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Weimar, in Verlage des Geographischen Instituts, 1825-28. Folio. Each 49x60 cm. 5 steel-engraved maps depicting the 5 parts of Prussia. All Handcoloured in outline. Cont. blank wrappers, wrappers partly lost. All maps with broad margins with use and tears, one tear reaching engraved surface. Some soiling. The last 2 maps dampstained in right corners. Contents. 1. Charte v. d. Königl. Preuss. Provinz Schlesien. - 2....Pommern. 3....Brandenburg. - 4....Sachsen. - 5... Westphalen und die Rhein-provinz.

Leipzig, Hinrichsche Buchhandlung, 1821. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on top of spine. Stamps on title-page. 312 pp. and 14 large folded engraved plates. Clean and fine. First edition. - Poggendorff II, 804.

Berlin, Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1923. 4to. Uncut and partly unopened in orig. wrappers to issue XXVIII-XXIV of "Sitzungsberichte der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften". Wrappers with nicks and tears, especilly frontwrapper with marginal loss. Die Energieschwankungen...pp. 350-354. - Bemerkung zu Quantenstatistik...pp. 355-58.- Bietet die Feldtheorie...pp. 359-364. - Zur Theorie der von glühende...pp. 334-348. All four papers first edition. - Planck: Akademie both :145. - Eionstein: Weil No 137.

Freiburg im Breisgau, Herder'schen, 1838-39. 8vo. a. 4to. Textvols. in 2 contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines. A paperlabel pasted to spines. Stamp on title-pages. Some spotting, especially to volume two. Atlasvols. in 2 contemp hcalf. A paperlabel pasted to spines. XXI,552,XIX,807,(1) pp., 3 folded tables. Atlases: 8 large folded lithographed maps, 26 folded lithographed plans. Some scattered brownspots.

Folio. Orig. hcloth. 120 pp., 16 fine colourplates in photo-litho offset, 22 plates b/w in collotype. One of 2000 copies on "Gelderland mill paper". First edition.

K., 1881-1976. Lex8vo. 5 solide hldrbd. Bd VI hæftet. Originaltrykket. Bd. VI: Kilder og hjælpemidler, Efterskrift.

London, L. Davis, 1759. 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from "Philosophical Transactions", vol. 50, part 2. Including title-page and advertisement of volume. A fine copy. Pp. 481-84 + title-page. First appearance of Franklin's paper on temporary benefits of electrical shocks administered to people suffering from paralysis

Berlin, Offentliches Leben, 1937. 8vo. Offprint in the original wrappers. Wrappers with minor miscolouring and top left corner of front wrapper slightly bended, otherwise a very nice and clean copy. 90 pp. First printing of Hermann's publication on the historical development and foundation of physics. Today she if famous for her pioneering work with respect to the interpretation of quantum theory, the present paper being her most extensive on the philosophical aspects of the development of research in physics.Attempts to interpret and understand what was then new and very puzzling physics were of great contemporary importance when Grete Hermann entered the field, and her work in physics was mainly related to the interpretation of quantum mechanics. More specifically, her main work in physics was on the philosophical foundations of quantum mechanics, the significance of modern physics for the theory of knowledge, and causality in physics. She was one of the active early contributors to the historic debates on causality in quantum mechanics, and on the completeness of quantum mechanics and its description of reality.Hermann's work during the 1930s reveals the influence of her background in the neo-Kantian school, yet it also owes much to the way in which Heisenberg and Weizsäcker had interpreted Bohr's doctrine of the indispensability of classical concepts in the description of experience.Heisenberg has written that Grete Hermann came to Leipzig for the purpose of challenging the philosophical basis of atomic physics. Heisenberg devoted an entire chapter of his book "Physics and Beyond: Encounters and Conversations" to a reconstruction of discussions that he had on quantum mechanics and Kantian philosophy with Grete Hermann and Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker.

(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1766). 4to. No wrappers, as issued in "Mémoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles Lettres", tome XX, pp. 91-164 (91-116;117-143;144-164). 1 engraved plate ( belonging to "Microscope...") 3 first editions by Euler in algebra, in optics and in the theory of chance - in this last paper he discusses the so-called St. Petersburg paradox, the Game Pharon.

Roma, Presss l'Autore, 1816. Orig. stif decorated wrappers. Printed titlelabel on spine preserved. IX,(3),264 pp., 32 engraved plates and 2 folded msaps (1. Travelling map - 2. City plan of Napoli). Clean and fine, printed on good paper.

Bremen, Berthold u. Henrich de Villiers, 1660. 12mo. Contemp. full vellum. Written title on back. Slightly rubbed. Annotations and old name on front free endpaper. 517 pp. Lower right corners with a faint dampstain. An interesting work on the distribution of political power in the 17th century.

Small 8vo. 2 orig. blue boards. Uncut. Printed titlelabels on back. Slightly rubbed. First inner hinge loose. 2 printed and 2 engraved titles. 2 engraved portraits. (12),XIV,188,(8),XIV,222 pp. and 64 handcoloured engraved plates with tissue-guards. First printed title dampstained. Ocassional slightly brownspotted. (Naturgeschichtlicher Cabinet des Thierreiches von William Jardine. Vol. VIII-IX.

Leipzig, Gerdes, 1696. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with gilt ornamentation to spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Wear to extremities, head of spine chipped, boards with stains. Small worm-tract to lower outer margin of last leaves. Internally generally nice and clean. (14), 672, (6) pp. + frontispiece. Later edition of this political satire being one of Weise’s most widely read books. In the second half of the 17th Century, Christian Weise authored several groundbreaking political and satirical novels. These novels sparked a trend for the German "political novel," which continued into the following decade.

Kiøbenhavn, J. W. Bopp, 1753. 8vo. Indbundet i to nyere sorte helshirtbind med forgyldte rygtitler. Adskillige navnetræk og tilskrifter på forsats- og friblade. De første ti blade af første bind restaureret i marginen med japanpapir. Titelblad til andet bind mangler. Lettere brunet og enkelte spredte marginalnoter, ellers ren indvendig. Med frontispieceportræt af Leonora Christina Ulfeldt, kobberstukken titelvignet samt enkelte vignettter i teksten. (152), [Rostgaard: (40)], 758; 759-1560, (64) pp. Den ualmindelige originaludgave af Schönaus hovedværk om Danmarks lærde kvinder. Værket indeholder afskillige kortere biografier af tidens lærde kvinder, heriblandt Birgitte Thott.

Lugduni (Lyon), Seb. Gryphium, 1549. 8vo. Without binding. Printers woodcut-device on titlepage. 226,(12) pp. A faint dampstain to upper right margin of ab. 40 leaves. Otherwise fine and clean, printed on good paper. Scarce firxst edition of Petrus Victorius's edition of Cato's and Varro's famous De Re Rustica. The works relates primarely to agriculture but gives also glimpses of customs and technological factors known to the ancient. The works also deals with development of vine, olive, fruit-growing and grazing. - Adams C 1125.

(Paris, Mallet-Bachelier), 1857. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 45, No. 20. Pp. (785)-832. Entire issue offered. Niepce de Saint-Victor's paper: pp. 811-815, First apperance of the first paper relating to his discovery of INVISIBLE "CHEMICAL" RAYS, and which, 30 years later, by Henry Becquerel was "re-discovered" as radioactivity (1896).The results of these investigations lead to these statement: Some compounds exposed to light exhibit in the dark the same effect as that produced by the direct action of light. - Cardboards impregnated with both uranium nitrate and tartaric acid are "active" - The "activity" remaining on the exposed cardboard is revealed by its action on a photographic plate - The effect is not due to phosphorescence - The activity is attributed to invisible "chemical" rays.It is amazing how closely these experiments resembled those performed by Henri Becquerel 30 years later."When the work of Abel Niepce de Saint-Victor was brought to light, many persons thought that henri had been aware of these publications prior to his research on uranium. Severel facts seems to support this belief. Henri's father, Alexandre Edmond, had reported several details from Abel Niepce in a book entitled "Light: its causes and effects", published 1869. When Henri Carrington Bolton (1843-1903) reviewed in 1869 the work of Abel Niepce, he mentioned a "remarkable property of uranium nitrate to absorb the actinic rays of light, retaining them in an active condition for a long time". In 1866 and 1869, J. Jamin, Henri's first stepfather, lectured at the Ecole Polytechnique on the Niepce effects."(Michel Genet "The Discovery of Uranic Rays: A short Step for Henri Becquerel but a Giant Step for Science" in Radiochimica Acta /0/71 1995).

Amsterdam, Fr. Changuion, 1742. 8vo. Uniformly bound in 15 contemporary full calf bindings with five raised bands and richly gilt spines. Ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-papers. Vol. 1 - 14 and 16, wanting vol. 15. A nice and clean set. Later edition of this monumental historical account that traces the origins and development of the French monarchy from its beginnings in the region known as Gaul.

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, C.A. Reitzel, 1842. Smukt, velbevaret senere hldrbd. med rig rygforgyldning og forgyldt skindtitel på ryg. (Indbundet af Nanna Grönvall Malmö). Med smudstitelbladet og dedikationsbladet til Tieck. Aldeles rent, risk eksemplar Originaludgaven af Andersens store rejsebog. - BFN: 417.

Augsburg, Lotter, 1711. 4to. In contemporary full calf with blindstamped ornamentation of spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Wear to extremities, boards slightly bended and with scratches. Leaf C3 with tear, otherwise internally nice and clean. (4) + 140 (out of 150) psalms on 70 leaves with 140 beautiful emblems accompanying the psalms. The rare first edition of this beautiful work with biblical emblems. Graesse IV, 39.

London, Laurie, 1826 - 1825. 8vo. In later half half cloth with gilt lettering and stamp to spine. Two stamps to title-page. Occassional browning throughout. Last ten leaves closely trimmed in upper margin, with minor loss of text. VIII, 309, (1), 16 pp. Fifth edition, "Corrected and materially improved".

Dat. "10.3.1942". 1s. 4to. Skrevet på forlagets brevpapir. Brevet er en anmodning fra Dr. Knapp på vegne af en skoleklasse i Tyskland, som ønsker en autograf fra Knut Hamsun på et billede af ham. Brevet slutter således: "Im allgemeinen suchen wir ja solche belästigungen Herrn/ Knut Hamsun möglichst fern zu halten, aber in diesem rührende/ Fall wollten wir doch eine Ausnahme machen./ Wir danken Herrn Knut Hamsun und Ihnen im voraus herzlich für/ die Erfüllung der kindlichen Bitte./ Mit verehrungsvoller Begrüssung und/ Heil Hitler!/ Ihr sehr ergebener/ Albert Langen - Georg Müller Derlay [stemplet]/ Dr. Knapp [håndskrevet]." Efter de ca. 15 maskinskrevne linier følger fire håndskrevne linier i Dr. Knapps hånd, hvoraf fremgår, at der alligevel ikke sendes et billede med, som Knut Hamsun kan signere, men en stor plakat. (1p. 4to. Written on paper w. letterhead from the publisher. The letter is a request from Dr. Knapp on behalf of a school-class in Louise, Germany, who wish for an autograph by Knut Hamsun on a photograph. The letter ends: "Im allgemeinen suchen wir ja solche belästigungen Herrn/ Knut Hamsun möglichst fern zu halten, aber in diesem rührende/ Fall wollten wir doch eine Ausnahme machen./ Wir danken Herrn Knut Hamsun und Ihnen im voraus herzlich für/ die Erfüllung der kindlichen Bitte./ Mit verehrungsvoller Begrüssung und/ Heil Hitler!/ Ihr sehr ergebener/ Albert Langen - Georg Müller Derlay [stamped]/ Dr. Knapp [handwritten]." Following the ab. 15 machine-written lines is a four lines handwritten notice in the hand of Dr. Knapp, stating that a photograph of Knut Hamsun for him to sign has not been sent with the letter after all, but a large poster. Meget interessant brev fra Nazitidens Tyskland, der både belyser, hvor vigtig Hamsun blev opfattet af tyskerne, og hvilken rolle Marie Hamsun har spillet i hendes mands forhold til nazisterne. Der er ingen tvivl om, at Knut Hamsun var velvilligt indstillet over for nazismen under krigen, men der er ligeledes heller ingen tvivl om, at hans syn på nazismen, eller det, han vidste om den, var noget mere nuanceret end hans kones. "Sagt mere forenklet: Havde Hamsun oprindelig rakt Marie en tyskvenlig lillefinger, forvandlede hun den i disse år til en fremstrakt naziarm." (Thorkild Hansen, Processen mod Hamsun, Bd. 2, pp. 76-77). Den aldrende Knut Hamsun var under krigen nærmest døv, og havde utroligt svært ved at følge med i, hvad der foregik i verden, da han ikke kunne høre radio. Han var således fuldstændig udleveret til sin kone og det, hun fortalte ham om, hvad der gik for sig i Tyskland. Marie meldte sig ind i NS og fastholdt sine nazistiske synspunkter til sin dødsdag, Knut tog kategorisk afstand fra nazismen, da det endelig gik op for ham, hvori dens sande karakter bestod. Han vedholdt ikke at have meldt sig ind i NS, og det er betegnende, at det er Marie, der står for stort set hele Hamsun-korrespondencen med nazisterne. Det er hende, der tager på adskillige propagandature i Tyskland i alle krigsårene, og det er hende, der tager rundt og læser op af Knuts bøger for nazisterne, ikke ham. Det er betegnende, at brevet er stilet til Marie og ikke Knut, når det nu er hans autograf, de ønsker, -den gamle mand var nok døv, men han kunne stadig læse, -kontakten gik altid gennem Marie, og det må nok siges at være hende, der sidder tilbage med en stor del af ansvaret for verdens opfattelse af, at den store digter bekendte sig fuldstændigt til nazismen. "Nu fik hun [Marie] oprejsning for de mange ydmygelser. Hun havde endelig fået overtaget, hun havde ikke alene børnene bag sig, hun havde hele den tyske værnemagt i Norge! Hamsun beklagede sig til fru Stray over, at hun "trak tyskerne til Nørholm"... Marie var ikke mere bare "Norges første litterære dame", hun var også blevet noget i kraft af sig selv... Hans rolle var udspillet. Katastrofen var indtruffet og kærligheden død... I stedet for den lydige selvopofrende hustru havde han fået en ond ånd, der bestemte alt og politiserede løs i hans navn." (Thorkild Hansen, Processen mod Hamsun, Bd. 2, pp. 78-80). Gennem sin rolle som den store digters hustru, tilkæmpede Marie sig sin egen status, -tyskerne placerede hende atter i rampelyset og lod hende igen hylde af et bifaldende publikum.

(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1758). 4to. No wrappers as issued in "Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles Lettres". tome XII, 1756. Pp. 165-234 a. 1 folded engraved plate. First printing of Euler's importent large memoir in which he develops the mathematical theory of windmills, and generates analytically the equations of the effects of winds on duoble-bended surfaces in relation to mechanical work. - Together with d'Alembert and Daniel Bernoully, Euler laid the foundation of mathematical physics. - Enestroem E 233.

(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1808). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1808 - Part I. Pp. 333-370. Clean and fine. First printing of a historical paper in chemistry, his third Bakerian Lecture, in which he obtained for the first time, by means of electrolysis, the metals barium, magnesium, calcium and strontium. He further utilized the strong reducing power of potassium to prepare boron."Humphry Davy was one of the most brilliant chemists of the early nineteenth century. His early study of nitrous oxide brought him his first reputation, but his later and most importent investigations were devoted to electrochemistry. Following Galvani's experiments and the discovery of the voltaic pile, interest in galvanic electricity had become widespread. The first electrolysis by means of the pile was carried out in 1800 by Nicholson and Carisle, who obtained oxygen and hydrogen from water. Davy began to examine the chemical effects of electricity in 1800, and his numerous discoveries were presented in his Bakerian lectures." - Not in Wheeler Gift. - The Ronalds Library p. 128.

Paris, Crochard, 1838. Contemp. hcalf. Raised bands, spine gilt. In: "Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago.", 2e Series, Tome 68. 448 pp. (entire volume offered). Wöhler & Liebig's paper: pp. 225-336. Clean and fine. small stamps to verso of titlepage. First French edition of this importent paper in the development of organic chemistry. It is the last joint paper of importence from "these two men, ...pioneers in the development of organic chemistry, form a twin constellation in the chemical firmament"(Alexander Findley in "A Hundred Years of Chemistry", p. 23). The paper is a translation of "Untersuchungen über die Natur der Harnsäure", published at the same time in Justus Liebigs Annalen der Chemie (1838), Wöhler and Liebig collaborated on one more major piece of work, a study of uric acid. (The paper offered). Wöhler suggested the subject, and the idea seems to have come from his medical interests. Uric acid was not easily obtainable–snake excrement was the only substantial source–and relationships with urea and allantoin were suspected by Wöhler. As a student he had won a prize in 1828 for an essay on the conversion in the human body of chemicals taken orally and excreted in urine. The technique adopted by Liebig and Wöhler was to subject uric acid, ad the derivatives they prepared, to oxidation and reduction by reagents of different concentrations and strengths. Wöhler seems to have been the first to heat reagents together in sealed glass tubes, but after an explosion he thought metal ones safer.Their 100-page paper described fourteen new compounds and their preparation and analysis.7 An attempt to establish a new radical called "uril" (C8N4O4) was less successful. Perhaps even more significant than the sophisticated, practical and theoretical organic chemistry was the new spirit revealed. Writing to Berzelius in 1828, Wöhler was doubtful whether animal substances could be prepared in the laboratory. In 1832 he began the paper on the benzoyl radical with a description of organic chemistry as "the dark region of organic nature." But in 1838 his work with Liebig led him to write (at Liebig’s suggestion): "The philosophy of chemistry will conclude from this work that it must be held not only as probable but [as] certain that all organic substances, insofar as they no longer belong to the organism, will be prepared in the laboratory. Sugar, salicin, morphine will be produced artificially. It is true that the route to these and products is not yet clear to us, because the intermediaries from which these materials develop are still unknown, but we shall learn to know them."(DSB).