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Altona, Hammerich, 1795. Small 8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine with gilt lettering. Upper compartment with loss of some leather and taped. A paperlabel pasted on lower part of spine. Stamp on title-page. (2),334,(1-errata) pp. Faint dampstain in lower corners of the first 10 leaves. Some toning and some scattered brownspots. First edition.

Nuremberg, P. C. Monath, 1737. 4to. In contemporary full calf and five raised bands. Wear to extremities and most of gilt ornamentation to spine worn off. Dampstain to title-page. Light brownspotting throughout. (6), 3-165 (wanting Pp. 1-2), 54 pp. + 32 (of 35) hand coloured plates. First German edition (first published in French, "Le Veritable Vauban," at the Hague in 1708) of Vauban's famous fortifications.

(Leipzig, Barth, 1910). 8vo. Extracted from "Annalen der Physik IV, Bd. 33" pp. 1096-1104 and pp. 1105-1115. Fine and clean. Supplied with a facsimile wrapper from the offprint to the first paper. Both works in first edition. - Weil No. 34 and 35.

Paris, Eugène Renduel, 1830. Beautiful cont. hcalf w. richly gilt back and gilt ornamental border on both boards. Printed on fine paper. Minor brownspotting, otherwise internally nice and clean. An excellent copy. Rare first edition. An early work by the renowned author, Paul Lacroix (1807-1884), who was famous for his several important historical works and his numerous works of bibliographical contents, regarding which he can be said to have continued the tradition of Nodier. He wrote a number of historical novels, which were very popular at the time, and of which Les Deux Fous is considered one of the best. They were reprinted numerous times, and were translated into several languages; -most of them deal with the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, a period not commonly investigated at that time. Most of his works are published under pseudonym, because of which he is now best known under the name of "Bibliophile Jacob". Aged 28 he was awarded the cross of the "Légion d'Honneur" for his work on the history of the 16th century, and 1842 he founded "L'Alliance des Arts" together with M. Thoré. Carteret 2;14. Not in Barbier.

Bruxelles, Guyot, 1858. 8vo a. folio. Contemp. hcloth. A paperlabel pasted on upper cover. Stamp on title-page. Atlas in contemp. hcalf. Titlelabel with gilt lettering on upper cover. (4),XV,125 pp. - Atlas with 4 large folded (85 x 110 cm.), lithographed and coloured plans, and 4 lithographed plates in double folio.

London, Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust, 1976. 4to. Orig. half morocco. Spine with gilt lettering. 62 pp. Frontispiece (self-portrait of Blake) and 11 plates, reproduced in collotype in the workshops of Trianon Press. No. 202 of 380 copies. Clean and fine. First edition of Blake's Laocoön A Last Testament.

Budissin (Bautzen), Richter, 1732 & 1724. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with four raised bands and richly gilt spine. Wear to extremities. Head of spine with loss of leather, headband partly detached. Ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Internally nice and clean. (30), 489, (17), (4), 247, (23) pp. + frontispiece and 8 plates. Later German translation, first published in French in 1703, of Vallement’s popular work on agriculture and gardening containing descriptions on the cultivation and propagation methods of wheat, flowers, and fruit plants, on garden care and pruning for ornamental purposes. Vallemont (1649-1721) was a historian, numismatist, theologian, and physician with a passion for gardening as well. (Brunet V, 1061 - the first French).

Kjøbenhavn. Paa Forfatterens Forlag, 1831 og C.A. Reitzel, 1847 Indbundet i ét hldrbd. fra omkring 1850 med rig rygforgyldning. Lidt svage spredte brunpletter. Phantasier og Skizzer komplet med smudstitelbladet dedikationsbladet og rettelsesbladet. - Nye Eventyr komplet med dedikationsbladet og indholdsfortegnelsen. Begge værker i originaludgaven. Heftet af Nye Eventyr indeholder 5 eventyr i førstetryk: Den gamle Gadeløgte - Nabofamilierne - Stoppenaalen - Lille Tuk - Skyggen.B.F.N.: 109 og 516-520.

Berlin, Springer, 1930. 8vo. Bound in contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering, In "Zeitschrift für Physik", Band 64, 1930. Entire volume offered. Two stamps to title page, otherwise fine. Pp. 629-637. [Entire volume: VII, (1), 862 pp.]. First printing of Landau's "fundamental work in the field of the theory of metals, showing that the degenerate electron gas possesses diamagnetic susceptibility" (DSB), often referred to as Landau diamagnetism. "His best known work from this time is his diamagnetism of metals in which he showed that not only the spins of free electrons contribute to the magnetic properties of a metal but also their orbits. The motion of such electrons is allowed only for discrete energy values, the Landau levels." (Brandt, The Harvest of A Century).

Paris, (No printer), 1764. Small 8vo. Contemp. hcalf. titlelabel with gilt lettering. Wear to top of spine. Some cracking to leather at upper joint. A paperlabel pasted on spine. Stamps on title-page. VIII,199 pp. 1 folded table, 1 large folded engraved map. Internally clean and fine, printed on good paper.

Campen, Gerrit vander Tollen, 1666 - 1667. 8vo. In contemporary full vellum with title in contemporary hand. Small paper-label pasted on to spine. Light wear to extremities, primarily to spine. Internally very fine and clean. (24), 280, (16), 383, (1), (12), 304 pp. Later edition of Teellinck's exposition of his theology, focusing on easter.John Teellinck (1623-1674) is generally seen as a representative of the Dutch Further Reformation or Second reformation.

Kjøbenhavn, J.J. Høpffner, 1745. Samtidigt helldbd. med spejl. Rig rygforgyldning. Lille revnedannelse ved i falsen øverst. Første friblad mangler. (32),367;384 pp. Her og der med lidt brunpletter. Originaludgaven. - Ehr.-M. X:355.

Leizpig, Weidemann, 1750. 8vo. In a nice contemporary full calf binding with five raised bands and richly gilt spine. A few holes to spine and scratches to boards. Overall a very nice and clean copy. (8), 1138, (7) pp. First and only edition of this early bibliography on primarily 16th century books.Brunet II, 1394Graesse II, 634

Kjøbenhavn, Kongl. privil. Bogtrykkerie, 1735. 4to. samtidigt hellæderbind. Ophøjede bind på ryg. Rig rygforgyldning. Forgyldt skindtitel. En smule slid ved kapitæler. (54),320;484,(6) pp. Udmærket, velbevaret eksemplar. Første samlede udgave. - Bibl. Danica IV:215.

Halae Saxonum, Orphanotrophii, 1731. 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. Leather on boards cracked, with a few holes in the leather, making the wooden boards underneath visible. Internally very nice and clean. (16), 542, (46) pp. First edition of one of the earliest histories of philosophy to appear in Germany, "Buddeus (1731: p. 25) begins his history with “the philosophy of the Hebrews”, identifying Adam as its ultimate progenitor, “for although he lost a large part of human wisdom [in the fall], it is very probable that he retained some fragments and remnants of it”. After Adam, Buddeus discusses the wisdom of later patriarchs such as Noah, Jacob, and Moses, eventually culminating in the teachings of the Cabbala. The second stage of philosophy’s history begins with “the philosophy of the gentiles, especially the barbarians” (Buddeus, 1731: p. 37), under which he groups the ancient Chaldeans, Persians, Phoenicians, Sabeans, Indians, Muslims, and Africans. About the last, Buddeus (1731: p. 64) writes: “In Africa, besides the Egyptians, the Libyans, and the Ethiopians, they are said to have been unacquainted with philosophy. But there are a few obscure and uncertain things that have become known to us about it” (these “obscure and uncertain things” turn out to be merely ancient reports of gymnosophists and astronomical learning in Ethiopia). The third stage of philosophy’s history is Greek philosophy, followed by medieval philosophy (in which Buddeus mentions a number of Islamic philosophers, but says little about their teachings). The final stage is “more recent philosophy” (Buddeus, 1731: p. 363), which curiously ends not with any European philosopher but with an ancient Chinese one: Confucius. Buddeus appears to have included Confucius because of the great interest in him in Europe that followed the publication in 1687 of Confucius Sinarum philosophus, sive scientia Sinensis latine exposita [Confucius, philosopher of China, or Chinese knowledge expounded in Latin] (Intorcetta, Herdtrick, de Rougemont, & Couplet, 1687)." (Wang, Racism and Eurocentrism in Histories of Philosophy).Johann Franz Buddeus (1667-1729), born in Pomerania, was professor of Greek and Latin, moral philosophy and theology at Leipzig and Halle.

(London, Richard Taylor and William Francis, 1854). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1854, Vol. 144 - Part I. Pp. 177-228, 3 fine textillustrations in woodcut. Clean and fine. First appearance of this importent paper in which Graham coins the word "dialysis" denoting the passage by diffusion of dissolved substances as a function of their concentration and molecular mass. In this way he further explained 'exomosis'."Thomas Graham (1805-1869) studies diffusion in gases and solutions and discovers and names the phenomenon now known as the osmotic force. He finds that certain substances (i.e. glue) pass more slowly through membranes than others (i.e. common salt). He calls the former colloids and the latter crystalloids and introduces the notion of dialysis to describe these observations. The beginning of his famous lecture "On osmotic force" with illustrations is shown on the right."(From Anders Gedeon "Science and Technology in Medicine", p. 244, where part of the first page and the illustrations from the offered paper, are shown).Garrison & Morton: 686 ("Investigation on osmotic force; provided importent information for the physiologists").

Hafnia, (No printer), 1669. 4to. In contemporary full calf. Ex-libris (Juel of Valdemar's Castle) to pasted down front end-paper. Boards and bookblock with numerous worm-tracts. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Upper part of spine with loss of leather. Printed on good paper. 74 ff. Rare first edition of the memorial of Niels Trolle (20 December 1599 – 20 September 1667) to Trollesholm and Gavnø. Trolle was a Danish nobleman who served as vice admiral under Christian IV and later as Steward of Norway from 1656 to 1661. He played a central administrative role during the Nordic War. Biblioteca Danica III, 1529Birkelund 59Thesaurus 633

Amsterdam, Steenhouwer & Uytwerf, 1718. 8vo. Two parts bound in one contemporary full calf binding with four raised bands and richly gilt spine. Traces from old paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Light wear to extremities. Annotations in contemporary hand to front free end-paper. Title-page evenly browned, otherwise internally nice and clean. (6), 410, (4), 438 pp. Later Amsterdam-edition of Guy Patin's correspondence, begun in 1630 and continued until his death. "D'une correspondance trés importante pour l'histoire de la littérature, de la médicine et des moeurs et usages en France au milieu du XVII siécle." (i.e. English: "A very important correspondence for the history of literature, medicine, and customs and practices in France in the mid-17th century") (Graesse V, 167) Graesse V, 167.

Berlin, J.F. Unger, 1786. Bound in one contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine and titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spine. Stamps on titlepage. 338;208 pp. and 10 large folded engraved maps/plans. Internally clean and fine. Klaus Jordan: 1190.

Leipzig, J.H. Ellinger, 1674. 12mo. In contemporary full vellum with yapp edges. Author and title in contemporary hand to spine. Title-page with previous owner's name in contemporary hand. Occassional marginal dampstaining throughout. A few leaves with marginal repair, with loss of a few letters. 383 ff. + frontispiece. Later edition, first published in Leiden in 1589, of Lipsius’ early tract in political theory in which he, amonst other things, argued a government should recognize only one religion, and should punish dissent by fire and sword.

Königsberg, Heinrich Degen, 1804. Small8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering on top of frontcover. Stamp. on title-page. (8),103,(1) pp. and 2 folded engraved plates. A few scattered brownspots. First edition.

Kiøbenhavn, Seidelin, 1798. Indbundet i et nydeligt nyere halvmaroquin med forgyldt titel og ornamentik til ryg (Sign. Rigmor Birkedal Kragh). Nydeligt eksemplar. (2), 80 pp. Originaludgaven af Heibergs skrift der markerede begyndelsen på Notarialfejden. En vending i dette skrift blev hovedpunktet i den anklage, som senere første til Heibergs landsforvisning. "[Heibergs] chef, notarius publicus Schmidt, hvem han havde tjent i 10 år som assistent, planlagde at trække sig tilbage. I tiden omkring sit giftermål havde Heiberg fået successionsret på sin svigerfaders embede som dispachør, men efter sagen i Hof- og Stadsretten 1794 måtte han opgive denne ambition. Derfor var det ham magtpåliggende at komme i betragtning, når notarialembedet blev ledigt. Men det blev i starten af 1798 givet til forhenværende professor ved Sorø Akademi og svigersøn til biskop Balle, G.H. Olsen, der havde studeret jura om end ikke taget eksamen. Rasende over at være forbigået udsendte Heiberg Suum cuique. Til mine Medborgere (1798), hvori han indgående og vidtløftigt udbreder sig om professor Olsens uduelighed og fremhæver sin egen fortræffelighed. Olsen svarede naturligvis igen, og notarialfejden var i gang. De to hovedpersoner krydsede klinger flere gange, og mange andre blandede sig i striden, heriblandt Malthe Conrad Bruun med Beviis at en monarkisk Regjering ikke er forbunden at bortgive Embeder efter de Søgendes Dulighed (1798)." (Arkiv for Dansk Litteratur).

Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1727. 4to. Fine contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Richly gilt spine. Tome- and titlelabels with gilt lettering. Gilt borders on covers. Light wear to top of spine. (8),156,451 pp.,10 partly folded engraved plates. Clean and fine. With original papers by: Belidor, Guettard, le Gentil, l'Abbé Nollet, de la Sône, Hellot, Daubenton, du Hamel, de la Lande, Pingré, l'Abbé de la Caille, Clairaut, de Chabert, Romieu.

(Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1857). Without wrappers. In "Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg. von J.C. Poggendorff", Bd. 102, No 12. Pp. 481-644 a. 1 folded engraved plate. (Entire issue offered). Kirchhoff's paper: pp. 529-545. Clean and fine. Firs appearance of Kirchhoff's first paper on conductivity in which he presents his Circuit-Law. The significance of this paper is that Kirchhoff proved with action at a distance that electric disturbances travel along wires of neglible resistance with the velocity of light. He accomplished this with the laws of Newtonian electrodynamics before Maxwell formulated his equations."The theory of variable currents raised more difficult problems. The law of dynamical interactions between currents had been formulated by Ampere (1826) in the spirit of the concept of action at a distance....The field was still open when Kirchhoff entered it in 1857 with his own general theory of the motion of electricity in conductors (in the paper offered). His first paper, in which he treated linear conductors from the same premises as Weber, turned out to coincide in all essentials with an investigation carried out by Weber shortly before but delayed in publication. Both physicists noticed a remarkable implication of their theory: in a perfectly conducting circuit, oscillating currents could be propagated with a constant velocity, independent of the nature of the conductors, and numerically equal to the velocity of light. Both Weber and Kirchhoff however, pointing to the extreme character of the condition of infinite conductivity, dismissed this result as a mere accidental coincidence."(DSB VII, p. 380-81).

Wien, Julius Springer, 1929. 8vo. Bound in a contemporary full cloth with red title label with gilt lettering to spine. Previous owner's name [Bent Schultzer, Danish professor in philosophy] to title page. A fine and clean copy. VI, 114 pp. First edition of Carnap's Abriss der Logistik which constitutes one of very first textbooks in modern logic, the influence of which was immense. The basic purpose of Carnap's publication is to make the logical system, from Russell and Whitehead's seminal work within mathematical logic, Principia Mathematica, available to a broader audience. "While published a year after Hilbert and Ackermann's more prominent Grundzüge der theoretischen Logik [1928], Carnap's Abriss - essentially finished in 1927, largely independant of Grundzüge, and circulated widely - also had significant influence, especially in Vienna, where Carnap taught at the time." (Creath, The Cambridge companion to Carnap. P. 181).Carnap himself wrote about Abriss: "In 1924 I wrote the first version of the later book, Abriss der Logistik . It was based on Principia. Its main purpose was to give not only a system of symbolic logic, but also to show its application for the analysis of concepts and the construction of deductive systems".Rudolf Carnap was an influential German philosopher who was active in Europe before 1935 and in the United States thereafter. He was a leading member of the Vienna Circle and a famous advocate of logical positivism.