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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).

Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1869. Conemp. hcalf. 5 raised bands, gilt spine and gilt lettering to spine. A few scratches to spine. Small stamp on verso of first -and general- titlepage and small stamps to verso of plates. In: "Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg. von J.C. Poggendorff", Fünfte Reihe Bd. 18 (138. Bd. der Reihe). X,652 pp. a. 6 folded plates (The entire volume offered). Mendeléev's paper: pp. 103-141 a. pp. 230-279. Clean and fine. First German edition of Mendeléev's doctoral dissertation "O soedineni spirta s vodoyu" from 1865. "In it he first developed the characteristic view that solutions are chemical compounds and that dissolving one substance into another is not to be distinguished from other forms of chemical combination. In this thesis, he also adhered to the principles of chemical atomism."(DSB). - This work contributed to the birth of a popular legend, which claims that Mendeleev invented the standard for Russian vodka, saying it should contain 40% of alcohol by volume. Mendeléev is credited as being the creator of the first version of the periodic table of elements. Using the table, he predicted the properties of elements yet to be discovered.The volume contains other notable papers by Kohlrausch, Fizeau, Zöllner etc. and Julius Thomsen's "Thermochemische Untersuchungen"

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.

Paris, Crochard, 1836. 8vo. In contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In: "Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago.", 2e Series, Tome 63. Entire volume offered. Some scattered brownspots, other fine with no institutional stamps. Laurent's papers: pp. 27-45, pp. 207-219 a. pp. 377-389. [Entire volume: 448 pp]. First apperance of 2 milestone papers in organic chemistry, in which Laurent "converted Dumas' theory into a real theory theory of substitution by making the importent addition that when a compound undergoes chlorination, the chlorine takes the place , and, as it were, plays the part of the hydrogen, which is removed."(Findley). In these papers Laurent published his table of chloridised compounds, many being then unknown. His table is THE FIRST ATTEMPT AT A CLASSIFICATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS based on the generating hydrocarbonates. (Partington IV, p. 382-83). His system of classification had a profound influence on the development of organic chemistry. "A founder of modern organic chemistry, Laurent was one of the most important chemists of the nineteenth century. He considered the behavior of matter to be a manifestation of its intimate internal structure, which one cannot determine with certainty but which one has to investigate if one wants to understand. Laurent’s preoccupation was to construct a method that could guide the chemist forward along this path, from facts to their causes. He was the first chemist to intimately associate crystallo-graphic data and chemical studies. Louis Pasteur and Charles Friedel later followed the way."(DSB). The volume contains other notable papers: Gay-Lussac (5 papers), Boussingault, Pelouze, Justus Liebig etc. etc.

Berlin, Duncker und Humblot, 1826. 8vo. Uncut in contemporary marbled wrappers. Spine neatly restored with matching marbled paper. Stamps to verso of title page. Scattered brownspots. VIII,80 pp. + 1 engraved folded plate. First German edition of Rask's important treatise "Om Zendsprogets og Zendavestas Ælde og Ægthed", published same year as the Danish edition. Hjelmslev I, 96.

12mo. Bound in 40 cont. hcloth. Very slight wear to top of spines. Engraved portr. Comprising all the volumes issued in Goethe's lifetime.

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.

London, Edward Stanford, 1879. Without wrappers in "Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly Record of Geography", April issue with titlepage to vol. 1, 1879. Pp.(2), 225-288 a. 2 folded maps. Cayley's paper: pp. 259-261 Fitrst appearance of Cayley's famous paper on the Four-Colour-Problem"The four-colour map problem (to prove that on any map only four colours are needed to separate countries) is celebrated in mathematics. It resisted the attempts of able mathematicians for over a century and when it was successfully proved in 1976 the ‘computer proof’ was controversial: it did not allow scrutiny in the conventional way. At the height of his influence in 1878, Arthur Cayley had drawn attention to the problem at a meeting of the London Mathematical Society and it was duly ‘announced’ in print. (the paper offered). He made a short contribution himself and he encouraged the young A. B. Kempe to publish a paper on the subject. Though ultimately unsuccessful, the work of Cayley and Kempe in the late 1870s brought valuable insights..... Francis Galton is revealed as the ‘go-between’ in suggesting Cayley publish his observations in Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society." (Tony Crilly).The Four-Colour-Theorem was proved in 1976 by Kenneth Appel and Wolfgang Haken. It was the first major mathematical theorem to be proved using a computer.

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.

Stockholm, 1769. 2 samt. hldrbd. med rygforgyldning og skindtitler. 1216 pp. samt 8 kobberstukne foldeplancher (heraf 2 kort). Lauridsen II:Nr. 56. Første Svenske udgave. En fortsættelse udkom separat i 1770.

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.

Halle, Rengerschen Buchhandlung, 1801. Without wrappers as published in "Annalen der Physik. Herausgegeben von Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert", Bd. 7, Viertes Stück. The entire issue offered (=Heft 4). Pp. 387-528. Ritter's announcement p. 525. With titlepage to volume 7. Clean and fine. Titlepage a bit shavedin inner margin. First printing of Ritter's announcement of his discovery of ultraviolet light in a halfpage letter addressed to Gilbert's Annalen. With that discovery, it became clear that visible light represents no more than a fraction of a continous spectrum.A year earlier, in 1800, William Herschel discovered infrared light. This was the first time that a form of light beyond visible light had been detected. After hearing about Herschel's discovery of an invisible form of light beyond the red portion of the spectrum, Ritter decided to conduct experiments to determine if invisible light existed beyond the violet end of the spectrum as well. He had heard that blue light caused a greater reaction in silver chloride than red light did. Ritter decided to measure the rate at which silver chloride reacted to the different colors of light. He directed sunlight through a glass prism to create a spectrum. He then placed silver chloride in each color of the spectrum and found that it showed little change in the red part of the spectrum, but darkened toward the violet end of the spectrum. Johann Ritter then decided to place silver chloride in the area just beyond the violet end of the spectrum, in a region where no sunlight was visible. To his amazement, this region showed the most intense reaction of all. This showed for the first time that an invisible form of light existed beyond the violet end of the visible spectrum. This new type of light, which Ritter called Chemical Rays, later became known as ultraviolet light or ultraviolet radiation (the word ultra means beyond). - Parkinson, Breakthroughs: 1801 P.

Trykt i Christiania hos Chr. Grøndahl, 1845. 4 to. (Udskrevet af Kong Oscar, Konge til Norge og Sverige). Samt.hldrbd. Ryg m. lettere brugsspor. Om fiskeri, told, beskatning, Finmarken, byggeri, byernes forhold, Fattigvæsenet, mål og vægt, bankforhold, brændevin, jagt og vildt etc etc.

Ldn.,R.Ackermann, 1820. Roya18vo. Orig.pict.cloth. Gilt backs. Top a.bottom of spine with small tears. Binding a little loose. (6),277 pp. and 29 fine handcoloured litogr.plates.

Weimar, B.F. Voigt, 1855. Small 8vo. Contemp. hcalf, gilt. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on lower part of spine. Stamp on titlapage and verso. XV,194 pp. and 1 folded engraved plate with 12 figs. of guns. First and last leaves with a few brownspots, otherwise ine and clean. Very scarce first German edition of "Notice sur les Pistolets Tournants et Roulants...Paris 1854", which is one of the earliest treatises on the revolver, published only four years after Col. Colt's invention, and discussing the comparative merits of his, the Adams-Deane, Comblain, Mangeot-Comblain, Haaken-Plondeur, and a few other types, then in vogue. - Sotheran Bibliotheca Chemico.Mathematica No 21437.

Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1846. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt. Wear to top of spine. Some repairs to hinges. Stamp on title-page. VII,216;(4),VIII,98,VII,46 pp., 2 engraved maps and 42 engraved plates (mostly costal profiles). Internally clean and fine.