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A Vienne, 1824. 4to. Orig.printed wrappers, uncut. (6),153 pp. a. 18 large fold.engr.plts. A few tears in plts.and a little brownspotted.

Dresden und Leipzig, Hilscherschen Buchhandlung, 1793. 4to. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Title-label with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spine. Stamps on foot of title-page. X,381 pp., 4 folded tables and 33 folded engraved plates. Light scattered brownspots. Very light browning to leaves. Klaus Jordan, 120.

Copenhagen, A/S Regnecentralen, 1964. 8vo. In the original yellow printed wrappers. "Gier Algol 3. Kurt E. Larsen" written in hand to front wrapper. 67 pp. A bit of wear to extremities and a bit of soiling, internally clean. First edition of the Gier Algol III manual, a users' manual of the Algol 60 compiler system. The Algol 60 programming language was exceedingly influential and innovative and gave rise to many other programming languages, such as BCPL, B, Pascal, Simula and C. It is stated on the title-page that this is the "Second edition of A Manual of Gier Algol", which means, not that this is a later printing/edition of the paper, but that it is the second version of Gier Algol, being the 3rd paper in the Algol series. "Where Algol 58 was considered quite properly to be a draft, Algol 60 was appreciated, almost immediately, as a rounded work of art. It was to become a universal tool with which to view, study, and proffer solutions to almost every kind of problem in computation." (Origins of Cyberspace 813)."The language was designed by a committee of American and European computer scientist to address some of the problems with Fortran programming language. It had significant influence on later programming language design. John Backus developed a method for describing the syntax of the Algol 58 programming language. This was revised and expanded by Peter Nauer for Algol 60 and the resulting approach is known as Backus Naur form." (O'Regan, Gerard. A brief history of computing, 2008, 80 p.).The Gier Algol was developed by the leading Danish computer scientist at that time: Henning Christensen, Gunnar Ehrling, Jørn Jensen, Peter Kraft, Paul Lindgreen, Knuth-Sivert Skog, Peter Willemoes and Peter Nauer, the later being a pioneer in computer science and in 2005 he won the ACM A.M. Turing Award for his work on defining the ALGOL 60 programming language. The N in the BNF notation stands for Nauer. (Backus-Naur form).

London, R.H. Laurie, 1825. Clothbacked contemp. blue boards. Original printed titlelabel pasted on upper board. Stamp on title-page. VIII,160 pp., 1 folded engraved table, textillustrations (coastal profiles). + Catalogue of the Pilots, Charts, and other Nautical Works, printed for R.H. Laurie. 16 pp.

Berlin, Georg Reimer, 1904. 4to. Orig. hcloth with wood-engraved illustration on frontcover. The cloth-hinges in 2 places with a tear, first inner hinges weak. Internally fine. XIV,668 pp., 21 plates (1 map with a small tear, repaired without loss), the frontispiece in photogravure. First edition.

Leipzig: Gleditsch, 1717. 8vo. In a nice contemporary Cambridge-style mirror binding with five raised bands with blindstamped ornamentation to spine and boards. All edges coloured in red. A few scratches and light misolouring to extremities. Previous owner's name in contemporary hand to front free end-paper. Internally very fine and clean, a nice copy. Text in two columns. (6), 2868 columns, (28) pp. + frontispiece. First edition of Hederich's popular lexicon intended for use in schools.

London, Victor Gollanoz, 1936. 8vo. Orig. blue full cloth w. gilt lettering on spine. Spine a bit soiled, otherwise nice and clean, also internally. Rare first edition of Ayer's most important and well known work, in which he presents his Verification Principle, which defines a sentence as being meaningful if, and only if, is has a verifiable empirical import. He began writing the book at the young age of 24, and two years later it was published. Ayer is considered a clear and stringent writer. "Ayer's philosophical ideas were deeply influenced by those of the Vienna Circle and David Hume. His clear, stringent and polemical exposition of them makes "Language, Truth and Logic" essential reading on the tenets of Logical Positivism -- the book is regarded as a classic of 20th century analytic philosophy, and is widely read in philosophy courses around the world." (Wikipedia). The great logical positivist, Sir Alfred Jules Ayer (1910-89), was Grote Professor of Philosophy of Mind and Logic at the University College London from 1946 till 1959, and afterwards he became Wykeham Professor of Logic at the University of Oxford.

Leiden, Sam. Luchtmans, 1727. 4to. Cont. full calf. 5 raised bands. Richly gilt back. Fine. Engraved Frontispiece, printers woodcut device on title. (52),263 pp. + Index. Some leaves slightly yellowing. Brunet IV,588. "Edition fort estimée, surtout à cause de la préface critique contre Bentley."

Bruxelles, Guyot, 1863. Folio. (48 x 32,5 cm.). Orig. printed clothbacked boards. Wear to edges. Covers a bit soiled. With 38 (I-XXXVII + Plan) double-folio-plates. Internally clean.

København, Reitzel, 1928. Royal8vo. With orig. printed frontwrapper. Spine gone. Sewing a bit loose. (6),464 pp., 3 maps (2 large and folded), 6 plates, many photographic illustrations in the text. Small stamp on foot of wrapper and halftitle. Uncut and internally fine and clean. First edition of the report of the famous Second Thule Expedition which brought back importent geographical and geological informations of the fjords, especially Independence Fjord. - Meddelelser om Grønland, Bd.65.

Stockholm, Nicolai Wankijff, 1676. 4to. In contemporary full calf with four raised bands with gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Small paper label to upper compartment on spine. Light wear to extremities, most of the gilting worn off. Ex-libris (Carl Juel, Danish statesman and owner of Valdemar's Castle) to verso of front board. With occassional underlinings in contemporary hand throughout. A good copy. (22), 580, 48, (62) pp. First edition, published posthumously, of Boeclerus’ main work on Swedish history. The second part contains, with a seperate title page, the peace treaty between Kristina and Christian IV in 1645: the Peace of Brömsebrofreden.

Leipzig, Ambrosius Barth, 1928. 8vo. In contemporary full cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In "Annalen der Physik", Vierte Folge, Band 87. Entire volume offered. Library labels pasted on the pasted down front free end paper. Stamp to title page, othrewise a fine copy. Pp. 55-129 [Entire volume: (1), 736, VII pp.]. First appearance of Bethe's important doctoral thesis on the theory electron diffraction by nickel crystals which remains of fundamental value in understanding observational data. "Bethe obtained his doctorate-summa cum laude-in 1928 with a thesis that analyzed and explained the results that Clinton Joseph Davisson and Lester Germer had obtained in their experiments on electron diffraction by nickel crystals. When the de Broglie wave length of electrons is comparable to the lattice spacings of a crystal they diffract in a manner similar to x-rays. Bethe made use of the methods that von Laue and Ewald had formulated for x-ray diffraction by crystals and found that their results could readily and successfully be adapted to the electron case." (DSB)."Bethe was one of the great physicists of the twentieth century. After the advent of quantum mechanics, in two classic articles published in 1933 in the Handbuch der Physik he detailed the applications of the new quantum theory to atomic and solid state physics. After the discovery of the neutron in 1932 in a series of articles in the Reviews of Modern Physics, he did the same for nuclear physics. In 1938 he formulated the nuclear physics responsible for energy production in stars. During World War II he contributed importantly to the development of radar and of atomic weapons. Because of his involvement in making A- and H-bombs possible, he subsequently devoted considerable efforts in limiting further developments of atomic weaponry and bringing about international agreements for the reduction of extant nuclear weapons and the curtailment of their production and design. He made Cornell University, his base of operation from 1935 until his death, an outstanding center of theoretical physics and a model research community in all branches of physics." (DSB).

Paris, Huart, 1731. 8vo. Uniformly bound in two contemporary full calf bindings with four raised bands and richly gilt spines. Light wear to extremities. Boards with a few holes in the leather, showing the wooden boards underneath. Ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-papers. Small worm-tract in outer margin of last leaves in vol. 1, not affecting text. A nice set. XVI, 336, (16) pp.; (12), 331, (5) pp. First edition of Dupuy's comprehensive work on the mythological gods, demigods and most famous heroes of pagan antiquity. It offers detailed explanations of ancient fables and metamorphoses, arguing that the rituals, mysteries, sacrifices and other ceremonies of paganism are only imperfect imitations of sacred history. The book also includes a French translation of Dares Phrygius' account of the destruction of Troy, based on the Latin translation by Cornelius Nepos.

(Berlin, Uppsala & Stockholm, Paris, 1892 a. 1897. 4to. Without wrappers as extracted from "Acta Mathematica Hrsg. von G. Mittag-Leffler.", Bd. 16 and 20. Fine and clean. Pp. 297-339 (+) pp. 313-355. First edition of these important papers on the polarization of light. The geometrical representation of different states of polarization by points on a sphere is due to Poincare. The method shown to visualize the different states of polarization is given in these two papers and the method is called Poincare's Sphere.

Hambourg, Hoffmann, 1796. 8vo. In contemporary marbled paper covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Light wear to spine, a nice and clean copy. IV, 5-296 pp. Uncommon first edition of Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis’ographical work where she defends her actions and choices during and after the French Revolution. Here Madame de Genlis addresses public criticisms of her life and decisions, particularly in her roles as a writer, educator and political figure associated with the royal family.

Giessen, C.G. Müller, n.d. (ca. 1810). 4to. Contemp. half calf. Gilt spine, titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spines. Stamps on title-page. XVIII,286 pp. and 3 folded engraved plates. A few faint marginal brownspots.

Kiøbenhavn, Trykt paa Autoris Bekostning (Tome II:) Ernst Henrich Berling, 1742. 4to. Indbundet i 2 samtidige velbevarede helldrbd. (spejlbind). Ophøjede bind på rygge, rig rygforgyldning. Marmoreret snit. En kapitæl med en smule slid. Hjørner lidt stødte. (8), 722, (8), 736 pp. En del gl. ejernavne. Fribladet med en længere tilskrift i gl. hånd. Udmærket frisk og rent eksemplar. Originaludgaven. - Ehr.-M. X:301.

Argentorati (Strassburg), Spoor, 1688 & Frankfurt, (No printer), 1692. 8vo. In contemporary full vellum with yapp edges. All edges coloured in red. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Soiling and miscolouring to extremities. Internally with light brownspotting throughout. Five-line annotation to front free end-paper and marginal annotations in contemporary hand throughout. (16), 546, (22), (24), 367, (48) pp. Interesting sammelband with two works by Joannes Heinrich Boecler both on political science and history. The first work being a comprehensive introduction to political science, examining the structures and functions of political institutions, the second work is a detailed overview of the Holy Roman Empire's structure, focusing on its political and administrative organization. Joannes Heinrich Boecler was a 17th-century German jurist who wrote primarily on German history and German law.

Kjøbenhavn (Copenhagen), Gyldendal, 1872. 8vo. Nice contemporary brown half calf with gilt spine. Capitals and corners worn and spine with some worn patches. Occasional brownspotting. Old owner's names to front end-papers. (2), VIII, 85, (1) pp. Scarce first edition of the first Danish translation of Mill’s seminal “Utilitarianism”, translated by the great Georg Brandes. Mill’s “Utilitarianism” constitutes a classic within the field of moral and political thought and is considered "the most influential philosophical articulation of a liberal humanistic morality that was produced in the nineteenth century." (Encycl. Of Philosophy). Originally published as a series of three separate articles in 1861, it was collected and printed as a single work under the canonical title in 1863. This publication is now considered the classic exposition and defense of Utilitarianism in ethics, a revolution within moral philosophy. The work was translated into Danish by the immensely influential literary critic Georg Brandes, by many considered the greatest intellectual of his time. Brandes played a key role in introducing especially German and British thought to Scandinavia, most notably the works by such thinkers as Darwin and Nietzsche. He is also the first to translate Mill’s works and make them accessible to a Scandinavian readership. His translation of “Utilitarianism” appeared in 1872 and was responsible for spreading the utilitarian philosophy to a wider audience in the North. The idea of Utilitarianism became immensely influential in Scandinavia. It inspired, for instance, Haralds Høffdig (1843-1931) to formulate the welfare principle, contributing to the formation of the welfare state that the Scandinavian countries are so famous for.

(Berlin, aud et Spener, 1766). 4to. Without wrappers as issued in "Mémoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres", tome XV, pp. 265-309 a. 2 engraved plates., pp. 310-337. Both papers first edition. In the first paper Euler uses his method of pertubations on, or the "variation of the elements or parameters" on the movement of the planets. - The second pper is one of Euler's more famous papers and a good example of his work in an area called "recreational mathematics". It was the first mathematical paper on knight's tours (A knight's tour is a path that a knight chesspiece can follow to visit every square on the chessboard without revisiting any square). (Eneroth: E 308 a. E 309).

Frankfurt, Thomas Fritschen, 1707. 4to. In contemporary full calf with five raise bands and richly gilt spine. A few scratches to boards and and title-page slightly browned but generally a nice and clean copy. (12), 789, (18) pp. Rare first edition of Landreben's theological commentary on the two biblical books of the Thessalonians providing a detailed exegetical and doctrinal analysis of these epistles.

Cassel, 1867-68. 2 cont.hcloth. Backs lacks on vol. II. XX,301,VI,512 pp. Internally fine. - Firsdt edition.

Copenhagen & Leipzig, Hildburghausen Pentzoldt, 1705. 8vo. In a nice contemporary Cambridge-style mirror bindingf with four raised bands and richly gilt spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. A few dots a marks to boards. A few small wormholes to upper part of spine. The engraved half-title with marginal repairs. Vague dampstain to outer margin throughout, otherwise a nice copy. (16), 789, (11), 63 pp. + 18 plates and engraved half-title. Sixth edition of Lassenius most popular work, first published in 1687. Johannes Lassenius (1632-1692), German theologian and baroque poet and professor of theology in Copenhagen 1677. He was arguably the most famous preacher of his time in Copenhagen. Biblioteca Danica, Supplement, p 85.

Hagae-Comitis, Apud Johannem à Velsen & Trajecti ad Rhenum, Typis Rudolphi a Zyll, & Anthonii Schenten, 1691 4to. Cont. full vellum w. blindstamped borders and ornamentation to boards. 5 raised bands on spine. Front hinge cracked, but not loosening. Internally nice and clean. Extra engr. title-page, woodcut printer's device, 12 full-page engr. portraits, many woodcut illustr. in the text (coins). Two leaves in folio, folded. (14, 822, 110, (154) pp. The second edition of the estimated Graevius-edition, which was first printed in 1672.A reprint of the popular first edition appeared in 1697, but before that this enlarged edition of 1691 had appeared. In 1703 the third edition appeared, and in 1708 another edition appeared under a changed title.Dibdin II:441, Graesse: 6:522

Hafniæ, 1826. 4to. orig.blankt omslag,ubeskåret på skrivepapir. (6),XVIII,442 pp. Kobberst.titelvignet. Fiske p.356. Første trykte udgave af denne saga. Med gammelnorsk latinsk paralelltekst.