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Hannover, Pockwitz, 1787. Uncut in original stiff boards. Stamps on title-page. (28),190 pp. + 27 beilagen. + (28),278 pp. + 3 Beilagen. faint scattered brownspots.

Berlin, Wasmuth, 1909. Folio. Orig. hcloth. Back with tears in joints. Conatining 31 double-page lithographed plates with descriptive text. Extremities with traces of use.

Leipzig und Franckfurth, Martin gabriel Hübner, 1698. Small 8vo. Contemp. full vellum. A nick in vellum on upper cover. Engraved frontispiece (right margin frayed). (22),438,(18);396;(10),470 pp. Light toning, faint scattered brownspots.

Stockholm, Bredberg /Nordstedt & Sönar, 1837-57. Indbundet i 10 ensartede samtidige hldrbd. med rygforgyldning., En del foldetabeller, enkelte litograferede plancher og nogle tekstillustrationer.

Berlin, Julius Springer, 1928. 8vo. Publisher's full cloth. Ink signature of Samuel Skulsky on front free end paper. Completely clean throughout. A fine and tight copy. First edition of the foundation of modern mathematical logic.In the years 1917-22 Hilbert gave three seminal courses at the Univeristy og Göttingen on logic and the foundation of mathematics. He received considerable help in preperation and eventual write up of these lectures from Bernays. This material was subsequently reworked by Ackermann into the monograph 'Grundzüge der Theoretischen Logik' (the offered item). It containes the first exposition ever of first-order logic and poses the problem of its completeness and the decision problem ('Entscheidungsproblem'). The first of these questions was answered just a year later by Kurt Gödel in his doctorial dissertation 'Die Vollständigkeit der Axiome des logischen Funktionenkalküls'. This result is known as Gödel's completeness theorem. Two years later Gödel published his famous 1931 paper 'Über formal unentscheidbare Sätze der Principia Mathematica und verwandter Systeme I' in which he showed that a stronger logic, capable of modeling arithmetic, is either incomplete or inconsistent (Gödel's second incompleteness theorem). The later question posed by Hilbert and Ackermann regarding the decision problem was answered in 1936 independantly by Alonzo Church and Allan Turing. Church used his model the lambda-calculus and Turing his machine model to construct undecidable problems and show that the decision problem is unsolvable in first-order logic. These results by Gödel, Church, and Turing rank amongst the most important contributions to mathematical logic ever. Scarce in this condition.

Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1927. 8vo. Contemp. hcloth. Gilt lettering to spine. In "Annalen der Physik", Vierte Folge, Band 83. Entire volume offered. Schrödinger's paper: Pp. 956-68. [Entire volume: VIII, 1224 pp. + 9 plates.]. Stamp to verso of titlepage. Internally clean. First printing of Schroedinger's important paper which preceded the great work by von Neumann (November 1927) connecting thermodynamics and quantum mechanics. Von Neumann showed, in a paper published 1927, how generalized infinite-dimensional Euclidean spaces (function spaces) and linear operators provide the proper mathematical framework for quantum mechanics.

Dresden und Leipzig, Arnoldischen Buchhandlung, 1840. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Gilt lettering. A paperlabel taped on spine. XXII,127,(1) pp., 2 large folded lithographed plates.

Amsterdam, Coup, 1748. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with five raised bands, richly gilt spine and gilt super ex-libris to front board. Wear and soiling to extremities, two large scratches with loss of leather to front board. Leather on spine cracked and spine-ends chipped. Internally nice and clean. XLIX, 252, (3), 256, 523 pp. Sixth French translation of Pufendorf's second main work, his seminal "On the Duty of Man and Citizen ", which became extremely influential during the Enlightenment of the 18th century and had a great impact on legal, moral, constitutional, and political thinking, not only in Europe, but also in America. It was perhaps more influential than the work which is usually considered Pufendorf's main work, namely his "De jure naturae et gentium" from 1672, which is longer and more elaborate, though, or perhaps exactly therefore, the present work must be said to be the one that came to exercise the greatest impact and came to spread Pufendorf's thought, not least his concept of "natural law" and his analysis of just war theory (which he gives in the present work), throughout Europe and America. It is the present work "that guaranteed him a place in university curricula for a century." (SEP).

New York, Oxford University Press, 1971-74. 2 orig. full cloth. Frontispieces in colour. Stamp on foot of title-pages. XVIII,712;XVII,758 pp., Profusely textillustrated. Internally clean and fine.

København, Munksgaard, 1941-68. Lex8vo. Indbundet i 4 originale hldrbd. med forgyldte tome- og titelfelter i skind. XIII,457;402;594 pp. Rent frisk eksemplar.

New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1930. Original full fabrikoid, gilt lettering to spine. In "The Bell System Technical Journal", Vol. 9, 1930. (10),842 pp., textillustrations and plates. The entire volume offered. Shewhart's paper: pp.364-389, textfigs. Clean and fine. First printing of one of the major papers by Shewart, who is called "the father of statistical quality control". This paper, together with some earlier works on statistical control in productions, expanded to his great book, issued in 1931 with the samer title as the offered paper.

Berlin, Schöne, 1794-1803. Bound in 4 contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines. Titlelabels with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on top of spines. Stamps on all 4 title-pages. Engraved frontispiece, 1 folded engraved plate, textfig. and textillustrations. Some scattered brownspots.

Kbhvn., 1840. Folio. Ohshirtmappe. 6 stukne plancher, hver i 4-dobbelt folioformat, og alle håndkolorerede. I kronologisk orden vises landenes historie, begivenheder, konger og regenter samt vigtige opdagelser. Yderst dekorativt.

Ebersbach, Dressler, (1871). Lex 8vo. Contemporary modest half cloth. 399 pp. With 50 hand-coloured plates. Pp. 367-368 corner torn with loss of text. Occasional foxing.

Kopenhagen, Rothens Erben und Prost, 1772. Samtidigt hldrbd. Rygforgyldningen og titeletiketten lidt slidt. Ryg lidt slidt, særligt ved kapitæler. (8),312 pp. Få spredte brunpletter. Trykt på skrivepapir. Originaludgaven af Münters gengivelse af samtalerne med Struense under dennes fængselsophold. - Bibl. Danica III:1489.

(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1754) 4to. No wrappers, as issued in "Mémoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres", tome VIII, Année 1752. Pp. 149-184 and 1 folded engraved plates. First appearance of an importent work on different kinds of water-pumps, analyzing their different amounts of force used."Euler also investigated a number of concrete problems on the motion of liquids and gases in pipes, on vibration of air in pipes, and on propagation of sound. Along with this, he worked on problems of hydrotechnology, discussed, in part, above. Especially remarkable were the improvements he introduced into the design of a hydraulic machine imagined by Segner in 1749 and the theory of hydraulic turbines, which he created in accordance with the principle of action and reaction (1752-1761)."(DSB).Eneström E 207.

Paris, Perottin, 1846-54. Bound in 7 contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines. 2 spines a bit rubbed. Stamp on htitles and title-page. 2 quires in volume one a bit loose. With 3 folded maps. Some scattered brownspots. First editon.

Herman H.J. Lynge & Søn, printed by Narayana Press, 2025. Large 4to (28 x 22 cm). Two volumes, in the original boards of black glitted paper with gilt lettering and single gilt lines to spines, in the style of Kierkegaard's original gift-bindings. Housed in the original black glitted slipcase with a frame of single gilt lines and gilt corner-pieces, also in pastiche-style. 445, 143 pp. + 4 pp. pricelist, loosely laid in at the end of vol. I. Richly illustrated throughout with excellent photos of each book. New, mint, and in the original plastic wrapper. The catalogue contains descriptions of 116 books, being Kierkegaard first editions, presentation-copies, books annotated by Kierkegaard, an original handwritten letter by Kierkegaard, books from Kierkegaard's library, and two books pertaining to Regine Olsen. SØREN AABYE KIERKEGAARD is one of the most important philosophers of all time. He is the father of existentialism, one of the main influences upon postmodernism and existential psychology, is responsible for many of the key concepts in philosophy today, and he just happens to be Danish. As a centuries old antiquarian book shop based in Kierkegaard’s hometown Copenhagen, and specialized in Philosophy, it is not a coincidence that Kierkegaard has always been one of our main specialties. We have arguably the strongest tradition in the world in dealing with first editions, presentation copies, association copies, and books that have belonged to Kierkegaard. And this not only in recent times. In his lifetime, Kierkegaard was a customer of Herman H.J. Lynge & Son, and it was our predecessor, the distinguished Herman H.J. Lynge, who made the auction catalogue of his book collection, when he died. Since the mid- 19th century, Herman H.J. Lynge and Søn has had a special relation to Kierkegaard’s books and has always dealt extensively in these. This is the first time, however, that we have made a large catalogue presentation of the very best items available, not only in Denmark, not only now, but in the whole world, and arguably ever. We dare say that there has never been as many Kierkegaard rarities for sale at once. We have been collecting these choice copies throughout some years, during which we have been lucky to acquire some excellent collections and individual copies, making this unique presentation possible. And we have chosen to sell the books individually instead of as a collection. In the present catalogue, we are thus paying tribute to the greatest thinker of our nation by presenting you with an array of the most interesting copies of books connected to Kierkegaard that one will possibly ever come by. Here presented is not only all of his works in first editions, but also in some of the finest and most interesting copies that one can come by; we have arguably the largest collection of Kierkegaard presentation-copies ever presented at once, several of his own copies of his own books, and possibly the largest collection of books that have belonged to Kierkegaard himself, both books that he has “merely” owned, and books that are inscribed to him. We also have a letter written by Kierkegaard, which is of the utmost scarcity. And finally, we have two books related to Kierkegaard’s fiancé, his muse Regine Olsen.

Gottingen, Vandenhoeck, 1769-1780. 4to. Bound in two uneven half calf bindings. Bindings with wear. Ex-libris pasted on to verso of front boards and previous owner's names to front free end-papers. Title-page in vol. 1 with repair in lower outer corner, not affecting text. Brownspotted throughout. XVI, 308 pp.; (2), 218 pp. First edition of this important work which became highly influential in seventeenth-century Biblical exegesi. Johann Davis Michaelis (1717-19) was a theologian and orientalist, whose fame today rests upon the present work and upon the fact that he was responsible for the first scientific expedition to Arabia Felix, namely that of Niebuhr.

Berlin, Vossischen Buchhandlung, 1790. Unbound, but stitched. In "Magazin von merkwürdigen neuen Reisebeschreibungen, aus dem fremden Sprachen übersetzt und mit erläuternden Anmerkungen begleitet. Bd. 1:Theil 3). pp (213-)358. A few brownspots, otherwise clean. First German edition.

(København, 1826). 4to. In a nice recent half calf binding with gilt lettering to spine. Underlinings in pencil thorughout and last leaf heavily annotated in contemporary hand in ink. (3), 162-206, (2) pp. + 4 plates and 2 large folded handcoloured maps. First edition of this first exposition of the geology of the Faroe Islands. “Also in 1820 Forchhammer made a trip to England to further his understanding of geology, and there he became acquainted with such scientists as Prout, Davy, Dalton, Wollaston, Jameson, and Lyell. Together with Sir Walter C. Trevelyan he investigated the geology and coal formations of the Faeroe Islands; the resulting publication led to his becoming a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences.” (DSB)

Illinois, 1968-90. In 85 parts.

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.

Leipzig, Hirzel, 1908. 4to. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt. Corners and spine ends with light wear. "Physikalische Zeitschrift. Herausgegeben von E. Riecke und H.Th. Simon. Neunter Jahrgang". XIX,928 pp., textillustrations and 8 plates. Einstein paper: pp. 216-217. Internally clean and fine. The whole volume offered. First edition. The volume contains also importent papers by Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner, Max Planck.