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Copenhagen, Leipzig etc., 1914-30. Lex8vo. Bound in 6 uniform solid hfabrikoid.

Heidelberg, C.F. Winter, 1843. Contemp. hcloth. Spine gilt and with gilt lettering. X,142 pp., textillustrations. Clean and fine printed on heavy paper. First edition. - Poggendorff I,799 and II,1329.

København, Poppske Bogtrykkeri, 1826. Nær samtidigt hldrbd. Rygforgyldning. Forgyldt skindtitel. (2),16, 339,(1) pp., 1 kobberstukket planche med faksimiler. Originaludgaven. "- altsaa maa Ord som lyde forskjellig ikke skrives lige, og omvendt de, som lyde ens, maa ikke skrives ulige. Dernæst maa intet unyttigt og overflödigt findes i Skrivningen...."(Rask).

Berlin, Voss und Sohn, 1790. Unbound, but stitched. XII,428 pp. With 9 (of 12) engraved plates, one plate defective. The first 6 leaves loose. A few scattered brownspots. Light traces of use. First German edition.(Magazin von merkwürdigen neuen Reisebeschreibungen, aus dem fremden Sprachen übersetzt und mit erläuternden Anmerkungen begleitet. Bd. 2). Also with the series titlepage.

Tempe, Arizona, Arizona State University, 1971. 4to. Orig. full cloth. XV,784 pp. Textillustrations. Fine and clean.

4to. Orig. wrappers. With 4 original lithographs by H. Sturm, Zimmer, Asger Jorn, Prem.

Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1880. Without wrappers as issued in "Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg. von G. Wiedemann.", Neue Folge Bd. 13, 6. Heft. Pp. 209-384 a. 1 folded plate, (entire issue offered "Heft" 6). Hertz's paper: pp. 266-275. First printing of Hertz' doctoral dissertation on the electromagnetic induction in rotating conductors, a purely theoretical work that took him only three months to complete."It was not a pioneering work but a thorough study of the problem that had been partially treated by many others, from Arago and Faraday to Emil Jochmann and Maxwell. He submitted the dissertation in January 1880 and took his doctoral examination the following month, earning a magna cum laude, a distinction rarely given at Berlin."(DSB).

Kiøbenhafn, Daniel Paulli, (1681). 4to. Senere blank omslag, hvorpå Bjørn Kornerup har anført datoen 15 Decbr. 1923 (vel anskaffelsestidspunktet). 221,(3) pp. Svag skjold i øvre margin på nogle blade. Bibl. Dan. I,287.

Stockholm, Johan Höberg, 1835-42. 4 samtidihge hldrbd. Rygforgyldning. En smule slid på en kapitæl. Stempel på titelblade. (8),1692 pp. Indvendig ren og frisk.

Wien, 1802. 4 cont.hcalf. Backs slightly worn. St.o.t. Ab. 1000 pp.

Kjöbenhavn, Reitzel, 1829-32. Indbundet i 3 samtidige hldrbd. med rig rygforgyldning og forgyldte titler. En papirsetiket påsat øverst på ryg.(2),392;454;430 pp. samt 42 foldeplancher. Bibl. Danica II, 54.

Leipzig, Ambrosius Barth, 1901. Without wrappers. In: "Annalen der Physik", Vierte Folge, Bd. 6, No. 11. (Entire issue offered). Pp. 433-458. Lebedew's paper: pp. 433-458., textillustrations. Clean and fine. First printing of Lebedew's importent paper which he presented at an international conference (1899), and in which he described his detection of the pressure of light."He was interested in the possibility that light might exert pressures. This had been predicted by Maxwell's equations and it was a handy explanation, for instance, for the fact that comet's tails always pointed generally away from the sun whether the comet was approaching the sun or receding. In 1901 (in the paper offered), using very light mirrors in a vacuum, Lebedew was actually able to observe and measure the pressure exerted by light, again confirmning Maxwell's theories, as well as providing a vehicle for Arrhenius' life-spores."(Asimov).Parkinson "Breakthroughs", 1899 C.

(Paris), Minuet, (1979). [Recte: Les Ateliers de Normandie, 1988]. 8vo. Original wrappers. A bit of minor soiling to wrappers, otherwise very fine. Apart from some underlinings to the first few pages, internally very nice and clean. 109, (3) pp. Author's presentation-inscription "pour Jen,/ avec ironie/ et myopathie/ J-F Lyotard/ Sharlony [?]/ Janvier 1991". Lovely presentation-copy of a later issue of the groundbreaking work that introduced the term "post-modernism" and fundamentally altered the interpretation and course of (post-)modern philosophy. With this book, Lyotard set the agenda for the discussion of the postmodern, which began in the 1980'ies. Lyotard's main point is that modern society has become postmodern because man no longer believes that scientific and technological progress will lead to freedom, prosperity, and enlightenment for all. For postmodern man, doubt is the dominating factor. The term "postmodernism" was previously only used by art critics, but with "The Postmodern Condition", Lyotard introduced it in philosophy, with the following quotation: "Simplifying to the extreme, I define postmodern as incredulity towards metanarratives", altering our comprehension of this most recent period of philosophy. "The term "postmodern" came into the philosophical lexicon with the publication of Jean-François Lyotard's "La Condition Postmoderne" in 1979 (English: "The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge", 1984), where he employs Wittgenstein's model of language games (see Wittgenstein 1953) and concepts taken from speech act theory to account for what he calls a transformation of the game rules for science, art, and literature since the end of the nineteenth century. He describes his text as a combination of two very different language games, that of the philosopher and that of the expert. Where the expert knows what he knows and what he doesn't know, the philosopher knows neither, but poses questions. In light of this ambiguity, Lyotard states that his portrayal of the state of knowledge "makes no claims to being original or even true," and that his hypotheses "should not be accorded predictive value in relation to reality, but strategic value in relation to the questions raised" (Lyotard 1984, 7). The book, then, is as much an experiment in the combination of language games as it is an objective "report."On Lyotard's account, the computer age has transformed knowledge into information, that is, coded messages within a system of transmission and communication. Analysis of this knowledge calls for a pragmatics of communication insofar as the phrasing of messages, their transmission and reception, must follow rules in order to be accepted by those who judge them. However, as Lyotard points out, the position of judge or legislator is also a position within a language game, and this raises the question of legitimation. As he insists, "there is a strict interlinkage between the kind of language called science and the kind called ethics and politics" (Lyotard 1984, 8), and this interlinkage constitutes the cultural perspective of the West. Science is therefore tightly interwoven with government and administration, especially in the information age, where enormous amounts of capital and large installations are needed for research." (SEP).

Stutgart, Mezler, 1780. Fine contemp. full speckled calf. Raised bands, profusely gilt spine. With the monogram of the Danish King Chr. 7, stamped on red background on frontcover. Stamp on title-page. Engraved titlevignette. (22),416 pp., 6 folded engraved plates. Marginal browning on title-page. Internally clean and fine.

Zürich, Orell, Füssli und Comp., 1815. 4to. Orig. blue boards with orig. printed titlelabel on frontboard. Uncut. Engraved portrait of Sanzio (Raphael Urbin pinx - H. Lips sculp - a dampstain in lower right corner). Title with engraved portrait. IV,86 pp., 2 textengravings. Printed on good paper, a few brownspots.

London, Chapman & Hall, (1848). Later solid hcalf. Frontispiece. Engraved title-page and printed. Illustrated with 38 plates by H.K. Browne. A few leaves loosening. Internally clean and fine.

N.Y., 1829. Later full cloth. First inner hinge broken. VI,638,(2) pp., 2 fold. engr.plates and many textillustr. Some pages browned.

Paris, Victor Masson et Fils, Imprimerie Gauthier-Villars, 1864-65. 8vo. Bound in 2 contemp. hcalf, raised bands, gilt spine. Light wear along edges, spines slightly rubbed.. Small stamps on verso of titlepage. In "Annales de Chimie et de Physique", 4e Series - Tome 2 a. 4. 512 pp. and 2 folded engraved plates. + 512 pp. and 3 folded engraved plates. (The entire volumes offered). Raoult's papers: pp. 317-372 a. pp. 392-426. First printing of these pioneering papers in thermochemistry and electrochemistry."Raoult’s work may be divided into three stages: physical, chemical, and physicochemical. During the first stage, which lasted until Raoult moved to Grenoble, he discovered that the chemical heat of reaction of galvanic cells of the Daniell type was generally different from the heat equivalent of the electrical work done in these cells. He also used a voltameter, an instrument that measures the quantity of electricity by the amount of electrolysis, to study the heat evolved in voltaic cells. Raoult was one of the first to recognize that the electrical work done by voltaic cells was not equal to the heat evolved by the chemical reaction driving these cells. He showed that whenever the electrical work done in voltaic cells was less than the heat of all reactions, heat was evolved. Moreover, he stated that changes in concentration, oxidation, and in acid-base relationships, but not changes in aggregation such as dissolving, melting, or solidifying, were the sources of the electromotive force of voltaic cells."(DSB).

Uppsala, u.år(l877). Tvær-folio. Smukt orig.komp.helshirt. Komplet med lo plancher i tonet litografi

Magdeburg, 1921-13. Lex8vo. 2 cont. hcalf. Slight wear to backs. 896,573 pp., 62 colourplates, 600 textillustr.

Amsterdam, Yntema en Tieboel, 1774-76. 8vo. Later clothbacked blank wrappers. XII,70;(1),80,98 pp. Stamps and old owners name on first titlepage. Internally clean and fine, printed on good paper.

Modena, Soliani, 1866. Large 8vo. Bound with orig. printed wrappers in hvellum , titlelabel with gilt lettering. A good copy. Only printed in 250 copies. First edition. An importent series of letters by famous artists ranging from the 16th to the 19th centuries selected for their first publication by Giuseppe Campori from his fine collection. Among many others, there are letters of Corregio, the Bellini's, Boticelli, Michelangelo, Hans Burkmair, Hans Holbein, Vasar etc.

Copenhagen, Reitzel, 1924. Royal8vo. Orig. printed wrappers, uncut and unopened. Frontwrapper with a faint dampstain reaching the first leaves to be a little creased. (8),484 pp., 300 textillustrations and 1 map. First edition of one of the main works on greenlandic ethnography. - (Meddelelser om Grønland, Bd. 66).

Leipzig, Brockhaus, 1823-25. 4to. Bound in 6 uniform contemp. hcalf, richly gilt spines. Fronthinge on one volume weakening. Stamp on titlepages. Engraved frontispiece, 7 engraved plates, 3 folded engraved maps, 2 engraved plans, 2 folded tables. Ca. 3000 pp. Internally clean and wide-margined. First edition.

Folio-oblong. 2 orig. hcalf. Richly gilt clothcovers. Engr. title and 156 engraved plates, 4 in chromolithography.