naturwissenschaften", Vierzehnter Jahrgang, 1926. Entire volume offered bound in a nice contemporary half calf with five raised band and gilt lettering to spine. Minor wear to capitals, otherwise a very fine and clean copy. [Einstein:] Pp. 223-24; Pp. 300-1; [Bohr:] Pp. 1-10. [Entire volume: XXVIII, 1286, 72 pp.]. First edition of all three papers. In the first paper, Einstein explains the causes behind Baer's law: Due to the rotation of the earth erosion occurs mostly on the right banks of rivers in the Nothern Hemisphere while in the Southern Hemisphere erosion occurs primarily on the left banks. Weil Nos 150;154

Havniae (Copenhagen), Gyldendal, 1788. 8vo. 2 contemp. hcalf. Wear to top of spine on volume 1. Spines rubbed. 2 engraved titlevignettes. 76,1798 pp. Bibl. Danica IV,136.

Wien, Braumüller und Seidel, 1843. Contemp. half calf. Gilt spine with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spines. Stamps on title-page. X,(2),192,(2) pp. and 15 large folded lthographed plans (incl. 1 map). First edition. - Klaus Jordan, 2654.

Kjøbenhavn, Bianco Luno, 1861. 4to. Uncut unopened in later blank blue board with paper title-label to spine. Offprint from "Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter", 5te række. A few scratches to boards, internally fine and clean. 158, (2) pp. + 6 folded plates. Offprint of this important early monograph on the Greenland-Whale, illustrated in the text and with 6 fine double-page lithographed plates.

Kiöbh., 1772. 4to. Samt. beskedent hldrbd. påsat nyere ryg. Indimellem lidt brunplettet. Stort ekspl. på skrivepapir. "Pragtudgaven" m. de 16 kobberst. plancher af J.J. Clemens efter Wiedevelt samt de 11 kobberst. vignetter. Gamle ejernavne på titelblad og friblad: "P.F. Martens", "L. Schum", "P. Ussing".

Gera und Leipzig, Gottlieb Heinrich Jügen, 1799. - Frankfurt am Main, Andräischen Buchhandlung, 1799. Bound in one contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine, titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on top of spine. Stamps on first title-page. X,226,(2) pp. - VI,122 pp. Scattered brownspots to first item.

Groningen, Velsen Cost Spandaw et al, 1725. 8vo. In contemporary full vellum with title in contemporary hand to spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Soiling to extremities, internally nice and clean. 398, (82) pp. Eleventh edition of Brakel's popular devotional guide for Christians.

Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1810. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine with gilt lettering. Spine slightly rubbed. In: "Annalen der Physik und der Physikalischen Chemie. Hrsg. Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert", Bd. 34 (= Neue Folge Bd. 4). (12),486 pp. a. 6 engraved plates. Avogadro's paper: pp. 64-75. Internally clean and fine. First German version of an importent early paper, the first by Avogadro wholly devoted to chemistry. The original paper, in French, appeared under the title "Idées sur l’acidité et l’alcalinité" in 1809."Avogadro published his first article dealing only with chemistry in 1809. This memoir, on acids and alkalies, is interesting for several reasons. In the first place it illustrates his abiding concern with chemical affinity and incidentally the great influence exerted on him by Berthollet. Second, in the opening paragraph, which criticizes the oxygen theory of acidity, it illustrates his radical approach to post-Lavoisier chemistry. He postulated a relative scale of acidity in which oxygen and sulfur were placed toward the acid end of the scale, neutral substances in the middle, and hydrogen at the alkali end. A significant feature of this scale was that it was continuous. Avogadro would not allow any absolute distinctions. He was not, for example, prepared to agree with Berzelius that oxygen was absolutely electronegative. Davy, in 1807, had suggested a connection between acidity and alkalinity and electricity; Avogadro developed this idea. Another feature of Avogadro’s interests found in this memoir is the subject of nomenclature. He was to give more detailed attention to this in the 1840’s. (DSB).The volume contains many other importent paper e.g. William Herscel "Beobactungen über die Gestalt des Saturns", La Place "bemerkungen über den Ring des saturns, in beziehung auf die widersprechenden Beobachtungen Herschel's und Schröter's über denselben", Georg Simon Klügel "Angabe eines möglichst vollkommenden achromatischen Doppel-Objectivs... achromatischer Fernröhre" with further 2 papers on the same by Klügel.

Nürnberg, Jacob Seitzischen Buchh., (ca. 1757). 8vo. Cont. full calf. Richly gilt spine. Tome-and titlelabels on spine. Engraved frontispiece (a bit dampstained). (16),984 pp. + Register. Richly textillustrated with half-page engravings.

Altona, 1828. Cont. hcalf. Back rubbed. First inner hinge loose. Internally fine. XII,758,(2) pp.

Stockholm, Nyströms & Stopes, 1764. 8vo. In a later half calf binding with gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Brownspottet throughout. (14), 256, (2) pp. + 1 folded map and numerous woodcuts in the text.