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Paris, Hermann & Cie, 1937. (vo. 2 volumes, both in the orig. printed wrappers, both volumes uncut and partly unopened. Some wear to corners and edges, w. a bit of loss, vol. II missing part of lower spine. W. ownership signature (Carnap), the author's name (partly erased and library marking (that of Carnap?) on front wrappers. 44, (1); 67, (2) pp. One plate and several text-illustrations to volume II. First edition, presentation-copy for Rudolf Carnap, of this overlooked, but in its time important, work on the question of the telos, or final aim, of physics and biology. The first volume is inscribed "A Monsieur Rudolf Carnap/ Hommage de/ Georges Matisse" on front free end-paper, and both volumes carry the signature of Carnap in pencil on front wrappers. Although now largely forgotten, Georges Matisse (1874-1961) was a prominent thinker and a remarkable scholar, who was considered important and influential in his own time. He contributed with several publications to the fields of science and philosophy, and all of them are considered solid and interesting. His most famous works consist in the thee-volume cycle "La philosophie de la nature" (1938), "Le Rameau vivant du monde" (1947-49) and "L'Incoherence universelle" (1953-56), all published by the Presses Universitaires de France. The present work is thus published before what can be considered his actual breakthrough, and represents us with thoughts very much in vogue at the time.As the title indicates, the present work discusses the question of the motion of the appearances of nature towards their final aim. "L'explication des phénomènes naturels par l'idée de causes finales qui les dirigent, est fréquemment adoptee encore." (Vol. I, Introduction).The first part of the work demonstrates that certain general principles do not apply to all appearances or that these principles contain something totally different than that which the non-physic could expect. "Malheureusement, Presque tous ceux qui emploient le langage téléologique pour conter les événements croient que la finalité constitue une explication scientifiquement valuable, c'est-à-dire, qui precise les conditions necessaries et suffisantes de genèse du phenomena." (Vol. I, Introduction).The second part deals with the appearances of the living nature. Matisse tries to show that neither the way that the organisms are built, nor the functions of the organs can be explained as striving towards an aim. This is explained, among other things, by the fact that many developments in nature lead not to the perseverance of the individual or the species, but on the contrary to the death of it.The work evoked somewhat of an interest in the field of philosophy of science and was viewed as a valuable contribution to the answering of questions that occupy a position on the border of philosophy and science. In his own time, Matisse was considered important and influential within this field. He attended the famous "Congrès International de Philosophie Scientifique" in Paris in 1935, which was organized primarily by Carnap.The present work was written shortly after this congress and published shortly before the first part of his main work. Carnap seems to have read the introduction, in which there are a few pencil-underlinings, and he has probably been more interested in the general thesis against teleology and preformation as a scientifically valuable explanation of the phenomena of nature than in the more thorough explanation of his ideas.Matisse graduated in biophysics in 1918 in Paris, but early on he became interested in mathematics, physics, and epistemology, the three fields of which are united in this interesting treatise.

Hauniæ, 1938. 4to. 7 orig.shirtmapper. Med 692 plancher.

(London, Taylor and Francis, 1866). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions", Vol. 156 - Part II, pp. 399-439. 2 Textillustrations. Firat appearance of a groundbreaking paper in physical chemistry in which Graham describes the fundamental mechanism for gas transport across a polymer membrane. The mechanism is known as solution-diffusion model, and postulates a three-step process for gas transport through a polymer.

(Stockholm, ca. 1890). Folio-oblong. Orig. hldrbd. med rygforgyldning. Ryg med lidt skrammer. Med et oversigtskort og et blad med Teckenförklaring samt alle 66 farvelitograferede kort, som opmålt indtil udgivelse (ca. 1890).

London, J. Millan, 1770. Contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spine. Stamps on title-page. IV,(4),222,32 pp., 28 folded engraved plates (25 + 3). Internally clean and fine. Klaus Jordan,2667.

Leipzig, J.A. Barth, 1912. Bound in two contemp. hcalf, richly gilt spine and one later full cloth. A library stamp on the first volume. "Annalen der Physik. Vierte Folge. Band 37 (und) 38. Hrsg. von W. Wien und M. Planck." VIII,1048;VIII,1064 pp., 5+8 plates. Einstein papers: pp. 832-38 (vol.37), pp. 881-84 (Nachtrag vol. 38); pp. 443-458 (vol. 38); p. 888 (vol. 38); pp. 1059-1064 (vol. 38); Planck: pp. 642-656. Internally fine and clean. Both volumes offered. All papers first edition. In the first paper "Thermodynamical derivation of the photochemical equivalence", Einstein calls "the law of photochemical equivalence" the statement that the decomposition of one gram equivalent of any substance by a photochemical proces demands the radiation energy of 'Nhv' (where N=the Avogadro number). In this paper he demonstrates how this law is deducible by purely thermodynamical arguments, if certain olausible assumotions are made. (Lanzos). - The second paper "Concerning the theory of a static gravitational field" states that the 'equivalence hypothesis' permits us to come to very definite conclusions about the behaviour of a static gravitational field.. - The next Einstein paper gives an answer to J. Stark, as Stark claimed priority to the photochemical equivalence law. - In the last paper "Relativity and Gravitation. Reply to a remark of M. Abraham" Einstein elaborates his answer to the critique of M. Abraham. - Weil Nos 46 (1-2) a. 48. - Planck, Akademie No 95.

Christiania, J.W. Cappelens Forlag, 1852. Lex8vo. Nær samtidigt helshirtbd. IV,892 pp. Indvendigt rent, frisk eksemplar. Originaltrykket.

Edinburgh, Nelson and Sons, 1952-53. 8vo. Contemp. hcloth. Tome-and titlelabels with gilt lettering. In: "The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science", Vol. III (May 1952 to February 1953). XIV,394 pp. Entire volume offered. Stamps to foot of titlepage and a few other pages. Schrödinger's papers: pp. 109-123 a. 233-242. Clean and fine. First printing of these importent papers on the philosophy of Quantum physics. "If we have to go on with these damned quantum jumps, then I'm sorry that I ever got involved." (E.Schrodinger)."In it he contrasts the smooth evolution of the Schrodinger wavefunction with the erratic behaviour of the picture by which the wavefunction is usually supplemented, or 'interpreted', in the minds of most physicists. He objects in particular to the notion of 'stationary states', and above all to 'quantum jumping' between those states. He regards these concepts as hangovers from the old Bohr quantum theory, of 1913, and entirely unmotivated by anything in the mathematics of the new theory of 1926. (J.S. Bell).

Hamburg, L. Friederichsen & Co., 1902. Folio. Orig. hcloth. Printed boards. Upper board with faint scratches. Stamps on title-page. VI,10 pp., 39 maps, partly in colour.

Amsterdam, Wettstein, 1676. 12mo. In recent full vellum binding with brown leather titlelabel with gilt lettering to spine. Lightly miscoloured to margins. (28), 179, (4) pp. (including 9 engraved plates (4 folded)). Later edition of Bartholin's work on reproduction in antiquity. (first published in Copenhagen in 1646).Wellcome II, 108 Graesse I, 302.

Amsterdam, Huguetan & Mortier, 1691. 56x85 cm. Large engraved map of Terra Sancta with original colours in outline. With two large engraved cartouches. Small repairs to lower part of centerfold. This is Jaillot's large version of Sanson's map of Palaestine, divided into tribes.

(Berlin, Stockholm, Paris, Almqvist & Wiksell, 1901). 4to. Without wrappers as extracted from"Acta Mathematica. Hrsg. von G. Mittag-Leffler", vol. 24, pp. 1-88. First edition. "After Poinceré, the most significant work on solutions of equations of the form dy/dx= P(x,y)/Q (x,y) is due to Ivar Bendixon (1861-1935). One of his major results (the offered paper) provides a criterion by means of which, in certain regions, one can show that no closed trajectory exists....The theorem now named after Poincaré and Bendixon, which is the latter's 1901 paper, provides a positive criterion for the existence of a periodic solution of (the above equation)." (Morris Kline).

London, Strahan, 1769. 4to. 3 contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Tome- and titlelabels with gilt lettering. Wear to top of spines. Light wear along joints and edges. One upper joint weakening. Stamp on title-pages. XV,394,(14);(4),479;(4),456,(38) pp. Light toning, a few brownspots.

(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1770). 4to. No wrappers as issued in "Mémoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres", tome XXIV, pp. 251-326. Clean and fine. First edition of an importent paper in algebraic analysis. The method used by Lagrange was probably suggested to him by Lambert, and both Euler, Lexell, d'Alembert and Condorcet all became highly intereste in this discovery as soon as they heard about it. "Laplace later presented a better proof. Lagrange's formula occupied numerous other mathematicians, including Arbogast, Parceval, Servois, Hindenburg and Bürgman....; and virtually every analyst of the nineteenth century considered the problem." (Jean Itard in DSB). - Poggendorff I:1344.

Dresden und Leipzig, Friedrich Hekel, 1737. 4to. Later boards. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Light wear at lower part of spine. Stamp on title-page. Engraved frontispiece. (30),166 pp., 21 engraved plates. Clean and fine, light yellow-toning to plates. First German edition. - Jordan, 2020.

Christiania, 1862. Særdeles nydeligt lidt senere rødt halvlæderbind med rygforgyldning. Et særdeles pænt, rent og friskt eksemplar. Originaludgaven af Ibsens femte bog. S&R: Variant A

Wien, Carl Gerold, 1813-15. Bound in 2 contemp. blue boards. Titlelabels with gilt lettering on spines. XV,518,(2);XXX,574,(2) pp. Light toning to first title-page. Some scattered brownspots. First edition.

Leipzig, Christoph Fleischeri, 1704. 4to. In contemporary vellum with yapp edges with title in black lettering to spine. All edges coloured in red. The printed text, about the size of a 12mo (125 x 70 mm), has been inserted in a paper-frame of better paper (180 x 130 mm), making it the size of a 4to. This has presumable been done immediately or shortly after the printing and is not to be considered as a repair. Extremities with a few spots and light soiling, internally very nice and clean. (4), 194, (18) pp. Interestingly printed later edition of Rivinus’ work in which he explains in greater detail the principles and guidelines of preaching originally formulated by Johann Benedict Carpzov. All editions are rare.

Leipzig, S. Hirzel, 1921. Cont. hcalf. Titlelabel gilt on back. Small stamp on title. (4),35 pp. First German edition and the first edition in book-form, as this Bakerian lecture was published in the Proceedings 1920. In this work Rutherford not only considered the neutron as a possibility, but he furthermore predicted its likely properties ("the idea of the possible existence of an atom of mass one, which has a zero nuclear charge").

Åaris, Duprat-Duverger, 1806. Bound in 2 contemp. marbled boards. Spines gilt. Titlelabels with gilt lettering. (6),417;(4),488 pp. and 1 folded engraved map. Clean and fine, printed on good paper. First edition. A pioneer work on ocean currents.

Weimar, Verfassers eigene Kosten, 1838. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. A small crack in leather at upper compartment. A paperlabel pasted on lower part of spine. Stamp on title-page. (6),511,(3) pp., 4 folded lithographed plans. Internally clean and fine, printed on good paper.

(USA, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1927). 8vo. Original printed blue wrappers. Punched for 3-ring binder. Spine worn, a bit of soiling to wrappers, inner hinges a bit weak. Internally fine and clean. (2), 9 + (3), 44 + 12 + 17, (3) + 20 pp. Illustrated. Separate reprint of 5 articles published a month before in "The Bell System Technical Journal. Four of the present articles on the early development of television were exceedingly influential, among these the paper by Frank Gray, who conducted groundbreaking research on the development of television, and Edward Nelson's important "Radio transmission for television". All four articles listed in "Early Television, A Bibliographic Guide to 1940". "The chief problems presented in the accomplishment of television are discussed. These are: the resolution of the scene into a series of electrical signals of adequate intensity for transmission; the provision of a transmission channel capable of transmitting a wide band of frequencies without distortion; means for utilizing the transmitted signals to re-create the image in a form suitable for viewing by one or more observers; arrangement for the accurate synchronization of the apparatus at the two ends of the transmission channel." (From the introduction to the present volume).The papers contained in the present volume are:1. Ives, Herbert E. Television, pp. 1-9.2. Gray, Frank, & J. W. Horton & R. C. Mathes. The production and utilization of television signals, pp. 1-44. (ET)3. Stoller, H. M. & E. R. Morton. Synchronization of television, pp. 1-12. 4. Gannett, D. K. & E. I. Green. Wire transmission system of television, pp. 1-17. 5. Nelson, Edward L. Radio transmission for television, pp.1-20. Early Television:1068.

Leipzig, Carl B. Lorck, o.J. (ca. 1851). Bound in 3 contemp. hcalf. Gilt backs. Large crowned coat of arms on frontcovers, gilt. Engraved portrait of Oersted and 4 plates. Printed on good paper. A fine clean copy. First German edition.

Leipzig, Joh. Ambrosius Barth, 1809. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine, raised bands. Very slightly rubbed. In "Annalen der Physik. Herausgegeben von Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert", Bd. 33. (Entire volume offered). (12),452 pp. and 4 folded engraved plates. Internally clean and fine. Small stamps on verso of titlepage. Laplace's papers: pp. 1-114, pp. 141-182, pp. 273-293, pp. 293-338 a. pp. 373-394. First German edition of Laplace's groundbreeking papers on the "Short-range Forces" i.e. capillary action, cohesion of solids, chemical reactions etc., where Laplace makes a major contribution to the mathematization of the subject. The papers are his first contributions to mathematical physics, and appeared as supplements to Book X of the fourth volume of his "Traité de mécanique céleste"."The importence, for Laplace's theory, of the shortrange character of the molecular forces cannot be overstressed. Small terms involving the square of the distance were repeatedly ignored, and it is no coincidence that in his concluding remarks to the second supplement Laplace reiterated his belief in the idntity of the forces at work in optical refraction, capillary action, and chemical reactions. In accordance with his belief that capillarity is a consequence of intermolecular action at a distance (albeit a very small distance), he tried to determine the relativemagnitude of the attractive force between the particles composing the liquid (F1) and the force between the particles of liquid and those of the tube (F2).... experiments, performed at Laplace's request, by Gay-Lussac, Haüy, and Jean-Lois Trémary...gave the theory added plausibility, as Laplace himself was always ready to observe; and they certainly helped it to survive the criticism of Laplace's only contemporary rival in the treatment of capillarity, Thomas Young."(DSB XV, Suppl. I, pp. 358 ff.).

Hafniæ & Lipsiæ, Christian Gottlob Mengel, 1745. Samtidigt helpergament med forgyldt rygtitel. Titelblad og frontisp med gammelt navn of enkelte pletter. Frontisp. (18),382,(2) pp. Med 3 (det ene foldet) kobbere, det sidste med gammel skrift på bagsiden. Editio secunda af Holbergs berømte utopiværk, Niels Klim i Undervendenen. Ehr.-M. XII:226 ff.Second edition of this influential utopian mastepiece.