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Dresden, Arnoldischen Buchhandlung, 1816-19. 8vo. and small folio-oblong (23,5 x 32 cm.). Textvols: 2 contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines. Titlelabels with gilt lettering. Spine a little rubbed. Stamp on title-pages. XII,498;(6),XIV,722,(2) pp., 6 folded tables. + Atlases: 2 contemp. hcalf. handwritten title on upper boards. With 15 engraved plates (7 + 8). Scattred brownspots. Klaus Jordan,112.

(Paris, Gauthier-Villars), 1869. 4to. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 68, No 7. Pp. (349-) 408. (Entire issue offered). Janssen's paper pp. 367-376. First printing of the paper in which Janssen announced the discovery of a new element. On August 18, 1868, Janssen managed to do just that. He became the first person to observe helium, an element never before seen on Earth, in the solar spectrum. At the time, though, Janssen didn’t know what he’d seen"just that it was something new""Helium, the second most abundant element in the universe, was discovered on the sun before it was found on the earth. Pierre-Jules-César Janssen, a French astronomer, noticed a yellow line in the sun's spectrum while studying a total solar eclipse in 1868. Sir Norman Lockyer, an English astronomer, realized that this line, with a wavelength of 587.49 nanometers, could not be produced by any element known at the time. It was hypothesized that a new element on the sun was responsible for this mysterious yellow emission. This unknown element was named helium by Lockyer."

Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1761. 4to. Fine contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Richly gilt spine. Tome- and titlelabels with gilt lettering. Gilt borders on covers. Light wear to foot of spine. (10),175,602 pp., 20 partly folded engraved plates. Clean and fine. With original papers by: de Mairan, Buache, Pingré, Maquer, le Gentil, l'Abbé de la Caille, Le Roy, Bouguer, Maraldi, Cassini, de Thury, de la Sône, le Duc de Chaulnes, de l'Isle, Guettard, de Lalande, Pingré, Marquis de Courtivron, l'Abbé Nollet, Bourdelin, le Gentil, Marquis de Montalembert, de Fouchy, le Monnier, du Hamel.

Leipzig, J. A. Barth, 1902. 8vo. Bound in contemporary half calf with five raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. In ""Annalen der Physik. Vierte Folge. Band 9.". Entire volume offered. First edition of Einstein's third paper in which he deals with the definitions of temperature and entropy for thermal equilibrium conditions and with the equipartition theorem.The volume contains 2 papers by Max Planck, originally published in "Jubelband für H.A. Lorentz" und Jubelband für J. Bosscha: "Ueber die von einem elliptisch schwingenden Ion emitterte und absorbierte Energie;" und "Ueber die Verteilung der Energie zwischen Aether und Materie;", pp. 619-628 und pp. 629-641.Weil, No 3.

Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1888. Without wrappers as issued in "Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg. von G. Wiedemann.", Neue Folge Bd. 33, 2. Heft (= No 2). Titlepage to vol. 33. Smal stamps to verso of title and titlepage. Pp. 241-416 a. 1 plate (entire issue offered "Heft" 2). Hallwach's paper: pp. 301-312. Clean and fine. First appearance of this pioneer paper in the history of the PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT, as Hallwachs here for the first time showed that metals lose their negative charges under the action of ultraviolet radiation and becomes positive charged. The earliest speculations of the nature of the effect predates the discovery of the electron in 1897 by J.J. Thomson."This process, which is called the photoelectric effect or Hallwachs effect, forms the basis for the physics of the photoelectric cell and was theoretically interpreted by Einstein in 1905 in Einstein's work on light quanta."(DSB VI, p.74)."On the basis of his heuristic principle, Einstein proposed the following 'simplest picture' for the photoeffect. A light-quantum gives all its energy to a single electron, and the energy transfer by one light-quantum is independent of the presence of other light-quanta....and he gave several other applications of his heuristic principle..."(Pais in "Subtle is the Lord" pp. 380-81).Magie "A Source Book in Physics", pp. 578 ff.

London, T. Sowle, 1738. Large8vo. In contemporary full calf with five raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Mirrordecorations to boards. With a few repairs to hindges and spine. With new title-label to spine. Annotated titlepage. Enclosed handwitten note concerning the book by the Danish historian Bjørn Kornerup. Internally with light occassional dampstaining. XVIII, 556, (5). The rare first Danish of Barclay's classic work of Quaker theology. It was first published in Amsterdam in 1676 as "Theologiae verae Christianae apologia" and in 1678 translated and published as "An Apology for the true Christian Divinity".

(Amsterdam, 1645 or later). 39,2x50 cm. Fine engraved map over Huntingdon, broad margins, fine orig. handcolouring. Clean. Large cartouche with dogs and huntingscenes. Map decorated with many large coats of arms. Latin text on verso (pp. 271-72).

Washington, Alexander, 1850. 4to. Original clothbacked blue boards. Handwritten title on upper board. Stamp on title-page. 51 pp. Scarce second edition (the expanded second edition published the same year as the first) of one of Maury's sailing directions, based on his theories of oceanic currents, and published before his famous work "The Physical Geography of the Sea". In the offered work he gives instructions for sailors from N.Y. to Europe and Rio.Not in Sabin.

Kiøbenhavn, Seidelin, 1826. Indbundet ubeskåret med de originale blå blanke omslag medindbundet i 3 smukke hldrbd. i oaseged med rygforgyldning, titeletiketter i skind forgyldte på rygge. Guldsnit foroven. De originale bogtrykte rygtitler bevaret på indersiden af de sidste friblade. (Jul. Lassen). Fra Troensegaards bogsamling med hans exlibris. Originaludgaven i usædvanlig velbevaret stand.

London, The Lancet Limited, 1940. Royal8vo. Bound in contemporary full black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In "The Lancet", Vol. 2, 1940. A fine and clean copy. Pp. 226-228. [Entire volume: XX, 830 pp.]. First printing of this seminal paper within microbiology and medicine. Alexander Flemming had in the 20ies discovered penicillin but it was not until Chain and Florey's groundbreaking research, published in the present paper, that the true remarkable features of penicillin - that it was probably the most effective chemotherapeutic drug known - became know and usable on a practical level. Flemming, Chain and Florey received the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1945 "for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases"."He [Flemming] was unsuccessful, however, due to his limited knowledge of chemistry, and the "mold juice" remained of limited use until 1940-41, when Ernst Boris Chain and Howard W. Florey, using Flemming's original culture, successfully prepared a pure and stable penicillin extract and demonstrated its usefulness in treating human bacterial infection. Within three years the United States government, in collaboration with the pharmaceutical industry, was producing penicillin on a large scale, with the result that many thousand lives were saved during World War II." (Grolier, One Hundred Books Famous in Medicine)."In the late 1930's, Florey and Chain began their investigation of this mold broth filtrate from Penicillium notatum as part of their general interest in systemic antibacterial agents. Fleming had isolated penicillin in 1928. He found it was a promising external antiseptic against some pathogenic bacteria, but its chemical instability (among other reasons) soon led him to abandon penicillin as a therapeutic agent.By May 1940 Chain had produced enough penicillin for Florey to conduct tests on mice infected with deadly hemolytic streptococci. These early tests yielded very promising results, Chain, in collaboration with Edward Abraham, spent the rest of the year improving the extraction and purification of penicillin for clinical tests, which began early in 1941.Serious problems with the fermentation production of penicillin led the British and American governments, by early 1944. to coordinate hundreds of scientists for the development of a commercially feasible synthesis of penicillin. Chain and his collaborators at Oxford, however, had shed much light on the chemistry of the drug by this time. By October 1943, they proposed what turned out to be the correct structure of penicillin. They established a fundamental understanding of the chemistry of penicillin. This aided fermentation work on the drug in the 1940's and served as the foundation for the development of semisynthetic penicillins from the mid 1950's on."

London, J. Taylor, 1707. 8vo. Cont. full mottled calf. Gilt back, red gilt titlelabel. Hinges weakening. (8),431,(1) pp. and 1 engraved map of Hven (Map of the Isle of Huen, by William Blaeu, when he studied Astronomy under Tycho Brahe). Fine and clean, printed on good paper. First English edition. Never translated into Danish.- Forfatteren var den franske ambassadørs førstemand i København, af hvilken han giver en indgående beskrivelse, ligesom han beskriver Hven, rejser over sjælland og Fyn til Nordtyskland og Bremen.

Frankfurt und Leipzig, Goebhardt, 1769. 4to. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on spine. Stamps on title-page. Engraved titlevignette. (14),158,(6) pp., 16 folded engraved plates. Light browning to margins on a few leaves, otherwise clean and fine. First edition. - Klaus Jordan,3695.

Frankfurt & Leipzig, Gottfred Leschium, 1712. 4to. Cont. full vellum with calligraphed title on back. Engraved portrait as frontispice. Title in red/black. (34),1836 pp. Light scattered browning to leaves, but fine. The present copy of this edition contains only 2 parts, but forming the whole work of Franzius's well-known account of the biblical animals. Cyprinus' work, which should be part III-IV having its own title is not present here. - Wood p. 348 having an edition from 1665 in 12mo. - BMC (NH) II:614

Amsterdam, (ca. 1688). 49,5x57 cm. Kobberstukket kort over Slesvig og Sønderjylland i original håndkolorereing. Med 2 dekorative kartoucher med putti og våbenskjold. Et meget lille hul i kystlinie øverst, repareret. Lille revnedannelse i foldningen øverst. Det smukke dekorative Slesvig-kort blev udgivet i de Wits "Atlas Maior" 1688. - Ermen-Mingroot nr. 53.

København, Schubothes Forlag - J.R. Thiele, 1811. Lidt senere hldrbd. Ophøjede bind. Rygforgyldning. Forgyldt titelfelt. LVI,282,(4) pp. Brunplettet p.g.a. papirkvaliteten. Originaludgaven af Rasks epokeskapende arbejde.The first edition of Rask's seminal first work, "the first of an important series of publications which qualify Rask as one of the founders of modern science of language." (PMM 266). - Rask Bibliografi I,12. - Fiske I,482.

Paris, Bachelier, 1842. 4to. Bound in 2 contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines. Gilt lettering on spines. A paperlabel pasted on top of spines. Stamps on title-pages. XVI,515;XI,(1),496,XXXII pp. and 14 large folded engraved plates (also showing apparatus). Light browning and spotting. Puissant avait une prédilection toute particuliere pour la Geodesie, dont on peut dire qu'il fut pendent un demisiecle le represéntent le plus eminent" (Biogr.Gén.).

London, Harrison and Son, 1852. Folio. In contemporary half cloth with the original blue printed front wrapper pasted on to front board. Light wear to extremities Small stamp to front board and two small paper labels pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Internally very fine and clean. ix, (1) 372 pp. The Rare British parliamentary papers and correspondence with local agents on the slave trade.

Genevae, Chouet, 1661. 4to. In contemporary full vellum with title in contemporary hand to spine. Binding soiled and with a few stains. End-papers with tears and title-page miscolured, but internally generally nice and clean. (28), 1040, (22) pp. First edition of Crégut's work on more obscure passages in the bible in particular those found in the Pentateuch.

Small 8vo. 3 cont. full mottled calf. Richly gilt backs. Top and bottom of spines slightly worn. Stamp on titles. VIII,659,628,656 pp.

Brussel, Guyot Fréres, 1885. Folio. (52 x 41 cm.). Contemp. hcalf. Spine rubbed. Stamp on title-page. With 28 double-folio plates depicting gun turrents and fortifications.

Brest, Malassis, 1773. 4to. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Stamps on title-page. (4),XVI,440,(4) pp., 8 folded engraved plates. Last plate a bit dampstained at foot. Clean and fine, on good paper. The first, and only, publication of memoirs from the Royal Naval Academy of France. Contributions by De Marguerie, d'Apres de Mannevillette, de Roquefeuil, de Secqval, Du Val le Roy, Thevenard, Fortin, Verdun de la Crenne, Blondeau.

Liege, Everard Kints, 1740. 8vo. In a nice contemporary Cambridge-style mirror binding with five raised bands and richly gilt spine. Small paper-label to upper part of spine. Light wear to extremities and internally with light occassional marginal browning. A nice copy. (8), 320 pp. + 4 folded plates. Later (possibly third) edition of Merveilleux’s famous political satire on the scandals of the life at the Palatinate Court in Mannheim under Charles III Philip – it is one of the earliest works on thermal tourism.It was first published in 1738. Barbier I, 158.

Kjøbenhavn, Reitzels Bo og Arvinger, 1858. Samtidigt hldrbd. med rygforgyldning. Revne i skindet øverst ved forreste fals. Hjørner stødte. Exteriører lidt slidte. Lidt spredte brunpletter. Med egenhændig dedikation på fribladet "S.C. Johansen -/ fra H.E Schack" (Johansen var præst i Tårnby og gift med Schacks søster Augusta). Originaludgaven. Dedikationer fra Hans Egede Schack er meget sjældne.

Coph., 1953-84. 8to. Bound in 34 half cloth.

l.-7. Bd. (alt som udk.). K., 1852-83. 4to. 7 samt.hldrbd. m. rygforg.