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(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.

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.

København og Kristiania, Gyldendal, 1910. 8vo. Indbundet ubeskåret med de originale omslag i et samtidigt halvlæderbind med forgyldt rygtitel. Ryg falmet. En smule slid ved kapitæler og ydre false. Exlibris på indersiden af forperm. Med egenhændig dedikation fra Bang på smudstitelbladet: "Nini / fra hendes / gamle Broder / Herman. / Med min Tak. / 29.10.1910." Ren og pæn indvendig. Nydeligt eksemplar af originaludgaven med dedikation til Bangs søster Nini Holst.

Berlin, Gruyter & Co., 1931. 4to. Orig. printed orange wrapper. Offprint/Sonderausgabe aus Sitzungsberichten..pp. (1)-19. Fine fresh copy. First edition in the rare Offprint with separate printed title and separate pagination. Se Weil No. 182 where this is not mentioned. Weil No. 182 with an asterix, denoting a major work.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.

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.

Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1956. Large 8vo. Original printed wrappers, in fine condition. VIII,(2),285,(1) pp. Text diagrams. Internally clean throughout. First edition. A collection of important papers on the foundation of theoretical computer science by some of the most prominent pioneers of the field, e.g., Shannon's construction of a universal Turing machine with only two states. Hook & Norman: Origins of Cyberspace, No. 893.

Kjøbenhavn (Copenhagen), 1836. 12mo. Original pictorial printed boards depicting air-balloons. The blank spine is missing, so boards are loose. First edition of the poem entitled "The Airship" by the world-famous Danish scientist, Ørsted (Oersted, Örsted), who is renowned for the discovery of electro-magnetism.

Berlin, G. Reimer, 1844. 4to. In contemporary half cloth. In "Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik", 27. band, Heft 1-4, 1844. Entire volume 27 offered. A small library stamp to lower part of p. 1 and a white label pasted on to upper part of spine. Light occassional brownspotting, otherwise fine and clean. First printing of these influential papers by the German mathematics prodigy Eisenstein. Even though he died prematurely at the age of 29, he managed to prove Cubic reciprocity (presented in the present papers) biquadratic reciprocity, Quartic reciprocity, to be imprisoned by the Prussian army for revolutionary activities in Berlin and making Gauss state that: "There have been only three epoch-making mathematicians: Archimedes, Newton, and Eisenstein". Alexander von Humboldt, then 83, accompanied Eisenstein's remains to the cemetery. The papers presented in the present issue is among his most prominent and made him famous throughout the mathematical world. (James, Driven to innovate, P. 88). "The twenty-seventh (the present and most extensive) and twenty-eighth volumes of Crelle's Journal, published in 1844, contained twenty-five contributions by Eisenstein. These testimonials to his almost unbelievable, explosively dynamic productivity rocketed him to fame throughout the mathematical world. They dealt primarily with quadratic and cubic forms, the reciprocity theorem for cubic residues, fundamental theorems for quadratic and biquadratic residues, cyclotomy and forms of the third degree, plus some notes on elliptic and Abelian transcendentals. Gauss, to whom he had sent some of his writings, praised them very highly and looked forward with pleasure to an announced visit. In June 1844, carrying a glowing letter of recommendation from Humboldt, Eisenstein went off to see Gauss. He stayed in Göttingen fourteen days. In the course of the visit he won the high respect of the "prince of mathematicians," whom he had revered all his life. The sojourn in Göttingen was important to Eisenstein for another reason: he became friends with Moritz A. Stern-the only lasting friendship he ever made. While the two were in continual correspondence on scientific matters, even Stern proved unable to dispel the melancholy that increasingly held Eisenstein in its grip. Even the sensational recognition that came to him while he was still only a third-semester student failed to brighten Eisenstein's spirits more than fleetingly. In February 1845, at the instance of Ernst E. Kummer, who was acting on a suggestion from Jacobi (possibly inspired by Humboldt), Eisenstein was awarded an honorary doctorate in philosophy by the School of Philosophy of the University of Breslau.Eisenstein soon became the subject of legend, and the early literature about him is full of errors. His treatises were written at a time when only Gauss, Cauchy, and Dirichlet had any conception of what a completely rigorous mathematical proof was. Even a man like Jacobi often admitted that his own work sometimes lacked the necessary rigor and self-evidence of methods and proofs." (DSB).

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, Pierre de Coup, 1712. 4to. In contemporary full calf with five raised bands. Binding with considerable wear, scratches, wormholes and stains to boards, upper and lower compartment on spine with loss of leather, corner bumped and with loss of leather, especially upper corner on frontboard. Hinges weak. Small worm-tract to outer margin of first 250 ff., otherwise internally nice and clean. (2), CXXII, (4), 613, (1), (4), 506, (32), 28 pp. + frontispiece. Second edition of the first French translation of Pufendorf's magnum opus, one of the fundamental works of natural law. In this milestone work of political and legal thought, Pufendorf presents his system of universal law, which profoundly revised the natural law theories of Hobbes and Grotius. In his teaching, that the will of the state is but the sum of the individual wills that constitute it, he shows himself a precursor of Rousseau and of the "Social Contract"."It is a complete system of public, private and international law. Against Hobbes's view he contended that the state of nature was one of peace, not war, and heurged the view that international law... existed between all nations... [a work] of great importance" (David Walker, The Oxford Companion to Law)."In the 'De jure naturae et gentium' Pufendorf took up in great measure the theories of Grotius and sought to complete them by means of the doctrines of Hobbes and of his own ideas. His first important point was that natural law does not extend beyond the limits of this life and that it confines itself to regulating external acts. He disputed Hobbes's conception of the state of nature and concluded that the state of nature is not one of war but of peace. But this peace is feeble and insecure, and if something else does not come to its aid it can do very little for the preservation of mankind.As regards public law Pufendorf, while recognizing in the state (civitas) a moral person (persona moralis), teaches that the will of the state is but the sum of the individual wills that constitute it, and that this association explains the state. In this a priori conception, in which he scarcely gives proof of historical insight, he shows himself as one of the precursors of Rousseau and of the Contrat social. Pufendorf powerfully defends the idea that international law is not restricted to Christendom, but constitutes a common bond between all nations because all nations form part of humanity." (Encyclopedia Brit.).Graesse V, 504Brunet only mention the later 1720- and 1734-edition.

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.

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).

Gera-Untermhaus, 1905. Folio. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt. Some wear to spine. Stamp on titlepage. Internally clean. XLVI,(6),164,253 pp. Textillustr. and 32 (each 38x28 cm.) fine chromolithographed plates, 2 of which depicts the eggs. Anker no.356. The old text from the edition in 1822-60 has been preserved unaltered, corrections in footnotes. The figures for all the plates have been re-drawn and show the birds in their natural surroundings. Among the many artists are O.Kleinschmidt, J.G. Keulemans, O. van Riesenthal and others. The eggs are figured in a series of special plates, based on Eugene Rey's Collection.

Berlin, G. Reimer, 1829. 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from "Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik. Hrsg. von A.L. Crelle", 4. Bd., Heft 2. - Jacobi's paper PP. 185-193. Abel's papers pp. 194-199 a. 200-214. First printing. The first two papers relates to the discovery of "Elliptic Functions" by its two discoverers, Abel and Jacobi (a paper issued before his classic treatise "Fundamenta Nova...") on elliptic functions.

Kjøbenhavn, Hoffenberg, Jespersen etc., 1870-78. 4 samtidige hldrbd. med rygforgyldning. Ryg på sidste afdeling lidt slidt ved kapitæler. Rygge med lettere brugsspor. Som altid med spredte brunpletter. XIII,346;602;XIII,600,556,(2) pp.

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.

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.

.London, Printed by Taylor and Francis - Published by the Author, (1862-) 73. Folio. Papersize 52,5x36,5 cm. Lithographed and fully handcoloured. 2 adults on a rock, male and female. J. Gould & H.C. Richter, del. et lith. - Walter, Imp. Fine and clean. Ab. a half cm. of right margin with remains of textpaper, not affecting image in any way..The plate is accompanied with the original textleaf. (2) pp. This is an original plate from Goulds great work "The Birds of Great Britain", issued between 1862 and 1873. The plates in this work were executed by Gould himself, and a few by J. Wolf, H.C. Richer and Hart. Together with Audubon's plates, the Gould-plates are considered the best bird-art ever produced, AND THE PLATES IN HIS "BIRDS OF GREAT BRITAIN" ARE THE PEAK OF GOULD'S ARTISTIC LIFE. In the foreword Gould stresses the difference from his "Birds of Europe" in the treatment of the illustrations, the inclusion here of the figures of the baby birds and nests, and he comments "Many of the public are quite unaware how the colouring of these large plates is accomplished; and not a few believe that they are produced by some mechanical process or by chromo-lithography. This, however is not the case; every sky with its varied tints and every feather of each bird were coloured by hand; and when it is considered that nearly two hundred and eighty thousand illustrations in the present work have been so treated, it will most likely cause some astonishment to those who give the subject a thought.". Elsewhere he remarked upon employing "almost all colourists in London." - Wood p. 364. - Nissen No. 372. - Sitwell 102. - Zimmer pp. 261-62. - Not in Jean Anker.

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.

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.

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.