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Berlin, Christian Friedrich Himburg, 1792. 2 contemp. hcalf. Richly gilt spines, titlelabels with gilt lettering on spine. Corners a bit bumped. Engraved frontispiece. XIV,278;(4),319 pp. Scattered brownspots. Waller 6778 (only the first ed.). - Wellcome IV:204.

Paris, Crochard, 1836. Berzelius's paper: pp. 146-151. Some browning to the first and last leaves. Some scattered brownspots. First French edition of this importent paper in the history of chemistry in which Berzelius advanced the concept of 'Catalysis', and described inorganic reactions by way of metals and the biological reactions by enzymes. The paper on Catalysis was first published in his "Årsberättelse" (Annual Survey) in 1835. - Axel Holmberg 1836:14. - Partington IV, pp. 263-64"This is a new force in inorganic and organic nature, bringing into being chemical activity, and more widely distributed than has hitherto been thought, the naure of which is completely concealed. If I all it a new force it is not my meaning that it is independent of the electrochemical relations of matter, but on the contrary I can only assume that it is a special kind of manifestation of these. So long as its nature and relations are unknown it will be convenient to considerit a new force, and to give it a name."(Berzelius).Parkinson "Breakthroughs", 1836 C.The issue contains furthermore two importent papers by the founder of modern organic cemeistry, Auguste Laurent "Sur l'Acide Naphtalique et ses Combinaisons", pp. 113-125 and "Théorie des Combinaisons Organiques", pp. 125-151. And Avogadr: "Nouvelles recherches sur le Pouvoir Neutralisant de quelques Corps Simples. (Extrait). Pp. 419-432.Laurent: A founder of modern organic chemistry, Laurent was one of the most important chemists of the nineteenth century.

Kiøbenhavn, Bianco Luno, 1849. 8vo. Bound with the original front wrapper in a recent cardboard binding. Spine slightly faded. Wear to extremeties. Inscribed by Oehlenschläger to front wrapper: "Til min Ven J. G. Adler / fra / A Oehlenschlæger." ('For my frind J. G. Adler, from A. Oehlenschlæger'). Scattered brownspots, otherwise internally clean. 164,(2) pp. A neat copy, printed on good paper, of the first edition of Oehlenschläger's influential heroic poem on the deeds of Regnar Lodbrog. Oehlenschläger is widely regarded as the father of the Danish Golden Age. His collection of poems, 'Digte 1803', published when he was only 23 years old, brought romantic nationalism to Denmark and remains to this day one of the most important works of Danish literature. The copy carries a handwritten inscription from Oehlenschläger to J. G. Adler (1784-1852), private secretary to Christian VIII of Denmark.

Paris, Anselin, 1827. 8vo and 4to. Bound in 2 contemp. hcalf, gilt spines with paperlabels pasted on spines. (4),354,(2) pp. and atlas with 3 large folde engraved plates in double-folio. Faint scattered brownspots. First edition. - Klaus Jordan, 0699.

Heidelberg, C.F. Winter, 1843. Contemp. hcalf. Richly gilt back. Edges slightly rubbed. Corners bumped. XII,820 pp. Faint dampstains to margins of first 10 leaves. Light scattered brownspots. Scarce first edition of this separately printed part of Liebig's praparation of Geiger's "Handbuch der Pharmacie..." - Duveen p. 359 - Bolton I:630.

London, Virtue, Spalding, and Company, (n.d. ca. 1850). Royal8vo. 2 orig. pictorial cloth, richly gilt, all edges gilt. Very slight wear to extremities. Engr. portr. as frontisp. XVI,352,VIII,362 pp., 37 fine steel-engraved plates, many textillustr. in woodcut.

[No place, no printer], 1952 & 1953. 8vo. In the original printed wrappers. Offprints from "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences", Vol. 39, No. 8, 1953 & "The Astrophysical Journal", Vol. 116, No. 1, July, 1952.Two library stamps to front wrappers, otherwise both fine and clean. Pp. (2), 145-163; Pp. 737-43. First printing of Neyman and Scott's two influential papers in which they present their theory of the spatial distribution of galaxies which is based on four main assumptions: 1, Galaxies occur only in clusters. 2, The numbers of galaxies varies from cluster to cluster to cluster. 3, The distribution of galaxies within a cluster is also subject to a probabilistic law. 4, The distribution of cluster centers in space is subject to a probabilistic law described as quase-uniform."Neyman’s major research efforts at Berkeley were devoted to several large-scale applied projects. These included questions regarding competition of species (with T. Park), accident proneness (with G. Bates), the distribution of galaxies and the expansion of the universe (with C.D. Shane and particularly Elizabeth Scott, who became a steady collaborator and close companion), the effectiveness of cloud seeding, and a model for carcinogenesis. Of these, perhaps the most important was the work in astronomy, where the introduction of the Neyman-Scott clustering model brought new methods into the field." (DSB).

Kiøbenhavn (Copenhagen), Thomas Larsen Borup, 1761. 8vo. In a recent full light brown morocco binding with four raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Spine slightly miscoloured and with a few stains. Vague miscolouring to boards. Previous owner's name to front free end-paper and title-page. Internally nice and clean. (16), 510 pp. First edition. Biblioteca Danica II, 189 Bjerke, De Lærdeste Lægers Urtegaard. No 80

Reykjavik, 1943. Lex8vo. 2 smukke private hldrbd. med rygforgyldning. XV,434;317 pp. samt plancher og kort. Første islandske udgave af Olafsson & Povelsens: Reise igiennem Island...København, 1772.

Berlin, G. Reimer, 1824-25. 2 contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines. Tome-and titlelabels with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on lower part of spine on volume 1. Stamp on title-pages. With both title-pages (German a. French). XXVIII,392;(8),488 pp. Faint scattered brownspots.

(Hamburg, 1716). Lille 8vo. Samtidigt helldrbd. med rig rygforgyldning. Helt guldsnit og forgyldning på kanter. Ryg med lettere slid. Pp. (365-)454. Indvendig ren og velbevaret. Med Frederik Oldenburgs navnetræk og Poul Hauges exlibris. Yderst sjældent varianttryk på tre sprog, som ikke er registreret i Bibliotheca Danica. Siderne 445-454 med titelblad dateret 1709 er Frederik Rostgaards selvstændige udgivelse af forordet til Kongeloven. Det ser ud til, at den foreliggende version blev udgivet i "Bibliotheca dano-norvegia zu Hamburg 1716" udgivet af Nicolai petri Sibbern.Ikke i Bibl. Danica. (II,739)

Kiøbenhavn, Glasings Efterlevelse, 1756. 8vo. Velbevaret samtidigt hellæderbind. Ophøjede bind på ryg. Rig rygforgyldning. Forgyldt titelfelt. En smule slid langs false og nederst på ryg. (16),796 pp. Indersiden af forpermen er forsynet med et stort kobberstukket exlibris til hørende Frederik Carl Christian v. Haven (orientalisten, 1727-63), og stukket af Fr. Britze 1750. Originaludgave af Havens religionsfilosofiske system, "et fuldstændigt theologisk System, det første paa Modersmålet..." (Bricka VII,p.171). Systemet blev udarbejdet, efter von Haven 1747 blev udnævnt til professor ved det genoprettede Sorø Akademi. Her forlæste han over kirkehistorie, dogmatik og moral. Peder v. Haven er måske bedre kendt som forfatter til "Rejse i Rusland" (1743), et anset værk som blev ledsaget af et anbefalende forord af Ludvig Holberg og "Nye og forbedrede Efterretninger om det russiske Rige" (1747).Bibl. Danica I,174. Extremely scarce first edition, in excellent condition, of the first Danish complete theological system.

(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1768) 4to. No wrappers, as issued in "Mémoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres", tome XXII, Année 1766. Pp. 119-170 , pp. 171-201 and 2 folded engraved plates., pp. 202-212 and 1 folded engraved plate. First printing of three importent Euler-papers on the construction of composite lenses in order to avoid confusion. Euler presents the mathematical theory to explain the effects. The third paper describe how to analyze refraction phenomena in glasses by way of prisms. - Eneström E 359, E 360, E 361.

(London, Taylor and Francis, 1862). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1862 - Vol. 151. Pp. 133-160, 1 large textillustration. First appearance of Joule's paper in which he describes his importent improvement of the Steam-Engine, using the principles of the first law of thermodynamics which he himself helped to establish."In addition, numerous other researches stand to Joules credit -- the work done in compressing gases and the thermal changes they undergo when forced under pressure through small apertures (with Lord Kelvin), the change of volume on solution, the change of temperature produced by the longitudinal extension and compression of solids, etc. It was during the experiments involved by the first of these inquiries that Joule was incidentally led to appreciate the value of surface condensation in increasing the efficiency of the steam engine. A new form of condenser was tested on the small engine employed, and the results it yielded formed the starting-point of a series of investigations which were aided by a special grant from the Royal Society, and were described in an elaborate memoir presented to it on the 13th of December 1860 (the paper offered). His results, according to Kelvin, led directly and speedily to the present practical method of surface-condensation, one of the most important improvements of the steam engine, especially for marine use, since the days of James Watt. Joule died at Sale on the 11th of October 1889."(NNDB)

Braunschweig, Fridr. Vieweg. & Sohn, 1917. ("Heft 38 sammlung Vieweg"), 8vo. Orig. printed wrappers. Title page with ink note and owners name. Some underlinings in ink. IV,70 pp. Second printing of the original from the same year. Weil No. 90.

Paris, Audot, 1828. 12mo. Contemp. Hcalf. Richly gilt spine, but a large paperlabel is attached to spine with tape. XV,127,(1) pp., 25 folded engraved plates. A few faint scattered brownspots. First edition.

Berlin und Leipzig, Georg Jacob Decker, 1783-86. 4to. Later hcalf. Gilt back. Back with small scratches. 58,44,52 pp. and 26 folded engraved plates each with many figs. Slightly brownspotted throughout. First edition - Wellcome IV: 89.

Leipzig, 1915. Lex8vo. 2 orig.hcloth with gilt backs. XXIV,480 pp. and 112 fine chromolithogr. plates of fungi.

Nürnberg, C. Leuchs und Comp., 1836. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine.Title with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spine. Stamps on title-page. VIII,224 pp., 1 large folded lithographed plate. A few faint brownspots.

(Paris, Bachelier), 1849. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 28, No 7. Pp. 189-240 (entire issue offered). Wurtz's paper: pp. 223-226. First appearance of the announcement of Wurtz's outstanding discovery of Liebig’s prediction, that there might be organic compounds analogous to ammonia and derivable from it by the replacement of hydrogen - the amines. The entire memoir was not published in full until 1855 in 'Annales de Chimie et de Physique'.Wurtz is most noted for his investigation of glycols and for his discovery of the amines. The latter discovery in 1849 (the paper offered) was very significant at the time, for ot suggested the possibility of a new type, the ammonia type, which helped to explain the behaviour of nitrogenous compounds. (Leicester & Klickstein "A Source Book..", pp. 362-63). - Parkinson "Breakthroughs" 1849 C.

Bruxelles, C. Marquardt, 1887. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt and titlelabel with gilt lettering. One corner bumped. A paperlabel pasted on lower part of spine. Stamp on titlepage. An original photo as frontispiece: "Vue générale des aciéries Krupp à Essen". VII,238 pp. and 4 folded plates. The scarce first edition.

Kjöbenhavn, Thieles Bogtrykkeri, 1837. 8vo. In later blue paper covered boards. Round title-label to upper part of front board. Upper part of spine missing the paper and front board partly detached. Stamp to title-page, otherwise internally fine. 20 pp. + 2 folded tables. The rare first edition of Bille's work on how to keep a logbook. Michael Johannes Petronius Bille was a Danish-Norwegian, and Prussian naval officer born 8 November 1769 in Stege on the Danish Island of Møn into a naval family which had produced and would produce Danish admirals.Over fifteen years he also served as a teacher of mathematics and astronomy at the Seekadettenakademiet (Dansk Søværnets Officersskole). From 1807-1811, he served as a captain stationed in Kristiansand in charge of the gunboat squadron (Roflotillen). In 1812-1813 he commanded a French warship in the Scheldt. From 1815 he served as pilot inspector in Helsingør until he entered Prussian service in 1820.In 1821 he began a very fruitful career as director of the Prussian Navigationsschule in Danzig. After three years he moved the school into a building that lay outside Danzig at the mouth of the Radaune River because the St. Jacob Church was inadequate. The school was then assigned to the war schooner Stralsund commanded by Longé. From 1825 the school also had the gunboat Danzig. Bille and the vessels were under the authority of the Ministry of War in Berlin. This may be seen as the beginning of the Prussian Navy.

Berlin, Julius Springer, 1928. 8vo. Contemp. hcloth. Gilt lettering to spine. In: Zeitschrift für Physik, Vol. 46. VII,902 pp. (Entire volume offered). Weyl's paper: pp. 1-46. Clean and fine. First printing of the paper in which Weyl developed the concept of continous groups by using matrix representations in dealing with the mathematical formalism of quantum theory.

Firenze, Successori Le Monnier, 1875-83. 8vo. Bound in 2 very nice cont. hvellum, profusely gilt backs and with tome-and titlelabels in leather. VIII,(1),606,(1);(6),502,(1) pp. and many wood-engraved plates. First edition. The original printing.

Kiøbenhavn, Berling, 1746. Samtidigt helldrbd. med spejl og blindtrykte permer. Rig rygforgyldning. Forgyldt skindtitel. Slid ved kapitæler og lidt kantslid. Kobberstukket portræt (Holberg). (8),324 pp. samt 3 kobberstukne plancher. Lettere bruning. Brugsspor. Ehr.-M. I:388. Første samlede udgave. Forlæggerens oplysninger i Fortalen: "Dette værk er en Samling af Hr. Assess. Ludvig Holbergs Poetiske Skrifter, undtagen Peder Paars, de samme have tilforn været stykkeviis trykte, men ere nu ikke at bekomme..."