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Copenhagen, Schultz, 1830. 8vo. Uncut in the original blank boards. Handwritten title label to spine. Spine slightly rubbed. Scattered brownspots. XII,184 pp. First edition of Rask's Danish Grammar, which was later translated into Danish by Rask's half-brother. The present copy belonged to the Danish linguist Ludvig F. A. Wimmer (1839-1920) and carries his signature to the front endpaper. Hjelmslev I, 176.

(No Place), Johann Friedrich Gleditsch, 1741. Large 8vo. Contemp. full vellum. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Engraved frontispiece. Title in red/black. (14) pp., 2352 columns (= 1176 pp.). A few brownspots. Internally clean.

Dtresden u. Leipzig, Gerlach Wittve und Sohn, 1777. Contemp. hcalf, raised bands, blindtooled decorations, titlelabel with gilt lettering. Top of spine worn and taped. 296 pp. and 22 folded engraved plates. Internally clean and fine.

(London, Richard Taylor and William Francis, 1854). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1861, Vol. 151 - Part I. Pp. 183-224, textillustrations. First printing of a groundbreaking paper in biochemistry and physiology, as Graham here introduced the distinction between colloidal and crystalloid substances by his method of separating animal and other fluids."Although some isolated investigations on colloids had been carried out before Graham, his publications in this field laid the foundations of colloid chemistry. In "On the Diffusion of Liquids," Graham applied to liquids the exact method of inquiry he had applied to gases twenty years before, and he succeeded in placing the subject of liquid diffusion on about the same footing as that to which he had raised the subject of gaseous diffusion prior to the discovery of his numerical law. He showed that the rate of diffusion was approximately proportional to the concentration of the original solution, increased with rise in temperature, and was almost constant for groups of chemically similar salts at equal absolute (not molecular) concentrations and different with different groups."(DSB).Garrison & Morton: 688.

London, Constable & Co., 1910. 4to. 2 orig. full cloth. Gilt backs. Backs faded. Uncut. XXX,XII,1267 pp., 68 maps, 560 drawings by the author. First English edition.

Bruxelles, Fondation Égyptologie, 1931-30. Small 4to. Bound in 2 solid full cloth. Fine and clean. XIX,123;XIV,286;XIII, Schriftproben and 15 plates.

Göttingen, Dietrich, 1796. Contemp. full calf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Spine slightly rubbed. Stamps on title-page. XL,772, (12) pp. and 17 double-page folded engraved plates. Light browning to title-page. Internally fine and clean. First edition. - Sloos. Warfare and the age of Printing, 1030.

Amsterdam et Leipzig, Arkstée & Merkus, 1770. 8vo. 3 contemp. full mottled calf. Richly gilt backs. Tome-and titlelabels in leather. A paperlabel pasted on upper compartment. Backs slightly rubbed. Stamp on titles. Engraved portrait., 3 engr. titlevignettes, 3-halfpage engravings. XXIV,398,(2);(4),432,(2);(1),493,(3) pp. and 41 large folded engraved plans and maps (4 are in xerox-copy= Nos 30-33). Internally clean, printed on good paper. Klaus Jordan: 2579.

London, L. Davis, 1756. 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from "Philosophical Transactions", vol. 49, part 1. Including title-page and advertisement of volume. A fine copy. Pp. 299-310 + title-page. First appearance of this paper in which he outlines three experiments in electric conductivity: 1. Electrical atmospheres, that flow around non-electric bodies, do not readily mix and unite into one atmosphere. 2. An electrical atmosphere, not only repels another electric atmosphere, but will also repel the electric matter contained in the substance of a body approaching it. 3. Bodies electrified negatively or deprived of their natural quantity of electricity, repel each other.

Copenhagen, Johann Just Erytropilus, 1699 4to. In contemporary full calf. Light wear to extremities. Small paper-label pasted on to top of board. Previous owner's name to title-page. Internally with a few marginl stains but generally nice and clean. (14), 520 pp. Rare German translation of Roger’s work being a commentary of the Gospel of Luke, chapter 12, verses 16 to 21 in the New Testament. Not in Biblioteca Danica.Bibl. Lehmanianae, 1741, p. 287.Rogers, Nehemiaha bibliography of 17th Cenury of German Imprints in Denmark, no. 3015.

La Haye, Pierre de Hondt, 1759. Folio. Contemp. hcalf. Raised bands. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Stamps on title-page. Title-page in red and black. (6),264 pp. Clean and fine, printed on good paper.

Amstelodami, Wetstenios, 1722. 8vo. Uniformly bound in four nice Cambridge-style mirror bindings with five raised bands and richly gilt spines. Small paper-labels pasted on to top of spine. Lower part of front hinge split. A nice set. (24), 400 pp. + frontispiece and 1 portrait; (16), 375, (47) pp.; (24), 267, (3) pp. + 8 plates and 1 map; 358, (2) pp. + 2 plates. Fifth edition of Leclerc’s ‘Opera’ which includes most of his most popular and influential works. “Jean Leclerc (born March 19, 1657, Geneva—died Jan. 8, 1736, Amsterdam) was an encyclopaedist and biblical scholar who espoused advanced principles of exegesis (interpretation) and theological method.Educated at Geneva and also in France at Grenoble and Saumur (all noted for a radical approach to biblical and patristic documents), Leclerc broke with scholastic Calvinism. In 1684 he was appointed to the Remonstrant Seminary faculty at Amsterdam. He made a lasting contribution to biblical studies as editor of three encyclopaedias: Bibliothèque universelle et historique (26 vol., 1686–93), Bibliothèque choisie (28 vol., 1703–13), and Bibliothèque ancienne et moderne (29 vol., 1714–30). His views on the Scriptures included the denial of Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch as well as of the divine inspiration of Ecclesiastes, Job, Proverbs, and the Song of Solomon.” (Encyclopedia Britannica).

Paris, Crochard, 1818. 8vo. In contemporary half calf. Wear to extremities and paperlabel pasted on to top to spine. In: "Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago.", tome 8 (Cahier 3). Entire volume offered. Stamps to verso of title-page and verso of plates. (Pelletier & Caventou's paper): pp. 323-324. (Entire issue:) 448 pp. + 1 plate. First printing of this classic paper in chemistry in which the authors announced their discovery of Strychnine. This was the first alkali of vegetable origin to be discovered after morphine. This discovery (and their discovery of chlorophyll) brought them international fame. "Strychnine was only the second alkaloid to be extracted, the first was morphine. Pelletier and Caventou wanted to name their new alkaloid vauqueline after Nicolas Vauquelin, one of their associates who had refined the technique of ether extraction for use in isolating alkaloids. However, the officers of the Académe des Sciences in Paris rejected the idea on the grounds that a respected scientist’s name should not be paired with a deadly poison. In addition to strychnine the pair isolated other important compounds from plants including caffeine, chlorophyll and the anti-malaria drug quinine. (Paul L. Burnham). Parkinson:"Breakthroughs", 1818 C. - Garrison & Morton: 1846. The first issue also contains their importent memoir "Examen chimique de la Cochenillee et de sa matière colorante", pp. 250-287 which describes how they obtained crotonic acid from croton oil and analyzed carmine in the cochineal.

(No place, nor printer), 1700. 4to. In contemporary half vellum. Ex-libris (Juel of Valdemar's Castle) pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Wear and a few stains to extremities. First leaves with dampstain in lower margin, otherwise internally nice and clean. 36, 16, 84 pp. Rare first edition of this early work on various affairs of Schleswig-Holstein.

Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1763. 4to. Fine contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Richly gilt spine. Tome- and titlelabels with gilt lettering. Gilt borders on covers. (8),188,504, pp., 13 partly folded engraved plates. Clean and fine. With original papers by: de la Caille, Bertin, le Cardinal de Luynes, le Monnier, Maraldi, l'Abbé de la Caille, de la Lande, Pingré, de Fouchy, Tenon, Malouin, Guettard, Adanson, l'Abbé Nollet, du Hamel & Tillet, l'Abbé Chappe d'Auteroche, Cassini de Thury, de Ratte.

London, R. Hindmars, 1792. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on top of spine. Stamps on title-page. XI,588 pp. and 5 large folded engraved plates. Internally clean. Frontispiece lacks. XI,588 pp. and 5 large folded engraved plates. Poggendorff I, 10.

Frankfurt, 1661. Folio. In contemporary full vellum. Extremities with light soiling and a few dots and marks. Previous owner's name and a small elegiaic poem to front free-paper in contemporary hand. Internally fine and clean. (14), 71 pp. 2425 collums + engraved frontispiece/half-title. Second edition of Tobias Magirus's extensive 'Polymnemon', containing, among many other things, numerous classical quotations on the subject of honor.

Kiøbenhavn, (Borrnheinrich, 1703). 8vo. In contemporary fyll calf with four raised bands. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Wear to extremities, spine miscoloured and missing small paperts of leather to lower compartment, scratches to boards. Annotations in contemporary hand to pasted down end-papers. First and last leaf slightly miscolured and vague dampstain to upper margin but internally generally nice and clean. Engraved title-page. (16), 375, (1) pp. Rare fourth edition of Matthisen's arithmetic first published in 1680 and last in 1779. All early editions are scarce and are rarely found in the trade. OCLC only list two copies, both in Copenhagen, Denmark. Thesaurus 554.Biblioteca Danica II, 19.

Amsterdam, Desbordes, 1690. 12mo. In contemporary coloured floral ornamented paper wrappers. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Wear to extremities. Title-page with underlignings in red. Internally nice and clean. (26), 263, (8) pp. Rare first edition of this work which discusses the revocation of the Edict of Nantes and argues for its reinstatement. The Edict of Nantes, issued in 1598 by Henry IV of France, granted substantial rights to French Protestants (Huguenots), ensuring freedom of religion and ending the French Wars of Religion. In 1685, Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes with the Edict of Fontainebleau, leading to widespread persecution of Protestants, forced conversions to Catholicism and the exodus of many Huguenots from France.

Komitet po Radiobetschanijo i Televidenijo pri Sovete Ministrov SSSR, 1970. 4to. Original full red cloth with "O. LENINE" in gilt letters on front board and spine. A very nice and clean copy, w. all 18 red sound discs in pockets. Richly illustrated, in red, black and white. (2), 192, (4) pp. First edition of this 1970-tribute book to Lenin consisting of numerous illustrations and 18 sound discs with his speaches etc. Rare.

London, Bradbury and Evans, 1853. Bound in half calf with four raised bands. Gilt lettering to spine. All 38 plates with tissue guard present. Boards with wear and two plates with marginal discolouring, especially the first two. Otherwise a fine and clean copy. First edition of Dicken's ninth novel, regarded as being one of his finest and one of the most important in the entire history of English literature. See: Hatton and Cleaver, p. 273. Eckel, p 79.

Corning, N.Y., and Menasha, Wisc., The Physical Review, 1924. Royal8vo. Full buckram. Gilt lettering to spine. A stamp to top of titlepage and to front free endpaper. In: "The Physical Review. A Journal of Experimental and theoretical Physics", Vol. 24, Second Series. V,704 pp., textillustr. Van Vleck's papers: pp. 330-346 a. pp. 347-365. Internally clean and fine. First appearance of Van Vleck's two importent papers in which he clarifies and extends the Principle of Correspondence."Van Vleck made his greatest contribution to the old quantum theory in 1924, when he conceived his correspondence principle for absorption. He demonstrated that in the limit of high quantum numbers there would be a correspondence between absorption by classical, multiply periodic systems, and by their quantum analogues. His proof depended on interpreting net absorption in the quantum theory as the difference between gross absorption and stimulated emission of radiation (an interpretation prompted by a remark of Breit’s). Van Vleck was particularly pleased that his classical theory reproduced the quantum result without the need for stimulated emission, which he referred to as "negative absorption." (DSB)."Van Vleck’s theory of absorption by multiply periodic systems was consistent with the newly derived Kramers theory of dispersion, and it convinced Bohr that his correspondence principle applied not only to emission but also to absorption. Further, Van Vleck’s 1924 calculation made use of several of the ideas that Werner Heisenberg used in his matrix mechanics a year later. Van Vleck’s work, however, did not lead in the direction of matrix mechanics. His intent was to explain quantum phenomena (especially "negative absorption") in classical terms rather than to devise an internally consistent quantum theory." (DSB).In 1977 he shared the Nobel Prize with Philip Anderson and N. F. Mott.Van der Waerden "Sources of Quantum Mechanics", pp. 203 ff.

London, Printed by J.F. for Job. Williams and are to be sold by Richard Davis, 1669. Folio (315 x 205). In contemporary full calf. Light wear to extremities, boards with scratches. Small paper label pasted on to top of spine. Small stain to title-page but internally generally fine and clean. (8), 398 pp. Third expanded edition of Pearson’s highly influential ‘Exposition of the Creed. First published in 1659 it remained on the the most influential works on the Apostles’ Creed in the Anglican Church throughout the 17th century. Pearson dedicated his work to his parishioners of St. Clement's, Eastcheap, where he had previously preached the essence of the work several years earlier. Regarding the Christian cross, he explained in his commentary on the Apostles' Creed that the Greek term stauros initially meant "a straight standing Stake, Pale, or Palisador," but when additional transverse or prominent parts were added to form a perfect Cross, it still retained its original name. He asserted that "The Form then of the Cross on which our Saviour suffered was not a simple, but a compounded, Figure, according to the Custom of the Romans, by whose Procurator he was condemned to die. In which there was not only a straight and erected piece of Wood fixed in the Earth, but also a transverse Beam fastened unto that towards the top thereof."

Napoli, Biblioteca Analitica, 1819. 8vo. Cont.full cloth. Gilt. Spine ends slightly frayed, otherwise fine. (12),124 pp. and 1 large folded engraved plan of Pesto. With dedication on halftitle: "A sua Excellence/ La Sign. Principessina Gli (?) Centola Dorea (?)/ l'Autore". Printed on good paper. One quire browned. First edition.

Mainz, Philipp von Zabern, (1984-92). Large 4to. 3 orig. full cloth. 127;113;143 pp., textillustrations and 74+64+112 plates (some in colour). (Archäologische Veröffentlichungen, Abth. Kairo, 47,51 u. 59).