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Amsterdam, David Mortier, 1740 8vo. Volume 1 - 6 and 10 and 12 uniformly bound in 8 contemporary full calf bindings with four raised bands and richly gilt spines. Wear to extremitie, boards with scratches and parts of gilting worn off. Ex-libris (Carl Juel, Valdemar's Castle) to pasted down front end-papers. Internally very nice and clean. Later edition of this chronological history of France, first published in 1667/1668. The history begins with the reign of Faramond and ends with that of Henry IV.

Frankfurt und Leipzig, Fleicherischen Buchhandlung, 1784. Small 8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Raised bands. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Stamp on title-page. 84),172 pp., 1 large folded engraved map. Clean and fine.

N.Y. & Nashville, Albington Press, (1952-57). Royal8vo. 12 orig. full cloth. Some dustjackets with small tears. Ca. 9.500 pp.

8vo. Bound in 2 cont. hcalf. Gilt backs. Slightly rubbed. VIII,652,550 pp. and 55 engraved plates (London-buildings and city-views). Plates somewhat brownspotted and the 5 last plates in vol. I with tear at foot, reaching into image with ab. 1 cm. First edition.

Paris, André Delpeuch, 1927. 4to. Bound uncut in a fine green hmorocco. Spine gilt and blindtooled. (Anker Kyster Eftf. 1973). 221,(6) pp. No. 100 of 150 "sur velin des Papeteries D'Arches" of a total of 170 of the 4to-edition.

Gotha, Carl Wilhelm Ettinger, 1795. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Upper part of spine taped. A stamp on title-page. (16),304 pp. and 15 large folded engraved plates. Scattered brownspots. Klaus Jordan, 2652.

Halle, Rengerschen Buchhandlung, 1805. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with five raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. In: "Annalen Der Physik", 19. Band. Entire volume offered. Light wear to extremities, primarily spine. Two stamps to verso of title-page and stamp to verso of each plate. Otherwise a fine copy. Chladni's papers: p. 243; Pp. 257-281. [Entire volume: (8), 496 pp. + 8 plates]. First appearance of Chaldni's two paper, the first being a correction to a previous paper, the second being his thoughts on the gap between Mars and Jupiter.

Amsterdam, J. Wetstein/ Desaint & Saillant, 1750 - 1755. Small 8vo. Uniformly bound in 12 contemporary (original?) marbled paper covered boards with title-label to upper part of spines. Wear to extremities, primarily affecting hinges. Internally with light occassional marginal browning, but generally nice and clean. Engraved frontispiece and 6 large folded engraved maps by D'Anville. Complete.

Kristiania, H. Aschehoug & Co.s Forlag 1897. Lex8vo. In two recent solid half calf with gilt title on backs. (14), 526,(10),553 pp. With 53 plates and numerous text illustrations (all). The original edition. Printing and the Mind of Man No. 384.

(Paris, Gauthier-Villars), 1880. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 90, No 18. Pp. (1021-) 1092. (Entire issue offered). Pasteur's paper: pp. 1033-1044. Very small tears to the first few leaves, not affecting Pasteur's paper. First apperance of an importent paper in microbiology in which Pasteur attributes Puerpal Fever to the development of micro-organisms infecting the pus of the inflammatory condition. He claims that the childhood fever was caused by the bacterium later named Streptococus pyogenes.

London, Rob. Laurie and Ja. Whittle, 1807. 62x49,5 cm. Kobberstukket kort over Sverige med Sundet og til Gävle og Fahlun i nord, Gotland og den Botniske Bugt i øst. I smuk original helkolorering. Rent frisk eksemplar trykt på kraftigt papir. Stort Sveriges-kort fra det estimerede kortforlag i London.

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.

Kiøbenhavn, A. Schmidts Forlag, 1816-17. Indbundet i 4 velbevaredeensartede hldrbd. Med rig rygforgyldning. Ene fals på bind 1 svag. Spredte brunpletter. Originaludgaven.

Kiøbenhavn, Schultz, 1811. Ubeskåret og delvis uopskåret uden omslag. (8),263 pp. En svag skjold på nogle blade. Originaludgaven af den første større fremstilling af nordisk kunsthistorie med biografier. Bibl. Danica II:975.

Birmingham, Baskerville, 1772. 4to. In full red morocco with five raised bands. Spine with sunning and light wear to extremities, otherwise a nice an clean copy. (2), 364 pp. Baskerville-edition of Terence's famous comedies. His plays were heavily used to learn to speak and write in Latin during the Middle Ages and Renaissance Period, and in some instances were imitated by Shakespeare.

(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".

Hafniae, Schlesinger, 1820. 4to. In recent half calf with leather title-label to front board. A nice and clean copy. (4), 54 pp. Uncommon first edition of Forchhammer's doctoral dissertation on inorganic chemistry.

New York, Oxford University Press, 1949. 8vo. Publishers full cloth with dust jacket; fine condition. XII,326 pp. First edition. The first exposition of cardinal arithmetic on an algebraic foundation.

Paris, 1791. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Spine a bit rubbed. Wear to top of spine. A dampstain to lower right corners on the first 15 leaves of the volume. Stamps to verso of titlepage. In: "Annales de Chimie, ou Recueil de Mémoires concernant la Chemie" Tome 9. 355 pp. a. 1 engraved plate. (Entire volume offered). Hassenfratz's paper: pp. 261-274. First printing of a classic paper in physiology."Hassenfratz, a pupil of Lagrange, maintained that the oxidation of carbon and hydrogen took place in the blood, and not in the lungs as taught by others."(Garrison & Morton: 926).

Madrid, Antonio de Sancha, 1777. Contemp. full mottled calf. Richly gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Gilt borders on covers. Stamp on title-page. XVI,383 pp. Clean and fine.

Dresden u. Leipzig, 1846. Lex8vo. Fine recent full cloth. X,816 pp. and 28 lithogr. plates a. 1 fold. Tab.

4 cont. hcalf, gilt backs. Ca 1.500 pp. "Hier aber tritt als Doppelgänger des verstorbenen Generals Carl von Clausewitz auf, schreibt in dessen Namen und Geist, wo es gilt, die Ansichten desselben gegen fremde Angriffe zu vertheidigen..." (An den Leser).

Leipzig, Göschen: 1794-98. 8vo. Bound in 32 uniform hcalf. Spines gilt. Title lables with gilt lettering. Internally clean.

Berlin, Ernst Wasmuth, 1929-37. 4to. 5 orig. hcalf. Gilt spines. Light wear to top of spines. Small stamp on title-pages. Richly illustrated.