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Paris, (Didot Freres (Firmin) et al., Typographie de Firmin Didot Freres), 1850. 4to. Later mottled hcalf with raised bands. Slightly rubbed. (8),360,35 pp. and 61 engraved plates ( 2 coloured). Large copy, partly uncut. Printed on good paper. Dealing with the finger language in ancient times, illustrated by ancient art from all over the world. - Brunet I: 668 (note).

Kjøbenhavn, Boas Brünnich, 1820. 8vo. Bound uncut in two later half calf bindings with gilt spines. Gilt title labels to spines. (Anker Kyster). Spines slightly rubbed. With a long handwritten letter from Ingemann's wife Lucie Marie Mandix pasted to flyleaf. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Ingemann and two folded plates. Unusually clean copy. (8),296,(2);(2),245,(1) pp. An excellent copy, with the rare engraved portrait, of the first edition. The present copy comes with a long original letter from Ingemann's wife to their close friend Johan Carl Luno (1784-1858).

Halae Magdeburgicae, Renger, 1728. 8vo. In contemporary half vellum with gilt lettering to spine. With old paper-label pasted on to spine and ex-libris to pasted down front end-paper. Previous owner's name to front free end-paper. Paper on boards with tears, otherwise a nice and clean copy. (30), 528, (80) pp. Rare second edition of Gundling's work in which explores the principles of natural law (ius naturae) and the law of nations (ius gentium).

Halle, Saale, 1741. Folio (335 x 205 mm). In contemporary black cardboard binding with grey royal super ex-libris to front board (House of Stollberg and Promnitz). Wear and scratches to extremities, with some loss of the black paper. Previous owner's name to front free end-paper. Internally very nice and clean, printed on good paper. 464, 82, (2) pp. First edition of these funeral sermons to Marie Elisabeth vonPromnitz (1717-1741 Marie Elizabeth (24 October 1717 – 20 July 1741), married Henry Ernest of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1716–78)

Paris, Dumaine, 1869. Folio. (46 x 31 cm.) Original printed boards. Covers brownspotted. Stamp on title-page. 28 large folded lithographed plates. Scattered brownspots.

Cambridge, Bentham, 1744. Large 8vo. 2 contemp. full calf. Gilt spines in compartments. Titlelabels with gilt lettering. Gilt lineborders on covers. Wear to spine-ends. Spines rubbed. Some wear along edges. Engraved portrait as frontispiece (Butler). (2),XIV,XXXVI,(42),424,(16);(2),446,(24) pp., 16 engraved plates by Hogarth, some folding. Internally fine and clean, printed on thick paper.

(Eberdorf, 1747) 4to. Two parts bound in one contemporary full calf binding with four raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Small paper-label and a few holes to upper part of spine, otherwise a nice and clean copy. 364, 152 pp. First edition of Count von Zinzendorf’s, founder of the Moravian Church, work containing information about his theological and church-political activities in Germany, Holland, England, and overseas regions in the years 1742-49, including mission reports on North America with scattered references to Pennsylvania.

Kristiania, Helge Erichsen & Co., 1919. Stor 4to. 2 originalbind. Tekstbindet i helshirt, planchemappen i hshirt. XII,393 pp., 337 tekstillustrationer samt 40 foldeplancher (numm. I-XXXVI, flere med a og b-numre). Originaltrykket af dette yderst kontroversille værk, som i anledning af restaureringen af Nidaros-domkirken, hævdede at have opdaget de geometriske hemmeligheder bag kirkebygningskunsten og i særdeleshed Gotikkens.

Kiøbenhavn, Godiche, 1760. 4to. Samtidigt helldrbd. med rig rygforgyldning og skindtitel, Kanter og hjørner noget slidte. (32),511 pp. samt alle 14 kobberstukne plancher. hvoraf en del er udfoldelige. En plamche reparert for revne. På skrivepapir, med brugsspor og nogle blade med en skjold i marginer. Originaludgaven af Pontoppidans lærde Københavns-beskrivelse, som blev optakten til udarbejdelsen af hans "Danske Atlas".

Paris, Ecrivains Reunis, (1927). Small 4to. Orig. printed wrappers, uncut. Sewing a little loose. (48) pp., 24 plates and 4 original engravings by Vlaminck. No. 36 of 850 copies "sur vélin teinte d'Annecy"

Kbhvn., 1927-84. 1.-17. årg. indbundet i 6 solide hldrbd., rest i hefter. Udgiverens eksemplar.

Wien, Gerold & Comp., 1895. Lex8vo. Orig. full pictorial cloth, gilt. Uncut. (4),190,(2) pp., 10 fine collotype-plates and 1 large folded map. Clean and fine First edition.

Ca. 1920. 32 x 25 cm. Signed in pencil. Watercolour on heavy paper. A nude girl is undressing, only wearing red silk stockings. 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.

Franckfurt, Fievet, 1662. 12mo. In contemporary full calf gilt ornamentation to spine and gilt ruled fillets to boards. Edges of boards gilt and all edges of bookblock gilt. Leather cracked and most of the gilting on spine worn off. Internally with a few spots and with occassional light browning, but internally generally nice and clean. (10), 669, (47) pp. + frontispiece. Third edition of Hohburg’s commentary on Johann Arndt’s Wahres Christentum (i.e. True Christianity).All edition are scarce and are rarely found in the trade.

Kbhvn., 1926. 4to. 2 solide, pæne hldrbd. (8),381,(4) pp. samt Tavlebind med 51 plancher udført i lystryk (med talrige afbildninger).

Dresden, Arnoldischen Buchh., 1825. Contemp.hcalf. Richly gilt spine. A paperlabel on lowerpart of spine. XXVIII,316 pp., 3 folded tables and 5 large folded engraved plates with many figs. Some scattered brownspots. The first few leaves a little browned.

Kbh., 1847. Noget brunplettet ekspl. i helbd. af nyere immiteret læder m. rygtitelfelter af rød og grøn immiteret læder. 224, 203 pp. Originaludgave. Himmelstrup 105.

Lyon, Beringo, 1735. 8vo. In a nice contemporary Cambridge-style mirror binding with five raised bands and richly gilt spine. Super ex-libris to front board and ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Vague marginal dampstain but overall a nice copy. (4), 668 pp. Later expanded edition of Le Roux's popular dictionary on proverbs originally published in 1718. Le Roux was forced to flee from France to Belgium after publishing a biography critical of François de la Chaise, French Jesuit priest, and confessor of King Louis XIV of France.

Paris, L'Imprimerie Impériale, 1808. 4to. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spine. Stamps on title-page. XV,(1),120 pp. and 12 large folded engraved plates. Light marginal browning, clean and fine. Scarce first edition. - Poggendorff I, 985 a. 179.

London, W. Smith, 1738. Contemp. full calf. Raised bands. A paperlabel pasted on spine. Some cracking of leather along joints, especially at upper compartment. Gilt borders on covers. Spine rubbed. Stamp on foot of title-page. Title-page in red/black. XXIV,149 pp. Scattered brownspots. John Railton lists here many scandalous malpractices everywhere in the army, but he was obstructed by his officers and even by theSecretary of the War.

London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1913. Royal8vo. 2 orig. full cloth. Gilt lettering. Untrimmed. Stamp on title-page. XXVI,633;XIV,534 pp. 2 frontispieces in photogravure, 6 plates in photogravure, 18 colourplates, 260 photographic illustrations on plates, folded maps and panoramas. Fine and clean.

France (Paris ?), Undated, around 1770. Folio. (42,5 x 28 cm.). Loose inlaid, sewn 4 by 4 leaves, in portfolio with ties. Title-page and 21 pp. Written in a fine, large legible hand, but unidentified, in brown ink. On good thick paper, clean and fine. Fine manuscript containing a collection of Royal Orders concerning the Artillery Service.

Halle, Schimmelpfennig und Compagnie, 1804. 8vo a. folio-oblong. 2 contemp. full mottled calf. Gilt spines. Titlelabels with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spines. Stamps on title-pages. XIV,(2),636 pp. Atlas in folio with 22 engraved plates. Printed on good paper. Some foxing to plates. First edition. - Klaus Jordan, 3083.

Gotha, Justus Perthes, 1866. Folio. (38x24,5 cm.). Orig. full cloth, blindstamped and with title on front board in gilt lettering. Spine ends worn and a tear to upper part of first hinge. The printed title pasted on inside of front cover from the publisher. (2) pp. and 31 steel-engraved double-page coloured maps. The first, Planeten-System lightly brownspotted, otherwise fine with a few marginal brownspots to margins. With maps of all the Continents, Europe, The Hemispheres etc.

Leipzig, B. G. Teubner, 1876. 8vo. Bound in recent full black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In "Mathematische Annalen", Volume 10., 1876. Entire volume offered. Library label pasted on to pasted down front free end-paper. Small library stamp to lower part of title title page and verso of title page. Very fine and clean. Pp.189-198. [Entire volume: IV, 592 pp.]. First printing of Harnack's Curve Theorem which formed the background for Hilbert's sixteenth problem. In real algebraic geometry, Harnack's curve theorem, named after Axel Harnack, describes the possible numbers ofconnected components that an algebraic curve can have, in terms of the degree of the curve.Hilbert's sixteenth problem was posed as the "Problem of the topology of algebraic curves and surfaces", he presented his problem as follows: "The upper bound of closed and separate branches of an algebraic curve of degree n was decided by Harnack (the present paper); from this arises the further question as of the relative positions of the branches in the plane.As of the curves of degree 6, I have - admittedly in a rather elaborate way - convinced myself that the 11 branches, that they can have according to Harnack, never all can be separate, rather there must exist one branch, which have another branch running in its interior and nine branches running in its exterior, or opposite. It seems to me that a thorough investigation of the relative positions of the upper bound for separate branches is of great interest, and similarly the corresponding investigation of the number, shape and position of the sheets of an algebraic surface in space - it is not yet even known, how many sheets a surface of degree 4 in three-dimensional space can maximally have." (Rohn, Flächen vierter Ordnung, Preissschriften der Fürstlich Jablonowskischen Gesellschaft, Leipzig 1886).Hilbert had investigated the M-curves of degree 6, and found that the 11 components always were grouped in a certain way. His challenge to the mathematical community now was to completely investigate the possible configurations of the components of the M-curves.Furthermore he requested a generalization of Harnack's Theorem to algebraic surfaces and a similar investigation of surfaces with the maximum number of components.The problem is still unsolved today.