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Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1717. 4to. Fine contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Richly gilt spine. Tome- and titlelabels with gilt lettering. Gilt borders on covers. Engraved frontispiece. (8),134,442 pp., 17 partly folded engraved plates, 1 table. Clean and fine. With original papers by: de la Hire, Rolle, Maraldi, Cassini, Reaumur, de Louville, Varignon, Geoffroy le jeune, Rouhault, Saulmon, Delisle, Homberg, Littre, Bernoulli, Reneaume, Delisle le cadet, Lemery, Malezieu, de Jussieu, Lemery le cadet, de Lagny, Nissole.

Kjøbenhavn (Copenhagen, Reitzel, 1836. 8vo. Both volumes together in one very nice contemporary half calf with richly gilt spine. Corners bumped, slight wear to capitals, and wear along edges. Old owner's name to title-page. A small damp stain to outer margin throughout, only on the last leaves touching a few letters. A few leaves with light brownspotting. All in all an unusually nice copy. First edition of the the first full translation into Danish of “The Odyssey”, being Wilster’s magnificent translation, which is an epic classic on Danish hexameters that is still read today, in spite of the appearance of later translations. The translation was extremely popular when it appeared and has maintained its role as the standard translation of Homer's Odyssey to this day.

Kbhvn., 1807-09. 2 samt. hldrbd. Rygge slidte. Bindene uens på trods af, at begge bind har dedikation til samme modtager:"Herr Capitain Aagaard". Det kobberstukne portræt af Callisen er opklæbet på bindets inderside. 2 kobberstukne titelblade. XX,650,(2),XXXII,691 pp. Originaludgaven af vor vigtigste kilde til kendskabet om byens sundhedstilstand, indretninger, renovation, medicinalvæsen etc.etc.

Ca. 1920. 32 x 25 cm. Signed in ink. Watercolour and ink on heavy paper. A nude girl is lying on some colourful pillows with a book in her lap. Alfred Proessdorf (1882-1925)He was born in Leipzig and was educated in Düsseldorf. He moved to Sweden and Gothenburg. He worked for satirical magazines, such as Sunday-Nisse and Rattle. Images are often elegant and gives a good idea of style in clothes and furnishings.He also worked with graphics, painting and theater decoration. He did the costumes for E. Bauer revues 1919-1923.

.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.

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).

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.

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.

Lund, Berlingska/Gleerup, 1842-58. Indbundet i 3 smukke samtidige hldrbd. med rig rygforgydning. (14),XVIII,656;(6),XXXIV,580,(2),580:(4),II,120;XXXIV,768 pp. Indvendig ren og frisk. Komplet række af dette svenske klassiske zoologiske værk. - Däggdjuren: sidste (= 2. Uppl.) og bedste udgave. - Foglarna: 4. (=Tredje Uppl) og sidste udgave. - Amfibierna: 1. og eneste udgave. - Fiskarna: 1. og eneste udgave.

Frankfurt, Apud Claud. Marnium & Heredes Joan. Aubrij, 1608. 8vo. In contemporary full vellum over wooden boards with title in contemporary hand to spine. Soiling and miscolouring to extremities. Previous owner's name to title-page and front free end-paper with annotations. Internally fine and clean. (16), 1688, (182) pp.

3 cont. hcalf. Gilt backs. XXVI,796,(18)-530,552 pp. A bibliography of latin authors with good bibliographical descriptions of their printed works.

Kjøbenhavn, Andreas Seidelin, 1820. Ubeskåret i original marmoreret papbind med original bogtrykt titeletiket på ryg. Forpermen løs. Permerne med spor efter tape. Stempel på titelbladet. (2),LXVI,(6),553,(1) pp. samt 10 store foldede kobberstukne plancher. Nogle få blade i forordet lidt brunplettede, ellers ren. Første danske udgave, her med Ørsteds kommentarer og anmærkninger.- Bibl. Danica II,148.

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),136,519, pp., 18 partly folded engraved plates. Clean and fine. With original papers by: le Chevalier d'Arcy, Lauraguais, de la Lande, le Gentil, Bezout, Maraldi, Guettard, Maquer, De l'Isle, du Hamel, l'Abbé de la Caille, Vaucanson, Hérissant, Pingré, Tenon, Romieu.

Kiøbenhavn, Nicolaus Møller, 1777. Samt. hldrbd. med rygforgyldning, skindtitel og ophøjede bind på ryg. Papirsetiket på ryg. Ryg lidt slidt, øverste kapitæl med rifter. Et navn bortklipper af titelbladet, uden tab af bogstaver, gl. ejernavn på titelbladet. XXIV,(4),656,(1) pp. samt 38 kobberstukne foldeplancher og 4 tabeller. Indvendig ren. Bibl. Danica II,338. Det første arbejde af sin art i Danmark.

Small 4to. All orig. wrappers. No 41 of 321 "tous sur vélin de Rives". With 22 fine original etchings in colours by André Dignimont.

Karlsruhe und Freiburg, Herderschen Kunst Institute, (1831). Folio-oblong. (30 x 49 cm.). 2 contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines. Gilt lettering. Spines a bit rubbed. Stamp on title-pages. 2 engraved title-page. With 34 + 24 lithographed folio-plates. Klaus Jordan, 2541. Plates only.

Paris, Strassbourg, Levrault, 1805. 4to. Cont. hcalf. Gilt back. Paperlabel pasted on upper part of back. Back and edges a little rubbed. Rubberstamp on title. XVI,324 pp. and 16 large folded engraved plates. A few brownspots on leaves and plates. First edition of this very early treatise on mines and explosives.

Amsterdam, Kleman en Zoon, 1817. 4to. Later hcloth. Stamp on title-page. VIII,150,(2) pp. Last leaf torn at bottom right corner with minimal loss (only a few letters). Internally fine, printed on good paper.

Kjøbenhavn, C. A. Reitzels Forlag, 1863. 8vo. Bound in a slightly later half cloth binding. Handwritten title label to spine. Handwritten inscription from Ingemann's wife, Lucie Marie Ingemann, to verso of flyleaf: "Til / Herr / Professor Fr. Hammerich / venskabeligst / og taknemmeligst fra / Lucie Marie Ingemann / fød Mandix." ('To Prof. Fr. Hammerich, with friendship and gratitude from Lucie Marie Ingemann, born Mandix'). Few scattered brownspots, otherwise internally clean. (4),122,(2) pp. A neat copy, inscribed by Ingemann's wife to the prominent theologian Frederik Hammerich (1809-1877).

Wittenberg, Gormannus, 1619. 4to. In contemporary full calf. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Wear to extremities, boards with holes in the leather. Previous owner's name in contemporary hand to title-page. Inner hinges split and title-page browned and a few leaves detached. Internally generally nice and clean. 195, 54, 80 ff Rare third edition of this theological work exploring problems related to the Lutheran catechism. Forster was a Proffessor of Hebrew at Wittemburg, assisted Luther in his translation of the Bible and accompanied Melanchthon and other Lutheran divines to the Council of Trent in 1554.

Rønne, 1906-26. Indbundet i 14 samt. hldrbd.-og hshirtbd. samt 1 helshirtbd. Rygge lidt slidte.

Kopenhagen, Nic. Møller, 1786. Cont. full calf. Raised bands. Richly gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Gilt lineborder on covers. All edges gilt.A paperlabel taped to lower compartment. Stamps on title-page. (16),298,(10) pp. and 10 large folded engraved plates. Internally clean and fine, printed on good paper. First edition. - Bibl. Dan. II,333.

Amsterdam, Johannes van Someren, 1656. 8vo. In the original blank wrappers. Small paper label pasted on to top of spine (Inventory number in Valdemar's Castle's library). Missing upper part of spine. Extremities slightly miscoloured. Leaf A7 and A8 missing lower half of leaf, otherwise internally nice and clean. (10), 150, (20) pp. Rare first Dutch translation of Byfeld’s “Golden Rules of a Holy Life” provides guidelines for leading a devout and holy life based on the precepts found in the Bible. Nicholas Byfield (1579–1622) was a prominent religious figure in England during the late 16th and early 17th centuries, known for his Calvinistic Puritan beliefs. He was born in Warwickshire around 1579, and although he attended Oxford University, he didn't graduate. Instead, he became a preacher and was initially bound for Ireland but ended up staying in Chester due to his popularity as a preacher there. In 1611, Byfield became involved in a controversy regarding Sabbath observance when a young man he had instructed, John Brerewood, refused to work on Sundays based on Byfield's teachings. This sparked a debate between Byfield and Edward Brerewood, John's uncle, which was later published as "A Learned Treatise of the Sabaoth" in 1630. In 1615, Byfield became the vicar of Isleworth, where he served diligently until his death in 1622 at the age of around 43. He suffered from kidney stones for many years, which ultimately contributed to his death. Byfield was survived by his wife Elizabeth and at least eight children, one of whom was named Adoniram. (See DNB).