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Kiøbenhavn, Gyldendal, 1798. Samtidigt hldrbd. med rygforgyldning. Uden rygtitel. Lettere brugsspor. (12),340 pp. Her og der noget brunplettet Originaludgaven. Med dette værk blev Kant's filosofi introduceret i Danmark-Norge.

Gera-Untermhaus, (1902). Folio. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt. Some wear to spine. Stamp on titlepage. Internally clean. (4),307 pp. and 29 (each 38x28 cm.) fine chromolithographed plates. Anker no.356. The old text from the edition in 1822-60 has been preserved unaltered, corrections in footnotes. The figures for all the plates have been re-drawn and show the birds in their natural surroundings. Among the many artists are O.Kleinschmidt, J.G. Keulemans, O. van Riesenthal and others. The eggs are figured in a series of special plates, based on Eugene Rey's Collection.

København, A. C. Riemenschneiders Forlag, 1883. 8vo. Indbundet ubeskåret med de originale omslag i et nydeligt millimeterbind af sort maroquin. Forgyldt rygtitel. Fladstrøgne kapitæler. (Juul-Lassen). En smule ubetydeligt slid på permer. Med egenhændig dedikation fra Bang på fribladet: "Kære Fru Behrend - / et venligt Minde om / Deres Ven / Herman Bang. / 25.4.1910." Særdeles rent eksemplar. 146,(2) pp. Nydeligt dedikationseksemplar af originaludgaven.

Kiøbenhavn, Schultz, 1805. 4to. Unden omslag. En smule brunplettet. 30, (4) pp. Originaltrykket af karantæne-forordning fra 1805, hvor en nyordning af karantænevæsnet blev gennemført bl.a. herunder indførelsen af karatænepasset.

Nürnberg, Raspeschen Buchhandlung, 1801 - 1804. 8vo. Uniformly bound in two contemporary half calf bindings. Vol. 2 missing the title-label on spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Light wear to extremities and internally with light occassional brownpostting. VIII, 296 pp. + 6 engraved plates; IV,406,(2) pp. + 8 folded plates and 2 folded tables.

Nürnberg, Raspeschen Buchhandlung, 1801-04. 2 contemp. hcalf. Richly gilt spines. Gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on lower part of spines. stamp on title-pages. VIII,296;IV,406,(2) pp., 14 folded engraved plans etc. faint scattered brownspots.

Leipzig, Theophilo Georgi, 1729. 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. Light wear to extremities. A nice copy. (46), 750, (2), 181, (83) pp. + frontispiece. Third edition.

Frankfurt am Mayn, 1817. Contemp. hcalf. Richly gilt spine. A large label taped to spine. Old inscription on title-page. (16),XXXXII,300,(4) pp., 4 large folded engraved plates with many figures. Faint scattered brownspots. First edition.

Kiøbenhavn, Godiches Arvinger - Schultz, 1780-84. 2 samtidige velbevarede hldrbd. med rig rygforgyldning. Forgyldte rygtiteler. Ophøjede bind på rygge. Lille revnedannelse i forreste fals på første bind. (20),147;(28),184 pp. Lettere brunplettede. Christian Molbechs eksemplar med hans navnetræk i begge bind dateret 1808. De sjældne originaltryk hvori adskillige folkeviser er trykt for første gang.

(London, Richard and John E., Taylor, 1843. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1840 - Part II. Pp. 325-334. Clean and fine. First appearance of a pioneer-paper in the history of early photography."Robert Hunt (1807-1887) wasibrarian and keeper of mining records at the Museum of Practicalgeology and professor of mechanical engineering at the Royal School of Mines, at London. He carried on numerous photographic and photochemical experiments and he was one of the founders of the London Photographic Society. These experiments with organic and inorganic light-sensitive substances, which, with characteristic unselfiness, he made publicg during the early forties of the lat century, were extremely useful in the study of photochemistry, which was the in its infancy, and were of great servicee for years to those who came after him and used his researches for the basis of their studies."(Eder: "History of Photography", p. 326.

Cölln, Marteau, 1697. 4to. In contemporary (original?) marbled wrappers. Wear to extremities, spine missing. Title-page with tear. Internally with light occassional brownspotting. 84 ff. Second german edition, first pubished in 1695 of Molesworth notorious attack on Danish absolutism. He was an influential figure in the political sience at the period."Robert Molesworth, an ardent Whig, became a prominent figure in the new Williamite administration. Contemporaries acknowledged his opinions on politics and economy with considerable respect. From July 1689 to December 1692 he served as British Ambassador to the Court of Denmark, during which time he wrote a spirited attack on Danish absolutism in a treatise entitled An Account of Denmark as it was in the Year 1692." (Wikipedia).

Roma, 1959-64. Folio. 2 orig. full cloth. XXXIX,407,XV,81. All published italian stamps reproduced in colours. Glasses for 3-D stamps at end. Protective slipcase to vol. I ( slipcase with tears).

Paris, Bachelier, 1821. Bound in 2 fine contemp. full calf, spines richly gilt and with tome-and titlelabels with gilt lettering. Edges gilt and gilt borders on covers. A stamp on htitles. (4),510;(4),452,(2) pp. and 19 large folded engraved plates. A fain dampstain to marghins of the last 25 leaves and plates in volume 2.(more to the last 4 plates just reaching image). Haüy is well known for his importent works in mineralogy. Napoleon had nominated Haüy an honorary canon of Notre Dame, in 1803 he ordered him to write a textbook of physics for the newly instituted lycées. This book was outstanding for its clear, methodological expositionof physics, although mathemaical treatment of problems was lacking. His "Traite de Physique" brought him appointment to the Legion of Hoor in 1803.

Odense, Iversen, 1795. Originalt papbind. Forpermen løs. Ryg slidt. Øverste 3 centimeter af ryggen mangler. Med tidligere ejers navnetræk (s. Hauch), senere exlibris samt en håndskreven dedikation fra 1960 på indersiden af forpermen. Gennemgående mindre vandskjold for neden og øverst på de første blade. Enkelte tidlige understregninger i teksten. 264, (12) pp. First edition of this early Danish work on gardening, being the first general work on gardening in Danish - i.e. the first not confined to either growth on free land or the growth of trees specifically. This work came to define the view on pleasure-gardens in Denmark and constitues a defining moment in the history of Danish gardening. The work, which was written by the gardener at the estate of Hollufgaard, also introduced Danish words for plants that had hitherto only been referred to by foreign names.Bibl. Dan. II 315.

Lancaster PA, The Science Press, 1942. Royal8vo. Bound with the original wrappers in full cloth. In "Science", New Series, Volume XCVI [96], July - December, 1942. Entire volume offered. Library stamp to title page otherwise a fine and clean copy. [Wawra and Webb's paper:] Pp. 302-3. First appearance of Wawra's important paper in which he announced that he for the first time had isolated Vitamin P.Garrison & Morton 1097

Oslo, Bergen, Universitetsforlaget, (1963). 4to. Orig. hldrbd. med rig rygforgyldning. Smudsomslaget med et parsmårifter. 202 pp. samt 241 plancher. Rent frisk eksemplar. Med dedikation til Gudmund Boesenfra forfatteren.

Berlin, Julius Springer, 1886. Lex8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt and with gilt lettering. (8),262 pp. A faint dampstain to inner lower corners on some leaves. The last 5 leaves a bit soiled. First edition in book form of Weierstarss' s main papers in Function Theory. In this collected form the papers were slightly revised by the author. - Parkinson: Breakthroughs (He rigorously develops the theory of functions in "Abhandlungen aus Functionentheorie").

Leipzig, Gleditschen, 1708. 12mo. In contemporary full vellum with yapp edges. Light miscolouring to extremities. Small paper-label pasted on to spine. Internally with light occassional foxing, otherwise nice and clean. (22), 600, (10), 501, (1), (12), 536 pp. + 2 frontispieces. The rare first German translation of Jean-Baptiste Morvan de Bellegarde "Réflexions sur le ridicule" in which he reflects on the behaviors, attitudes and social customs of the that make people subject to ridicule or contempt.

Randers, Elmenhoff, 1839. 12mo. Fint vel-bevaret samt.helshirthd. Bertelsen 23. Godt eksemplar of originaludgaven. Heri bl.a. "Skytten paa Aunsbjerg".

København [Copenhagen], 1943. Lex8vo. Uncut in the original printed wrappers. Spine and part of back wrapper faded, otherwise very nice and clean. 116 pp. The seminal first edition of this breakthrough work in linguistics, which constitutes the basis of linguistic analysis and served as a main inspiration for Derrida's "De la Grammatologie". In 1943 the first edition of the main work of the great Danish linguist Louis Hjelmslev (1899-1965) appeared. The work appeared in the series "Festskrift udgivet af Københavns Universitet i Anledning af Universitetets Aarsfest" and bore the title "Omkring Sprogteoriens Grundlæggelse". The work was translated into English as "Prolegomena to a Theory of Language" and later into French as "Prolegomenes a une theorie du langage ". This work came to represent a breakthrough in linguistics and formed an entirely new branch of this field.Hjelmslev had studied comparatvive linguistics in Copenhagen, Prague and Paris, when in 1931 he co-founded the "Cercle Linguistique de Copenhague", also known as the "Copenhagen School of Linguistics" with Viggo Brøndal (1887-1942). Hjelmslev's linguistic theories formed the basis of this seminal scool, which soon became one of the most important centres of structuralism in the world. The single most important cornerstone of this internationally highly influential school was the new theory on language that Hjelmslev had developed together with Hans-Jørgen Uldall. This theory consisted in the double duality of the linguistic sign and is now known as "Glossematics", a now generally used term, which was coined by the two. "Glossematics" represents an attempt to analyze the contents and the form of language on a coherent basis. Hjelmslev's theories of semiotics became hugely influential, and virtually all of the greatest European thinkers interested in language and theories of language throughout the 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s were hugely inflenced by Hjemslev, whose theories remain of seminal character to this day.In his main work, "Prolegomena to a Theory of Language", Hjelmslev begins by ascertaining that "- Language - human speech - is an inexhaustible wealth of manifold values. Language is inseparably linked to man and follows him in all of his doing. Language is the tool with which man moulds thought and feeling, mood, aspiring, will and action, the tool with which he influences and is influenced, the last and deepest condition of human society. [...]" ("- Sproget - mennesketalen - er en uudtømmelig rigdom af mangfoldige værdier. Sproget er uadskillelig knyttet til mennesket og følger ham I al hans færd. Sproget er det redskab hvormed mennesket former tanke og følelse, stemning, stræben, vilje og handling, det redskab hvormad han paavirker og paavirkes, menneskesamfundets sidste og dybeste forudsætning." p. (5) ). He then goes on to unfold a criticism of the linguistic methodologies in use at the time. He accepts Saussure's theories of language as a system of signs, the leading theories in this field at the time, but he claims that this only applies to theories of language use. Hjelmslev, however, wishes to establish a regular linguistic system, in which language is seen as a complex system made up of small units. He sees earlier linguistic methodologies as being merely descriptive, and as the first, he wishes to provide a methodology that is systematizing and provide a linguistic theory that is to found the basis of a rational form of linguistics. The theory that Hjelmslev thus develops here came to constitute an important contribution to modern general epistemology, a contribution that likewise constitutes the starting point of linguistic analysis. Linguistic analysis is set off with the theory propounded in this work that a sign not merely refers to one form, but to two, namely a content form and an expression form. At the same time, every function of a sign is twofold in that it is manifested by both the content substance and the expression substance, the first being the psychological manifestation of the sign, the second being the material substance, in which the sign is manifested. Thus, Hjelmslev puts forth a new form of semiotics, one in which language and linguistics are not necessarily bound to a spoken language, and one which is constituted by a scientific method of analysis. Because of this theory, a new philosophical tradition also sees the light of day, one inspired by the opposition to the widely accepted idea that images, in order to be understood, had to be translated into a phonetic substance or something more concrete. For Hjelmslev, the linguist finds meaning in from the form of content, and it is from the point of view of this form that the content substance must be analyzed. This theory deeply influenced both Deleuze, who often mentions Hjelmslev throughout his works, and Derrida, who's "Grammatologie" is deeply inspired by Hjelmslev's work, to which it bears numerous references and long quotations.

Wien, Carl Gerold, 1827. Later clothhbacked blank covers. Stamps on title-page. 40 pp. and 1 large folded lithographed plate. Describing the invention of a new instrument for perspectivistic drawing.

Large 4to. Loose as issued in publishers portfolio. No 173 of 430 "sur Velin blanc Rives", a total of 535 copies. With large fine colourplates by Rompaey.

Amsterdam, Wetstein, 1736. 12mo. Bound in a nice contemporary Cambridge-style mirror binding with four raised bands and richly gilt spine. Crowned super ex-libris to front board. Paper-label pasted on to top of spine and boards with a bit of loss of leather. Title-page with dampstain in outer margin. (2), 230 pp. First Amsterdam-edition, published the same year as the original Paris-edition.

Stockholm, Beijer, 1893. 4to. Bound in contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In "Acta Mathematica", Vol, 17, 1883. Entire volume offered. Stamps to title page, otherwise a fine and clean copy. Pp. 169-197. [Entire volume: (6), 416 pp]. First edition. This important paper constitutes Hilbert's own version of part of the solution of his "Mathematische Probleme" listed at the International mathematical Congress in Paris 1900 (as problem 17) on the "Expression of definite forms by squares". "....But since as I have shown, not every definite form can be compounded by addition from squares of forms, the question arises - which I have answered affirmatively for ternary forms (the paper offered here)- whether every definite form may be expressed as a quotient of sums of squares of forms...."

Paris, Crochard, 1826. Contemp. hcloth. Gilt lettering on spine. In: "Annales de Chimie et de Physique, par Gay-Lussac et Arago", tome 32. 448 pp., 3 folded engraved plates. Balard's paper: pp. 337-84. Entire volume offered with original memoirs by Savart, Berzelius, Humboldt, Arago, Poisson, Liebig, Dumas et al. First printing of Balard's famous memoire in which he records his discovery of the new element Bromine (le brôme). While he was studying the flora of a salt marsh, he notized a deposit of sodium saulfate which had crystallized out in a pan containing mother liquer from common salts. "In an attempt to find a use for the waste liquers he performed a number of experiments, and notized that when certain reagents were added, the mother liquer bacame brown. His investigation of this phenomenon,...ked to the remarkable discovery....(Weeks p. 264). "The discovery of a new chemical element by a young and obscure provincial pharmacist caused a sensation in Paris. Balard's achievemnt was recognized by the Academie des Sciences and he was awarded a medal by the Royal Society of London."(DSB I, p. 416). "The discovery of bromine is a very importent acquisition to chemistry, and gives M. Balrad honorable rank inthe career of the sciences. We are of the opinion that this young chemist is every way worthy of the encouragement of the Academy, and we have the honour to propose that his memoir shall be printed in the "Recueil des Savants Étrangers" (The report from the French Academy, signed by Vaugelin, Thenard, and Gay-Lussac).