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Royal8vo. Bound uncut with all orig. wrappers in a full calf. Covers and back richly blindtooled. Within a blindtooled border onboth covers a blindtooled illustration showing a centaur playing the flute. No 67 of 500 "sur papier Vélin à la forme", a total of 550. Fine illustrations in colour by Guignebault.

Stockholm, Albert Bonnier, (1932). Orig. helshirt med rygforgyldning og blomsterillustration på forpermen. Med det orig. kartonnerede og bogtrykte foromslag som udgivet. Med dedikation på fribladet: "Karin Warburg/ från hennes tillgivna/ gamla vän/ Selma Lagerlöf".

Stutgard und Erfurt, Auf Kosten des Verfassers, 1794. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine, titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spines. Stamps on title-page. XLIV,(2),207 pp. First edition.

(Brüxelles ?, ca. 1870). Folio. (35 x 22 cm.). Hcloth. 6 pp. of handwritten text, zincographed. and 11 large folded elephant-folio plates (lithographed or zincographed) depicting the fort and its armaments. The author of the text and the survey is probably A. Brialmont.

(London, Richard and John E. Taylor, 1845). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1845 - Part I. Pp 1-124 and 1 engraved map of Ireland. Fine and clean First printing of this pioneerwork on tides. Airy was awarded the medal of the Royal Society of London in 1845 "For his paper on the laws of the tides on the coast of Ireland, as inferred from extensive series of observations made in connection with the Ordinance Survey of Ireland, published in the Philosophical Transactions for the present year."George Bidell Airy was without break astronomer Royal from 1835 to 1881, and he considerable influence on British astronomy in that periode.

WW Norton & Company, Inc., (1930). Royal 8vo. Orig. green full cloth w. gilt lettering to spine. A few minor bumpings to capitals and corners, otherwise near mint, also internally. XII, (2), 325 pp. First edition of this classic in the development of philosophical Realism in the United States. Arthur Oncken Lovejoy (1873-1962) was one of the leading American Critical Realists and an influential intellectual historian, who founded the field of "history of ideas".In his seminal "Revolt Against Dualism", Lovejoy sets out to state and defend epistemological dualism against direct theory of perception. Lovejoy claims that such a dualism, as opposed to the views of Idealism or other forms of Realism, is rooted in our human nature, and as such it can be validated by philosophical reflection upon this nature. With the ownership signature of Samuel Skulsky, the famous Jewish philosopher of science and logic.

Bruxelles, Hayez, 1880. Folio (375 x 276 mm). In contemporary half calf with five raised bands and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Light wear to extremities and brownspotting to verso of plates, otherwise a good copy. (6), XII, 604 pp. + 37 plates. First appearance of Princesse de Lesignano (generally acknowledged to be the pseudonym of Rosine Stoltz) extensive work providing readers with a panoramic view of different legal systems worldwide. The book offers a comparative approach, examining the similarities and differences among various constitutions. The book includes constitutions from democratic nations, monarchies, and constitutional monarchies, highlighting the different approaches to governance. Each constitution is examined in terms of its provisions for separation of powers, fundamental rights, and the relationship between the government and its citizens.

Kjøbenhavn (Copenhagen), Andr. Fred. Høst, 1850. 8vo. Bound in a beatiful later half-morocco binding with richly gilt spine. (Anker Kysters Eftf. 1971). Spine slightly faded. Scattered brownspots, otherwise internally clean. Printed on vellum paper. X,190;XII,206 pp. First edition of Oersted's main work on natural philosophy. Oersted is universally known for his discovery of Electro-Magnetism in 1820. Afterwards he went on to write a number of important philosophical works on natural philosophy and empiricism, of which he considered "Aanden i Naturen" as his main work. The work is found printed on 2 sorts of paper, common- and vellum paper, the present copy being on vellum. Both Hans Christian Andersen and Søren Kierkegaard admit to having been influenced by the writings of Oersted. "He was an enthusiastic follower of the "Naturphilosophie" school in Germany, whose main object was the unification of physical forces, thus producing a monistic theory of the universe. It was to further this purpose that Oersted sought in actual phenomena the electro-magnetic identity of which he had already convinced himself on metaphysical grounds" (Percy H. Muir in Printing and The Mind of Man). The copy once belonged to the renowned Danish book collector Gustav Philipsen (1853-1925) and carries his exlibris.

1.Tome:Nr.1-52(alt som udk.). Udg.af Hans Holck. K., 1756-57. 4to. Samt.hldrbd. (8),424 pp. samt 12 kobberstukne plancher,2 træsnit. Bibl.Dan.II:465. Heri anføres kun 2 kobberstukne plancher !

København, Schultz, 1828. Ubeskåret med originale blå blanke omslag. 16,139,(1) pp., 1 kobberstukket foldekort (Kårt over Paradis og omliggende Lande). Lette spredte brunpletter. Originaludgaven. - Rask Bibliografi I,130.

Altona, Hammerich, 1815-16. Uncut in (orig ?) blank wrappers, backstrips worn and repaired. Stamp on titles. A little brownspotted. First edition.

Weimar, Landes=Industrie=Comptoirs, 1805. Unbound, but stitched. XVI,184 pp. A few scattered brownspots. First German edition. (Bibliothek der neuesten und wichtigsten Reisebeschreibungen...hrsg. von M.C. Sprengel, fortgesetzt von T.F. Ehrmann, 28. Bd.: 1. Theil).

Copenhague, Pierre Steinmann, 1794. Samt. helldrbd. i flammet kalv, rig rygforgyldning, skindtitel. (8),518,(2) pp. samt 6 kobberstukne plancher (E. Pauelsen inv. - C. Schule sculp.). Første franske udgave af Ove Malling: "Store og gode Handlinger". I modsætning til den danske original indeholder denne franske oversættelse illustrationer efter tegninger af Erik Pauelsen i Chodowickis stil. Illustrationerne viser personerne i en historisk scene med detailleret baggrund: Ansgar, C. Cornelisen, F. Bruun, H. Madsen, A. Colbiörnsen og Tordenskjold. - Scenen med Tordenskjold synes at være en af Pauelsen viderearbejdet udgave af et blad som Krohn (Krohn 769) beskriver således "Tordenskiold undviger de Svenske" Man ser Tordenskjold med Kaarden styrte sig i Havet, forfulgt af Svenske Dragoner" og han kalder raderingen ufulendt da den ikke har baggrund. Planchen her er med fuld udfyldt baggrund. - Bibl. Danica III:22.

Berlin,Posen u.Bramberg, 1834. Nice cont.hcalf, richly gilt spine. Atlas in Folio-oblong, portfolio with lithographed pictorial title. 16 litographed plates, tables etc. XIV,240,214 pp. Stamp on title-pages.

Kjöbenhavn, Forfatterens Forlag, 1831. 12mo. Indbundet i et samtidigt halvlæderbind med rygforgyldning. Forgyldt titeletiket. False en smule slidte. Øvre kapitæl nydeligt restaureret. Tidligere ejeres navnetræk på forsatsbladet. Et lille hul i smudstitlen. Indvendig ren. Originaludgaven. BFN 109.

Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1716. 4to. Fine contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Richly gilt spine. Tome- and titlelabels with gilt lettering. Gilt borders on covers. Engraved frontispiece. (8),80,364 pp., 9 partly folded engraved plates,2 folded tables. Clean and fine. With original papers by: de la Hire, Littre, Cassini, Lemery, Maraldi, Geoffroy le jeune, Homberg, Reaumur, Saulmon, Lemery le Cadet, Mery, Varignon, Geoffroy l'Aine, Marchant, Rolle, Cassini, de Jussieu, Imbert, Maraldi & Cassini, Sauveur, Haguenot.

Flensburg u. Leipzig, 1775-79 (und Register Kiel, Mohr, 1797). 4 cont. hcalf. Backs somewhat worn. Light browning to lvs. 4 engraved titlevignettes and 3 folded genealogical tables. Registerband in cont. boards.

Rudolstadt, Hofbuch= u. Kunsthandlung, 1821,1818 8vo. a. Folio-oblong. Textvols. bound in 2 uniform contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines, titlelabels with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spines. Stamps on title-pages. Atlas in contemp. hcalf, spine rubbed. Titlelabel with gilt lettering on frontcover XVI,688;XXIV,420,(4);(4),VI,376,(2) pp., 25 folded engraved plates (4+21, belonging to part 1-2) and 1 folded table (of 2 ?), Atlas in folio-oblong with 25 engraved plates (belonging to part 3). A few scattered brownspots. Scarce first edition.

(Kiöbenhavn, Andreas Hartvig Godiche, Ca. 1756). 4to. Samtidigt hellæderbind. Ophøjede bind på ryg. Rig rygforgyldning. Med Christian VII's monogram i guld trykt på rød baggrund på forpermen. Stempel på foden af titelbladet. Kobberstukket titelblad i kunstfærdig kalligrafi. 328 pp. + Formularer + Registre. Med fire store kobberstukne vignetter. Indvendig rent frisk eksemplar trykt på skrivepapir. Den sjældne originaludgave af Krigsartikelsbrevet. Udgivelsen blev overgivet til Admiralitetssekretær Chr. Fleicher og kongen bestemmer i privilegiet, "at disse Vores Krigs Artikels Breve skulle trykkes in Qvarto med god læselig Latinsk Stil, Cicero Antiqva kaldet, paa Post-Papir, eller det bædste Skriv-Papir, af saa stor Format, og med saa breed Margine, som det skrevne riginal-Exemplar var forfatted, samt at Alphabetet ej maae komme dem af Publico, som sig det ville tilforhandle, højere Pris at staae, end i de højeste 1 Rdl.)."Birkelund: 113.

Chicago, Open Court, 1902. Small 8vo. Orig. full red cloth, gilt. A rather faint dampstain along first hinge on frontcover, otherwise fine. VII,143 pp. First English edition of Hilbert's "Grundlagen der Geometrie" from 1899, one of the most influential publications in 2oth Century mathematics.Throughout the 19th century geometry was developed far beyond our intuitive conception of space; hyperbolic geometry was discovered by Gauss, Bolyai, and Lobachevsky and elliptic geometry by Riemann. However, Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry still involved an intuitive idea about the concepts 'point', 'line', 'lies on', 'between', etc. In his 'Grundlagen' Hilbert set out to give a strictly formal formulation of geometry were points, lines, planes are nothing more than abstract symbols and concepts as 'lies on' are simply algebraic relations between these symbols. Through his method Hilbert could analyse independence and completeness of the axioms for geometry and he presented a new smaller set of axioms for Euclidean geometry. It can not be said that the 'Grundlagen' contains new and surprising discoveries, its importance lies in the great influence which Hilbert's method had on all fields of mathematics, and even other sciences as physics, chemistry, and biology. The 'Grundlagen' initiated a whole new paradigm shift and eventually evolved mathematics, throughout the 20th century, into a network of axiomatic formal systems.

Leipzig, S. Hirzel, 1905. No wrappers. Issued in "Jahrbuch der Radioaktivität und Elekronik", 2. Bd., Heft 3. Hahn's paper: pp. 233-264. Enntire issue: pp. 233-262 (= entire "Heft 3"). Fine and clean. First printing of this paper, which is Hahn's Habilitation paper, announcung his discovery of a new element in residues from a Ceylon mineral called Thorianite. He later showed that it is an intermediate disintegration product."Because the sample (thorianite) was small, Ramsay proposed that Hahn confirm Marie Curie's determination of the atomic weight of radium by preparing it in some organic compounds (thereby greatly increasing the total amount being examined) and calculating the atomic weight from the measured molecular weights. Chance sometimes favors the unprepared mind, and Hahn, who familiarized himself with only the basic of radioactivity, followed the prescribed separationss technique and found himself the discovere of a new radioelement: radiothorium. The explanation was that the material given him came from an ore which contained a large percentage of thorium in addition to the radium. Thus, upon completion of the chemical procedure, not all the activity was confined in the radium-containg fraction; indeed the nes subsyance in the remainder was several hundred thousand times more active than thorium and ultimately yielded the characteristic one.minute halflife of thorium emanation."(DSB VI, p. 15). - Weeks, Discovery of the Elements,p. 308 ff.).

København, Reitzel, 1921. Lex8vo. 3 samt. hldrbd. med rygforgyldning. Bindene med et par småskrammer ved kapitæler. (10),174,567;(6),795,(1) pp., 153 plancher, tekstillustrationer og 20 dobbelsidede kort.

London, T. Egerton, 1818. Contemp. marbled boards. Titlelabel with gilt lettering on upper board. A paperlabel pasted on lower part of spine. Stamps on title-page. A few faint scattered brownspots. First edition, giving details of a new way of manufacturing gunpowder which Congreve patented 1815.

1934. 8vo. 1 side,13 linier egenhændigt underskrevet "Med utmärkt högaktning/ Selma Lagerlöf" Hjalmar Carlsen (1875-1951) var dansk forlægger, og brevet angår en betinget tilladelse til at trykke en af hendes noveller ("Vid Spiskro....??).

London, Farton, Harvey, & Darton, 1814. (63x60 mm). Contemp. (original ?) full longgrained morocco. Spine gilt. 96 pp. and 47 engraved plates. A few brownspots.