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(Augsburg, Krause, 1705). Small 4to-oblong. Later full red velvet with ties. Gilt border on covers. Edges gilt. The plates 98 (of 135) are in small 4to with engraved text, originally published in folio and the folio-sheets here cut in two. The volume has no title-page and frontispieces. Faint dampstains to some sheets.

(Copenhagen, 1754). 4to. In recently blue paper covered card board binding with white paper-label title-label to front board. Previous owner's name to pasted down front end-paper. Without wrappers as issued in "Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter", a nice and clean copy. Pp. 249-254. First edition of Kraf’s paper in which he explores the relationship between principles of physics and metaphysics attempting to bridge the gap between Newtonian physics and Leibnizian metaphysics.

Kjøbenhavn, Seidelin, 1803. 8vo. Nice slightly later (ca. 1840) brown half calf with gilt spine. Internally brownspotted and underlinings and marginal markings to a few leaves. (4 - i.e. title-page and errata), 184 pp. The scarce first edition of Steffens' groundbreaking introductory lectures that were responsible for introducing German romanticism to Denmark, greatly influencing Danish literature and philosophy for decades to come. Henrik Steffens (1773 – 1845), was a Norwegian philosopher, scientist, and poet. Born in Stavanger, he moved to Copenhagen at the age of 14, with his family. Here, he studied theology and natural science. In 1796, he lectured at the University of Kiel, and in 1798, he went toJena to study the natural philosophy of Friedrich Schelling. In 188, he went to Freiberg, and in 1802 returned to Copenhagen, where he gave his legendary nine lectures at Elers Kollegium. These were published in 1803 as "Intrduktion til Philosophiske Forelæsninger" (Introduction to Philosophical Lectures). These lectures were groundbreaking in several regards and brought novel romanticist ideas to Denmark. They werre hugely succesful and came to influence the greatest thinkers of the Danish Golden Age, such as Oehlenschläger and Grundtvig. Friedrich Schleiermacher was so struck by the excellence of the lectures that he endeavoured to obtain for Steffens a chair in the new Berlin University in 1804, in order for his own ethical teachings to be supported in the scientific department.

Leipzig, 1743. 4to. Uniformly bound in two contemporary half calf bindings with five raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Wear to extremities, sctraches to boards. Front board on plate 1 split. Annotations to front free end paper. Internally nice and clean. (10), 984, 64 pp.; (2), 702 pp.

Kjøbenhavn, Berling, 1750 - 1757. 4to. Uniformly bound in three contemporary half calf bindings with four raised bands. Wear to extremities, leather on spine cracked, spine-ends with loss of leather, boards with scratches and corners bumped. Brownspotted throughout and with occassional dampstaining. (16), 700 pp.; (8), 584 pp.; 24, 651, (76) pp. The rare first Danish translation - incomplete but all that was published - of historian Josephus's " Antiquities of the Jews" originally written in Greek in the 1st century.

Berlin, Reimer, 1837. Fine contemp. full mottled calf. Richly gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Stamp on title-page. XVI,256,(2) pp., 8 folded lithographed plates. Clean and fine.

London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1895. Folio. In contemporary half cloth. The blue printed front wrapper pasted on to front board. Blue printed wrapper with a few tears. Miscoloured. Stamp to upper part of title-page. Title-page with repairs in inner margin and lower outer corner, otherwise internally fine. XXI, 180 pp. + 6 folded and coloured maps. plates. First edition of the official British report on ship wrecks, casualties and collisions in United Kingdom's waters for the period 1st July 1893 to the 30th June 1894.

Kopenhagen, Nicolaus Møller, 1776. Samtidigt hellæderbd. Ophøjede bind på ryggen. Rygforgyldning (svag). Forgyldt skindtitel (med lidt tab). Øverste kapitæl udbedret. Stempler på titelblad. XVI,387,(1) pp. Indvendig ren og frisk, trykt på skrivepapir. Indeholder blandt andet: Ove Giedde: beschreibung der ersten Dänischen Reise nach Ostindien... pp. 1-103. - Ove Gieddes eigenhändiger Bericht von seinem Unterhandlungen mit dem Kaiser von Ceilon und dem Raiken von Tanjour. pp. 104-184. - Christian des Vierten Reise um ganz Norwegen bis an die Russische Grenze, im Jahre 1599, durch Jonas Carisius, seinen Secretair und Begleiter. pp. 185-222.

København, Det Nordiske Forlag, 1898. 8vo. Indbundet ubeskåret med de originale omslag i et samtidigt halvmaroquinbind med rygforgyldning og fem ophøjede bind (Anker Kyster). Ryg falmet. Fladstrøgne kapitæler og topguldsnit. Med tilskrift fra Herman Bang på fribladet: "Fritz - / Herman Bang." Ren og pæn indvendig. (6),VIII,233,(7) pp. Særdeles nydeligt eksemplar med kortfattet tilskrift fra Herman Bang til Jørgen Frederik Boesen, 'Fritz', (1877-1931). Fritz var som ung skuespilelev hos Bang og blev stærkt favoriseret af ham. En omfattende korrespondance mellem de to er bevaret.

No place, no date, 1699. Bound in one contemp. full calf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Wear to top of spine and edges. (8),267,(1);(8),264 pp. First 4, and last 10 leaves with a dampstain. Some scattered brownspots.

Basil, Tourneisen, 1795. 8vo. In three somewhat worn contemporary half calf bindings. Gilt title and tome labels (though largely lost) to spines. Boards sprinkled. Spines rubbed. Wear and loss to capitals. Hinges and edges of boards worn. Corners bumped. Exlibris (of Vilhelm Wanscher) and recent ownership signature to inside of front board. Handwritten inscription, dated 6 April 1937, from art historian Vilhelm Wanscher to the prominent literary critic Paul V. Rubow to front free endpaper. Some scattered brownspots, otherwise clean internally. XII, 365, (2); 376; (1), 307, (10) p. A neat copy of Lord Kames' celebrated treatise on literary composition, first published in 1762.

Berlin, Reimer, 1838. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on spine. Stamp on title-page. (2),286 pp., 3 folded engraved plates (32 figs.) and 9 large folded engraved plans, partly handcoloured. Internally clean, on good paper.

(No place), 1963-64. Xerox-copies (A4) inserted in brown folder with author's inscription to top right corner of title page. (1), 7, 5, 11, 13, 7, 10, 6, (2), 10 pp. Minor corrections throughout the text. A very nice and clean manuscript. Erling Svendrup's own copies of his teaching-papers for the Fall Term 1963 and Spring Term 1964. They give a unique insight into how Svendrup taught and how his ideas were developed. Erling Sverdrup was a founding father of mathematical statistics and modern actuarial science in Norway. He exercised profound influence on how statistical studies were formed and executed in Norway. The Norwegian edition of his statistics textbook Laws and chance variations had a great impact on a generation of Norwegian actuaries and statisticians, and his lecture notes in actuarial mathematics were decades ahead of contemporary textbooks. Unfortunately, these lecture notes were never translated and widely publicized.He has made important contributions to life-insurance mathematics, survival analysis and event history analysis, where he, at an early stage, advocated the use of Markov chain models for studying disability. a number of important contributions have only appeared in lecture notes or technical reports.

Paris, Victor Masson, 1857. 8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Raised bands, gilt spine. A bit rubbed along edges. In: "Annales de Chimie et de Physique", 3ieme Serie, Tome 50. 512 pp. a. 1 folded engraved plate. (Entire volume offered). Clausius' paper: pp. 497-507. Stamp to verso of titlepage. Internally clean. First French version of this milestone paper on the Kinetic Theory of Gases - "Ueber die Art der Bewegung, welche wir Wärme nennen", 1857 - in which Clausius gives the physical explanation for the evaporation of a liquid and presents the first physical argument in support of Avogadro's hypothesis that equal volumes of gases at the same temperature and pressure contain equal numbers of molecules."In the paper "Ueber die Art der Bewegung, welche wir Wärme nennen.", Rudolf Clausius (1822-1888) established mathematically that the heat in a gas cannot be accounted for exclusively by translational motion of the molecules and asserts that molecules have rotational and vibratiional motion as well as translational motion. He consequently rejects the contentions the the translational kinetic energy is conserved during molecular collisions and that all molecules have equal, constant velocities. His allowancee for differing molecule velocities enables him to offer a new explanation of evaporation, asserting that he molecules able to overcome the attractive forces of the liquid and "escape" to the gaseous state are those with high velocities (and hence high kinetic energies). hence evaporation produces a loss of energy in the liquid and a decreasein temperature."(Parkinson in "Breakthroughs", 1857 C/P)."This 1857 paper (the paper offered) also marked another importent beginning in physical theory, for it presented the first physical argument in support of Avogadro's hypothesis that equal volumes of gases at the same temperature and pressure contain equal numbers of molecules. Clausius argued that if it were assumed that all types of molecules possess the same translational energy at equal temperatures, then, since all gases have the same relationship between pressure, volume, and temperature, they would necessartly contain equal numbers of molecules in equal volumes at the same temperatur and pressure. Avogadro's hypothesis, therefore, found support in the mechanical theory of heat, independently of the usual chemical arguments."(DSB III, p. 307).The volume contains JOULE'S famous paper "Remarques sur la nature de la chaleur et la constitution des fluides élastiques" (Extraits par M. Verdet). Originally published (1848) 1851. First French version. pp. 381-83.

Kiøbenhavn, Gyldendals Forlag, 1783. Samtidigt hldrbd. med rygforgyldning og rygtitel. Ryggen en smule slidt. (24),371,(37) pp. Titelbladet og de første få blade med lidt brunpletter i hjørnerne, ellerss ren indvendig og trykt på blåligt skrivepapir. Med kobberstukket titelvignet. Første danske udgave og samtidig den første almene kunsthistorie på dansk. Oversat efter forfatterens "Entwurf einer Geschichte der zeichnenden Künste", Hamburg 1781, og her med oversætterens tilføjelser vedrørende danske og norske kunstnere. Bibl.DanicaI:1102.

Paris, Chez L'Auteur, 1768. Cont. full mottled calf. Raised bands. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Light wear to top of spine. A paperlabel pasted on spine. Stamp on title-page. (4),VIII,740,(4) pp. Clean and fine.

Paris, Pierre Delaulne, 1695. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with five raised bands and richly gilt spines. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine, boards with a few scratches. Wormtract to upper outer margin (not touching text) and light occassional browning. (2), 346, (6), 374 pp. + 24 engraved plates. Volume 2 of the third edition, published posthumously (as were the two earlier editions of 1665 and 1677), of Monconys' account of his extensive travels across Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. Monconys meticulously recorded his experiences and observations during his travels across Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. His work is not merely a travelogue but a document of scientific inquiry, artistic appreciation, and cultural exchange offering valuable insights into the early modern period. Monconys's Voyages is of considerable interest for its observations on chemistry, physics, mathematics, astrology, antiquities and natural history. Brunet VI, p. 1056 - 19913.

Ldn., 1781. Cont.full calf. One hinge broken. CXX,284 pp. and 8 engr.plts.

Edimbourgh, 1824. Royal8vo. Fine later hmorocco. Engr. title (upper left corner stained), (4),36,104,116,64,74 pp. and 22 engraved plates. - Originaludgaven. Heri bl.a. 3 prospekter stukket af H.G.F. Holm (Fattig-Holm).

Leipzig, Moritz Georg Weidmann, 1730. 4to. Contemp. full vellum. Covers with some spots and bit of soiling. Engraved portrait (Castelli). Titlepage in red/black. (10),1664 pp. Printed in double coloums. Some browning to leaves. An importent scientific dictionary. - Zaunmüller p. 208.

Paris, Victor Msson, 1846. Extracted from "Annales de Chimie et de Physique", 3e Series - Tome 17. Pp. 359-392, three textillustrations. Some scattered brownspots. First French edition of one of Faraday's most importent papers in which he announced his discovery of electromagnetic induction and hereby also created the first electric generator explained by "lines of force". This is the first Franch edition of the first series of Faradays "Experimental Researches in Electricity"."In 1821 a series of brilliant researches culminated in the discovery of electromagnetic rotation; in 1831, seemingly out of nowhere, came the discovery of electromagnetic induction and the beginning of the experimental researches in electricity which were to lead Faraday to the discovery of the laws of electrochemistry, specific inductive capacity, the Faraday effect, and the foundations of classical field theory."(DSB)."Among experimental philosophers Faraday holds by universal consent the foremost place. The memoirs in which his discoveries are enshrined will never ceaseto be read with admiration and delight; and future generations will preserve with an affection not less enduring the personal records and familiar letters, which recall the memory of his humble and unselfish spirit."(Edmund Whittaker in 'A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity' p. 197.

Lpz. u.Dresden, A.H.Payne, (um 1850). 4to. Later hcalf. 340 pp., 2 engr.titles and 124 steel-engr.plates. A few pages and plts.slightly brownspotted.

Paris, Paul Geuthner, 1913. Large 4to. Bound with orig. printed frontwrapper in a very fine hmorocco with raised bands and gilt lettering on spine. XVI,423,(1) pp., 315 textillustrations and 39 plates. Clean and fine. A corner on one leaf torn without loss of text.

Sevilien, 1730. 8vo. In a contemorary simple half half binding. Stains to boards and remains of old paper-label to top of spine. Brownspotted throughout. 127 pp. Rare first edition of Schaumburg’s historical and political analysis on the Treaty of Seville (1729), which involved the transportation of Spanish troops, guaranteed for the benefit of Don Carlos, later known as Charles III of Spain. Johann Gottfried Schaumburg (1703 - 1746) was a German legal scholar and professor. Educated in Zerbst, Görlitz and Wittenberg, he studied philosophy and law under prominent scholars like Christian Thomasius and Justus Henning Böhmer. After earning his doctorate in 1723 he pursued an academic career, holding positions at the universities of Rinteln and Jena where he became a professor of law, court counselor, and rector in 1743.

(Kiøbenhavn den 15. Martii Anno 1700). 4to. Ubeskåret med originale blå kardusomslag senere indbundet i et hshirtbd. 144 pp. De første blade med mindre reparationer efter en ormegang. Lidt spredte brunpletter og bruning af teksten. Yderst sjælden. Originaltrykket. - Bibl. Danica I,679.