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(Paris, Moutard, Panckoucke, 1780). 4to. Extract from "Mémoires fe Mathematique et de Physique, Présentés à l'Academie des Sciences par divers Savans", Tome IX. Pp. 345-381 a. 2 folded engraved plates. And pp. 382-440 a. 3 folded engraved plates. Clean and fine. First printing of two importent papers by Monge in differential functions and infinitesimal geometry, - in the first he discussed the nature of the arbitrary functions involved in the integrals of, finite difference equations. He also considered the, equation of vibrating strings, a topic he later investigated more fully. In the second memoir Monge returned to infinitesimal geometry. Working on the theory of developable surfaces outlined by Euler in 1772, he applied it to the problem, of shadows and penumbrae and treated several, problems concerning ruled surfaces. "It is in this paper that he gives a general representation of developable surfaces..."(Morris Kline "Mathematical Thoughts from Ancient to Modern Times", p. 567).

Berlin, J.W. Boicke, 1820-24. Uncut in 3 contemp. marbled boards, later clothbacking. Stamp on title. XII,463,(1);XXIV,440;XII,406 pp. 4 folded tables and 48 folded engraved plates with positions handcoloured. Scattered brownspots.

Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1822. 8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine and with gilt lettering. Some scratches to spine. In: "Annalen der Physik und der Physikalischen Chemie. Hrsg. Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert", Bd. 12 (= Bd. 72 der Reihe). (12),436 pp., 2 folded tables and 4 engraved plates. Small stamp to verso of titlepages. Internally clean and fine, except for browning to upper right corners on the last 75 leaves. Faraday's paper: pp. 113-129. Ampere's appers: pp. 257-276 a. 32-36. First German versions, in Gilbert's preparations, of these fundamental papers by Faraday and Ampére, the papers that established electro-magnetic rotation, the first electromotors. - Apparatus depicted on the plates.The volumes contains further notable papers by Döbereiner, Berzelius, Sertürner etc. etc.

Kjøbenhavn, Andr. Schous Forlag, 1886. 8vo. Indbundet i det originale komponerede shirtingsbind. Navnetræk på verso af forsatsbladet. Noget brunplettet. XX,403,(1) pp. Nydeligt eksemplar af et af Bangs hovedværker i det særdeles sjældne komponerede shirtingsbind.

Kbhvn., 1905-33. Lex8vo. 9 hshirtbd. Ialt ca 6.000 pp.

Nürnberg, Raspeschen Buchhandlung, 1801-04. 2 contemp. hcalf. Richly gilt spines. Gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on lower part of spines. stamp on title-pages. VIII,296;IV,406,(2) pp., 14 folded engraved plans etc. faint scattered brownspots.

København, H. H. Thieles Bogtrykkeri, 1901. Lex. 8vo. Indbundet i et nydeligt halvmaroquinbind med rygforgyldning og fem ophøjede bind. Ryg falmet. Med dedikation fra Gustav Wied på titelbladet: "Fred. Hartvig / fra / Gustav Wied / 2 Aug 1902." Ren og pæn indvendig. (6),X,388,(1) pp. Med tre udfoldelige plancher. Nydeligt eksemplar med egenhændig dedikation fra Gustav Wied til vennen Frederik Hartvig.

Halle a.d.S., Weisenhauses, 1911. Small 4to. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Light wear to top of spine. XII,847 pp. Internally clean and fine. First edition. The original printing.

Leipzig, Theophilo Georgi, 1729. 8vo. In a nice contemporary Cambridge-style mirror binding with four raised bands and richly gilt spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Light wear to extremities. A nice copy. (46), 750, (2), 181, (83) pp. + frontispiece. Third edition.

Uden sted og trykker, men København, 1618. 4to. Nyere hldrbd. uden rygtitel. Ubeskåret, men i starten er kanter flossede. Enkelte blade kantreparerede. Upagineret. Omkring 200 blade, med de sidste blade mangler. Sidste blad her er Fff iv. Titelblad i rødt/sort med bred røskenramme. Hver side iøvrigt med røskenramme. I teksten enkelte større og mindre træsnitillustrationer. 1 side delvist bortrevet. Originaltrykket. - Bibl. Dan. I,129. - Thesaurus II,476.

Verona, Tumermaniana, 1731. Folio. Hvellum (19th century). Bound uncut. Engraved frontispiece.Title-page printed in red/black with large engraved vignette. (10),570 pp. Last leaf a bit browned, otherwise internally fine and clean. Expanded version of "Acta primorum...", 1713. (Brunet IV, 1457).

London, Liverpool, Heinemann, Edw. Howell, 1897. Royal8vo. Orig. full cloth. Back faded, wear to top and bottom of spine, corners a little bumped. XV,719 pp. Folded frontisp. (repaired on verso), and 3 fold. facsimile-plates. Owner stamp in upper right corner of title. The half-title with brownspots. First edition.

Kopenhagen und leipzig, Friedrich Christian Pelt, 1757. Indbundet i et samtidigt helldrbd., ophøjede bind på ryg, rygforgyldning. Lidt slid ved øverste kapitæl. Ryg med lettere brugsspor. Alle tre dele er fortsat paigneret, og hører derfor sammen. Med 2 koberstukne frontispiecer, det ene af viser Corfitz Ulfeld med Eleonora Christina på skødet (Haas sculp., 1754), det andet viser Christina Munk (Haas, sculp., 1757). (34),192,(1) 193-324, (325-) 440 pp. Bibl. Danica III, 1539. Tysk af oversættelse af Schönaus "Samling af danske lærde Fruentimer" bind 1 og bind 2 fra 1753. Antageligt er kobberstikket af Christina Munk lavet til den tyske oversættelse, da det ikke er i den danske version.

(London, Richard Taylor and William Francis, 1853) 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1853, Vol. 143. Pp. 397-406. First appearance of this importent paper by Adams, - famous for his co-discovery with Le Verrier, of Neptune in 1846 - in which he introduces new mathematical methods in dealing with the pertubations of the Moon, raising a sharp scientific controversy, and correcting Laplace's great memoir of 1788."He (Adams) was elected a fellow of Pembroke College in 1853, and shortly afterward he presented to the Royal Society a remarkable paper on the secular acceleration of the moon’s mean motion. This quantity was thought to have been definitively investigated by Pierre Simon de Laplace in 1788, but Adams showed that Laplace’s solution was incorrect. In particular, Laplace had ignored a variation in solar eccentricity that introduces into the differential equations for the moon’s motion a series of additional terms. Adams calculated the second term of the series, on which the secular acceleration depends, as 3771/64m4 the value computed from Laplace’s work was 2187/128 m4. The effect of the correction was to reduce the figure for the moon’s secular acceleration by about half, from 10?.58 to 5?.70.This paper caused a sharp scientific controversy, marked by angry chauvinism on the part of several French astronomers. Their attacks stimulated a number of independent investigations of the subject, all of which confirmed Adams’ result. The matter was definitely settled in his favor by 1861, but not without hard feelings."(DSB).

London, H. Teape, 1825. Royal8vo. Orig. blue boards, clothbacked later. Stamp on title-page. Uncut. IV,50,117,(3) pp. With errata-slip. Clean and fine. First edition. - Not in Sabin.

Paris, Etienne Michallet, 1678. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with five raised bands and richly gilt spine. All edges gilt. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Parts of gilting worn off. Internally nice and clean. (12), 282 pp. First edition of Crasset’s work on the Oracle Sibyl. Jean Crasset, a 17th-century French Jesuit, is known for his writings on asceticism and philosophy. Among his numerous works is the present "Dissertation on the Oracles of Sibyl." At the close of the 17th century, various treatises on the Sibylline Oracles emerged often emphasizing their pagan origins. Crasset, however, strongly believed that the Sibylline Oracles were divine utterances of the Greek prophetess Sibyl. He aimed to demonstrate that these oracles were false Christian narratives while defending early church fathers who asserted their authenticity.

Simpelt halvshirtbd. Første og sidste blade lidt brunplettede. Originaludgave. Himmelstrup 116.

Amsterdam, Marc Michel Ray, 1764. 12mo. (16,5x10 cm.). Contemp. full mottled calf. Richly gilt spine. Spine ends worn. Small cracks to hinge at spine ends. Engraved titlevignette. (8),368 pp. Internally clean, printed on good paper. First edition, but the 12mo edition in 2 parts, not the 8vo-edition in 2 volumes from the same year. This smaller edition is printed at the same time but finished a bit later. Dufour 233. - Tchemerzine X, p. 50.

Berlin, Stockholm, Paris, Almqvist & Wiksell, 1908. 4to. Bound in contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In "Acta Mathematica", Vol, 31, 1908. Entire volume offered. Stamps to title page, otherwise a fine and clean copy. Pp. 1-64. [Entire volume: (8), 408, (2), 12 pp]. First appearance of Poincaré's important paper in which he presented the first solution to the problem of the uniformization of curves - now know as The Uniformization Theorem. Clebsch and Riemann tried to solve the problem of the uniformization for curves. "In 1882 Klein gave a general uniformization theorem, but the proof was not complete. In 1883 Poincaré announced his general uniformization theorem but he too had no complete proof. Both Klein and Poincaré continued to work hard to prove this theorem but no decisive result was obtained for twent-five years. In 1907 Poincare (in the offered paper) and Paul Koebe independently gave a proof of this uniformization theorem...With the theorem on uniformization now rigorously established an improved treatment of algebraic functions and their integrals has become possible." (Morris Kline).

Hamburg, Samuelem Heilium, 1726. 4to. In contemporary full calf with four raised bands and richly gilt spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. A few stains and scratches to boards. A nice and clean copy. (12), 1127 pp. + portrait. Second edition of this important early Hebrew-Chaldean-Latin biblical lexicon. Heinrich Opitz began his studies at the University of Wittenberg in 1662 and later transferred to the University of Jena, where he earned his Magister degree in 1665. Opitz then focused on oriental languages during stints in Leipzig and Hamburg before traveling to Kiel in 1667 to work as a private lecturer. He embarked on a journey through the Netherlands and England three years later to deepen his understanding of oriental languages, visiting libraries in Leiden, Utrecht, and London. Opitz later went to Oxford to study oriental manuscripts before settling in Jena, where he worked with the university's philosophical faculty. In 1675, he became a professor of Greek language in Kiel, adding a professorship in oriental languages in 1679. His career progressed, culminating in his promotion to Doctor and professor of theology in 1689, followed by his appointment as an Oberkonsistorialrat in 1704. His works on the Hebrew language and Bible were influential for many years.

(London, Richard Taylor and William Francis, 1853) 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1853, Vol. 143 - Part III. Pp. 397-406. Clean and fine. First appearance of this importent paper by Adams, - famous for his co-discovery with Le Verrier, of Neptune in 1846 - in which he introduces new mathematical methods in dealing with the pertubations of the Moon, raising a sharp scientific controversy, and correcting Laplace's great memoir of 1788."He (Adams) was elected fellow of Pembroke College in 1853, and shortly afterwards he presented to the Royal Society a remarkable paper (the paper offered) on the secular accleration of the moon's mean motion. This quantity was thought to have been definitively investigated by Pierre Simon de Laplace in 1788, but Adams showed that Laplace's solution was incorrect. In particular, Laplace had ignored a variation in solar eccentricity that introduces into the diffrential equations for the moon's motion a series of additional terms. Adams calculated the second term of series, on which the secular acceleartion depends....This paper caused a sharp scientific controversy, marked by angry chauvinism on the part of several French astronomers. Their attack stimulated a number of independent investigations of the subject, all of which confirmed Adams' results. The matter was definitely settles in his favor by 1861, but not without hard feelings."(DSB I, p. 54b).

Berlin, Gruyter & Co., 1929. 4to. Orig. printed orange wrappers. Offprint/Sonderausgabe aus Sitzungsberichten...pp. (1)-6. Fine fresh copy. First edition in the rare Offprint, now called "Sonderausgabe" instead of "Sonderabdruck", having separate printed title and separate pagination. See Weil: 166, where this is not mentioned.The early Offprints from "Sitzungsberichten..." are called "Sonderabdruck" up to Weil No.165 (including this). From Weil 166 they are called "Sonderausgabe...". - Before 161 (up to 160) the Offprints do not have separate title and pagination (the pagination follows the numbering in the periodical). From 166 the Offprint has both separate printed title and pagination. - ( So Weil Nos 161-165 is still "Abdruck", but with separate title and pagination). These facts are not mentioned in the bibliographies.Weil No. 166.

Kjøbenhavn og Kristiania, 1920 - 22. Indb. m. alle orig. for- og bagomsl. i tre særdeles smukke hellæderbd. af grøn oaseged m. dobbelte forgyldte stregbordurer på permer, indre forgyldte bordurer, rygforgyldn. og helt guldsnit (Juul-Lassen). Rygge falmede, indv. helt rene. Indlagt i marmorerede papkassetter m. brune skindkanter.

Dublin, Hodges, Foster, and Co., 1876. Cont. full blindtooled cloth. Hinges broken, back somewhat discoloured. Top a. bottom of back somewhat worn. Internally clean and fine. Untrimmed. Lithogr. frontisp.,XXIV,194 pp. The scarce first edition and the first announcement in bookform of the author's "Theory of Screws". "The Theory presented in the following paper was first sketched by the author in a Paper..to the Royal Irish Academy (1871). The entire theory has been re-written and systematically arranged, in the present volume." Through the next 30 years Ball elaborated his theory based on Non-Euclidean conceptions. He dealt with a four-dimensional space in the biased language of Euclidean geometry, the "content" of space was elliptic.

Paris, Crochard, 1834. Without wrappers. In: "Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago.", Tome 57, 2e Series. Cahier 1. 112 pp. (entire issue offered with titlepage to vol. 57). Gauss' paper: p. 5-69. Some brownspots. First French edition of Gauss' "Intensitas vis magneticae terrestris ad mensuram absolutam revocata" (1833), Gauss' first work on magnwetism, in which appeared the first systematic use of of absolute units, distance, mass, time to measure nonmechanical quantity (magnetism and electricity). - "It contains the first measurement of magnetic and electric quantities" (Magie, A Source Book in Physics, p. 519).G. Waldo Dunnington No. 99. - Weaver Cat.: 867 (Latin ed.).