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Wien, Beck, 1815. Contemp. full calf. Richly gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A nick in leather at upper cover. Wear to top of spine. All edges gilt. Stamps on title-page. 86 pp. and 1 large folded, full handcoloured engraved plan of Valenciennes ("Plan der franzoesischen Festung Valenciennes... 13 July 1793"). (48 x 54,5 cm.). A small closed tear to the plan. Internally clean and fine, on good paper.

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.

Gand, van Doosselaere, 1909. Contemp. hcalf. Raised bands. Gilt lettering. VII,379 pp. Plates and textillustrations. No 46 of 100 copies "sur papier de Hollande" Inscribed from the author to the Danish minister of war: "A M. le Ministre de la Guerre/ á Copenhague/ hommage sympathetique/ Ach. Edom"

Leipzig, Fritsch, 1701. 8vo. In contemporary full vellum with title in contemporary hand to spine. Small paper label pasted on to spine indicating the inventory number in an estate library. Extremities heavily soiled. Small piece of paper cut of from title-page, slightly affecting the vignet. (4), 1136, (56) pp. 44 plate (out of 50?) First German translation of Misson's work which "is the first general account of Italy" (Cox). It is considered one of the most important 18th century travel guides to Italy. Misson's travels were made in 1687 and 1688 and his account contain a description of the present state of the whole of Italy and closer observations on Florence, Luca, Rome, Naples and Padua and at the end an instruction for travellers.Cox 1, 116

Kiøbenhavn, Schultz, 1804. 8vo. In contemporary marbled calf with gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Spine with light wear and parts of gilting worn off. A nice and clean copy. (8), 872, (2) pp. Rare first edition of this collection of laws, decrees, ordinances, resolutions and official correspondence concerning the medical profession, surgeons, pharmacists and midwives in Denmark and Norway. Compiled by Hans Munk, a Doctor of Medicine and licensed surgeon the book serves as a reference on the regulation and governance of medical practice. It includes royal ordinances, administrative decisions and legal provisions regarding various aspects of healthcare providing official directives on how healthcare should be practiced in Denmark and Nowray.

Utrecht, Economic History Society, 1959. Royal8vo. Bound with all the original wrappers in full red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In "The Economic History Review, Second Series, Vol. XII, No. 1, August 1959" (the entire Second Series, Vol. XII, No. 1-3, August 1959 - April 1960" present). Library label pasted on to pasted down front free end-paper. Library stamp, a small marginal repair, and some pencil-annotations to first front-wrapper. Internally fine and clean. [Rostow:] Pp. 1-16. [Entire issue: VIII, 552, (4) pp.], . First edition of probably the most important and influential work ever to be published within development economics. The work had profound influence not only on contemporary economics and politics but also on economic history where it marked an entirely new period of historiography and theories within economic history. His theory became one of the important concepts in the theory of modernization in the social evolutionism."Rostow's analysis of economic growth was based on the developmental stages through which each country goes. Rostow saw each country evolving through five stages of economic growth. These are the traditional society, the preconditions for take-off, the take-off [The take-off is really an industrial revolution that arrives when the old barriers and resistances to steady growth are finally overcome], the drive to maturity, and the age of high mass consumption." (Oser, The Evolution of Economic Thought, P. 368)."Rostow's exposition has received very wide attention and approval, perhaps for several reasons. First, it is evolutionary; second, it is grounded in historical studies; third, it seems to show a predestined affluence for all; finally, it presents a case for an inner logic and drive from one stage to the next that requires no conscious decision-making or deliberate efforts to promote growth; it is analytic without being programmatic." (Ibid.).Walt Whitman Rostow (1916-2003) had a prominent role in the shaping of US foreign policy in Southeast Asia during the 1960s, he was a staunch anti-communist, and was noted for a belief in the efficacy of capitalism and free enterprise. Rostow served as a major adviser on national security affairs under the Kennedy and Johnson administrations..In 1960 Rostow published the book "The Stages of Economic Growth: A non-communist manifesto", in which he elaborated the ideas presented in the present paper.

(Paris, Gauthier-Villars), 1857. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 45, No 21. Pp. 833-908 (entire issue offered). Deville's paper: pp. 857-861. First printing of Deville's first paper on "Dissociation", establishing a new type of high temperature chemistry."The effect of heat on chemical reactions was of particular interest. From the time of Bergman it had been realized that reactions often followed a course at high temperatures which differed from that followed at lower ones. In 1857, Henri Deville began a eries of studies which established quantitatively a new type of high- temperature reaction... In the course of his studies on the preparation of sodium and potassium and their use as reducing agents in the manufacture of other metals, Deville often used high temperatures. He was aware of the decompositions which often occurred under these conditions, and he suspected that such decompositions were of very frequent occurrence. He therfore undertook the study of reactions which occurred reversibly at high temperature. Such reactions he called 'dissociations', and by an extensive series of studies he showed the importence of dissociation as a general phenomenon in chemistry." (Leicester a. Klickstein "A Source Book in Chemistry", pp. 392 ff.).

London, The Economist Office, 1939. Small folio. Bound with the original wrappers in comtemporary half cloth. Entire volume 134, January - March, 1939, of The Economist. Binding with minor wear, otherwise fine and clean. Pp. VIII, 660, 17-24. Original printing of The Economist - the most important and influential economic journal worldwide - from the year 1939 where Hitler invaded Poland and thereby initiated The Second World War.On January 30 Hitler gave a speech before the Reichstag calling for an "export battle" to increase German foreign exchange holdings. The same speech also sees Hitler's "prophecy" where he warns that if "Jewish financers" start a war against Germany, the result will be the annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe". Hitler's speech and general economic policy (effectuated by Dr. Schacht) is an important subject in the present issues of The Economist

Hauniæ (Copenhagen), Möller, 1786. 8vo. In contemporary red boards with gilt ruled fillets to boarders of boards (gift binding?). Light miscolouring to extremities, wear to spine. Internally nice and clean, printed on good paper. (4), 36, 19 pp. Rare pair of academic publications documenting the doctoral graduation of the Danish physician Laurentius Wivet in 1786. The first is his formal medical dissertation, “Observationum medicarum tetras”, defended under the presidency of Johann Clemens Tode on 20 July 1786. The second is the official diploma issued by the Rector, Pro-Chancellor, of the University of Copenhagen.Such pairs, preserving both the defended dissertation and the accompanying diploma, rarely survive together,

London, Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1874. 8vo. In publisher's original embossed cloth-binding with gilt lettering to spine. Spine-ends chipped and hinges weak. Previous owner's name to front free end-paper. Internally nice and clean. XI, 257, (3) pp. First edition of Mill work on religion. "Mill was somewhat cagey on this subject, both in public discourse - he refused to answer questions about his religious beliefs while running for Parliament - and in his writings. In correspondence Mill said that he had never had a belief in God. He did write that there is enough evidence for a divine designer/creator in nature to 'afford a large balance of probability in favour of creation by intelligence', yet he added that it was possible that a recently proposed alternative explanation for this evidence might turn out to be a better one. He was adamant that the existence of evil in the world established that no being could exist who was both omnipotent and perfectly morally good. Mill had a tremendous amount of respect for the moral teachings of Jesus, which he saw as only one part of a complete morality, but he believed that these teachings had been perverted by modern Christianity' (Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century British Philosophers, Bristol, Thoemmes Press, 2002).

Frankfurt am Main, Delkeskamp's Verlag, (um 1858). Royal8vo. Orig. leatherbacked boards, covers engraved. The large engraved leporella-panorama, ab. 285 cm. long, a little brownspotted and with a few tears. Inserted is: Notizen für Rheinreisende. Anhang zu Friedrich Wilhelm Delkeskamp's neuem Panorama des Rheins...von Mainz bis Köln. Fr. am Main, 1858. 22,(2) pp. Brownspotted.

Kjøbenhavn, J.J. Høpffner, 1745. Et smukt hellædrbind med overdådig rygforgyldning. Forgyldt rygtitel. Permer med spejl og forgyldte borter.Forreste udvendige fals viser lidt svaghed. Antageligt et veludført pastichebind. (32),367;384 pp. Indvendig et usædvanlig rent eksemplar. Originaludgaven. - Ehr.-M. X:355.

Ca. 1920. 32 x 24 cm. Unsigned. Soft pencil on heavy paper. A smiling nude girl playing with the man. Alfred Proessdorf (1882-1925)He was born in Leipzig and was educated in Düsseldorf. He moved to Sweden and Gothenburg. He worked for satirical magazines, such as Sunday-Nisse and Rattle. Images are often elegant and gives a good idea of style in clothes and furnishings.He also worked with graphics, painting and theater decoration. He did the costumes for E. Bauer revues 1919-1923.

Rotterdam, Burgvliet, 1755. Uncut in contemp. Speckled wrappers. title-page in red and black with engraved vignette. Stamps on title-page. 816),144,81) pp., 1 large engraved vignette, 15 large folded engraved plates. partly unopened. Light browning, mainly to outer margins. First edition. - Klaus Jordan, 3068.

[No printer], 1948. 8vo. In the original printed grey wrappers. Offprint from "American Scientist, Autunmn Issue, 1948, Vol. 36, No. 4". A very fine and clean copy, near mint. 536-544 pp. Rare offprint issue of Weaver's famous essay on complexity "in which he rather boldly claimed that while "the 19th century was the century of disorganized complexity - the 20th century must be that of organized complexity". Weaver is widely recognized as one of the pioneers of machine translation, and as an important figure in creating support for science in the United States. Weaver stated that that the complexity of a particular system is the degree of difficulty in predicting the properties of the system, if the properties of the system's parts are given and he divides complexity between disorganized complexity, and organized complexity. This categorization has deeply influenced contemporary thinking about complexity."For historical setting, this article was published shortly after World War II and is influenced by operations research and the first computers developed for for the war effort. During the war, Weaver headed the Applied Mathematics Panel (AAAS, 2004), a position that led to familiarity with many of the top scientists of the era. It was a time of great advances in science and optimism for more growth in the future. This article was also written at the time Weaver was formulating ideas that would later be published with Claude Shannon in The mathematical theory of communication, which laid the foundation for information theory. Weaver's thoughts during this time on how computers might be employed in machine translation were later collected in his famous memorandum on the topic that "formulated goals and methods before most people had any idea of what computers might be capable of". (Griffin, Information theory of Claude Shannon & Warren Weaver).

Leipzig, Brockhaus, 1823. 8vo. Uniformly bound in two contemporary half calf bindings. Internally with occassional foxing. (2), 10, (1), IV-VI, 240, (4), (2), (I)-IV, 181 pp. + 1 folded plate; (2), (I), VIII, 279, (2), (I)-VIII, (2), 356 pp. + 3 folded plates. Later edition of Jester's account of his hunting experiences.

Berlin, Vossischer Buchhandlung, 1875-78. Lex8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on lower part of spine. Stamp on first title-page. (6),124;138;241;233 pp., 11 large folded maps/plans of which nos. 9-11 are in xerox-copy.

Kbhvn., Reitzel, 1835. Indbundet i eet samtidigt beskedent halvlæderbind, øverste kapitæl defekt. (8),228,(6),266,(2) sider. Lidt gulplettet. Gammelt navn på friblad. Med begge smudstitelblade, indholdsfortegnelser og dedikationsbladet til Collin. Originaludgave. BFN 264.

London, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1819. 8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Marbled boards. Spine lacks and boards loose. In: "Annals of Philosophy; or Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Mechanics... By Thomas Thomson". Vol. XIII. XCII,486 pp. a. 6 engraved plates. (Entire volume offered). Some brownspots to the plates. Iternally clean. A small stamp in upper right corner of two leaves. Dulong & Petit's paper: pp. 112-124, 161-182, 241-251, 321-339 a. 1 engraved plate. First appearance in English of this, their (first) joint paper, which initiated the recheches leading to the the "Law of Dulong and Petit", the connection between atomic weight and atomic heat. The original Frensh having the title: Recherches sur les lois de dilation des solides, des liquides et des fluides élastiques, et sur la mesure exacte des temperatures.""In 1815 Dulong’s famous collaboration with the mathematical physicist Alexis Thérèse Petit began; it produced three important memoirs on heat (of which this is the first). The best-known part of this work is the statement of the law of constant atomic heats that bears their names, .... They began with the fundamental problem of measuring quantities of heat, which involved a critical analysis of thermometric scales. In 1804-1805 Gay-Lussac had carried out a comparison of mercury and air thermometers between 0°C. and 100°C. Dulong and Petit extended the range of comparison up to 300°C. and found an increasing discrepancy between the two scales at higher temperatures." (DSB).

Copenhague, P.G. Philipsen, Editeur, u.år (ca. 1860). Tvær-folio. orig. bogtrykt papbd. Ryg med rifter, bindsider med nogle brugsspor. Med 10 litograferede og tonede plancher udførte af Tegner & Kittendorff. Lidt brunpletter, mest i marginer. Sjældent forekommende Københavner-album, omfattende: 1. København i prospekt. 2. Rosenborg Slot. 3. Christiansborg Slot. 4. Det indre af Frue Kirke. 5. Börsen. 6. Thorvaldsens Museum. 7. Kongens Nytorv. 8. Amagertorv. 9. Domkirken i Roskilde. 10. Frederiksborg Slot.

London, Printed and Sold by Booksellers in Town and Country, (1738 or 1740). Contemp. full calf. Gilt spine. Covers with gilt lineborders and blindtooling. Spine rubbed. A nick at foot of spine. A crack in leather on hinge at upper compartment. Engraved frontispiece (portrait). (2),96,96,96,VIII,(9-) 108 pp. Light browning to the first few leaves. Printed on good paper. A few brownspots.

Stockholm, Jena, Centraldruckerei, 1906. Folio. Fine orig. hcloth. Spines gilt, tome-and titlelabels with gilt lettering. (26) pp. and 67 fine collotype-plates each in 2 states (Phot. und Lichtdruck von C. Westphal, Stockholm). Fine and clean. First edition of this gross anatomy of the ape brain, a photographic documentation of the different views of all ape brains, including the orangutang and the gorilla. "This large atlas with its excellent plates depicting the brain of the monkey is typical of the basic contributions to neurology which this Swedish comparative anatomist made at the time of the founding of the neurone doctrine." (Heirs of Hippocrates No 2048).

London, Egerton, 1791. Contemp. full calf. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Wear to top of spine. Spine rubbed. Fronthinge weakening. Stamp on title-page. XV,222,32 pp., 28 folded engraved plates (1 in xerox-copy). A few scattered brownspots.

Hambourg, B.G. Hoffmann, 1795. Bound in one. Contemp. blue boards. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. (2),187 pp. + 197 pp. Both clean and fine, printed on good paper. First editions.

Copenhagen, B. Møller, 1830. Contemp. blindstamped cloth. Light wear to top of spine. LX,(4),224 pp., 1 engraved plates. Clean and fine, printed on good paper. Second English edition, but corrected by Rask. - Rask Bibliografi I,179.