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Stuttgart, Felix Krais Verlag, 1914. Folio. Orig. full cloth.Broad gilt boders on covers. Spine with guilt lettering. (8) pp. of text, Tafelverzeichnis and 79 tipped-in facsimile plates. Clean and fine.

Berlin, Uppsala & Stockholm, Paris, Almqvist & Wiksell, 1897. 4to. Bound in contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In "Acta Mathematica", Vol, 21, 1897. Entire volume offered. Stamps to title page, otherwise a fine and clean copy. pp. 83-97; Pp. 331-341.[Entire volume: (6), 376 pp + 4 plates]. First printing of this paper in which Poincaré arrives at a new theorem about canonical transformation, and in his later "Methodes Nouvelles", he proved this theorem using a variiational principle of mechanics, known today as the Hamilton principle.Also included is the first printing of Poincaré's principal address at the first International Congress of Mathematicians held in Zürich in 1897.

(Berlin & New York, Springer), 1970. Royal8vo. In the original blue wrappers. In "Astronomy and Astrophysics", Volume 5, No. 1, March 1970. Entire issue offered. A very fine and clean copy. Pp. 84-89. [Entire issue: (2), 170 pp]. First printing of Zeldovich's seminal paper in which he documented that gravitating bodies will collapse along each of their principal axes in succession, producing pancake-like and filament-like structures along the way, hence the "Zeldovich Pancake".It has long been known that galaxies tend to distribute themselves in filament and pancake-like structures, but it is hard to reproduce analytically because the mathematics of non-linear gravitational collapse are tricky. Although originally created for different purposes, Zeldovich's model now provides an excellent means of deriving the initial conditions to cosmological N-Body simulations.

Kiøbenhavn, Nicoalus Møller (og Schultz), 1782, 1782, 1781, 1783, 1791 og 1802. Et hldrbd. (fra omkr. 1840). Stempel på første titelblad. 69, 51, 69, 55, 160, 47 pp. Rene eksemplarer, trykt på skrivepapir. Hver traktat affattet på 2 sprog, Dansk og Fransk, dog 1 på hollandsk. Bibl. Danica II, 724-26.

Leipzig, B.G. Teubner, 1909. 8vo. Recent attractive full cloth with gilt title to spine. A fine and unmarked copy. (4),332,(2) pp. First edition of 'the first true exposition of electrodynamics from an atomistic point of view' - "Landmark Writings in Western Mathematics 1640-1940" pp.781.

Franckfurt & Leipzig (PARIS), Aux Depens de la Compagnie, 1760. Bound in one contemp. hcalf. Raised bands. Gilt spine. Gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on spine. Stamp on first title-page. 454,(2);280 pp., 13 folded engraved maps and plans, 2 engraved plates, 1 folded table. printed on good paper. internally clean.

Stockholm, Henr. Fougt, 1773. Samtidigt hellæderbd. i flamet kalv. Ophøjede bind på ryg. Rig rygforgyldning. Forgyldt skindtitel. Stempel på titelbladet. (16),367 pp., 2 kobberstukne foldeplancher. Indvendig ren, trykt på svært skrivepapir.

London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd., (1963). 8vo. Orig. full red cloth w. gilt lettering to spine. Minor bumping to capitals. Orig. blue dust-jacket in excellent coondition, not price-clipped. 259, (1) pp. W. the publishing slip statin: "With the Compliments of George Allen & Unwin, Publication date 21st March." The first edition of Findlay's important collection of essays on language, mind, value, God, mathematics etc, from the library of W.O.Van Quine, with his marginal annotation.John Niemeyer Findlay (1903-1987) was an important South African philosopher, who became professor of philosophy at several universities, including Yale, Boston and King's College in London. He plays a dominant role in the Anglo-American focus on continental philosophy and invokes a shift from the analytic tradition towards the continental classics of philosophy. At philosophical institutes that were traditionally governed by the analytic tradition in the 19th century with a focus on positivism, linguistics, philosophy of language and mind etc., Findlay stands out by reviving Hegelianism, championing phenomenology and putting focus on Idealism and classical authors. Initially inspired by Wittgenstein, he turns out a n outspoken critic of this main inspiration of analytic philosophy and comes to severely criticize him and his followers. "Philosophical themes as diverse as Language, Mathematics, Value, Mind and God are among the topics discussed in this book. Some of the papers which have appeared previously in the form of articles have had a considerable influence, particularly those on Time, on Cambridge Philosophy, on Goedelian Sentences, on Morality by Convention and on the Non-existence of God. In general they represent a gradual move from a position where the influence of Wittgenstein is paramount, to a position where there is considerable criticism of linguistic philosophy and a growing interest in the approaches of Hegel and the phenomenologists. The collection includes papers on Hegel and on G.E. Moore which have not been previously published." (Inner front flap).An excellent association-copy from the library of one of the most important American and analytical philosophers of the 20th century. It is quite interesting to notice that Quine, who has contributed immensely to the fields of analytic philosophy and philosophical logic, has kapt this book, which advocates a thoroughly different approach to philosophy and claims that the importance of philosophy lies in another field than his, in his library. On page 158 Quine has written: "He should see W. ..(?)".

1907. 4to. (28 x 19,5 cm.). Veludført helbind i blåsort maroquin. Permerne opdelte i paneler af blindtrykte rammer med store florale hjørnestempler. I midtfeltet en stor vaseformet dekoration optegnet med forgyldte buer og i midten heraf en forgyldt roset. Øverst i midterfeltet er titlen trykt i guld og nederst "Af Emil Hannover", ligeledes i guld. Rig rygforgyldning hvor stemplerne fra permerne er gentaget. Håndsyede kapitælbånd. På forpermens inderside signeret i guld af bogbinderen "Viggo Lorentzen". Bindet kunne være et svendestykke. De forreste tekstsier har en lille fugtskjold i øverste margin, angår ikke bindet. Antageligt udført 1910-20.

Kiøbenhaffn, Peter Hake, 1654. 4to. Smukt senere hldrbd., holdt i stilen med rygforgyldning og forgyldt skindtitel. (14),687,(4) pp. Med træsnit af Kong Dan på sidste dedikationsblad. Det træskårne titelblad mangler, her er kun det bogtrykte. Mangler endvidere pp. 1-2, 1 blad i Dedicatio med tab af en del af siden. Blad 187-88 med tab af nederste del af siden. Nogle blade kantforstærket. Lidt tæt beskåret. Midt i bogen et læg med en svag vandskjold. Originaludgaven. "Ikke alene en Beskrivelse over Danmark, dets Steder, Slotte o.s.v., men en Skatkiste af allehaande Fortællinger om kroninger, Hofskuespil o. desl." (N.M. Petersen). - Thesaurus: 723. - Bibl. Danica II:598.

Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1811. Without wrappers. In: "Annalen der Physik und der Physikalischen Chemie. Hrsg. Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert", Bd.9 (= Bd. 39 der Reihe), Neuntes Stück. Pp. 1-128. (The entire issue offered). Davy's papers: pp. 3-42, pp. 43-89 and pp. 90-100. First appearance in German of these importent papers in the history of chemistry in which Davy announces his proofs of the elementary nature of clorine, describing the preparation, physical and chemical properties of a new gas, which he called 'euchlorine'. It is unstable and explodes on heating to give chlorine and oxygen. Davy here suggested the name 'chlorine', from a greek work for green, because of the greenish colour of the gas.Thorpe said of this first paper "As a piece of induction, the memoir is a model of its kind, and as an exercise in "the scientific use of ofthe imagination" it has few equals."Davy's researches on chlorine are of an importence with those on the alkali metals. Chlorine, first discovered by Scheele, was regarded by him as "dephlogisticated muriatic acid". As phlogistion was perfectly synonymous with hydrogen to Scheele, this view was essentially correct. Lavoisier, however, chiefly occupied with phenomena of combustion, assumed that chlorine was an oxide of an unknown "radical". avy performed many experiments endeavouring to confirm the presenceof oxygen and finally concluded that chlorine was an element."(Leicester & Klickstein "A Source Book in Chemistry", p. 243 ff).

København., 1887-1897. Indbundet i 4 samtidige hldrbd.med rygforgyldning, tome-og titelfelter i skind. Originaltrykket.

Leipzig, Kummer, 1825. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine, titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spine. Stamps on title-page. (4),X,298,(4) pp. and 17 large folded engraved plates and plans (4 plans with handcolouring). Scattered brownspots. First edition. - Klaus Jordan, 1577.

Duisburg, Bädeker, 1820-24. Bound in 8 contemporary marbled boards (first 3) and modest, worn half calf (last 5). A reading copy. Stamp on flyleaves. With 10 folded engraved plates (maps, plans) and 2 folded tables. Lacking July 1820-July 1822.

Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1819. Without wrappers as issued in "Annalen der Physik. Hrsg. von Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert", Bd. 60 Heft 2 (= Jahrgang 1818, zehntes Stück). Pp. 113-218 a. 1 engraved plate (map). The entire issue offered (Heft 2). Stromeyer's paper pp. 193-210. Clean and fine. First appearance of Strohmeyer's account of his discovery of Cadmium. The history of its discovery was very complicated as some other laid claim to its discovery.Stromeyer was inspector general of apothecaries in Hannover. "In 1817, fulfilling the duties of his office, he came across an apothecary's shop in which a bottle labeled zinc oxide contained zinc carbonate. Following this up, Stromeyer found himself interested in zinc carbonate, which turned yellow on strong heating as though it contained iron as an impurity, yet it contained no iron. He traced the yellow to an oxide not of zinc but of a hitherto unknown metal rather like it chemically. He named it cadmium for a zinc ore in which it is usually found accompanying the zinc."(Asimov).Weeks "Discovery of the Elements", pp. 135-39.

Paris, Carillan-Goery, 1834. 4to. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine.Title with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spine. Stamps on title-page. (2),84 pp. and 8 large folded lithographed plates. Some scattered brownspots, mainly marginal.

Viborg, (1825). 12mo. Senere papirsbd. med marmoreret overtrækspapir. Skindtitel på ryg. Kobberst. titelblad. - Bertelsen nr. 11. Originaludgaven.

Paris, J.P. Aillaud, 1821. 8vo. Bound in 6 fine cont. full polished calf with gilt borders on covers. Richly gilt backs, with title-and tomelabels in red and green. Frontcover on vol. 1 detached from spine. A few hinges a little weak. Engraved portrait as frontisp. and 12 engreved plates. Internally fine and clean, printed on good paper.

Amsterdam, Gerard Kuyper, 1704. 12mo. Contemp. full calf. Spine gilt, but with wear, extremities rubbed. Engraved frontispiece. X,189 pp. A brownspot in inner margin on the last 5 leaves. Internally clean, printed on good paper. The first edition appeared in Paris 1699 - this is the scarce second edition, later reprinted many times.

Frankfurt, J. Rhodius, 1602. 8vo. In contemporary full vellum with yapp edges. With Luxdorph’s super ex-libris to front board and his name to upper outer margin of front free end-paper. A few stains and miscolouring to title-page, otherwise a good copy. (126), 1464, (46) pp. First edition, first volume, of this monumental collection of treatises on classical antiquity. Goldschmidt 75

Indb. m. orig. for- og bagomsl. i pænt senere hldrbd. Omsl. og titelbl. brunplettet, bagomsl. m. revne. Originaludgaven m. det sjældne omslag. Bertelsen 29.

(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. 71-186. Clean and fine. First appearance of a major work on water waves (Poisson's first memoir on the subject), in which he derives the Fourier integral in about the same manner as Cauchy when he set up the general hydrodynamical equations.

Stockholm, Koingl. Ordens-Boktryckeriet, 1828. 8vo. Uncut in the original blank wrappers. Light wear to extremities, internally fine and clean. (6), 111, (3) + 11 folded plates. First appearance of Ekenmark's tratise on damask production and oriental carpets.

London, Crokatt, 1725. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with five raised bands and richly gilt spine. Gilt boarders to boards. Paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Parts of gilting to spine worn off. Ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Internally very fine and clean. (7), 469, (11) pp. + 3 folded maps (by Moll) and 10 engraved plates. Third edition of vol. 2 of Salmon's extensive 'Modern History' containing information and maps of India, Borneo, Java, and Sumatra and many other places. Salmon’s "Modern History” is an ambitious attempt to provide a comprehensive account of the world’s countries, their histories, and their contemporary states during Salmon’s time and stands as a monumental achievement in the history of 18th-century historiography. His work is a fine example of the Enlightenment's goal for cataloging and comprehending the world, offering a unique snapshot of global perspectives as understood by Europeans in the early modern period. It represents one of the earliest comprehensive attempts to document and analyze the state of nations worldwide.

Strasbourg, Jean Renauld Doulssecker, 1734. 8vo. In a nice contemporary Cambridge-style mirror binding with four raised bands and richly gilt spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. A very nice and clean copy. 250 pp. Uncommon first edition of this account of the campaigns of The Battle of Mulhouse in 1674 and The Battle of Turckheim 1675 in Alsace and Germany, written immediately after the events. Nicolas Deschamps, future tutor to the Duke of Bourbon, served under Marshal de Turenne.