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Stockholm, (1898). 4to. Orig. hldrbd. med rig dekoration på shirtpermerne. Ryg slidt, særligt ved øverste kapitæl. XV,342,7,II pp. samt 69 kromolitograferede tavler, afbildende talrige arter ( fra 4 til 12 på hver planche). Navne tilskrevet arterne på afbildningerne. Anker No. 270. Wood p. 421.

Berlin et a la Haye, Jean Neaulme, 1751. Small 8vo. Contemp. full mottled calf. Richlygilt spine, raised bands. Old owners name on titlepage. Engraved titlevignette. XXIII (page III engraved Privilege, signed in the plate: Frederic),(1),405 pp., 1 large folded genealogical table, 1 folded table and 2 large folded engraved maps.

K., 1834. Samt.hshirt m.rygforgyldn. Lidt slidt ved kapitæler og false øverst og nederst. (4),315,(3) pp. Kobberst.foldet prospekt og 3 kobberst.foldeplancher.

A Geneve, Biblioth. Britannique, AN VI (1798). 8vo. Contemp. marbled boards. Paperlabel with handwritten volume- title on spine. Boards rubbed. In: "Bibliotheque Britannique", Tome Dixieme. Sciences et Arts. Lower right corner of title-page torn away, only loss of paper, no loss of letters. Entire volume offered. 384 pp., 3 engraved plates, 6 folded tables. Internally clean and fine, printed on good paper. Hall's paper: pp. 62-76. First printing of this fundamental paper in vulcanology, explaining the occurrences of basalts.This French version published at the same time as the English from Nicholson's Journal, vol. 2, pp. 285-88 (the English version being only an abstract of a paper wich was published in full in1805)."James Hall demonstrates experimentally that lavas when cooled quickly can be fused into glass, which then, if remelted and cooled slowly, can transform back into a more stony substance. He thereby offers an explanation for the occurrence in some dykes of a vitreous outer portion in contact with the surrounding rock (the rock having been relatively cold as the original lava rose into it, hence causing rapid cooling) and a more crystalline structure in the central portions." (Parkinson, "Breakthroughs", 1898 E).

Kiøbenhavn, Gyldendal (Trykt i Sorø 1775 hos J. Lindgrens Enke), 1775. Smukt, velbevaret samtidigt hldrbd., rygforgyldning og ophøjede bind på ryggen. Kobberstukket titelvignet. (16),424,(1) pp. Et blad professionelt reparert i margin,uden teksttab. Originaludgaven af den første egentlige indføring i retorik på dansk.

Berlin, Veit & Comp., 1854. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on spine. VIII,335,(1) pp., 1 large folded lithographed map. Faint scattered brownspots.

Paris, 1854-64. 4to. Cont.hcloth. Backs a little worn on a few volumes. Richly illustr.with wood-engravings.

Torino, Cassone, 1830-32. Bound in one contemp. hcalf. Gilt spiune. Gilt lettering. a paperlabel pasted on lower part of spine. Stamps on first title-page. (8),191,(2);128,(16) pp., 9 folded lithographed plates, textillustrations, 1 folded table. Clean and fine.

La Haye, Aus Depens de la Compagnie, 1753. Uncut in contemp. stiff blank wrappers. Stamp on title-page. Title-page in red/black. 96 pp., 3 folded tables. Faint scattered brownspots. First edition.

(London, Harrison and Sons, 1879). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1879 - Vol. 170 - Part II. Pp. 727-845 and 3 plates. The plates slightly brownspotted, otehrwise fine and clean. First printing of this classic paper on "thermal respiration" in which Reynolds explains how some of the movements of the vanes in Crookes' Radiometer can be accounted for. "The correct solution to the problem (the problem of finding the cause of the movement of the vanes in Crooke's radiometer) was provided qualitatively by Osborne Reynolds, better remembered for the "Reynolds number". Early in 1879 Reynolds submitted a paper to the Royal Society in which he considered what he called "thermal transpiration", and also discussed the theory of the radiometer. By "thermal transpiration", Reynolds meant the flow of gas through porous plates caused by a temperature difference on the two sides of the plates. If the gas is initially at the same pressure on the two sides, it flows from the colder to the hotter side, resulting in a higher pressure on the hotter side if the plates cannot move. Equilibrium is reached when the ratio of pressures on either side is the square root of the ratio of absolute temperatures. This counterintuitive result is due to tangential forces between the gas molecules and the sides of the narrow pores in the plates. The effect of these thermomolecular forces is very similar to the thermomechanical effects of superfluid liquid helium. This liquid, which lacks all viscosity, will climb the sides of its container towards a warmer region. In fact, this form of liquid helium climbs so quickly up the sides of a thin capillary tube dipped into it, that a fountain is produced at the tube's other end."(Philip Gibbs).

(Paris, Gauthier-Villars), 1879. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 88, No 12. Pp. (625-) 676. (Entire issue offered). Nilson's papers: pp. 642-645 a. 645-648. First leaf with a tear to right margin, no loss of paper. First apperance of the papers in which Nilson describes his discovery of a new element and its properties, and naming it Scandium. It was the second new element found after Mendeleev's prediction of its existence as "Eka-Boron"."Mendeléeff had predicted that another element, which he called eka-boron and which he said would have an atomic weight between 40 (calcium) and 48 (titanium), would some day be revealed. It was discovered in 1879 by Lars Fredrik Nilson.... Nilson extracted 63 grams of the rare earth erbia from gadolinite and euxenite, and converted it into the nitrate. Upon decomposing this salt by heat, as Marignac had done, he obtained some very pure ytterbia and, to his great surprise, an earth that was unknown to him.Upon thoroughly investigating this new earth, he found that it contained an element whose properties concided almost exactly with those Mendeléef had predicted for ekaboron. Nilson called it scandium in honour of his fatherland."(Weeks "Discovery of the Elements" pp. 219-20).Parkinson "Breakthroughs" 1879 C.

(London, Richard and John E. Taylor, 1845). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1845 - Part I. Pp 143-145 . pp. 147-153. Clean and fine. First appearance of these highly influential papers as Herschel here reported the first observation of the fluorescence of a quinine solution in sunlight. - In a footnote to the report Herschel points out that he was writing from memory, having carried out the experiment more than twenty years before. Nevertheless, his reminiscence was enough to spark further exploration, eventually resulting in the modern understanding of fluorescence. In fact, even today, quinine is one of the most commonly utilized fluorophores for spectroscopy, enjoyed by many for the strange, but beautiful fluorescence that was first observed, but unable to be unexplained, by Herschel.

Kjøbenhavn, Schultz, (1827). Folio. Orig. papbd. med overtræk af grønt glanspapir. Nederste del af ryg med tab af rygpapir. (4),56,XLVI,(2) pp., 3 kobberstukne plancher visende bygningerne, grundtegning, generalplan m.v. Trykt på kraftigt skrivepapir.

Kjøbenhavn, G.F. Kiesel, 1757. 4to. Nær samtidigt helldrbd. i flammet kalv. Rygforgyldning. Ryg med lettere brugsspor. (16),740,(12) pp. Første og sidste blade med lidt brunpletter. Originaludgaven af den humanistiske pietismes betydeligste pastoralteologi for Danmark og Norge. Efter hjemkomsten fra biskopembedet i Bergen, holdt Pontoppidan pastoralteologiske forelæsninger, som således i samlet form udkom her.

Wien, Tendler u. v. Manstein, 1825. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt, titlelabel with gilt lettering. A few scratches to spine. Stamp on titlepage. XIII,408,(2) pp. and 4 folded engraved plates. Internally clean and fine, printed on good paper.

Kbhvn., Gyldendal, 1812. Lille 4to. Samt. hldrbd. XII,88,XLVI pp. (incl. Bilag og foldetabeller). Har tilhørt industrihistorikeren Camillus Nyrop og bærer hans navnetræk. Vel nok det første danske værk om fabriksindretning. Hans Bastholm, præst i Slagelse og stor bogsamler. Til brug for sin "private" Encyklopædi ødelagde han mange fine værker ved at opklippe dem og indsætte dem i emner. Encyklopædien kan stadig beses i Sorø Akadems Bibliotek.

Paris, Bachelier, 1840. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine with gilt lettering. A crack to fronthinge. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spine. Stamps on title-page. XLVI,(2),660 pp. and 5 large folded engraved plates. Text clean and fine, some scattered brownspots to the plates. "The investigations of the Count de Pambour on the theory of the steam engine were conductive to the progress of thermodynamics by pointing out the proper mode of applying mechanucal principles to the expansive action of an elastic fluid." (Rankine).

A Amsterdam, P.Mortier, 1729. 4to. Cont.full calf, richly gilt back. Hinges weakening, corners bumped. Engr.portr. a.large engr.vign. (8),XLVI,595 pp. + Table des Matieres (last page somewhat browned).

Kiøbenhavn, Lars Nielsen Svare, 1758. 4to. Et samtidigt hldrbd. Forgyldt rygtitel. Ryg med brugsspor. stempel på titelbladet. Kobberstukket frontispiece (Kongen i hel figur, stukket af Haas efter Baurenfreind). (14),330;(12),328,(32) pp.. Med 7 (af 8) kobberstukne foldeplancher, hvoraf 5 er kort og planer. Indvendig ren. Bibl. Danica III,221.

(Paris, Gauthier-Villars), 1907. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 144, No 11, No. 19 and No. 21. Pp. (593-) 664 + pp. (1009-) 1080. + pp. (1137-) 1192.(3 entire issues offered).Reesz' paper: pp. 615-619. Fischer's paper: pp. 1022-1024 a. 1148-51. Nos 19 a. 21 with some small tears to outher margins. paper fragile. Sewing loose. First apperance of two fundamental papers - Riesz setting forth the theorem and Fischer proving it - the mathematics of which later made it clear that there is an equivalence between matrix mechanics (Heisenberg) and wave mechanics (Schrödinger) in quantum physics.The Riesz-Fischer theorem of 1907, concerning the equivalence of the Hilbert space of sequences of convergent sums of squares with the space of functions of summable squares, formed the mathematical basis for demonstrating the equivalence of matrix mechanics and wave mechanics.

London, Cox and Son etc., 1818-19. 8vo. Bound in one cont. hcalf. Gilt back, tome-and titlelabels in leather, gilt. Back worn and loosening. XIV,(2),291;(4),239 pp. and 21 (13+8) engraved plates (some double-page, 1 handcoloured). Occasionally brownspotted. Part I is third edition, part II second edition, "no third edition of Part II was published" (Wellcome II:388). - "In 1817 Cooper ligated the abdominal aorta. The patient died next day, but examination showed that his aorta was so diseased that he could never have recovered, while the ligation was so well performed that with a less degree of aortic disease the man would probably have survived. (Garrison & Morton No. 2941).

Paris, Impr. Royale 1838. Modest contemp. hcloth. Handwritten titlelabel to spine. (4),XXIII,296 pp. a. 1 engraved plate (with coins). Small stamp on halftitle. A few brownspots to the first few leaves, otherwise clean and fine on good paper. First edition.

Leipzig, Baumgärtnerischen Buchhandlung, 1805. Contemp. hcalf, spine gilt, titlelabel with gilt lettering. Stamp on titlepage. IV,396 pp., 8 large folded engraved plans and maps, some with handcolouring. 3 first leaves a bit brownspotted.

Kbhvn., Poppske Bogtrykkerie, (1831). 12mo. Samt. hldrbd. Ryg med lettere brugsspor. 696 pp. Nogle brunpletter. De tidlige vejvisere er ganske sjældne.

Berlin, Posen und Bromberg, Mittler, 1846. Contemp. hcloth. with a paperlabel pasted on lower part of back. Gilt. Stamp on titlepage. XVI,412,(3) pp. and 10 large folded lithographed plates. Some browning to titlepage and scattered brownspots.