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Bln., 1828. One cont.board. Back a little worn. VI, 264, IV, 228 pp. 2 engr.titles with 2 handcoloured vignettes and 13 handcoloured engr.plates. Traces of use.

Dresden und Leipzig, Friedrich Hekel, 1735. Cont. full calf. Gilt back, raised bands. Back worn with loss of some leather at hinges at at lower compartment. Stamps on title. Engraved frontispiece, 3 large engraved vignettes. (18),1195 pp. and 21 folded double-page engraved plates )of which 10 are showing flags). Internally clean.

Kiøbenhavn, J. F. Schultz, 1791. 8vo. Bound in a somewhat worn contemporary half calf binding with gilt spine and five raised bands. Spine and boards rubbed. Wear to extremeties. Corners bumped. B. S. Ingemann's ownership signature to title page. Internally clean. (16),248;(16),232 pp. First edition of Jens Baggesen's 'Juvenilia'. The present copy belonged to B. S. Ingemann, and later his nephew Christian Spur.

Odense, 1782. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with four raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. In "Danmarks litterariske progresser", vol. 2, entire volume offered. A nice and clean copy. Pp. 172-175 (Entire volume: (4), 364, (2) pp.) The uncommon first mentioning of Adam Smith’s “Wealth of Nations” in Denmark. It was translated early into Danish (1779-1780) but curiously it did not spark any debate at first. “After the success which the book met very soon after its publication in England—the issue, as known, in nine parts in the years 1776–1779—one might have expected that the book should also in Denmark have attracted attention and have been the subject of enthusiastic discussion. That was, however, not the case; the only place where one finds the book mentioned soon after publication is—excepting Gyldendal’s own announcement in Adresse-Contoirs Efterretninger—in Det almindelige danske Bibliotek, 10th number for 1779 and 6th number for 1760, where the book is briefly mentioned in the notices of forthcoming publications with statement of its size and price. Not until much later - in the year 1782 - is there mention of the book. Announcements are found only in two monthly publications, namely, in Danmarks litterariske Progresser (1782, second volume, pages 172–175. Published in Odense) [The present and then later:] in Kjøbenhavnske nye Efterretninger for lærde Sager (October 25, 1782, No. 43, pages 683–687. Published in Copenhagen).” (Lai, Adam Smith Across Nations, p. 50).

Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1842. 2 contemp. hcalf. Spines gilt and with gilt lettering. Stamps on title-pages. (2),XXII,(2),595;XVI,581 pp. Internally clean and fine.

Paris, Corréard Jeune, 1840. Folio. (45,5 x 31 cm.). Contemp. hcalf. Titlelabel with gilt lettering on upper board. (4) pp. and 18 folded lithographed plates (double-folio). Faint scattered brownspots and some brownin to foot of a few plates.

Schleswig, Bruhn, 1843. Cont. hcalf. VI,292 pp.

München, Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1966-80. 4to. Bound in 9 orig. full cloth with dustjackets. A few tears to jackets. Stamp on title-pages. Internally fine. Many plates.

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.

Hafniæ, J. Hög og J. Schmetgen (Appendix), 1702-14. Lille 4to. Samt. hldrbd. over træ. Ryg defekt. Marmoreret sidepapir delvist bortslidt. Med 2 kobberstukne titelvignetter. (14),167,(5);(4),75,(3) pp. Svag skjold i indre margin på de første blade, et bladhjørne repareret med tab af nogle få bogstaver. Her og der brunplettet. Eksemplaret har tilhørt: Kalkar, H.F. Rørdam og Th. Hauch-Fausbøll. Originaludgaven. Sjælden med Appendix'et sammenbundet, idet dette først udkom 12 år senere.

Stokholm, Wiborg, 1817. 8vo. Bound in a magnificent contemporary half calf binding, presumably a gift binding, with richly gilt spine. Gilt borders to boards. All edges gilt. Ownership signature to front free endpaper. Few scattered brownspots, otherwise clean. (8),168 pp. + 1 plate. A beautiful copy of the first edition of Rask's 'Grammar of the Anglo-Saxon Tongue', which constitutes the founding of the scientific study of Old English. Hjelmslev I, 23.

Amsterdam, Elzevir, 1672. 12mo. In contemporary full calf with four raised bands and richly gilt spine. Wear to spine, parts of gilting worn off. Head of spine chipped with a bit of loss of leather. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Internally nice and clean. (10), 362, (20) pp. + engraved half-title (dated 1663). A blank leaf bound in between each printed leaf. Fourth and last Elzevir-edition of Corvinus’ canonical law book that explains the principles of canon law in an aphoristic and succinct manner. This work is typical of the era which often used aphorisms to condense complex legal or theological principles for clarity and easier application. Willems 1468.

Göteborg, Bonniers Förlag, u.år (omkr. l86o). Tvær-folio. Orig.hshirt. Litograferede permer. Med 25 tonede litografier(Em.Bærentzen & Co.). 23 x 32 cm.

Nungme (Godthåb), L. Möller, 1906 - 1908 & 1912 - 1915 & 1919-20 & 1935-36. 4to. Indbundet med de originale omslag i 6 samtidige halvshirtbind, ialt 72 hæfter. Lille stempel på omslag samt titleblade. Ialt indeholdende 9 helsides plancher samt 6 foldeplancher. Pænt sæt.

Edinburgh & London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1875. Orig. full pictorial cloth, gilt. Spine ends frayed and some discoloration to extremities. First inner hinge weak. XII,472,(1) pp., 6 wood-engraved plates (incl. folded frontispiece) and many wood-cut illustrations in the text (some full- page) First English edition of "The first monumental work about eskimo's fairy tales and legends", translated from the authors "Eskimoiske Eventyr og Sagn 1-1. Copenhagen, 1866-71". The fine woodcuts by the native artists are taken from the original blocks as used in the Danish edition. "Starting from the tales, he identified the inland dwellers that occur in a number of Greenland tales with the American Indians, implying that the two people at one time were neighbours, and usually not on freindly terms." - Sabin: 71439.

Kjøbenhavn, C.A. Reitzel, 1849. Et samtidigt hldrbd. med rygforgyldning. Ryg med brugsspor. Med alle 3 smudstitelblade. Usædvanligt rent elksemplar på velin-agtigt papir. Lille stempel på bagsiden af titelbladet "CAR", og således antageligt udgiveren, C.A. reitzel's arkiveksemplar. Originaludgaven. - BFN: 539.

London, Macmillan, 1960. Royal8vo. Bound in full cloth with two black leather title label to spine. In "Nature", Vol. 187, 1960. First printing of this fundamental paper in the history of the laser, which described the first operating laser. The paper "might be considered the most important per word of any of the wonderful papers in Nature over the past century" (Garwin. A century of Nature. P. 107)."Maiman made the first laser operate on 16 may 1960 at the Hughes Research Laboratory in California, by shining a high-power flash lamp on a ruby rod with silver-coated surfaces. He promptly submitted a short report on the work (Stimulated Optical Radiation in Ruby) to the journal Physical Review Letters, but the editors turned it down." (Ibid.). Maiman turned to Nature where the paper was better received and published on 6 August. It was turned down by Physical Review Letters because Maiman in June 1960 had submitted a paper with a similar topic (Optical and Microwave-Optical Experiments in Ruby). "While lasers quickly caught the public imagination, perhaps for their similarity to the 'heat rays' of science fiction, practical applications took years to develop. A young physicist named Irnee D'Haenens, while working with Maiman on the ruby laser, joked that the device was 'a solution looking for a problem,' and the line lingered in the laser community for many years" (Britannica).The development of the laser was essentially built upon the insights discovered by Albert Einstein in 1917 in his "Zur Quantentheorie der Strahlung". Einstein had shown theoretically that stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation, a re-derivation of Max Planck's law of radiation, would make an atom or molecule to fall to a lower energy state and emit more waves. The development of the laser is not only of seminal importance in itself, it is also a testament to a period in which many of the achievements within theoretical physics reached in the early part of the 20th century went from being theoretical to applied. Gedeon 92.

Odense, Hempel, 1816. Lille 8vo. Samtidigt halvlæderbind. False og ryg med reperationer. Indvendig en smule brunplettet. (4),X,144,(2) pp. Den sjældne originaludgave af denne grønlandsklassiker. Saabye, søstersøn til Poul Egede, udgav hermed et uddrag af sine dagbøger på opfordring af biskop Plum i Odense. Bogen vakte en ikke ringe opmærksomhed, både blandt misssionsinteresserede og etnografer og blev oversat til både svensk, tysk, hollandsk og engelsk. Ingemanns "Kunnuk og Naja" er bygget herpå.

Halle, 1720. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with three raised bands and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Wear to extremities, most of gilting on spine worn off and scratches to boards. Internally nice and clean. (2), 1241 pp. Rare later edition of Anne Le Fèvre Dacier’s translation Terence’s Commedies first published in 1683. The present edition was published the same year Dacier died and was edited by Martin Deschner.His plays were heavily used to learn to speak and write in Latin during the Middle Ages and Renaissance Period, and in some instances were imitated by Shakespeare."Anne Le Fèvre Dacier, French philologist and translator. Born Saumur 1654, died Paris 17. 8. 1720. Daughter of the Humanist Tanneguy Le Fevre the Elder ( 161 5- 1672.), who encouraged her talents from a young age. cer les humanites grecques et latines (1672). Working from material or earlier editions by her father, Anne, under the name 'Anna Tanaquili Fabri filia', at first exclusively made editions of his favourite authors: Florus (1674), Callimachus (1675), Diccys Cretensis and Dares Phrygius ( 1680), Aurelius Victor (1681) and Eutropius (1683), Because of the support lent by Pierre Daniel -+ Huet and Paul Pellisson, both friends of her father, these editions appeared with the sign in usum Delphini, i.e. 'for the use of the Dauphin' (the heir to the French throne). The most important work of this period was her complete translation of Terence, which would determine reception of his oeuvre in France for the next century." (Kuhlmann, Brill's History of Classical Scholarship New Pauly A Biographical Dictionary, p. 137).

Lemgo, Meyerschen Buchhandlung, 1767. 4to. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on top of spine. Stamps on title-page. Title-page printed in red/black and bit browned. (20),788,(8) pp. and 15 folded engraved plates. Some scattered brownspots and occassional browning to leaves. Poggendorff II, 893.

Weimar, Landes=Industrie=Comptoirs, 1805. Unbound, but stitched. XII,208 pp. Light browning to leaves and a few brownspots. First German edition of "Travels in Turkey, Asia-minor, Syria and across the Desert into Egypt, during the years 1799, 1800 and 1801...London, 1803". (Bibliothek der neuesten und wichtigsten Reisebeschreibungen...hrsg. von M.C. Sprengel, fortgesetzt von T.F. Ehrmann, 16. Bd.: 2. Theil).

Stargard in Pommern, Berger Camper, 1679. Small folio. Contemp. full vellum, coloured in brown. Stamp on title-page. Engraved folded pictorial frontispiece.(13),67,(1) pp. and 10 engravings (called Kuppfern in Berich an der Buchbinder) on 2 large folded sheets. Kuppfern 11-18 missing (on 5 sheets). Old names on foot of title-page. Internally clean. First edition. - Klaus Jordan, 2691.

Leipzig, Liebezeit, 1692. 4to. In contemporary full vellum with yapp edges. Light wear to extremities, a few dots and marks to board. Previous oowner's names to front free end-paper. A nice and clean copy. (18), 1095, 62pp. First edition of this important early Hebrew-Chaldean-Latin biblical lexicon. Heinrich Opitz began his studies at the University of Wittenberg in 1662 and later transferred to the University of Jena, where he earned his Magister degree in 1665. Opitz then focused on oriental languages during stints in Leipzig and Hamburg before traveling to Kiel in 1667 to work as a private lecturer. He embarked on a journey through the Netherlands and England three years later to deepen his understanding of oriental languages, visiting libraries in Leiden, Utrecht, and London. Opitz later went to Oxford to study oriental manuscripts before settling in Jena, where he worked with the university's philosophical faculty. In 1675, he became a professor of Greek language in Kiel, adding a professorship in oriental languages in 1679. His career progressed, culminating in his promotion to Doctor and professor of theology in 1689, followed by his appointment as an Oberkonsistorialrat in 1704. His works on the Hebrew language and Bible were influential for many years.

London, Randal Taylor, 1694. Small 8vo. Contemp. full calf. Spine partly gone and covers detached. (16),162,(2) pp. Some leaves a bit browned, otherwise clean. First edition of Rogers' attack on Molesworth's political thoughts as laid down in his "An Account of Denmark as it was in the Year of 1692". Rogers stated that Molesworth was not interested in Denmark at all. "The author did not intend to give a first account of Denmark", but his goal was "to represent tyranny in its worst shape to the English nation", and he accused Molesworth of carrying on an "antimonarchial project".

Utrecht, Neaulme, 1738. 8vo. Uniformly bound in three nice contemporary Cambridge-style mirror bindings with five raised bands and richly gilt spines. All edges coloured in red. A few scratches to boards. Internally fine and clean, a nice set. 324 pp.; 332 pp.; (2), 274, 45 pp. Beautiful copy Jean-Martin de La Colonie's memoire, a detailed account of his experiences during the War of the Spanish Succession.