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Moguntiae (Mainz), Balthasarum Lippium, 1603. 4to ( 250 x 195 mm). In contemporary full calf with five raised bands and richly gilt spine. Traces from old paper-label to upper part of spine. Light wear to extremities. A few leaves, including the title-page with repairs in upper margin, otherwise a nice copy. (8), 782, (14) pp. Second edition of Toledo’s commentary and annotations on Paul letters to the Romans. “Toletus was born in Spain into a family of humble origins, probably of Jewish or Moorish descent. He studied philosophy at Zaragoza or Valencia and theology at Salamanca. His professor of theology, Domingo De Soto, characterized him as an intellectual prodigy, and, indeed, by age fifteen Toletus held a chair in philosophy (Campbell 1921, 112–13). He entered the Jesuit order in 1558 and taught at the prestigious Collegio Romano in Rome, where future Jesuit teachers were trained. From 1559 to 1562 he taught philosophy there, and from 1562 to 1569, theology. From 1571 onward he was sent on various diplomatic missions, including one in 1596 to convert Henry IV of France (Schmitt and Skinner 1988, 838). Toletus became the first Jesuit cardinal in 1593 (Van Ackeren 2003, 102). His accomplishments were both political and intellectual. In 1595 he persuaded Pope Clement to grant Henry IV absolution, which established peace in France (Campbell 1921, 113).” (Hattab, Toletus, Franciscus (Francisco de Toledo) (1532–1596))

(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1816). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1816 - Part I. Pp. 46-114 and 4 engraved plates. A small brownspot outside image in right margin of plates. Clean and fine. First printing of an importent paper in the history of optics describing the photoeleasticity of glass.In the paper Brewster describes numerous investigations of birefringent glass. While Seebeck related birefringence of glass to its internal structure, Brewster considered heat as the cause of birefringence. The paper is a very thorough investigation of refringence in glass with numerous examples. To illustrate, Fig. 3 shows photoelastic patterns of a thick quadratic plate. Brewster actually comes close to the real reason of birefringence in glass: "I have discovered that glass, and all other substances that have not the property of double refraction, are capable of receiving it from mechanical pressure, and that a compressing force always produces the structure which givesthe exterior fringes in crystallized glass, while a dilating force produces the structure which develops the interior fringes." Brewster suggests that glass should be carefully examined by polarized lightbefore it is purchased.Together with the Brewster-paper comes a paper by John Frederick W. Herschel: "On the development of exponential functions; together with several new theorems relating to finite differences." Pp. 25-45.

(Paris, Didot, 1818). 4to. Uncut, no wrappers as ectracted from "Mémoires de L'Academie Royale des Sciences de L'Institut de France" Année 1816 - Tome Ier. Pp. 1-70. Clean and fine. First printing of major paper in mathematical physics.

K., (1841-42). Lille 4to. Samt. helldrbd.m.rygforgyldn. Ryg en smule slidt ved false. Permer of præget shirt m.guldtrykt ramme. Litograf. titelblad samt 21 stålstukne plancher, stukket af Gray. 104, 12 pp.

Kbhvn., 1885-91. Lex8vo. 5 smukke private hldrbd., supplementsbindet i samt. hldrbd. Med kort.

Leipzig, C.L. Hirschfeld, 1846. Contemp. hcalf, richly gilt spines, title-and tomelabels with gilt lettering. IV,404 pp. The first 2 and last 2 leaves with browning in corners, otherwise clean. With the signature of P.V. Rubow on fly-leaf. First edition.

Kiøbenhavn (Copenhagen), 1812. 8vo. List senere (ca. 1840-50) hldrebd. m. fire oph. bd. og forgyldt ryg. Ryggen m. brugsspor og den forgyldte titel på ryggen næsten slidt væk. Et solidt eksemplar. Indvendig lidt brunplettet. Forsats m. stempel ("Discarded from Stockholm University Library). XVI, 486 pp., 1 f. (errata).8vo. Near cont. (about 1840-50) hcalf w. four raised bands, gilt title-label, and gilt spine. Spine with signs of wear, and title almost worn off. A tight and solid copy. Internally some brownspotting, but not heavy. Front end-paper w. stamp ("Discarded from Stockholm University Library). XVI, 486 pp., 1 f. (errata). Den sjældne originaludgave af et af Treschows vigtigste filosofiske værker.The scarce first edition of one of Treschow's most important philosophical works.Niels Treschow (1751 - 1833) is generally accepted as the most important Norwegian philosopher before the 20th century. He played a prominent role in the development of hilosophy in Scandinavia in the late 18th and far into the 19th century. He was the first professor of Philosophy at the University of Christiania (today Oslo) (from 1813), and before that he had been professor of Philosophy at the University of Copenhagen (from 1803 till 1813), where he played a very important role, changing the tradition of philosophy in Scandinavia by being one of the first teachers of philosophy, who was also a philosopher himself. His lectures and works were of seminal character, and his way of thinking cleared a path for later important philosophers. He became "Ridder af Dannebrog" (an honorary title, -"Knight of Dannebrog" (Dannbrog being the Danish flag), and he was a member of both the Norwegian and the Danish Academies of Science.Treschow was especially fond of the German rationalists and romantics as well as of English Empiricism, which played a great role in his own philosophy. He was never very influenced by Kant's critical philosophy, and his own philosophy was to a large extemt governed by emotions and intuition, -he was never afraid to think according to his feelings.Apart from being a philosopher, Treschow was also a politician of some influence under the first Norwegian government.Treschow wrote a number of important works, the present being one of the most important ones. All of his works are scarce and sought after, and they rarely appear on the market.

(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1806). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1806. With titlepage to 1806, Part I. Pp. 99-108. With a stamp on verso of titlepage. First apperance of a milestone paper in plant physiology as the concept of tropistic behaviour arose from the experiments described in this paper. Knight showed that forces, generated by means of a water-wheel, made roots and shoots of seedlings orient themselves to centrifugal forces, just as they do to gravity.Knight's investigations on geotropism "enabled Knight to distinguish between geotropic and hydrotropic reactions of the root, and opened the whole question of tropic responses, of their physical basis and adaptive significance in the lfe of plants."(Morton, "History of Botanical Science", p. 390.)."His most famous work was on what are now called geotropisms. In a letter read by Banks to the Royal Society in 1806, Knight described how he eliminated the influence of gravitation on germinating seeds: He attached them at various angles to the rim of a vertical wheel which was driven by a stream in his garden to revolve continuously at a rate of 150 r.p.m. As the germinating plants grew, each shoot was directed to the center of the wheel; when a shoot passed the center of the wheel its tip turned back so that growth was still centripetal; the roots grew away from the center. Next he set up a similar structure with the wheel horizontal and rotating at 250 r.p.m. so that the seedlings were influenced by both gravitation of the earth an the centrifugal force. In this case, growth was at an angle of 80° to the vertical, the shoot upward and inward, and the root downward and out. Reducing the rotation to 80 r.p.m. decreased the centrifugal force to such an extent that the plants grew at an angle of 45° to the vertical."(DSB).

(Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1732). 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from "Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences. Année 1730". Pp. 78-101. First printing of Johann Bernoulli's importent paper in which he for the first time (Euler did it at the same time) solved the problem of finding the tautochrone in a medium that resists a body's motion directly as the square of the body's speed.After Huygens first discovered that the cylcoid was a tautochronous curve in vacuo according to the hypothesis of uniform gravity; Newton and Hermann have also given tautochrones following the hypothesis of non-uniform gravity acting, and pulling towards some fixed point as centre. Moreover, they have considered the motion to arise in a vacuum, with no resistance. Truly pertaining to resisting media, Newton has also shown that the cycloid is a tautochrone in a medium for which the resistance is proportional tothe speed; moreover, as far as any other kinds resisting media are concerned, there has been no progress made either in roducing the curves themselves or in demonstrating possible tautochronism in them [The 3rd edition of the Principia that Euler refers to finally in §35 alters this view to include the type of resistance offered here. It may be of interest to the reader to observe that Johan. Bernoulli published a paper in the Memoire de l'Acad. Roy. des Sciences in 1730, also present in his Opera Omnia, T. III, p.173, with the title (in tra. from French): Method for Finding Tautochrones in Media Resisting as the Square of the Speed; in which Euler does not get a mention.].

K., 1809. Samt.hldrbd.m.tidstypisk rygforgyldn. X,341 pp. Lettere brunplettet. Originaludgaven.

Amsterdam, Aux dépens de la compagnie, 1732. 4to. Uniformly bound in two contemporary full calf bindings with five raised bands and richly gilt spines. Small paper label pasted on to top of spine (Inventory number in Valdemar's Castle's library). Ex-libris (Juel, owner of Valdemars's Castle) pasted on to pasted down front end-papers. Boards with scratches and slightly bended. Back board of vol. 2 soiled in upper outer margin and broken vertially. Previous owner's name crossed out on title-page in vol. 1. Internally nice and clean. (2), LII, 837 pp.; (4), 937 pp. Later and enlarged edition of this important dictionary of the French language first published 1680.

(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1755). 4to. No wrappers as issued in "Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles Lettres". tome IX, pp. 321-352. First printing of this Euler-paper in which he examines curves of airborne bodies. Euler describes how the forces acting on a cannonball give different differential equations for the ascending branch than for descending branch. See Eneström E217.

Paris, Georges Petit, 1911. Small folio. Bound with orig. printed wrappers in a fine hmorocco. Spine with some faint spots. (4),584,(1) pp., 400 illustrations and 11 plates in heliogravure.

Kiøbenhavn, Soldin, 1796. Lille8vo. Samtidig marmoreret omslag. 46,(2) pp. Svag skjold på de sidste blade. lidt spredte brunpletter. Den sjældne originaludgave. "Aristokraternes Catechismus" er en efterligning af P.A. Heibergs købmandskatekismus."Malthe Conrad Bruun var under indflydelse af ateisten Otto Horrebow (se bl.a. hans artikel i Jesus og Fornuften, 1799) og gav her sin samfundssatire og sine voldsomme angreb på adel og enevælde en gudsbespottelig form. Satiren fik biskop Nicolai Edinger Balle til under henvisning til Danske lov (6,4,14) at indberette skriftet til kancelliet. Af frygt for konsekvenserne flygtede Malthe Conrad Bruun."(DBL).

Stuttgart, Johann Benedict Mezler, 1768. Contemp. hcalf. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on top of spine. Stamps on title-page. Engraved frontispiece. (30),452,444 pp. and 24 folded engraved plates. Internally clean. Poggendorff I, 456.

Kjøbenhavn, Kittendorff & Aagaard, 1854-55. Samtidigt hldrbd. med rygforgyldning. Begge false svage. Håndkoloreret frontispiece. 393 pp. samt 47 illustrationer, alle håndkolorerede og ca. halvdelen på plancher, resten i teksten halvsides. Eksemplaret har tilhørt forfatteren Sophus Bauditz og med hans exlibris på indersiden af forpermen. Lettere brugsspor, nogle blade med svage skjolder i hjørner. Ualmindeligt eksemplar af denne Robinsonade idet det er håndkoloreret helt igennem.

Paris, Émile Hazan, (1930). Small 4to. Bound with all orig. wrappers in a fine hmorocco (Anker Kyster 1942). No 226 of 800 "sur velin D'Arches...fabrique specialement pour cette edition", a total of 873 copies. With 6 fine etchings in colour by Dignimont.

Paris, Les Beaux-Arts, (1933). Large 4to. Partly untrimmed in a fine solid hmorocco. A few stains on spine. 429,(3) pp., 128 fine plates in heliogravure with 236 illustrations. Fine and clean.

Lemvig, Atlantis' Forlag, 1923. Ubeskåret i originale bogtrykte omslag. De første og sidste blade med lidt brunpletter. (2),56,(2) pp., tekstillustrationer. (Særtryk af Atlantis). Nr. 122 af 200 salgseksemplarer, hele oplaget var på 250 eksemplarer. Nederste margin af omslaget med en svag skjold.Uncut in the original printed wrappers. First and last leaves with a bit of brownspotting. Lower margin of wrapper with a faint damp stain. (2),56,(2) pp., tekstillustrationer. Første danske oversættelse af Brahes "De Nova Stella". Værket er aldrig blevet oversat i sin helhed, men Gelsted og Thøger Larsen har her oversat værkets astronomiske del for første gang i det 350. år efter dens første udgivelse. First edition of the first Danish translation of any part of Brahe's seminal "De Nova Stella" (1573). The work has never been translated in its entirety, but here we have Gelted and Thøger Larsen's excellent translation of the astronomical part of it, published 350 years after its original publication in Latin. This is nr. 122 out of 200 copies that were for sale, being an offprint from "Atlantis".

Berlin, Mittler und Sohn, 1867. Lex8vo. and 4to. 2 contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines. A crack along first hinge, but still holding. Some scratches and wear to spines. Stamp on titlepage. VII,729,(6) pp. and 54 "Anlagen" (on 41). A few tears to some of the maps. Internally clean.

Francfort, (No publ.), 1761. 4to. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on lower part of spine. Stamp on foot of title-page. (2),42 pp., 1 folded engraved map, outline coloured, 7 double-page engraved plans. Title-page with a faint dampstain and some of the plates with a faint dampstain.

Kbhvn., 1858-59. 4to. Samt. hldrbd. Ryg delvis itu. 780 pp. 1858-59 udgav Hertz dise blade i hvilke han af større arbejder, foruden rejseskitser, meddelte en literær Exposè: "Poesien i Danmark efter 1814" samt en omfangsrig fortælling i 3 dele: "Johannes Johnsen...", der senere udkom i bogform. (Bricka). Heri talrige anmeldelser, digte, rejsebeskrivelser etc. fra andre bidragydere.

(No place nor printer), 1715. 4to. In contemporary full calf with five raised bands and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Light wear to extremities and a few holes to boards. Ex-libris (Juel of Valdemar's Castle) to pasted down front end-paper. Internally nice and clean 142, (2), (2), 150, (2) pp. First edition of these two works on The Great Northern War (1700–1721) a major conflict in which Denmark-Norway, Russia and others fought against Sweden’s dominance in Northern Europe. Both works are polemical state publications meant to justify Denmark’s military action against Sweden by combining historical narrative, moral appeal and legal argumentation. Biblioteca Danica III, 297.

Freyberg, Graz und Gerlach, 1819. Contemp. hcalf., spine gilt and titlelabel with gilt lettering. XI,312 pp. and 7 folded engraved plates wtih many figs. Clean and fine.

Frankfurt und Leipzig, friedrich Nicolai, 1808. Small 8vo. Modest later hcloth. Stamp on titlepage. 266 pp. Scattered brownspots and light browning throughout. Scarce first edition.