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Havniæ, Schubothe, 1814. 4to. Ubeskåret i samt.hldrbd., men indbindingen defekt, ryg og forperm løse.. XXXIV,488;(2),520 pp. Marginer lidt brunede og med spredte brunpletter. Originaltrykket. - Fiske I:p. 218. - Bibl.Danica IV:59.

[Various places and printers], 1962 - 1981. Collection of 36 offprint from various academic journals. All with wrappers (or as issued) and in fine condition. A few of them with "Cox" written to top of front wrapper. Housed in two black kasetts. Large collection of offprints by British statistician David Cox who made pioneering and important contributions to numerous areas of statistics and applied probability, of which the best known is perhaps the proportional hazards model, which is widely used in the analysis of survival data. An example is survival times in medical research that can be related to information about the patients such as age, diet or exposure to certain chemical substances. The Cox process was named after him.

Groningen, Batavia, 1935. 8vo. Original printed green wrappers. Light sunning to spine and upper part of front wrapper, otherwise a very fine, fresh and clean copy, also internally. Old owner's name to title-page, dated 1947. (8), 115 pp. First edition of Jasper's seminal work "Reason and Existence", which constitutes one of the most important contributions to the interpretation of the two great existentialists, Kierkegaard and Nietzsche, as well as a primary witness to the anti-Nazi philosophy of pre-World War II philosophy and the themes that divided the great philosophers of the era. It is in this work that Jaspers introduces the concept of "das Umgreifende".The German philosopher and psychiatrist, Karl Theodor Jaspers (1883-1969) was one of the main exponents of existentialism in Germany and he had an enormous impact on theology, psychiatry and philosophy of his time. The present work constitutes the five lectures on reason and existence that he gave at the University of Groningen in Holland during the spring of 1935, a series of lectures that introduce us to the main themes of the philosophy of the influential thinker.

Paris, Firmin Didot Fréres, 1853. Royal8vo. 2 contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines and with gilt lettering. Stamp on title-page. VI,644;VI,613,(3) pp., 3 folded maps. Clean and fine.

Amsterdam, Wetstein, 1712. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with four raised bands and with embossed title and ornamentation to spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Wear to extremities, head of spine chipped. Internally with a few dampstains. 436, (2), 180 pp. + 2 frontispiece. Uncommon later edition of Scarron’s highly popular masterpiece which recounts the adventures of a troupe of provincial travelling actors, weaving comic anecdotes of their romantic exploits and the central love story between Leandre and his beloved Angelique into a rich and realistic narrative depicting rural France. It was first published in 1651. "Scarron's work is very abundant and very unequal. ... the Roman comique (1651–1657) is a work the merit of which is denied by no competent judge. Unfinished, and a little desultory, this history of a troop of strolling actors is almost the first French novel, in point of date, which shows real power of painting manners and character, and is singularly vivid. It is in the style of the Spanish picaresque romance, and furnished Théophile Gautier with the idea and with some of the details of his Capitaine Fracasse. Scarron also wrote some shorter novels: La Précaution inutile, which inspired Sedaine's Gageure imprévue; Les Hypocrites, to which Tartuffe owes something, and others. Of his plays Jodelet (1645) and Don Japhet d'Arménie (1653) are the best.” (Encyclopedia Britannica) Paul Scarron (1610 – 1660) was a French poet, dramatist, and novelist, born in Paris. Scarron was the first husband of Françoise d'Aubigné, who later became Madame de Maintenon and secretly married King Louis XIV of France.

Torino, Carlo Clausen, 1897. In: Atti della R. Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, Vol. XXXII, Disp. 11a, 1896-97, pp. 565-83. Royal8vo. Original printed wrappers. Some small tears. Wrappers loosening. Paper label pasted to front wrapper. Internally fine and clean. Uncut and unopened. First edition.'In this work he is concerned with reducing the number of undefined terms to a minimum ... It was in this article that he introduced the symbol (left-facing E) for existence ... This paper also contains remarks on Frege's mathematical logic ...' (Kennedy, Life and works of Giuseppe Peano, p.68-69.) Frege and Peano worked independently on many of the same subjects in mathematical logic using each their own symbolism. Frege used a cumbrous two-dimensional system. It was Peano's notation which survived and was used in the 'Principia Mathematica'.Kennedy, No. 91.

Lugduni Batavorum, Johannem Luzac, 1737. 4to. Uncut in a bit later half calf with gilt lettering to spine. "ex Bibliotheca Petri Hendrix [1784-1849] / 1921" to pasted down front end-paper. Headlines in neat contemporary hand to each leaf. Extremities with wear. Last 11 ff. with heavy damstain, otherwise internally nice and clean. (36), 501, (86) pp. First edition Schultens’ important work in which he fundamentally changed comparative Semitic philology. He stated that Hebrew is no longer could be regarded as the first language, from which the other Oriental languages diverged, but as one Semitic language among the others. “Schultens emphasized with revolutionary exaggeration the extent of the change brought about by the new knowledge. Far from accepting the traditional view that Arabic (like other languages) was a degenerate form of Hebrew, Schultens maintained that Hebrew was only one Semitic dialect, while the purest and clearest such dialect was Arabic…But in spite of the high value accorded to Arabic by Schultens, his use of it was infelicitous and far from commendable even from the point of view of an Arabist. He nevertheless marked the beginning of an epoch which continued into the mid-20th century, in which one of the main forms of learned linguistic study was the use of cognate languages for the elucidation of difficulties in Hebrew” (Barr, “Literature,” 1395.)

Paris, Cramoisy, 1682. 8vo. In contemporary full sprinkled calf with five raised bands and gilt ornamentation to spine. Edges of boards gilt. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Ex-libris (Juel of Valdemar's Castle) to pasted down front end-paper. Light wear and miscolouring to extremities. Previous owner's name in contemporary hand to title-page. Internally nice and clean. (16), 86, (2), 139, 93, (3) pp. Rare first (only?) edition of this work which discuss the structure and roles of the Three Estates in France's ancien régime: Clergy (Le Clergé): The First Estate which included members of the Church, such as priests, bishops and other clergy members. This group had significant political power and privileges, including tax exemptions. Nobility (La Noblesse): The Second Estate which included the aristocracy. Nobles held land, enjoyed privileges, and were exempt from many taxes. They were key players in politics and military leadership. Third Estate (Le Tiers État): The largest and most diverse group encompassing commoners, peasants and the growing bourgeoisie. Unlike the other estates they were heavily taxed and had limited political power despite their crucial role in the economy and society.

Heidelberg, Mohr und Zimmer, 1808. Contemp pink boards. Gilt titlelabels on spine. Lacks a bit of coverpaper on top of spine. Wear to spine ends and along edges. XVI,324 pp. Faint scattered brownspots. Scarce first edition of Schlegel's work on the grammatical connections between Sanskrit and the Indo-European languages. It represents an important moment in the development of the study of comparative grammar, a term which Schlegel himself coined in the text.

Weimar, Landes=Industrie=Comptoirs, 1803. Unbound, but stitched. (4),VI,240 pp. and 1 large folded handcoloured engraved map "Charte von den Senegal Ländern. Nach den Specialkarten von Popirson und Blauchot entworfen von Theol. Friedr. Ehrmann. Weimar 1803." (44x58 cm). Scattered brownspots, light browing to margins. First German edition. (Bibliothek der neuesten und wichtigsten Reisebeschreibungen...hrsg. von M.C. Sprengel, 9. Bd.: 1. Theil). With the general titlepage, this with a stamp.

Kjøbenhavn, C. A. Reitzel, 1838. Indbundet ubeskåret i et nyere marmoreret papbind med forgyldt titelfelt på forpermen. Enkelte brunpletter.Bound uncut in a later marbled paper binding with gilt title to front board. A bit of brownspotting. Scarce first edition of Andersen's "Three Poetical Works", which contains the first printing on one of his most important fairy tales, "The Galoches of Fortune", which is in fact his very first fairy tale for adults, here in the original version (it was later re-written for publication in Andersen's collected fairy tales 1849-50). It appeared while Andersen was still publishing his first fairy tale-collection, namely as early as 1838, and constitutes the 18th fairy tale that he publishes, predating e.g. "The Steadfast Tin Soldier". "The Galoches of Fortune" is of the utmost importance to the development of Andersen's fairy tale writing and his style of writing. It is not only his first grown-up fairy-tale, it is also the first, in which he works with dividing a fairy tale into chapters, here bound together by the galoche-motive as the red line. This highly important fairy tale was so important that even though it differs in style from the other fairy tales for children that appeared during the same period, it needed to be included in the great collection of Andersen's fairy tales that appeared in 1849-50. But for this publication, the fairy tale needed re-writing, both linguistically and stylistically, and thus it is only in the present publication that we have it in its original version."The Galoches of Fortune" was very important to Andersen himself, who mentioned it in several letters while he was working on it. In a letter to Ms. Hanck, dated March 16 1938, he talks about his "Three new poetical works"; "The first (i.e. The Galoches of Fortune") is a fairy tale and I think the most satirical one I have written as well as some of the most phantastic that our literature holds." - Clearly showing the importance that Andersen himself bestowed upon the work. In a letter to Henriette Hanck, dated February 10 1838, he emphasized that "The Galoshes of Fortune" were "not for children". As the fairy-tale is more in line with the "Hoffmann-like imagination" that we also see in "A Walking Tour" than with the spirit and style of the Fairy Tales for Children, Andersen himself also had some anxieties about it, however, and wrote to Frederik Læssøe on February 23 1938 "I'm working on a fairy-tale, but now regret these juggling acts with the golden apples of imagination".His anxieties world prove not to be completely unfounded. The work was widely read, but it also caused quite a bit of controversy. Kierkegaard, for instance, hated the work and harshly criticized its satirical features. As "The Galoches of Fortune" appear in May 1838, Kierkegaard's first work, "From the Papers of one Still Living", appears in September the same year. That work constitutes his long, sharp critique of Hans Christian Andersen, in which he ridicules Andersen and the genre of fairy tales in general. Kierkegaard furthermore denies that Andersen has any aptitude as a novelist and accuses him of not having "philosophy of life". Andersen had already heard rumours of the book on 30th August and felt martyred at the thought of what lay ahead.The dramatic poem "A Real Soldier" was submitted to the Royal Theatre in April 1836, but returned in May of the same year. BFN 320.

Berlin, Frölich'schen, 1807. 4to. 2 contemp. hcalf. Titlelabels with gilt lettering (partly gone). Gilt spines. Spines rubbed. Top of spines taped. Stamp on title-pages. Engraved portrait. (4),XIIII,462,II;(4),X,450,82) pp., textillustrations in woodcut, 13 folded engraved maps, plans, plates. scattered brownspots.

Copenhagen, Justini Hög, 1699 & 1697. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with four raised bands and embossed ornamentation to spine. Wear to extremities, small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Internally nice and clean. (16), 374, (8), (8), 318, (14) pp. Two rare work by Brunsmand on the apocalypse, the first being on the precise calculation of apocalyptic periods and the second discussing various aspects pertinent to the interpretation and understanding of the Apocalypse. Biblioteca Danica I, 75.

Berlin, Gruyter & Co., 1923. 4to. Orig. printed orange wrappers. Offprint/Sonderabdruck aus "Sitzungsberichteder Preus...pp. 137-40. Fine fresh copy. First edition in the rare Offprint (still called "Abdruck"). Weil No. 132 with an asterix, denoting a major work. - Here Einstein gives his first investigation of the "Affine geometries", and introduces the notion of "Distant parallelism".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.

Frankfurt am Mayn, Spring, 1738. 4to. In a nice contemporary Cambridge-style mirror binding with five raised bands and richly gilt spine. Light wear to extremities, two small holes to spine. A nice and clean copy. (36), 1104, (48) pp. First edition of Rambach's extensive exposition of Freylinghausen's theology.

Stittgart u. Tübingen, J.G. Cotta, 1848. Bound in a very fine contemp. hcalf with profusely gilt spine. A stamp on titlepage and a closed tear, no loss. XXIV,638 pp. Internally clean and fine. Importent early treatment of the development of electricity and electromagnetism, not only in their theoretical aspects but also describing their uses in chemistry, medicine etc. Extensive references to the literaure and papers in periodicals.

Paris, Crochard, 1818. No wrappers. In: "Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago.", tome 9, Cahier 1. Titlepage to vol. 9. Pp. 5-112 a. 1 folded engraved plate. (The entire issue offered). Fresnel's paper: pp. 57-66. Small stamps on verso of titlepage. First printing of Fresnel's importent memoir on the aberration effect from a moving earth."In the same year in which the memoir on diffraction was submitted, Fresnel published an investigation of the influence of the earth's motion on light (the paper offered).....if we suppose the aether surrounding the earth to be at rest and unaffected by the earth's motion of the telescope, which we may suppose directed to the true place of the star, and the image of the star will therefore be displaced from the central spider-line at the focus by a distance equal to that which the earth describes while the light is travelling through the telescope. This agrees with what is actually observed."(Whittaker "A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity" I, pp. 108-9).

Newcastle, For T. Bewick, Longman and Co., 1826. 8vo. Bound in 2 very fine contemp. full black polished calf. Raised bands, richly gilt backs and covers gilt. Edges of covers gilt. XLIV,382;XXXII,432 pp. Numerous woodcuts in the text, all by Bewick. 2 first leaves in vol. I brownspotted. Scattered brownspots. One leaf (vol. I, pp.57/58) torn in lower part, loosing some words and letters on p.58. The sixth edition of Bewicks famous work with his excellent woodcuts. - Wood p. 236.

Leipzig, S. Hirzel, 1913. Royal8vo. Uncut, unopened in the original wrappers. In "Physikalische Zeitschrift", Vol. 14, 1913. Entire issue offered. Front wrapper detached and lower right corner is missing. Extremities with nicks, otherwise very fine and clean. Rare unopened. Pp. 1249-1266. Discussion; Pp. 1262-66. [Entire volume: XXXI, (1), 1312 pp. + LVI plates]. First printing the famous address that Einstein gave on the occasion on the 85th Congress "Versammlung Deutscher Naturforscher und Aerzte zu Wien" in their meeting September 23, 1913, together with the ensuing discussion. In it he compared the development of the various theories of gravitation with the development of successive concepts of electricity.Weil No. 54.

Basel, (Thomam Guarinum, 1571). Folio. Contemp. full limp vellum. Spine ends worn. A bit of vellum lacks at lower spine. Some wear. Title-page lacks (=a1). (4) pp.,356 (columns),pp.357-358,359-1298 (columns),(136) pp. (=Annotationes and Index). Some defects to the first 10 leaves, a part of last leaf lacks so that printing year is gone, and part of printers woodcut device is gone. Dampstaining to Annotationes and Index. A bit of browning to text, mainly to upper margins. Upper right corners on the first ab. 50 leaves, bruised. An early edition of Galen's "Opera", but incomplete.Adams: G 49

Darmstadt, Heyer, 1825. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine, titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spine. Stamps on title-page. XVIII,111 pp. and 1 folded lithographed plate. Clean and fine, printed on good paper. First German edition of Mcadam's epoch-making "Remarks on the present system of road making;...."

Kjøbenhavn, Andr. Schous, 1886. 8vo. Indbundet i et samtidigt halvlæderbind med rygforgyldning. Lettere slid ved kapitæler, tab af en smule skind ved øvre kapitæl. Ryg slidt og falmet. Kanter af permer slidte. Hjørner stødte. Bogblok en smule skæv. Med egenhændig, uadresseret dedikation fra Bang, skrevet på tværs af titelbladet: "Fra en Soraner / til en Soraner. 13.4.1907." Første og sidste blade en smule brunet, ellers ren indvendig. Nydeligt dedikationseksemplar, formentlig til Andreas Vinding, af et af Bangs hovedværker.

Lugduni Batavorum (Leiden), Maire, 1628. 8vo. Bound in a contemporary full calf with five raised bands. Traces of gilt ornamentation to spine, most worn of. Light browning of first leaves, a fine copy. (12), 421, (7) pp. Later edition of Bruele's highly influential work on medicin.

London, Roger Norton, 1650. Folio. In a contemporary full calf binding with five raised bands and double ruled fillets to boards. A few stains and scratches to boards. Annotations in contemporary hand to verso of title-page. With occassional marginal annotation throughout, otherwise nice and clean. (34), 530 pp. Wanting the portrait. Second edition of Bishop Andrews’ detailed exposition of the Ten Commandments. "Andrewes was one the main influences on the formation of a distinctively Anglican theology. He was one of the Caroline Divines who distinguished Anglicanism both from Roman Catholicism and from the theology of the Continental reformers. He was a distinguished biblical scholar and one of the translators of the Authorized (King James) Version of the Bible. Andrewes' preaching was learned and deeply rooted in his experience of faith. Theology and spirituality were inseparable for Andrewes. His life is commemorated in the Episcopal Calendar on September 26." (Carey, Patrick, "Biographical Dictionary of Christian Theologians).

London, Samuel Simmons, 1676. Large folio (420 x 290 mm). In contemporary full calf with six raised bands. Binding defective, upper half of spine with loss of leather, leather cracked and leather of boards partly detached, with loss. Hinges weak, inner hinges split. First leaves with dampstain, but generally internally nice and clean. 5 ff., 2285 columns, 14 ff. + 1 portrait. Rare second edition of volume one of two, each issued separately (vol. 2 being published the year after), of Caryl monumental commentary on the book of Job. All editions are rare. “Caryl on Job will not exhaust the patience of a student who loves every letter of the Word.’ ‘Caryl must have inherited the patience of Job to have completed his stupendous task. It would be a mistake to suppose that he is at all prolix or redundant; he is only full. In the course of his expounding he has illustrated a very large portion of the whole Bible with great clearness and power. He is deeply devotional and spiritual. He gives us much, but none too much. His work can scarcely be superseded or surpassed.” (Spurgeon). “CARYL, JOSEPH (1602–1673), English Nonconformist divine, was born in London in 1602. He graduated at Exeter College, Oxford, and became preacher at Lincoln’s Inn. He frequently preached before the Long Parliament, and was a member of the Westminster Assembly in 1643. By order of the parliament he attended Charles I. in Holmby House, and in 1650 he was sent with John Owen to accompany Cromwell to Scotland. In 1662 he was ejected from his church of St Magnus near London Bridge, but continued to minister to an Independent congregation in London till his death in March 1673, when John Owen succeeded him. His piety and learning are displayed in his ponderous commentary on Job.” (Encyclopedia Britannica)