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A la Haye, Jean Neaulme, 1736. Small8vo. 3 contemp. hvellum with leathertitles on back. Small paperlabel at lower part of back. Small nick to vellum at spine of volume II. Stamp on titles. Spines with light wear. Engraved portrait, engraved titlevignettes and other engraved vignettes. (14),371;(1),396;(1),450 pp. and 13 large folded maps. Internally clean.

Kbhvn., Joachim Schmedtgen, 1703. 4to. Smukt hldrbd. med rig rygforgyldning (fra ca 1850). (22),160,(2),80 pp. Kierlighedsbrevene har særskilt titelblad. Første titelblad i rød/sort er repareret i nederste højre hjørne med tab af enkelte bogstaver. - Første danske oversættelse. Bibl.Dan. IV:126.4to. Beautiful half calf with richly gilt spine (ab. 1850). (22),160,(2),80 pp.

Kiøbenhavn & Helsingøt, 1771, 1773 & 1784. 8vo. Uniformly bound in three contemporary half calf bindings with three raised bands and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Wear to extremities, leather on spine cracked and most of the gilting worn off. Boards with repairs. Previous owner's name to pasted down front end-paper. Dampstain in vol. 2, otherwise internally nice and clean. (22), 647, (5) pp.; (2), 654 pp.; (12), 1018, (4) pp. Folded table included in the pagination.

Utrecht, Francois Halma, Willem vands Water, 1698. Folio. Contemp. full Dutch vellum, richly blindtooled. raised bands. A tear to hinges at lower compartments. Enraved titlepage. Titlepage in red/black. 2 engraved titelvignettes. (14),47,(10),370,(14) pp. and 15 engraved plates, 1 engraved half-page illustr. i the text + (4),10,376,(10) pp. and 23 engraved plates. A few brownspots, but internally fine and clean. First Dutch edition of the main work of the noted English church historian, being the histroy of the most eminent Fathers of the Church. The work was first published in 1683. - "... a valuable work, displaying great reading, research and accuracy, superintended by Dr. Waterland." (Lowndes I:395).

Braunschweig, Vieweg und Sohn, 1850. Contemp. hcalf., spine gilt and with gilt lettering. A papelabel pasted on upper part of spine. Stamps ontitlepage. XII,368 pp., and 166 fine textillustr. in woodcut. First edition. - Poggendorff II: 786.

Frankfurt & Leipzig, Ellingeri, 1674. 8vo. In contemporary half calf. Wear to extremities. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Internally nice and clean. (16), 305, (61) pp. Uncommon first edition of Olearius’ work on Exegetical Theology; how to interpret the Bible properly, presenting theory, rules and practical examples. ”JOHANN OLEARIUS was born at Halle Sept. 17, 1611. He was first pastor at Halle, and afterwards general superintendent at Weissenfels, where he died, April 14,1684.” (McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia)

Leipzig, Gleditsch, 1706. 8vo. In contemporary marbled paper covered boards. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Considerable wear to extremities. Internally with light occassional brownspostting. (10), 368, 480, (36) pp. + frontispiece. Rare first edition of this early treatise on oratory by the German theologian and rhetorician Gottfried Langen. This manual offers a structured approach to the art of oratory focusing on methodical rules and pratical examples intended for preachers and students of rhetoric.

Kopenhagen und leipzig, Ackermann, 1763. 2 contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Gilt spines. Stamp on title-pages. (16),472,408 pp., 1 folded table, 4 folded engraved plans. A few faint scattered brownspots.

(Paris: Gauthier-Villars), 1892. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences", Vol 115, No 18. Pp. (633-) 696. (Entire issue offered). Poincare's paper: pp. 633-637. First printing of a seminal paper in mathematics, founding the field of ALGEBRAIC TOPOLOGY by announcing and setting the agenda for his 1895 paper. Analysis Situs describes the relative position between objects (points, lines, surfaces) without bothering about their sizes.

Paris, Hachette et Co., 1912-15. (Album dated 1882). Bound in 6 uniform contemp. hcalf. Raised bands. Frontispiece portrait in heligravure. Album in 4to with engravings and facsimiles. Clean and fine.

Rotterdam, Arbon & Krap, 1827. 8co. In the original wrappers with an added cloth backstrip. Stamp to front wrapper and repairs to upper and lower corner. Annotations in contemporary hand to front wrapper. Three small stamps to title-page. Printed on good paper. Internally fine and clean. (4), 36, (1) pp.

Copenhaque, C. Philibert, 1768-65. 4to. 2 samt. helldrbd. i flammet kalv, rygge med 5 ophøjede bind og rig rygforgyldning. Titel-og tomefelter i skind. (8),451,(1);480 pp. Få ubetydelige brunpletter. Trykt på skrivepapir. Frisk velbevaret eksemplar. Originaludgaven. Værket blev fortsat.

Amsterdam, Desordes, 1697 et La Haye, van Dole, 1699. Bound in one contemp. full vellum. Handwritten titles on spine. Engraved portrait. (2),186 pp. + Pilham: Engraved portrait. (14),283,(9) pp. Bothe works fine and clean, printed on good paper.

London, Richard and John E.Taylor, 1840-41. 8vo. 2 contemp. hmorocco. Tears to spines. Frontcovers on both volumes loose. Stamp to foot of titlepages. In: "The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science. Conducted by David Brewster et al.". Vol. XVI a. vol. XVIII. VIII,607,(1) pp. a. 5 plates. + VIII,616 pp., 2 plates. (Entire volumes offered). Henry's papers: pp. 200-210, 254-265, 551-562, textillustr. (in vol. XVI) a. pp. 482-514, textillustr. (in vol. XVIII). First printing in England of this pioneering paper on electro-magnetic induction in which Henry carried out his program of determining the relationship of static and dynamic electricity.The volumes also contains first printings by CHARLES LYELL "On the Boulder Formation, or drift and associated Freshwater Deposits composing the Mud-cliffs of Eastern Norfolk". Pp. 345-380, textillustr. (1840), and JOHN W. DRAPER "An Account of some Experiments made in the South of Virginia, on the height of the Sun".Pp. 81-84 and his "On the Electro-motive Power of Heat. Pp. 451-461.On p. 535 we have the first announcement of the first sucessfull photographic portrait taken. Draper’s first reported portraiture was that of his sister, Miss Dorothy Catherine Draper, dressed in white sitting still for a period of 65 seconds."Professor Draper, of the University of New York, informs us in a note dated March 31st, that he has succeeded during the Winter in procuring portraits by the Daguerreotype, and that they have all the beaty and softness of the most finished mezzotint engraving, and only requirefrom 20 to 45 seconds for execution."

(Petropoli (St. Petersbourg), 1750). 4to. Uncut, without wrappers. Extracted from "Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae", Tom. I. ad Annum 1747 et 1748. Pp. 3-19 a. 1 engraved plate., and pp. 20-48. First printing of both papers. The second is important as it contains Euler'is second proof of the Euler-Fermat theorem, which Euler presents as a consequence of the theorem that (a+b)p = ap+bp (mod p). This paper also includes results about possible divisors of a2n + b2n, and Euler uses this to show again that F5 is not prime. - Enestroem No. 133 a. 134.

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1888-1890 4to. Bound with the front wrappers in contemporary half cloth. In "Journal de Mathématiques pures et appliquées". With two paper labels to spine and with the author's name to top of each wrapper. A stamp to front free end paper and first wrapper. Otherwise fine. First appearance of this collection of important papers which, amongst others, contains the questions to whether the involutes are algebraic."Besides his two pedagogical works, it was through numerous memoirs (approximately 150, which have been collected) that Humbert held a major place in the mathematical discovery and production of his time. His writings were inspired by his interest in the study of algebraic curves and surfaces and were marked by the lucidity with which he related the problems biography in encountered in this area to questions of analysis and number theory.He thus enriched analysis and gave the complete solution of the two great questions of the transformation of hyperelliptic functions and of their complex multiplication. He also pointed out the resulting consequence: the existence of a group of transformations of certain surfaces into themselves constitutes an essential difference between the geometry of surfaces and that of curves. But, most important, he completed the work of Hermite by pursuing the applications to number theory throughout his life."The present volume also contain contribution by Caspary and Hilbert.

(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1810). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1810 - Part I. Pp. 223-230. Light browning to first leaf. Wide-margined. First appearance of this fundamental paper in the history of organic chemistry in which Wollaston announced his discovery of "Cystine", the very first of the amino acids, the building blocks of protein, to be discovered.Wollaston "in 1812 (correct 1810) identified a new and rare type of stone, which he called "cystic oxide" since it occurred in the bladder. This was later renamed cystine, the first of the amino acids to be discovered. Fourcroy and Vauquelin reported similar investigations, but unaccountably gave no recognition to Wollaston. This led Alexander Marcet, a physician, to set matters right in a popular work dedicated to Wollaston."(DSB XIV, p. 492).Garrison & Morton: 668.1.

Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1838. 8vo. Later hcloth. Gilt lettering on upper cover. Stamp on title-page. 60 pp. Offprint/Extrait from "Annales Maritimes et Coloniales. - Decembre 1837". Internally clean and fine. Not in Sabin.

Paris, Huzard, 1835. 3 cont. hcalf, gilt backs. Stamp on titles. 583,558,284 pp. Very slightly brownspotted.

Paris, Firmin Didot, 1819. 8vo a. 4to. Bound in 2 contemp. hcalf. Spines gilt. Remains of paperlabels on spines. XLVIII,480 pp. and "Atlas" with 7 large folded engraved plates. brownspots to plates. First edition.

(Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1903). Without wrappers.. In "Annalen der Physik. Vierte Folge. Bd. 10. No 1. (Entire issue offred). With halftitle to vol. 10. 224 pp. and 1 folded plate. Seidentopf & Zsigmondy's paper: pp. 1-39 a. textillustrations. The issue punched in inner margin after cords. 3 small stamps in the text. First printing of the paper in which Zsigmondy describes his invention of the Ultramicroscope, by which is became possible to see the Brownian movements of molecules. His microscope is still of great importence in colloid studies, but in most fields where great magnification is required, it has been outdistanced by the electron microscope."Zsigmondy was a figure of paramount importance on colloid chemistry during the first quarter of the twentieth century. His receipt of the Nobel Prize in 1925, for invention of the ultramicroscope and his work on colloids was the first time this fledgling science had been so honored. In 1926 work by J. B. Perrin and Theodor Svedberg that followed directly from Zsigmondy’s achievement was recognized by the Nobel Prizes in physics and in chemistry, respectively. No Nobel Prize since then has been awarded for work solely in colloid chemistry. (DSB).The offered issue contains another importent paper by MAX ABRAHAM "Prinzipien der Dynamik des Elektrons. Pp. 105-179. In 1902 Abraham said "It now becomes necessary to base the dynamics of the electrons from the outset on electromagnetic considerations" In 1903 (the paper offered) he published his main detailed article on the rigid electron"(Pais in Subtle is the ord" pp. 157 ff."The ultramicroscope is form of microscope that reveals the presence of particles that cannot be seen with a normal optical microscope. Colloidal particles, smoke particles, etc., are suspended in a liquid or gas in a cell with a black background and illuminated by an intense cone of light that enters the cell from the side and has its apex in the field of view. The particles then produce diffraction-ring systems, appearing as bright specks on the dark background.

(Paris, Crochard, 1818). No wrappers. In: "Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago.", tome 9 (Sec. Cahier), pp. 113-224. (Entire issue offered). Pelletier & Caventou's paper: pp. 194-196. Clean and fine. In this paper the two famous French chemists announced the first isolation of, and the naming of the substance Chlorofyll, the green substance essential for photosynthesis.Chlorophyll is the molecule that absorbs sunlight and uses its energy to synthesise carbohydrates from CO2 and water. This process is known as photosynthesis and is the basis for sustaining the life processes of all plants. Since animals and humans obtain their food supply by eating plants, photosynthesis can be said to be the source of our life also.

Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1862. Without wrappers. In "Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg. von J.C. Poggendorff", Bd. 116, No. 5. Pp. 1-192 a. 1 folded lithographed plate. (Entire issue offered). Clausius' paper: pp. 73-112. With titlepage to volume 116. First appearance of the paper in which Clausius makes importent contributions to the generalization and understanding of the Second Law of Thermodynamics by introducing the concept of disgregation and proving the equivalence of the transformation of heat."Clausius began that search for understanding in 1862 by introducing the concept of disgregation, a concept that, he said, was based on an idea he had long held: that the force of heat for performing mechanical work (both internal and external together) was proportional to the absolute temperature.13 Clausius had never stated this idea explicitly before, although he had argued in 1853, by adopting an analogy between a reversible steam engine and a thermocouple, that the potential difference at a thermocouple junction should be proportional to the absolute temperature. In any event, he now wished to assert that the work which can be done by heat in any change of the arrangement of a body is proportional to the absolute temperature multiplied by a function of molecular arrangement, the disgregation Z. Given this assumption and his postulate that the heat in a body H was only a function of temperature, he was able (1) to prove his theorem of the equivalence of transformations and (2) to separate the equivalence function (entropy) into a temperature-dependent term and a configurational-dependent term..."(DSB).The issue contains other notable papers, Plücker "Ueber recurrente Ströme und ihre Anwendung zur Darstellung von Gasspectra", pp. 27-54, Tyndall "Ueber Strahlung und Absorption der Wärme durch gasförmige Materie", pp. 1-27.

Nürnberg, Renner & Comp., 1838. 4to. Original printed frontwrapper. Some soiling to upper part and a tear in wrapper. Spine defective. VIII,230,(2) pp., textillustrations and 8 folded lithographed plates. The 2 first leaves soiled in upper part.

(London, Taylor and Francis, 1865). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions", Vol. 154 - Part III, pp. 579-666 and 2 lithographed plates. Some faint brownspots to theplates. Otherwise clean and fine. First printing of a main paper of the founder (together with Cayley) of the theory of algebraic invariants, in which Sylvester investigates the roots of quintic equations and the proof of Newton's rule."Another problem of great importence investigated in two long memoirs of 1853 and 1864 (the paper offered) concerns the nature of the roots of quintic equation. Sylvester took the functions of the coefficients that serve to decide the reality of the roots, and treated them as coordinates of a point in n-dimensional space. A point is or is not "facultative" according to whether there correspons, or fail to correspond, an equation with real coefficients. The character of the roots depends on the bounding surface or surfaces of the facultative regions, and on a single surface depending on the "discriminant."(DSB XIII, p. 219).