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Freiburg im Brsg., Wagner, 1834. 8vo. Bound in a contemporary half calf binding with gilt spine. Gilt title to spine. Spine rubbed. Scattered brownspots. XXVII,(1),124 pp. First German edition. Hjelmslev I, 204.

Kjøbenhavn, Schubothe, 1802. 8vo. Uncut in the original blue boards. Miscolouring to spine and edges of boards. A nice and clean copy. (10), 168 pp. + 12 plates. Biblioteca Danica II, 54.

Livorno, Glauco Masi, 1822. 8vo. Bound in a splendid full call binding with gilt title-label, richly gilt spine and elaborately gild boards with broad gilt floral borders and gilt, crowned initials to centre ("J. P."). Edges of boards and all edges gilt. Small damp stain to the lower blank margin and to the top of the first 10 leaves, otherwise internally very nice and clean. With gift-inscription for James Pennethorne from D. Gregory (presumably hos uncle). With lithographed frontispiece portrait of the author. X, 264; 259 pp. A magnificent copy, which has belonged to the famous English architect and planner James Pennethorne, famous for his parks and buildings in central London."For a period of thirty years in the mid-nineteenth century James Pennethorne was more intimately involved with the planning and building of London than any other major architect. A pupil of John Nash, he took over his teacher's practice and became government architect for the first half of Victoria's reign. He was responsible for the planning of new streets, the laying out of parks, and the design of important public buildings such as the Public Record Office, the west wing of Somerset House, and the Duchy of Cornwall office. It is therefore almost impossible for Londoners to avoid coming into contact with some aspect of his work." (Cambridge Studies in the History of Architecture).

Stuttgart, 1910. 4to. Orig. hcloth, gilt back. Cover with orig. colourillustr. 114,509 pp., 53 fine chromolithographed plates with ab. 1600 illustr., 219 textillustr.

Curiae Regnitianae, Vierling, 1741. 8vo. Contemp. full vellum. Ms title on spine (weak). Engraved title-vignette. Title-page printed in red/black. (62),688,(152) pp. Clean and fine. Brunet II,1524.

Riga und Leipzig, Boettischer's Verlag, 1855. Contemp. hcalf. Spine with gilt lettering. Stamp on title-page. XII,376 pp., 5 folded maps. Scattered brownspots, mainly in the beginning and at end.

(Halle, Rengerschen Buchhandlung, 1803). Without wrappers as published in "Annalen der Physik. Herausgegeben von Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert", Bd. 13, Viertes Stück. Pp. 385-504 a. 1 engraved plate. (The entire issue offered). Dalton's paper: pp. 438-445. First German version of one of the founding papers in which he formulated his famous gas laws and raised the foundation of the atomic theory in chemistry.Smyth "John Dalton... A Bibliography", No 29.

London, Gellibrand, 1650. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with four raised bands and rules fillets to boards. Light wear to extremities, corners bumped. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Index and privious owner's name in contemporary hand to front free end-paper. (16), 983, (50) pp.

Leipzig, Dyk, 1792 - 1796. 8vo. Six volumes uniformly bound in the original blue boards with gilt lettering to spines. Paper-labels pasted on to spines. Spines miscoloured. Internally fine and clean. XV, (1), 408 pp.; 461, (3) pp.; 467, (5) pp.; 246, (1) pp.; (5), 254-496, (2) pp.; 240 pp.

Leipzig, Gleditsch & Lanckisiii, 1752. 4to. The entire volume offered in contemporary full vellum. Hand written title on spine. A yellow label pasted on to top of spine. A small stamp to title-page and free front end-paper. Library label to pasted down front free end-paper. A fine and clean copy. (8), 720, (22) pp + 5 plates. The offered volume contain many reviews and original contributions by influential contemporary mathematicians, philosophers and historians.

Kiøbenhavn (Copenhagen), August Friderich Stein, 1784. 4to. Uncut unopened in recent plain wrappers. A very fine and clean copy printed on good paper. 50 pp. + folded plates. First appearance of Stibolt’s important dissertation on the fragility of ships. In 1780 Stibolt assumed the role of General Adjutant to the King, and he compiled several reports regarding the defensive structures on Christiansø. He also played a role in ship construction endeavors, notably contributing to the creation of the "unsinkable" defense frigate known as Hjælperen. This frigate was intended to participate in the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801. However, Stibolt's professional journey was marred by conflicts with Henrik Gerner, a renowned master shipbuilder who was regarded as a superior designer. Subsequently, disagreements emerged with Hohlenberg, a student of Gerner who later became a master shipbuilder. These conflicts took a toll on Stibolt's well-being. Following Henrik Gerner's passing in 1787, Stibolt was appointed as the interim master shipbuilder for the Danish navy in 1788. This temporary position was later confirmed as a permanent role in 1790. Stibolt's impressive portfolio encompassed the design and construction of approximately 39 vessels of diverse types, in addition to 37 smaller boats. This collection included four ships-of-the-line, five frigates, and numerous smaller ships. Notably, Stibolt's ship designs continued to be utilized, even beyond his lifetime, with additional ships, particularly brigs, being built based on his designs.

Hannover, Schlüter, 1778. Contemp. full calf. Raised bands, gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Spine slightly rubbed. Stamp on title-page. (16),369,(3) pp., 5 folded engraved plates. Faint scattered brownspots.

Göttingen, Io. Chr. Dieterich, 1773. - Hauniae, Höpffner, 1775. - Hauniae, Höpffner, 1778. Bound in one contemp. full calf. Richly gilt spine, raised bands, titlelabel with gilt lettering.Gilt borders on covers. First hinge weakening. (4),118 pp. + (4),238,(8),70 pp. + (2),76,(10) pp. Internally clean and fine. Originaltrykkene af Hornemans betydningsfulde studier over Philo (Philon) og det GamleTtestamente. Det første værk blev til under hans tre-årige studium i Göttingen under Walch, Heyne og Michaelis og fortsattes efter hans hjemkomst (de to andre værker).

London, Charles Wilson, 1864. 8vo. Bound with the orig. blue frontwrapper with printed titlelabel in later hcloth. (4),96;VI,82;IV,28 pp. One leaf (pp. 47-48) in Part II, lacks. Internally clean.

Kjøbenhavn, Wäysenhuus, Risel, 1748-49. 4to. Indbundet i 3 uens samtidige hldrbd. og helldrbd.Rygge noget slidte, lidt tab af ryglæder. Bind 3 er forsynet med titelbladet til bind 2, men indholdet er korrekt (3. bd.). Ialt ca. 3150 pp. Indvendig udmærket.

Leipzig, Grossii, Gleditschii & Martini, 1729. 4to. The entire volume offered in contemporary full vellum. Hand written title on spine. A yellow label pasted on to top of spine. Two small stamps to title-page and free front end-paper. Library label to pasted down front free end-paper. Occassional brownspots throughout. (4), 552, (28) pp + 5 plates. First edition of Acta Eruditorum 1729 containing many reviews by influential contemporary mathematicians, philosophers and historians amonst others a review of Danish astronomer Horrebow's Copernicus Triumphans (1727): "Peder Horrebow, a fellow Dane and student of Rømer who ended up a professor in Copenhagen, concluded in 1727 that finally, at long last, he had proved the parallax, presenting his findings in a book with the revealing title Copernicus triumphans. The book caused quite a sensation among Europe's astronomical community - and as it soon turned out, Horrebow's claim was actually based more on sensation than on reality. Copernicus triumphans is, nevertheless, an important work in the Danish history of science, simply because it marks the ultimate victory for Copernicanism". (Kragh, Science in Denmark, P. 93)

Berlin, Himburgischen Buchh., 1802. Contemp. hcalf. Top of spine taped. Wear to spine and titlelabel nearly gone. Stamp on titlepage. XXXIV,478 pp. and 13 folded engraved plates (positions handcoloured). Traces of use. (Die Lehre vom Krieg. Erster Theil).

Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1911. Later full cloth. Stamps on title-page. In "Annalen der Physik", Vierte Folge, Band 36. - VIII,1088 pp. and 4 plates. (Entire volume offered). Ehrenfest's paper: pp. 91-118. First edition of the paper in which the term "Ultraviolet Catastrophe" appeared for the first time. "Ehrenfest was one of the first to try to understand the significance of the strange new concept of energy quanta that Max Planck had introduced into physics in 1900 in his theory of blackbody radiation. In a series of papers culminating in his major study of 1911 (the paper offered), "Which Features of the Quantum Hypothesis Play an Essential Role in the Theory of Heat Radiation?," Ehrenfest picked out the essentials of the early quantum theory and showed how they fit together. He proved rigorously that the energy of electromagnetic vibrations cannot take on all values - cannot vary continuously - if the total energy of the blackbody radiation in an enclosure is to be finite: Planck’s assumption that energy is a discrete variable was, therefore, logically necessary and not just sufficient. Ehrenfest also showed, by an analysis of Wien’s displacement law, that the ratio of energy to frequency was the only variable that could be quantized for a harmonic oscillator, if one wanted to maintain the statistical interpretation of entropy."(DSB).

Brünn, Joseph Georg Trasssler, 1787. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt.Titlelabel gone, but tomelabel preserved with giltlettering. Engraved frontispiece. Engraved titlevignette. (10),771,(8) pp. and 8 (of 10) folded engraved plates. Clean and fine. The first volume of the first edition, comprising Aa bis Am.

Kiøbenhavn, Gyldendal, 1787. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with four raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Light wear to extremities, missing some of the marbled paper to front board. Previous owner's name to upper margin on title-page. Internally very nice and clean.(2), XVI, 451, (1), 104 pp. First edition of Hviid's travels in the late 1770ies. In 1777, with the patronage of Ove Høegh-Guldberg, he obtained a travel scholarship and went to Göttingen to study under Johann David Michaelis and Christian Gottlob Heyne, focusing on oriental and classical languages. During his travels, he visited Vienna where he collaborated with Archbishop Christoph Anton von Migazzi and the papal nuncio Giuseppe Garampi, gaining recommendations to Cardinal Giovanni Francesco Albani and later Cardinal Stefano Borgia. In Rome he continued his studies of biblical manuscripts and immersed himself in the study of oriental languages. He also explored Rome's art collections and became well-known among artists.

(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1753-54). 4to. Unbound, but stitched. In: "Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres" Tome VII pp. (57-)100 and Tome VIII pp. 350-390. First editions and the first reports of the electrophysiological effects of electricity, the so-called electric taste produced by passing a small electric current through the tongue. The effect was described here nearly 50 years before Galvani and Volta investigated the phenomena (Galvani 1791, Volta 1792)."In a work entitled "Recherches sur l'origine des sentiments agréables et désagreables", which was published in 1752 (correctly published in 1753, the item offered), Johann Georg Sulzer (1720-79) had mentioned that two pieces of metal, the one of lead and the other of silver, be joined together in such a manner that their edges touch, and if they be placed on the tongue, a taste is perceived 'similar to that of vitriol of iron', although neither of these metals applied separately gives any trace of such taste. 'It is not probable', he says, 'that this contact of the two metals causes a solution of either of them, liberating particles which might affect the tongue; and we must therefore conclude that the contact sets up a vibration in their particles, which, by affecting the nerves of the tongue, produces the taste in question.'. This observation was not suspected to have any connection with electrical phenomena, and it played no part in the inception of the next discovery, which indeed was suggested by a mere accident."(Whittaker. A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity. I:p. 67).

Oslo, 1947. Folio (410 x 320 mm). In the original printed wrappers. With author's presentation inscription to front wrapper: "Herr professor dr. Jon Helgason / med ærbødig hilsen og takk for samværet / i Köbenhavn 1946 / fra Ludvig Holm-Olsen". (i.e. English: "Professor Dr. Jon Helgason / with respectful greetings and thanks for the time spent together / in Copenhagen 1946 / from Ludvig Holm-Olsen."). Light wear to extremities, otherwise a nice and clean copy. Pp. 5-23, (1). Offprint with a highly interesting presentation inscription from Ludvig Holm-Olsen, the editor of "De norske håndskrifter av Kongespeilet" to Professor Dr. Jon Helgason - a leading scholar of Old Norse and Icelandic philology and then head of the Arnamagnæan Collection in Copenhagen.

London, The Economist Office, 1883. Small folio. Bound in comtemporary half cloth with paper label pasted on to spine. Entire volume 41, July-December, 1883 of The Economist. Front hinge weak, internally very fine and clean. VII, 1548 pp.

Oxonii (Oxford), Typis Henrici Cooke, Pickering, 1830. Royal 8vo. Orig. blue full cloth w. the orig. printed title-label on back, uncut. Corners bumped, capitals w. traces of use. Inner hinge scracked, thus bookblock loose. Some leaves w. marginal dampstaining, not affecting text, otherwise a good copy. VIII, 651, (148) pp. Nice type, paper and printing. A good edition with a large index. Graesse 7:346, Brunet V:1296.

Lancaster, American Physical Society, 1936. 4to. In: "The Physical Review", Vol. 49, Second Series. X,971 pp. (Entire volume offered). Einstein & Rosen's paper: pp. 404-405. First printing of Einstein and Rosen's answer to Silberstein's critique of Einstein's Theory of Relativity .."Ludwik Silberstein, who initially was a supporter of the special theory, objected at different occasions against general relativity. In 1920 he argued that the deflection of light by the sun, as observed by Arthur Eddington et al. (1919), is not necessarily a confirmation of general relativity, but may also be explained by the Stokes-Planck theory of complete aether drag. However, such models are in contradiction with the aberration of light and other experiments (see "Alternative theories"). And in 1935, Silberstein claimed to have found a contradiction in the Two-body problem in general relativity. However, also this claim was refuted by Einstein and Rosen (1935) (in the paper offered)."(Wikipedia).