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(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1815). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1815 - Part I. Pp. 29-53 a. 1 engraved plate First appearance of an importent paper in the history of optics in which Brewster further investigates polarization phenomena, here describing the polarisation of light by reflexion. Brewster was the discoverer of the law of polarization, of biaxal crystals, of optical mineralogy, and of double refraction by compression.

Paris, Durand, 1852. 8vo. Contemporary half calf with of wear. Spine worn, lacking parts of capitals, and back hinge very weak. Usual brownspotting due to the paper quality. (4), XII, 367 pp. First edition of Renan's first book, -the seminal work that placed the study of Renaissance philosophy on the philosophical map and earned Renan a doctorate of letters. This work constitutes the first proper monograph on the great Islamic philosopher, Ibn Rush, also called Averroes, who is considered the greatest commentator on the works of Aristotle, and it is principally because of this work that the great philosopher and scientist is seriously appreciated in Europe today. Besides dealing with Averroes himself, Renan studies the development and different branches of Averroism, focusing on the Jewish, Scholastic and Paduan ones. His focus on the Paduan Averroism (16th century) in this work has meant that Renaissance philosophy was finally given a role of its own in the history of philosophy, -it is with this work that the philosophy of the Renaissance is taken seriously in the study of philosophy."Memoirs on semitic languages and on the study of Greek in the Middle Ages were crowned by the Académie in 1848 and 1849 but do not seem to have been published. Renan's first book, published in 1852, was, in fact, "Averroes et l'Averroïsme" which earned him a doctorate of letters." (PMM 352). Renan has always been admired for his sharp mind, his great abilities and courage, but for the same reasons he was feared by many. "Dés 1852 il signalait dans la préface de son Averroës comme le trait caractéristique du dix-neuvième siècle la substitution de la méthode historique dans toutes les études relatives à l'esprit humain. Cette substitution est légitime; mais elle serait dangereuse si elle allait jusqu'à proscrire la théologie et la métaphysique... " (N.B.G. (1862) 51:984). Ernest Renan (1823-1892) was a French philologist, philosopher and historian. His father died when he was aged five, and his mother wanted him to become a priest. Until he was about 16 years old, he was trained by the Church, but due to his investigative and truth-seeking nature as well as his studies (e.g. Hebrew), he was in doubt as to the historical truth of the Scriptures, and with the help of his sister he chose his own path in life. "He studied intensively the languages of the Bible and filled a number of minor academic positions, frequently encountering difficulties because of the heterodoxy and outspokenness of his religious opinions." (Printing and the Mind of Man 352). In 1840 he began studying philosophy and later philology, in 1847 he took his degree as Agrégé de Philosophie and became master at the Lycée of Vendome. After having returned from a mission to Italy in the year 1850 where he gathered material for his historical-philosophical masterpiece, "Averroës et l'Averroisme", he was offered employment at the "Bibliothèque Nationale" (at the manuscript department). In 1861 he was chosen to become professor of Hebrew at the Collège de France, but because the emperor refused to ratify the appointment (inspired by the Clerical party), he was not established in the chair untill 1870. In 1878 he was elected for the Academy. Renan is considered a scolar of the greatest excellence and an impressive writer.

Harlem, Les Heritieres Loosjes, 1886. No wrappers. In "Archives Néerlandaises des Science Exactes et Naturelles.", Tome XX., 2. issue. With titlepage to volume XX. Pp. 95-170 (=2. issue). Lorentz's paper pp. 129-170. Clean and fine. A faint stamp on titlepage. First appearance of this paper which can be regarded as one of the steps towards Lorentz's electron theory of 1892.

Kiøbenhavn, A.Soldin, 1797. Samtidigt hldrbd. Rygforgyldning og skindtitel. En smule skind mangler ved nederste kapitæl. Kobberstukket titelvignet afbildende en bille. (14),248 pp. Spredte brunpletter. Også med titelbladet: "Samlede Skrifter Første Deel". - Bogen er et betydningsfuldt bidrag til trykkefrihedsdiskussionen i Danmar/Norge. Birckners politiske ideer var inspirerede af oplysningsfilosofferne Immanuel Kant og Jean-Jacques Rousseau og han argumenterer for, at affattelsen af frihedslovene bør være mere klare og præcise end i de tidligere udkast, da der ellers vil opstå usikkerheder, som domstolene derefter skal tage stilling til. - Bogen gav anledning til bred debat og blev trykt i flere oplag, endda udgivet på tysk. Værkets frihedstanker er aktuelle helt op i nutiden, f.eks. påviser Peter Germer i sin disputats Ytringsfrihedens Væsen (1973), at Birckner i sin bog foregreb den amerikanske ytringsfrihedsteori, mest nærliggende Alexander Meiklejohns tanker i hans værk Free Speech and Its Relation to Self-Government (1948). - Danica I:1064.

Berlin, G. Reimer, 1912. 4to. Bound in contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In "Acta Mathematica", Vol, 35, 1912. Entire volume offered. Stamps to title page, otherwise a fine and clean copy. Pp. 1-28. [Entire volume: (4), 398, (1), 27, 19 pp]. First appearance of Poincaré's report on 1910 Bolyai Prize which was awarded to David Hilbert in recognition of his work in fields of invariant theory, transcendent number (e constant after Lindemann), arithmetic, the (Hilbert-)Waring theorem, geometry, integral equations and the Dirichlet’s principle.In 1910, Hilbert became only the second winner of the Bolyai Prize of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. It was the recognition of the fact that Hilbert was one of the leading mathematicians of his time. The first winner of the prize in 1905 was Henri Poincare, the most prolific mathematician of the 19th century.Poincaré about the works and achievements of David Hilbert in fields of invariant theory, transcendent number (e constant after Lindemann), arithmetic, the (Hilbert-)Waring theorem, geometry, integral equations and the Dirichlet’s principle.

Smukt næsten samt. hldrbd. m. 4 ophøjede bd., rig rygforgyldn. og rødt skindtitelfelt på ryg. Enkelte lidt brunplettede blade. Originaludgave af Blichers sidste værk, som kom i et lille oplag. Bertelsen 34.

Paris, Librairie Schwarz, 1920. Large 4to. Bound in 3 orig. decorated full morocco, spine and boards richly gilt; front boards with polychrome ceramic centrepiece by Dunand. Stamp on titlepages. With numerous illustrations by Berne-Bellcourt, Bonfils, Fremond, Fouqueray, Galanis, Jonas, Lebedeff, Raynolt. Woodcuts by Aubert, Gasperini, Malcouronne, Schmaechtens. Maps and plans by Trinquier.

Paris, Rollin, 1738. - La Haye, Scheurleer, 1716. Small 8vo. Bound in contemp. blue boards. Stamp on first title-page. Spine a bit rubbed. XIII,(3),170;200 pp., 8 folded tables. - (42),288 pp.

Gera-Untermhaus, (1899). Folio. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt. Some wear to spine. Stamp on titlepage. Internally clean. (4),207 pp. and 20 (each 38x28 cm.) fine chromolithographed plates, 3 of which depicts the eggs. Anker no.356. The old text from the edition in 1822-60 has been preserved unaltered, corrections in footnotes. The figures for all the plates have been re-drawn and show the birds in their natural surroundings. Among the many artists are O.Kleinschmidt, J.G. Keulemans, O. van Riesenthal and others. The eggs are figured in a series of special plates, based on Eugene Rey's Collection.

London, Frys, Couchman, og Collier, 1779. 4to. Samtidigt hldrbd. Nogen rygforgyldning. Ryg noget slidt. ialt ca 475 unumm. sider. Lidt marginal bruning på de sidste blade. Lidt spredte brunpletter. Originaludgaven af den første større systematiske dansk-engelske ordbog.

Orig. bogtrykt blåt omsl. Særdeles friskt ekspl. Den sjældne originaludgave, hvor Grundtvig giver sin berømte selvkarakteristik, han skriver bl.a." "Fredelighed er vel mig kun halv naturlig, nemlig som Bog=Orm"...

Batavia,Ernst & Co.,1882. 4to. Orig.pictorial full cloth. Blindtooled a.gilt. XII,393 pp. and plates. Some plts. slightly stained. Some in phototypie, some in litography.

Stockholm, Svenska Kyrkans Diakonistyrelses Bokförlag, (1947). 4to. (26,5 x 20,5 cm.). Indbundet i et meget smukt privat hellæderbind af dybrød maroquin med ophøjede bind på ryg. Forgyldt rygtitel. Forgyldte stregbordurer på permer, indvendig med bred forgyldt bordure., helt guldsnit. 1282,430 pp., plancher og 4 kort. Aldeles frisk eksemplar.

Wien, Carl Gerold, 1827. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spine. Stamps on title-page. XII,318 pp., 3 folded tables and 22 large folded engraved plates. A few scattered brownspots. Poggendorff II, 106.

Kjøbenhavn, Thieles Bogtrykkerie, 1840 og 1842. Et samtidigt hldrbd. med rygforgldning. Lidt kantslid. Forreste og bagerste indre false itu. XVI,248 pp. + VIII,207 pp. Som vanligt noget brunplettet. Originaludgavens 4.oplag af vor berømte kogebog (Førsteoplaget udkom 1837). Fortsættelsen, som udkom selvstændigt er her i originaltrykkets første oplag. Begge værker er ualmindelige. - Vegenfeldt og Kornerup, 779 a og 779 b.

Leipzig, Weigel, 1848-52. Bound in 4 contemp. hcalf. Spines gilt. Spines slightly rubbed. A scratch in midle of spine on volume one. Stamp on title-pages. Richly textillustrated and with 3 large folde lithographed maps (2 handcoloured) and 20 (of 21) lithographed plates (1 handcoloured). Internally clean.

Reykj., 1975-90. All in origbds. Ab. 2.200 pp.

Paris, 1845. Royal8vo. Cont. hcalf. XIV,984 pp., 24 plates after Grandville, Johannot a. others and some other plates. Good condition. - A listing of books available from all over the world at the time, covering nearly all subjects of printed books, maps etc. etc. - also equipment for bookbinders all with prices.

Odense, Miloske Boghandel, 1857-60. Lille 8vo. Indbundet i et samt. hldrbd. med rygforgyldning.Lille rift ved øvre kapitæl. XII,216,164,Iv,30,236,122,284,IV,28,(4) pp.

London, Harrison and Sons, 1886. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions", 1885. Vol. 176 - Part II, Pp. 367-402 a. 34 textillustr. First appearance of an importent paper in the history of calculating machines."In his first year at Liverpool he published a paper on 'The theory of continuous calculating machines and of a mechanism of this class on a new principle' in the prestigious Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. This work investigated how to advance the design of integrator mechanisms and fit them for tasks more complex than mere numerical calculating machines, and was extremely important in the development of analogue computing."(Jane Carruthers)

Paris, Crochard, 1820. Uncut in orig. printed wrappers. In "Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago.", Tome XIV - Mai 1820. The entire issue offered. Htitle a. titlepage to vol. 14. (4),112 pp. Humboldt's paper: pp. 5-56. Clean and fine. First appearance of Humboldt's importent investigation of the snow-line in the Himalayas. He found, that the snow-line on the northern side of the Himalaya is much higher than below the equator, and that there is a connection between the lowest line of the permanent snow, the oscillations of the snowl-line and the lowest line of snowfall.The issue also contains the importent chemical paper by PELLETIER & CAVENTOU "Examen chimique de plusieurs végétaux de la famille des colchicées, et du principe actif qu'ils renferment. (Cévadille (veterum album); colchique commun (colchicum autumnale)).", pp. 69-83.

(Paris, Crochard, 1833). No wrappers. In: "Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago.", tome 55, Cahier 1. Pp. 5-112. (The entire issue offered) and with halftitlepage to vol. 55). Avogadro's paper: pp. 80-111. In 1819 Dulong and Petit announced that there was a simple relationship between specific heats and atomic weights. Although they suggested that their law might be extended to compounds, it was F. E. Neumann who, in 1831, first applied the law practically to solid compounds. Avogadro, who began his research in this field in 1833 (in the paper offered), ivestigated both liquids and solids.He decided that the formula of a compound in the liquid or solid state could not be the same as that in the gaseous state. He therefore introduced the arbitrary division of molecules and considered, for example, that a molecule of water or ice contained only a quarter as many atoms as one of steam.(DSB).Also with Eilhard Mitscherlich "Sur le Rapport de la Densité des gaz à leur poids atomiques", pp. 5-41, textillustr. and his "Sur la Benzine et les Acides des Huiles et de Stároptes", pp. 41-59.

London, John Murray, 1839. Orig. full pictorial cloth. Back a little faded. XX,524 pp., Appendix A: 15 pp.- Appendix B: 38 pp. (and dated 1838) + Publisher's Cat. 12 pp. Occasional lightly brownspotted. Head's defence of his administration of "Upper Canada".

No place, no printer, 1813 + Berlin und Posen, Mittler,1824. Bound in one contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Gilt lettering. Spine rubbed. Stamp on first title-page. VI,68 pp. + (2),X,(2),114;(6),145 pp. Scattered brownspots to the first work. The 4 blue townviews from the original wrappers are pasted on inside the covers.

Zürich, Meier & Zeller, 1842-58. Lex8vo. Bound in 9 contemp. hcalf. Spines gilt, spines rubbed. Corners bumped. In all ca. 6000 pp.