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Genova, Matheo Garvizza, (ca. 1730-) 1756. Small 4to. 3 contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines. Gilt lettering. Slightly rubbed. Stamp on title-page. (6),346;336;(2),383 pp. Faint dampstain to last leaves in volume II. First edition. With the Supplement-volume published years later.

[Washington, Government Printing Office, 1887]. 8vo. In later cardboard binding with cloth back strip. Red paper title-label pasted on to front board. Stamp to front board and front free end-paper. White paper label pasted on to verso of front board. Internally fine and clean. 10 pp.

Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1824. Later hcloth. Stamp on title-page. VIII,602 pp. Internally clean and fine.

Schleswig, Taubstummen-Institut, 1828. Contemp. hcalf, richly gilt spine. Stamp on titlepage. Engraved frontispiece. 288 pp. Clean and fine printed on good paper. A fine copy.

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle etc., 1888. Orig. pictorial full cloth, gilt. Light rubbing to edges. XV,368 pp. + 32 pp. of Advertisements and 1 folded map. Fine and clean copy, uncut. First edition.

Leipzig, Joh. Friedrich Braun, 1716. 2 contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Richly gilt spines. Tome-and titlelabels with gilt lettering. A small nick to top of spine on volume 1. Stamp on title-pages. Engraved frontispiece (portrait). First title-page in red and black. (14),1376;1184,(82) pp. Occassional light browning, but clean. First German edition.

Kjøbenhavn, Reitzels Bo og Arvinger, 1854-55. Indbundet i 11 velbevarede samtidige hldrbd. med rig rygforgyldning. Førstetrykket af "Samlede Skrifter", her afsluttet med "Mit Livs Eventyr" (Bind 21-22). Med Andersens litograferede portræt i bind 21.

Fiorenza, (Florece), Apresso di Giunti, 1574. 4to. No wrappers. (26) pp. Large printers woodcut device at end. 3 large woodcut initials, portrait of Cosimo in woodcut. " leaves with brownspot to margin, otherwise fine. First edition of Betti's funeral sermon on Cosimo Medici (1519-1574). - Adams B:845.

Berlin, Julius Springer, 1929. Offprint from 'Mathematische Zeitschrift' volume 30, pp. 3-42. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. Fine condition. First edition offprint issue.

Leipsic, 1802. Small 8vo. One cont. half calf. Back with traces of use. 71 full-page engr. pl. with 3 illustr. on each. 202, 142, 253 pp.

(Paris, Fortin, Masson et Cie, 1840). 8vo. Without wrappers. Extracted from 'Annales de Chimie et de Physique', 2e Series, tome 73. Pp. 73-103 (incl. Note de Liebig pp. 100-103) and pp. 113-166. Some scattered brownspots. This paper, which was published at the same year in "Comptes Rendues" (3 Fevrier), is the most importent on the theory of structural types and the nomenclature of organic compounds, refuting the electrochemical theory of Berzelius. "The development of this idea (type organique) into what is sometimes called the "Older Type Theory", as distinguished from Gerhardt's Type heory, is contained in Dumas' importent memoir on the substitution and the theory of types, presented on 3 febriary 1840."(Partington IV, p. 365). In the second paper Stas and Dumas record the first use of 'potash-lime', the precursor of soda-lime, an invaluable reagent in organic chemistry."Jean Baptiste Dumas advances a theory that the chemical properties of an organic compound are determined by its structure and not, as seems to be the case with inorganic compounds, by its electrical properties. he illustrates the concept with the example that the basic qualitative properties of acetic acid are retained even after replacing three fourths of the hydrogen by chlorine. As a consequence, he calls for a revision of chemical nomenclature for organic compounds, basing terms on common features, not on elemental composition."(Parkinson "Breakthroughs" 1840 C).

(Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1735). 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from "Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences. Année 1733". Pp. 117-140 and 4 folded engraved plates. Fine and clean. By this paper Camus was the first to work out the mathematical theory of gearteeth into a systematical and general theory of the mechanism.

Cambridge, Cambridge Univ. Press, (1978). 8vo. Orig. full cloth in orig. dust jacket w. minor taning to top. In fine condition, internally mint. XIII,396 pp. First edition of the first presentation of multiple-conclusion logic.The authors, D. J. Shoesmith and T. J. Smiley, "in surveying the multiple consequences of taking multiple consequence seriously, have taken a huge first step in founding a new branch of the subject (i.e. logic). Their book provides a solid conceptual foundation and a wealth of results whose breadth and dept has hardly any equal" (Phil. Qual. Vol. 30, Nr. 121, p. 379).

A Paris, Saillant, 1772. Cont. full mottled calf. Back worn as the golddecoration is nearly gone. Engraved frontisp. XXIV,342,(2) pp. A few lvs. slightly browned, otherwise internally fine. Scarce first French edition.

Paris, Levrault, An X (1802). 8vo. In contemporary half calf. Wear and stains to spine. Hinges weak. Annotations in pencil to pasted down front end-paper. Internally very nice and clean. LXVIII, 424 pp. First French translation, from the library of Jonas Skougaard, of Johan Christian Fabricius’ account of his travels in Norway in summer of 1778. This journey was supported by a government grant and was a part of his extensive travels throughout Europe, during which he made significant contributions to the field of entomology. Biblioteca Norwegica II, 2864. Skougaard III, p. 259.

Ulm, Dan. Bartholomaeus, 1712. 8vo. Contemp. full vellum. Title written in ink on spine. Engraved frontispiece. (14),869,(23) pp. + 88 pp.

(Paris, Crochard, 1830). No wrappers. In: "Annales de Chimie, ou Recueil de Mémoires concernant la Chemie" 2e Series, Tome 45, Cahier 3. Pp. 337-448 a. 1 engraved map (entire issue offered). Duperrey's paper: pp. 371-386. Text with scattered brownspots. Map with a small closed tear in lower left corner, otherwise fine.The map: "Configuration de LÉquateur Magnétique.... faites dans la campagne de la Corvette de S.M. la Coquille, pendent les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Par M.L.I. Duperrey Commandant de L'Expedition" Left: Dressée par L.I. Duperrey, en 1829. Right corner: Gravée par Ambroise Tardieu. (29x80 cm. (the map-sheet)) In 1820, the islands were named the Gilbert Islands or îles Gilbert (in French). Duperrey was the first to put together on a map the whole Gilbert Islands archipelago with the name given to it by Admiral Krusenstern after the British Captain Thomas Gilbert, who crossed the archipelago in 1788. Duperrey commanded La Coquille on its circumnavigation of the earth (1822-1825).

Paris, J.- J. Dubochet et cie, 1842. Royal 8vo. Cont. hcalf w. vellum-corners. Raised bands and gilt spine. All edges gilt. Inner hinges a bit loose. Occational minor brownspotting. Richly illustrated with many full-page plates and vignettes. XX, 292 pp. First edition with the illustrations of Grandville. Two editions came out at the same time - almost identical. This is the first edtion of the two according to Carteret; "Le premier tirage se reconnaît à ce que la page 208 commence par ce vers: Dans l´instant le coq orgueilleux - alors que dans la réimpression il se trouve au bas de la page 207; de plus, pour la signature de la troisième feuille, le chiffre employé est en caractère rond, tandis que dans la réimpression il est en caractère carré." (Carteret III, 238). "J. J. Dubocher gab 1842 die "Fables de Florian" mit 80 Holzschnitten Ausserhalb des Textes und 25 Textvignetten heraus, die von Cherrier, Lacoste, Rouget, Porret vorzüglich ausgeführt wurden. Auch diese Illustrationen sind in Grandvilles Manier gezeichnet, die, ungeachtet des grossen allgemeinen Erfolges, scharfe Gegnerschaft bedeutender Kritiker wie Gautiers, Baudelaires wachrief." (Rümann, Das illustrierte Buch des XIX. Jahrhunderts", p. 160.Carteret, III:238.

Berlin, Grunow,1878-80. 4to. and small folio-oblong. Both volumes rebacked, preserving most of original gilt spines. Stamps on title-page. XLIV,1288 pp. Atlas with 100 lithographed plates. Internally fine.

(Copenhagen, ca. 1820). Paper-size: 61 x 44 cm. Plan: 57 x 40,5 cm. Fine plan of "Festung Minden", pen and ink with watercolour. The author states (in Danish), that it is sketched after memory, but he has been on the spot.

Hamburg, Felginer, 1723. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with four raised bands and richly gilt spine. Light wear to extremities, leather cracked on spine and parts of gilting worn off. Head of spine slightly chipped. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Small worm-tract to lower margin of first few leaves, otherwise internally nice and clean. (62), 861 pp. + frontispiece and 8 engraved plates. Rare devotional work, the present copy being the third edition, offering spiritual guidance and protection against the temptations and attacks of the devil, beautifully illustrated with 8 full page engravings.

Leipzig, Weidmann, 1839. 4to.-oblong. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt, titlelabel with gilt lettering. XLIV,443 pp. Some scattered brownspots, mainly on the first 2 leaves. First edition of this importent critical edition of the extant part of Festus' grammar. The text, even in its present mutilated state, is an important source for scholars of Roman history. It is a treasury of historical, grammatical, legal and antiquarian learning, providing sometimes unique evidence for the culture, language, political, social and religious institutions, deities, laws, lost monuments, and topographical traditions of ancient Italy.Brunet IV, 798.

Berlin, 1929. Orig. printed orange wrappers. Back strengthend with matching paper. Fresh copy. Offprint/Sonderabdr. aus "Sitzungsberichte". pp. 1-8. First edition. Weil No. *165 - with asterics (denoting major work). Printing and the Mind of Man 416.

København, Det Kongelige Søkaart-Archiv, 1900. Large4to. In the original full blue binding with gilt lettering to front board. Two stamps to title-page. (2), XXII + 9 double-page coloured wind-charts of Greenland and Iceland (April - December) . Rare windchart of Greenland and Iceland. Thomas Vilhelm Garde was a Danish naval officer, distinguished for his explorations in Greenland. His observations formed the foundation for the first complete description of West Greenland waterways, including information about wind and ice.

Uden sted, (Stockholm ?), 1801. Ca 27x21 cm. Små marginale brunpletter. Plancherne er alle fra Luleå Lappmark og forestiller: 1. Sjockjorcks Lappen Pål Larsson Tjerkats - 2. Sirkas Lappskan Magne Akkats - 3. Turpin Lappen Pål Pålsson Pirkit - 4. Kaitun Lapp.