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Stuttgart, Mezler, 1780. Contemp. marbled boards. Spine gilt. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on spine. Stamp on title-page.(14),416 pp., 6 folded engraved plates. Internally clean and fine.

Francofurti, Andreae Wecheli heredes, 1593. 8vo. Contemp. full calf. Spine with raised bands. Wear to the gilt lettering on spine. Wear to extremities and covers detached. Printers woodcut device on title-page. (14),572,(50) pp. Faint scattered brownspots.

Kjøbenhavn, Höpffner, 1757. Samtidigt hellæderbind med fire ophøjede bind og blindtrykte dekorationer på ryggen. Udvendig med en smule slitage, ellers et pænt eksemplar. 281,(7) pp. Anden udgaven, som er et direkte optryk af originaludgave, dedikationen og fortalen er udeladt of tillige på titelbladet ordene: Første Part. retskrivningen er hist og her forandret. Ehrencron-Müller X, 62.

Basel, Schweigbauser'schen Buchh., 1827. 2 contemp. hcalf, richly gilt spines. Spines slightly rubbed. Stamps on titlepages and last leaf. (2),552;VIII,444 pp. and 4 large folded engraved plans a.maps., one of which "Plan der Gegend von Zürich, zur Verdeutlichung: I. Der Schlacht...II...III" with positions handcoloured. (44x50 cm.). olded tables.The first leaves in vol. 2 a bit brownspotted, otherwise internally fine and clean. From the library of the Danish King Frederik VI, having his crowned monogram in gold on upper compartment of both spines.. First edition.

Halle, Officina Crugiana, 1728. Contemp. full vellum. Engraved frontispiece. (30),788,(35) pp., 8 engraved plates. A few scattered brownspots.

(London, Richard Taylor, 1833). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1833 - Part II. Pp. 507-522. and 1 textillustration. Fine and clean. First appearance of this importent paper in which Faraday announces his discoveries of the conductability of liquids."The author, while prosecuting his rechearches on electr-chemical decomposition, oberved some phenomena which, appeared to be referable to a general law of electric conduction not hitherto recognized. He found that an electric current from a voltaic battery, which is readily conducted by water, did not pass through ice: even the thinnest film of iice, interposed in the circuit, was sufficient to intercept all electrical influence of such low intensities as that produced, by the voltaic apparatus, although it allows of the transmission of electricity of such high intensity that ecited by the common electrical machine. The author ascertained that a great number of other substances, which are solid at ordinary temperatures, do not conduct the electric current from the volataic battery until they are liquified." (Abstract).From 1831 to 1852 Michael Faraday published his "Experimental Researches in Electricity" in The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. These papers contain not only an impressive series of experimental discoveries, but also a collection of heterodox theoretical concepts on the nature of these phenomena expressed in terms of lines of forces and fields. He published 30 papers in all under this general title.They represents Faraday's most importent work, are classics in both chemistry and physics and are the experimental foundations for Maxwell's electro-magnetic theory of light, using Faraday's concepts of lines of force or tubes of magnetic and electrical forces. His many experiments on the effects of electricity and magnetism presented in these papers lead to the fundamental discoveries of 'induced electricity' (the Farday current), the electronic state of matter, the identity of electricity from different sources, equivalents in electro-chemical decomposition, electrostatic induction, hydro-electricity, diamagnetism, relation of gravity to electricity, atmospheric magnetism and many other."Among experimental philosophers Faraday holds by universal consent the foremost place. The memoirs in which his discoveries are enshrined will never ceaseto be read with admiration and delight; and future generations will preserve with an affection not less enduring the personal records and familiar letters, which recall the memory of his humble and unselfish spirit."(Edmund Whittaker in 'A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity' p. 197.

Dresden, Gerhard Kühtmann, (1901). Large folio. Text and plates loose as issued in orig. portfolio. Portfolio rubbed. 132 pp., textillustr. and 100 fine plates (Lichtdruck). Titlepage and the first textleaves frayed in right margin. Otherwise clean.

Leipzig, Sam. Beniam. Walther, 1739. 8vo. Contemp. full calf. Gilt spine (faded). Spine ends worn. Spine rubbed. Corners bumped. Light browning to the first and last few leaves. Engraved frontispiece. (54),1528 (wrongly numb. 1538) pp. + Indexes. 2 folded engraved plates. At the Renaissance Lactantius became known as 'the Christian Cicero'. "He is the most classical of of al the early Christian writers, and also make much use of Latin authors, particularly of Cicero."(Oxford Classical Dictionary).Graesse VI:67. - Brunet III: 736.

K., 186o. Lille folio. Hldrbd. Koloreret titelblad. (6),47 pp. samt 52 dobbeltsidede håndkolorerede plancher.

København, C. Steen, 1840. Lex8vo. Samt. hldrbd. med rygforgyldning. (192) pp. Med 21 plancher og 1 foldekort., heraf 5 kobberstukne plancher af H.G.F. Holm, "Fattigholm" (Vallöe, Jægersborg, Parti af Frederiksdal, lethraborg, Marienlyst), 6 plancher med zoologisk indhold og håndkolorerede (Grib, Bjørn, Slange, Ulv, Rensdyr, Elefant). Kortet viser St. helena, og de andre diverse prospekter. Her og der brunplettet.

Kiøbenhavn, Bing & Søn, (1841-42). 4to. Nydeligt samt. hshirtbd. med rygforgyldning. På forsatsen indklæbet 2 ekxlibris: Johs. w. Dahlström og Eyvind Finsen. Litograferet titelblad. 104 pp. samt 18 stålstukne plancher tegnede af C.F. Christensen (J. Gray sculp.). Enkelte brunpletter, men et godt eksemplar. C.F. Christensen kendte prospekter omfatter flg.: Christiansborg - Frederiksberg - Rundetaarn - Fredriksborg - Frue-Kirke - Skuespilhuet i Kjøbenhavn - Bade-Anstalten - Roeskilde Domkirke - Börsen - Kronborg - Kongens Palais - Rosenborg - Kjöbenhavns Toldbod - Charlottenlund - Sorgenfri - Vallö-Kloster - Möens Klint - Valdemars Taarn.

Cologne, Pierre du Marteau, 1688. 8vo. In contemporary full calf wih four raised bands and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Traces from old paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Wear to extremities, parts of gilting worn off. Previous owner's name in contemporary hand to spine, otherwise internally nice and clean. (24), 262 pp. Uncommon first French transation, published the same years as the original English of Burnet’s “Three letters concerning the present state of Italy”. Here Burnet is offering a detailed account of his travels in Italy where Pope Innocent XI offered him an audience, which Burnet declined on account of his poor knowledge of the Italian language. Gilbert Burnet (1643 –1715) was a Scottish philosopher and historian and later Bishop of Salisbury. He was fluent in Dutch, French, Latin, Greek and Hebrew.

London, John Stockdale, 1788. Later full cloth. Gilt lettering on spine. Woodcut frontispiece (Lords of Commons) and with a fox. (4),XVII,74 pp. At p. 68 a large woodcut "The revolution Pillar 1788" with a hanged fox.

Paris, Magimel, AN XIII - 1805. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spine. Stamps on title-page. XII,724,(3) pp. Internally clean.

(Washington, Government Printing Office, 1915). 8vo. As extracted from "the Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution". A fine and clean copy. Pp. 209-216. First printing of Orville Wright's speech on the longitudinal equilibrium, or how to keep the stability of aeroplanes, thus being one of the very first manuals on how to fly an aeroplane. "Although in learning to fly the beginner finds most difficulty in mastering the lateral control, it is his lack of knowledge of certain features of the fore-and-aft equilibrium that leads to most of the serious accidents". (From the introduction to the present speach). The Wright brothers were early on aware of the importance of longitudinal control. Most of the early airplanes - the ones that could actually lift off ground - had the decisive flaw of having bad, in some cases non-existing, longitudinal control which eventually caused the airplanes to crash. In the summer of 1910, the Wright Company introduced what would become their most popular aircraft - the Wright Model B. The Model B was a pusher biplane with wing warping to control roll, like their earlier aircraft. But unlike earlier aircrafts it also had a conventional tail assembly, which gave it better longitudinal stability, and it rested on wheels rather than skids, doing away with the need to launch the aircraft from a rail. This model was produced from 1910 through 1914. In 1911 the U.S. Congress made its first appropriation for military aviation. Four airplanes were ordered and numbers 3 and 4 were Wright Model B's. Both were accepted at Fort Sam Houston, Texas on April 17, 1911.The two brothers were also investigating automatic stability systems. They devised a mechanism that could sense changes in attitude and longitude which would make compensating adjustments to keep the aircraft flying evenly in the desired direction. It consisted of a pendulum, which sensed and controlled roll or yaw, and a vane, which sensed the aircraft's pitch. They applied for a patent for this automatic stabilizing system on February 8, 1908."The culmination of the Wrights’ achievements came with Wilbur’s two flights at New York in 1909. On 29 September, taking off from and landing at Governors Island, he made a circuit of the Statue of Liberty; on 4 October he flew a twenty-one-mile course to Grant’s Tomb and back. After their triumph the brothers quietly turned to teaching others to fly and to directing the Wright Company. They now had many imitators and rivals, and were forced to defend their pioneer patent in the courts." (DSB).

Paris, Crochard, 1815. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt. Slightly rubbed. A few scratches to binding. Wear to top of spine. Small stamps on verso of titlepage.In: "Annales de Chimie, ou Recueil de Mémoires concernant la Chemie" Tome 94. 336 pp. a. 1 plate (the plate in facs., not belonging to Ampere's paper). Ampere's paper: pp. Some scattered brownspots. First appearance of Amperes second paper on molecular physics."The noumenal aspect of chemistry fascinated Ampère. Although his derivation of Avogadro’s law came three years after Avogadro had enunciated it, the law is known today in France as the Avogadro-Ampère law. This was Ampère’s first excursion into molecular physics, and was followed almost immediately by a second. In 1815 he published a paper demonstrating the relation between Mariotte’s (Boyle’s) law and volumes and pressures of gases at the same temperature. The paper is of some interest as a pioneer effort, along with Laplac’s great papers on capillarity, in the application of Mathematical analysis to the molecular realm."(DSB).The volume contains 3 importent papers by Jean-Baptiste Biot on polarisation of light and Berzelius "Experiences pour déterminer les proportions définies, dans lequelles les élémens de la nature organique sont combinés" + "Suite..." 1-2, pp. 5-33, pp. 170-190 a. pp. 296-232

Amsterdam, Wetstein, 1744. Small 8vo. Cont. halfcalf. Richly gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. 2 small nicks on spine. Stamp on titlepage. Title in red/black with engraved vignette. XXXII,176 pp.,1 folded engraved plate. Internally clean, printed on good paper.

Kiøbenhavn, Brummers Forlag, 1800-11. Ubeskåret i 4 orig. hollanderede papb. Rygpapiret på Anden del væk. 1.-3. Del med kobberstukne titelblade med portrætvignetter.XIV,(8),419,(1);484,(6);472;X,341 pp. Ren og frisk. Eksemplaret har tidligere tilhørt retshistorikeren Frantz Dahl.Uncut in the four original paper bindings. Paper spine on vol. 2 gone. Vols. 1-3 with engraved title-pages and portrait-vignettes. Nice and clean. XIV,(8),419,(1);484,(6);472;X,341 pp. Originaltrykket af den første danske komplette udgave af Plutarks Levnedsbeskrivelser over de romerske kejsere.

København, 1892. Originalt komponeret gråt helshirtbd. Helt guldsnit. En smule slitage ved kapitæler. Ellers særdeles ren og frisk, også indvendigt. Originaludgaven.

Weimar, Industrie=Comptoirs, 1801. Unbound, but stitched. (4),IV,279 pp. ome browning and scattered brownspots. (Bibliothek der neuesten und wichtigsten Reisebeschreibungen...hrsg. von M.C. Sprengel, 3. Bd.: 2..Theil).

Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1944. 8vo. Original stiff wrappers. IV,118,(2) pp. A fine copy. First edition. The forerunner to Church's classic text book 'Introduction to Mathematical Logic, 1956'.

Leipzig und Züllichau, 1818-24. 4 uniform contemp. hcalf. Spines gilt, titlelabels with gilt lettering. Volume 4 rebacked, preserving original spine. A paperlabel pasted on lower part of spines. Spines a bit rubbed. Stamp on title-pages. XII,352,(4);X,332,(2);XII,544,(2);X,403 pp. and 1 large folded engraved map. Some foxing to titlepages and last leaves. Volume 4 mentions a plan, this is missing. First edition. - Klaus Jordan: 3494, 3496-98.

Hauniae (Copenhagen), Societas Regiae Scientarium Danicae, 1908. Folio. (54 x 38 cm.). Contemp. hcloth. Gilt lettering on upper board. (4),32 pp., 11 facsimile maps, mostly double-page and some in colour.

Berlin, 1923. Orig. printed orange wrappers. Back strengthend with matching paper. Fresh copy. Offprint/Sonerabdr. aus "Sitzungsberichte". pp. 369-364. First edition. Weil No. 137.

Wien, Strauss, 1813-14. 2 contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines. Gilt lettering. Spines slightly rubbed. Stamp on title-pages. XXIV,288,294,XII;XX,334,360 pp. Internally fine.