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Wien, Carl Schaumburg und Comp., 1830. Orig. printed yellow boards, spine renewed to style. Engraved portrait. VIII,320 pp. A stamp on titlepage. A few scattered brownspots, otherwise good. Portrait by Augusta von Buttlour. First edition.

New York, Macmillian and Co, 1938. Lex8vo. Entire volume 141 of Nature offered. Bound in a brown contemporary full cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Ex-library copy, paper label pasted on to top and bottom of spine. Library stamp to pasted down front free end-paper and title page. Paper labels pasted on the back free end-paper and pasted down back free end-paper. Internally fine and clean. P. 74; 75. [Entire volume: Pp. lxiv, 1156, v-xii, v-vii, v-iv, v-xii]. First publication of these two seminal papers which constitutes one of the most significant discovery in 20th century physics. It ushered a golden period of low-temperature physics and created a new research field within physics which was later to be called quantum liquids. Both paper described a hitherto unknown state of matter: superfluidity of matter. The two discoveries were made independently, Kapitza's paper superseding Allen and Misener's by two weeks. Both studies reported that liquid helium flowed with almost no measurable viscosity below the transition temperature of 2.18 K."Although the discovery of superfluidity stands as one of the most significant in physics in the 20th century, it was to be 40 years before the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences honoured this seminal discovery with a Nobel prize - an exceptionally long interval. In 1978 Kapitza, by then 84, was given half of that year's Nobel Prize for Physics with a somewhat vague citation reading "for his basic inventions and discoveries in the area of low-temperature physics". The other half did not go to Allen and Misener. Today, science popularizers generally give sole credit for the discovery of superfluidity to Kapitza." (Physics world, University of Toronto.). "Kapitza observed that He II flowed between two closely spaced parallel plates extremely rapidly compared to He I, for the same pressure difference. This result, published in Nature on 8 January 1938, showed unambiguously that here was a new and mysterious kind of liquid - one with almost no viscosity. On the page facing Kapitza's one-page paper was another by the young Canadian physicists Jack Allen and Donald Misener, with essentially equivalent results on helium flow on long capillary tubes. It was submitted two weeks after Kapitza's, but both papers are the standard reference for the discovery of superfluidity". (Griffin, A Century of Nature, 2003, p. 52).Today the theory behind superfluidity is widely used within a broad variety of different subject such as spectroscopic and in high-precision devices as gyroscopes which allow the measurement of some theoretically predicted gravitational effects. In 1999, a type of superfluid was used to trap light and greatly reduce its speed. Light was passed through a Bose-Einstein condensed gas of sodium (superfluid) and found to be slowed to 17 m/s from its normal speed of 299,792,458 metres per second.Brandt, The Harvest of a Century, Pp. 254-7.

Kiöbenhavn, Thiele, 1787. 4to. Originale blåmarmorerede omslag. Stempel på titelbladet. 16 pp., 4 kobberstukne plancher (3 foldede med landtoninger samt et kort). Rent velbevaret eksemplar på skrivepapir. First edition. The work appeared the same year in English. - Bibl. Danica II,358.

Paris, Maeght Editeur, 1969. Folio. 32 pp. Illustr. in colour a. b/w. Containing 2 original colour lithographs by Marc Chagall, the frontcover and 1 double-page.

Sulzbach, Seidelschen Buchhandlung, 1839. 8vo. Uncut in later cloth binding. Ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Internally brownspotted. 182, (2) pp. Rare first edition of this work in which Bolzano addresses critiques and opposition to his ideas providing a defense of his positions while analyzing and responding to the arguments of his opponents.

Stockholm, 1945-78.

Berlin, 1897. 4to. Uncut and unopened in original printed wrappers. Fresh copy, fine and clean. Near mint. The entire "Heft" II: Pp. 35-81. Planck's paper pp.35-46. Max Planck is considered to be the founder of the quantum theory and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918. "Über irreversible Strahlungsvorgänge" is a mathematical description of the electromagnetic radiation emitted from a black-body."Über irreversible Strahlungsvorgänge was published in five parts in the period 1897-1901, the present volume being number 1."With the Kirchhoff-Wien-Boltzmann work as a background, Max Planck began his attack on the black-body problem in 1897. He labored under the erroneous impression for some time that Wien's formula was the only one which harmonized with the second law of thermodynamics. The experiments on black-bodies due to Lummer and Pringsheim, Rubens and Kurlbaum forced him from that position." (Planck, Max. Catalogue 258, Interlibrum Vaduz) "I had already been struggling with the problem of the equilibrium of matter and radiation for some years without success; I knew the problem is of fundamental significance for Physics." The significance was unparallelled, when he in December 1900 delivered a paper entitled "On the Theory of the Energy Distribution Law in the Normal Spectrum" before the German Physical Society, which today is considered the birth of quantum physics. The present volume constitutes a precursor to this work. - Akademie No 33

Kiøbenhavn, Møller, 1783. 4to. Samtidigt hldrbd. Ophøjede bind på ryggen. Forgyldt titeletiket. Ryg noget slidt med tab af skind ved øverste kapitæl. nederste kapitæl slidt. Forreste perm næsten løs. Stor kobberstukket titelvignet. XXIV,550 pp. Indvendig ren, trykt på skrivepapir.

No place and date. (probably Denmark late 18th century). Handpainted map in ink and watercolour. 25 x 41 cm. In silver frame. Slightly foxed overall. Seven Years War. The Battle of Zorndorf in Prussia, a Prussian army of 25,000 men under Frederick fought to a standstill with a Russian army of 40,000 commanded by Count Fermor. The Russians withdrew from the field. In the undecided Battle of Tornow on September 25, a Swedish army repulsed six assaults by a Prussian army. On October 14, the Austrians surprised the main Prussian army at the Battle of Hochkirk. Frederick lost much of his artillery but retreated in good order.

Kjøbenhavn, Directionens Forlag, 1821-29. Indbundet i 11 ensartede, samtidige hldrbd. Rygforgyldning, titel-og tomefelter i skind. Med en del litograferede plancher og tabeller.

Rotterdam, Abraham Acher, 1706. Small 8vo. Nice later hvelleum with titlelabel in leather on spine with gilt lettering. (4),619,(2) pp. Clean and fine. With one engraved map (19x14 cm) of Hven "Carte de l'Isle de Huen, faite par Guillaume Blaeu" The scarce first edition.

Leipzig, B.G. Teubner, 1882. Contemp. hcloth. IV,201,(1) pp., textfigs. At end inserted "Anfangsgründe der beschreibende Geometrie nebst einem Anhang über Kartenprojection. Ein Leitfaden beim Unterricht an höheren Lehranstalten von Wilhelm Mink." Orig. printed wrappers. 47 pp. textfigs. Internally fine and clean. Scarce first edition of this groundbreaking work. "The work on non-Euclidean geometry had brought the realization that geometries are man-made constructions bearing upon physical space but not necessarely exact idealization of it. This fact implied that several major changes had to be incorporated in any axiomatic approach to geometry. These were recognized and stressed by Moritz Pasch (1843-1930), who was the first to make major contributions to the foundations of geometry. His "Vorlesungen über neuere Geometrie", (the offered item) is a groundbreaking work." (Morris Kline)."Pasch initiated the axiomatic method, although the foundational developments of his time were against this point of view. Thus Cantor's striking discoveries were based, from an axiomatic point of view, on nothing...As late as 1903 Frege poked fun of at the axiomatic method as presented in Hilbert's "rundlagen der Geometrie....particularly Peano continued Pasch's work. In 1889 Peano published both his exposition of geometry, following Pasch, and his treatment of number...Pasch played a crucial role in the innovation of the axiomatic methode. This method, with contributions from logic and algebra, is a central feature of twentieth-century mathematics." (DSB). - Sommerville "Bibliography of Non-Euclidean Geometry", p. 67 (1882).

Franckfurt am Mäyn, Hoffmann, 1650. Folio (380 x 235 mm). In contemporary full calf over wooden boards with four raised bands and ruled fillets to boards. Binding defective. Upper compartment with loss of leather, leather detached on front board, corners with loss of leather and the wooden boards. Back board also with holes and tears. Internally with a few small worm-tract but generally very nice and clean. (36), 762, (10), 311 pp. + 2 engraved plates. Uncommon first edition of this extensive alphabetically organized dictionary of the most important biblical words, phrases, parables, allegories, places and persons. It was reprinted in 1706.

Gotha, Justus Perthes, n.d. (1877-78) Folio. Orig. full blindstamped cloth. Frontcover with gilt title. Lower part of spine (ca. 8 cm.) lacks, and top of spine with some wear, otherwise fine. With 31 double-page (37x43,5) steel-engraved maps with outline colouring. All maps clean and fine. Maps dated 1877 a. the last 1878.

København, Poppske Bogtrykkeri, 1834-38. Lille 8vo. 3 samtidige hldrbd. Rygge lidt slidte, rygforgyldningen svag. Lidt brunpletter forrrest og bagerst i bd. 1, ellers ren. (4),384;(8),504;466 pp. Eksemplaret har tilhørt den berømte sprogforsker Otto Jespersen og har hans navnetræk på alle tre friblade. Originaltrykket af forfatterens samlede udgave af de mindre afhandlinger, som i mange tilfælde er trykt her for første gang.

Kbhvn., 1837-43. 8vo. Indbundet i 8 samt. hldrbd. med skindtitelfelter på rygge. Rygge slidte, nogle false revnet. Lettere brunplettet. St.p. titelblade. Omfatter mere end 6.000 pp.

Philadelphia, William Hamilton, 1863-65. Large 4to. 2 orig. full blindstamped cloth. Light wear to spine ends. XXXI,355;CXII,502 pp., folded tables and 47 engraved plates. Internally clean.

(No place nor printer), 1789 - 1791. 8vo. Uniformly bound in three contemporary full calf bindings with five raised bands and richly gilt spines. Light wear to extremities, internally nice and clean. XII, (2), 556 pp.; XXXIV, (4), 526 pp.; (4), 608 pp. First edition, complete with all three volumes, of Gaspari’s political history of the Scandinavian countries.

No place, no date, ca. 1880. Imperial folio. (69 x 52,5 cm.). Contemp. hcloth. Titlelabel on upper cover with gilt lettering. With 16 architectural plates, each measuring 68 x 99,5 cm.

Gera-Untermhaus, (1900). Folio. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt. Some wear to spine. Stamp on titlepage. Internally clean. VI,393 pp. and 48 (each 38x28 cm.) fine chromolithographed plates, 5 of which depicts the eggs. , Anker no.356. The old text from the edition in 1822-60 has been preserved unaltered, corrections in footnotes. The figures for all the plates have been re-drawn and show the birds in their natural surroundings. Among the many artists are O.Kleinschmidt, J.G. Keulemans, O. van Riesenthal and others. The eggs are figured in a series of special plates, based on Eugene Rey's Collection.

(Paris, Mallet-Bachelier), 1858. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 46, No 11. Pp. (503-) 546 (entire issue offered). Hermite's paper: pp. 508-515. First apperance of Hermite's famous paper in which he, by the application of elliptic functions, provided the first solution to the general equation of the fifth degree, the quintic equation.Hermite was a major figure in the development of the theory of algebraic forms, the arithmetical theory of quadratic forms, and the theories of elliptic and Abelian functions. He first studied the representation of integers in what are now called Hermitian forms. His famous solution of the general quintic equation appeared in Sur la résolution de l’équation du cinquième degré (1858; "On the Solution of the Equation of the Fifth Degree"). (Encyclopedia Britannica).Parkinson "Breakthroughs" 1858 M.

Leipzig, London, Weidmann, Payne, 1802. Bound in 8 contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines.Title- and tomelabels with gilt lettering. Some wear to spines. Internally fine. An Index-volume was published in 1822 by Graefenhahn. "This eleborate and truly erudite performance contains only the Iliad, the Greek text of which is exhibited in the first two volumes, and the Latin one in the third, presceded by a catalogue of MSS. and editions:the remaining five volumes comprehend Variae Lectiones, Annotationes, &c. &c. from the principal libraries in Europe. At the end of each book there is a commentary, or excursus."(Dibdin vol. II, pp. 66-67).

Etruria, Stoke-On-Trent, n. d., ca. 1920. 4to. Orig. boards. (2) pp. of text. and 85 fine printed plates in black a. white and in colour, depicting thousands of items. The text informs that this cataloque shows only a certain number of the best selling patterns made by Wedgewood & Sons, which means that there is leave outs in the numbering of the plates. Plates numbered I-XLVI, 60-82,90-111 a. 4 unnumbered.

Kiøbenhavn, Brødrene Berling, 1773. 4to. Senere hldrbd. med ophøjede bind på ryg. Forgyldt rygtitel. Rødt snit. Kobberstukket frontispiece. (8),XXVIII,59,(2) pp. samt 6 store udfoldelige kobberstukne plancher (planer, snit og arkitektur). En fold i den første planche med nogen afsmitning fra en tapereparation. Enkelte andre foldninger forstærket på bagsiden. Hver planche med eget trykt beskrivelsesblad. 1 stor kobberstukket vignet. Indvendig ren, trykt på skrivepapir. Originaltrykket, yderst sjælden. - Bibl. Danica II:645.

Berlin, Vossischen Buchhandlung, 1798. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt, ttlelabel with gilt lettering. Spine slightly rubbed. (2),484 pp. and 1 engravd plate. Light browning and a few scattered brownspots. First German edition of "Viaggio alle Indie orientali, umiliato alla Santita di N.S. Papa Pio Sesto, Pontefice Massimo...Roma, 1796." (Magazin von merkwürdigen neuen Reisebeschreibungen, aus dem fremden Sprachen übersetzt und mit erläuternden Anmerkungen begleitet. 15. Band). Also having the series-titlepage, this with a stamp.