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Paris, Paul Gauthier, 1921. 4to. Orig. clothbacked portfolio with ties. XV,92,(1) pp., 18 plates in collotype. A small spot on frontcover. The text in orig. printed wrappers. (Institut Papyrologiques de L'Université de Lille).

Bordeaux helshirtbd. - ikke et forlagsbind, men sandsynligvis et orig. boghandlerbind. En anelse brugsspor. Hel-sides ex-libris indklæbet på friblad, ejernavn på smudstitel og titelbl. Svag plet på nederste snit, ellers meget friskt ekspl. Originaludgave.

Paris, Paulin, 1836-38. Bound in 5 uniform contemp. hcalf. Spines gilt. gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted to lower part of spine. Stamp on title-pages. In all ca. 2100 pp. A few scattered brownspots.

Berlin, Karl Siegismund, 1910. Lex 8vo. 2 orig. full cloth. (4),309;(4),359 pp. and 12 (of 13) folded maps in pockets at end (9+3), textillustrations. Internally clean and fine.

Altenburg, Richterschen Buchhandlung, 1793-98. Bound in 3, a bit later, hcalf. Gilt spines. Gilt lettering. Stamp on title-pages. (12),470,(2);(14),467;(4),666,(1) pp., 1 folded genealogical table. Internally clean and fine.

Kiøbenhavn, Christian Gottlob Prost, 1780-91. 8vo. Indbundet i 4 samtidige halvlæderbind med forgyldte rygtitel- og tomefelter. En smule brugsspor på kanter og rygge. Titelfeltet på bd. 1 og Tomefelterne på bd. 1-3 delvist slidt væk. Ren og pæn indvendig. Trykt på svært, delvist blåt skrivepapir. Med det kobberstukne portræt og alle 21 plancher, hvoraf de 6 første er tegnet af Abildgaard og stukket af Clemens, og de øvrige er af Chodowiecki.

Royal8vo. Orig. wrappers. Uncut. No 94 of 100 "sur papier Offset", total of 127 copies. Engr. title, with 12 original etchings by Dehennin. With dedication from the author on fly-leaf, dated 1950.

London, Routhledge, Warne etc., 1863. Small 8vo. 2 solid fine recent full cloth. XIII,310;X,320 pp. and plates (portraits). Stamp on verso of titles and 1 folded map. Clean and fine copy. First edition.

Paris, Lheureux et Cie, 1865-67. 4to. Bound in 7 contemporary uniform hcalf. Gilt backs. Tome-and titlelabels in red leather. Backs lightly rubbed. The first volume with small tears to spine ends. Ca. 5000 pp. Richly illustrated with woodcuts in the text.

(Paris, Jean Boudot, 1712). 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from "Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences. Année 1710". Pp. 439-490 and 4 large folded engraved plates. First appearance of a classic paper in animal physiology in which Réaumur investigates the means by which mollusks, starfish, and various other invertebrates move about. He was the first to describe ambulacral feet."Réaumur was among the greatest naturalists of his or any age. In the breadth and range of his researches, in the patient detail of his observations, and in the brilliant ingenuity of his experiments, it would be difficult to name his equal. Thomas Henry Huxley has compared his favourably with Darwin."(DSB)

Paris, 1840. Royal8vo. 2 cont.hcalf. St.o.t. Slightly brownspotted. VII, 676, 628 pp.

Paris, Guillaumin, 1843. Royal8vo. Bound in 2 contemp. hcalf, spines gilt, tome-and titlelabels with gilt lettering. One tome-label scratched. Stamps on titlepages. Engraved portrait as frontispiece. LXXIX,520;(4),714,(2) pp. Some leaves with light browning, some scattered brownspots. Third translation into French of Smith's "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations". "A third and better translation by Count Germain appeared at Paris An. X (1802) in 5 volumes 8vo, with a portrait of Aam Smith. Other editions were issued in 1809 and 1822, the former in 3 the latter in 6 volumes 8vo, one being a volume of notes. This edition was revised by Jerome Adolphe Blaqui, and was republished in Paris in 1843 in 2 volumes 8vo (the offered item) as volume 5 and 6 of Guillaume's "Collection des Économistes".(David Murray in: Adam Smith across Nations. Edited by Cheng-chung Lai)

Nürnberg, Schneideri-Weigeliana, 1801. Folio. (40,5 x 26 cm.). Recent hcloth. Stamp on title-page. (2) pp., 12 engraved and handcoloured maps. Title-page browned and with brownspots. Corners repaired. All 12 maps having some rather faint dampstaining and light browning. Some marginal brownspots and some corners repaired (outside image).

Londres, Goadwin, 1695. 8vo. In contemporary marbled paper wrapper. Two small paper-labels pasted on to spine. "52" in contemporary hand to front wrappers. Vague dampstain to to lower margin of first half of bookblock, otherwise internally nice and clean. (8), 178, (2) pp. First French translation of Robinson's "Account of Sweden together with an Extract of the History of that Kingdom", published the same year as the original. The work became very popular and vent through numerous edition.

Leipzig, Fritsch, 1717. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with four raised bands and richly gilt spine. Light wear to extremities. With traces of old paper-label pasted on to top of spine, otherwise a nice and clean copy. (24), 1002, (46) pp.

Paris, Durand, 1852. Royal 8vo. Uncut in the orig. wrappers, back crudely repaired w. blank paper-strip, lacking upper part. Tears to edges of wrappers and lacking lower right corner of front wrapper and first free blank leaf (partly pasted down). Dampstaining and brownspotting throughout. W. half-title. (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" (see 24) 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.

Moscow, S. P. Arkhipov. 1882. 8vo. In contemporary half calf. Wear to extremities and small stamp to upper right corner of title-page, internally fine and clean. IV, 186 pp. Second Russian translation, published the same year as the first Russian and the year after the original English, of Dawin's "Vegetable Mould and Worms". "This last book is outside the main stream of Darwin's work, and reverts to his earlier geological interests. He had indeed published papers on mould in 1838 and in 1840. The book was remarkably successful, selling 6000 copies within a year, and 13000 before the end of the century". (Freeman). Freeman 1409

Paris, Éditions du centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1977. 4to. Orig. fabrikoid. 715 pp., richly illustrated with maps, plates and textillustrations.

Hernösand/ Stockholm, Eckhélls Officin/ Blomqvist, 1851-70. 9 samtidige hldrbd. Rygforgyldning. Forgyldte skindtitler på rygge. De første sider i bind 1 med en mindre fugtskjold.

1739. (Wien, Joh. Peter v. Gehlen, 1739). Folio. (45,5 x 28,5 cm.). Contemp. full speckled calf. A bit rubbed. Lower spine-end worn. (26) pp. One leaf with some stains, otherwise fine, printed on good paper.

Oxford, by H. Hall for Ric. Davis and VVill. Nott., 1679. 8vo. In contemporary full calf. Wear and scratches to extremities. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Title-page miscolored and with a few tears. With occassional dampstaining throughout and a few wormtracts. (22), 300 pp.

Stuttgart, J.B. Metzler'schen Buchh., 1825-26. Small 8vo. One cont. hcalf. Gilt back. VIII,328,VIII,316 pp. and 2 folded plates. A few underlinings in the text, small traces of use.

(Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1714). 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from "Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences. Année 1712". Pp. 299-335 and 1 folded engraved plate. First appearance of Maraldi's classic study of Bee Colonies and the different kinds of cells, workers cells, drone cells, their sizes and "geometry".

Reykjavik, Printsmidjan Gutenberg, 1920-24. Med orig. bogtrykte omslag i 2 solide private hldrbd. XII,1052 pp. samt 6 plancher. Originaltrykket.

Kjøbenhavn (Copenhagen), Andreas Hartvig Godiche, 1740. 4to. Three parts uniformly bound in two contemporary full calf bindings with five raised bands and richly gilt spines. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spines. A few wormholes to spines, boards with scratches with some loss of leather. Part of gilting on upper compartment of spine on vol. 1. worn off. Small wormtracts in inner lower margin of both volumes, not affecting text. Internally generally nice and clean. (4), 756, (8) pp.; 525, (11), 256, (2) pp. Rare first Danish translation of Buddeus's "Institutiones theologiae moralis" (1711) which in many aspects inaurated a new age of moral sensitivity among Lutherans of which Pietism became the most important theological tradition. Johann Franz Buddeus (1667-1729) born in Pomerania, was professor of Greek and Latin, moral philosophy and theology at Leipzig and Halle.