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Nashville, American Economic Association, 1977. Lex8vo. In the original printed wrappers. In "The American Economic Review, June 1977". Entire issue offered. A very fine and clean copy. Pp. 297-308. [Entire volume: Pp. (4), 261-535, (25)]. First printing of this groundbraking paper in which the Dixit-Stiglitz model was presented for the first time. The famous and exceedingly influential model of monopolistic competition: "transformed international trade theory, as it did other fields of economics, and provided one of the key building blocks for the new economic geography literature that developed in the 1990s." (Venables, Inequalities in Developing Countries). Joseph Eugene Stiglitz an American economist and a professor at Columbia University, recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2001), former Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank. He is known for his critical view of the management ofglobalization, free-market economists, whom he calls "free market fundamentalists", and some international institutions like theInternational Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Stiglitz is one of the most frequently cited economists in the world. Stiglitz has to a large extent been influenced Keynes and has himself influenced famous and influential economist such as Paul Krugman, Jason Furman and Stephany Griffith-Jones.

Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1735. 4to. Fine contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Richly gilt spine. Tome- and titlelabels with gilt lettering. Gilt borders on covers. Engraved frontispiece. (8),136,512, pp., 24 partly folded engraved plates. Clean and fine. With original papers by: Bouguer, Maupertuis, Geoffroy, Godin, du Hamel, Maraldi, Couplet, du Fay, D'Onzembray, Cassini, Petit, Bernoulli, Maloet, Nicole, Clairaut, de la Condamine, du Hamel & Grosse, Pitot, Buache, Grandjean, Morand, Camus, Godin.

A Paris, Levrault, Schoell et Cie, An XII (1804). 4to. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. With the monogram of King Christian VII on red background on upper cover. VIII,434,(2) pp. and 20 large folded engraved plates. last 3 leaves and first plate with an inkspot in upper corner. First edition. - Klaus Jordan, 2639.

Halle, Rengerschen Buchhandlung, 1799. Without wrappers. In "Annalen der Physik. Herausgegeben von Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert", Bd. 2, Erstes Stück. (The entire issue offered). Titlepage to vol. 2. Pp. 1-118 a. 2 folded engraved plates. Cavendish's paper: pp. 1-62. (the torsion balance of Michell shown on the plates). First German edition of Cavendish's famous paper in which he calculated the weight of the earth and determined its mass. He also, as the first, observed gravitational motion of minute portions of matter. He estimates the earth's mass to 6,6 x 10 to the potential of 24 kg. The original paper "Experiments to determine the Density of the Earth" appeared in Philosophical Transaction, 1798."Cavendish published five papers between 1784 and 1809...With one exception they were comparatively minor productions....The exception was his determination of the density of the earth or weighing of the world in 1798, by means of John Michell's torsion balance. The apparatus consisted of two lead balls on either end of a suspended beam; these movable balls were attracted by a pair of stationary lead balls. Cavendish calculated the the force of attraction between the balls fro the observed period of oscillation of the balance and deduced the density of the earth from the force. He found it to be 5.48 times that of water. Cavendish was the first to observe gravitational motions induced by comparatively minute portions of ordinary matter...By weighing the world he rendered the law of gravitation complete. The law was no longer a proportionally statement but a quantitatively exact one; this was the most importent addition to the science of gravitation since Newton."(DSB III, p. 158.).

Stadtamhof, Joh. Mich. Daisenberger, 1799. Small 8vo. Bound in a beautiful contemporary red full vellum binding with richly gilt spine and boards. Four raised bands to spine. Wide floral borders and the dated initials "M C D" and year "1802" to front board. All edges gilt. Wear to extremeties. Previous ownership entry to front free end paper ("Martin de Crignis/ von Aichach 1828/ geb: den 14/3 17." Text printed to immitate handwriting, within ornamental borders throughout, and headlines printed in red throughout. Printed on good paper. 304 (including frontispiece), (4) pp. A spendidly printed book in a magnificent vellum binging that been dyed bright red and with rich gilding.Aichach (or Aicha) is a small city in Bavaria, Germany, located north of Augsburg. The De Crignis family were merchants in this small city, dealing with spices, iron, and fabrics. From "Königlich Bayersches Intelligenz-Blatt für den Ober-Donau-Kreis 1833" it is evident that Martin De Crignis was appointed Major and Commander of the Batallion of Neuburg.

Wien & Leipzig, Wilhelm Braumüller, 1893-94. Bound in 7 contemporary half calf bindings, all with slight shelfwear and library labels on spines. Volume 7 (maps) lacks front cover. With numerous frontisp., maps, plans, and illlustrations. Library stamps. Archduke Carl Ludwig Johann Joseph Lawrence of Austria, Duke of Teschen (September 5, 1771 in Florence, - 30 April 1847 in Vienna) was a general and a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. He is remembered for the fact that he was the first to inflict defeat on Napoleon at the Battle of Aspern, 21/22. May 1809.

Kbhvn., 1812-19. Indbundet i 6 velbevarede samtidige helldrbd. med overdådig rygforgyldning, titel-og tomefelter i skind. Foldetabeller.

Flensburg, Hansen & Kastrup,1839. Original printed stiff covers, clothbacked. Stamps on title-page. 56 pp., 1 folded lithographed map. Faint scattered brownspots.

Frankfurt, ex officina Hafniensi, Petri Haubold, 1673. Small8vo. In contemporary full calf with five raised bands. Hindges weak. A few marginal annotations to title-page. First few leaves lightly miscoloured, otherwise fine. (8), 104 pp The rare first edition of Bartholin's work on bloodtransfusion.

Copenhagen, Joachim Schmedtgen, 1699. Contep. full calf. Richly gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. (24),164,112,142,110,84,(4) pp. Internally fine. First German edition and the first translation at all of "Christian den Femtes Danske Lov" 1683.

Jena, Pohlium, 1712. 8vo. In a nice contemporary Cambridge-style mirror binding with four raised bands and richly gilt spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. All edges marbled. A few scratches to extremities, but overall a very nice and clean copy. (14), 1159, (49) pp. + frontispiece. Rare second edition of Sebastian Schmid's (1617-1696) various theological expositions.

Kjøbenhavn og Kristiania, Gyldendal,1919. 4to. Orig. hldrbd. med rygforgyldning. Lette brugsspor på ryg. Litograferet portræt af Knud Rasmussen udført af Albert Engstrøm som frontispiece, egenhændigt signeret af Knud Rasmussen. 596,(12) pp., kort, tekstillustrationer, s/h plancher samt opklæbede farveplancher. Originaludgaven, men denne særudgave er på særligt stort papir, næsten dobbelt så stor som normaludgaven i oktav og med særligt udstyr, idet plancherne er opsatte på svært papir. Den litograferede og signerede frontispiece findes heller ikke i normaludgaven.

Gotha, Justus Perthes, (Maps dated 1876). Folio.. Orig. full cloth, blindstamped and gilt frontboard. Corners bumped, edges worn, covers with scratches. (2) pp. and 31 steel-engraved double-page coloured maps. Light browning to lower margins of some maps, otherwise clean. With maps of all the Continents, Europe, The Hemispheres etc.

Paris, 1818. 8vo. 3 cont.hcalf. Paperlabels on backs. St.o.t. XII, 324, 469, 368 pp. and 24 (of 25 ?) fold.engr.plts. (mostly in folio, plans and maps).

Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1914 u. 1915. No wrappers. In: "Annalen der Physik. Vierte Folge. Hrsg. von W. Wien und M. Planck.", Bd. 43., No 7,1914. Pp. 965-1116 a. 4 plates (entire issue offered) and. Bd. 48, No. 18. Pp. 145-272 a. 2 plates (entire issue offered).The blocks are punched in inner margins after cords. Stark's papers I-IV: pp. 965-1047 (Bd. 43) and V-VI: pp. 193-235 (Bd. 48). Both issues clean and fine. First appearance of these 5 important papers in which Stark describes his researches on the effects of the electrical field on the spectral lines of hydrogen, thus discovering the splitting of the spectral lines, THE STARK-EFFECT. This effect was incorporated into quantum mexhanics by Paul Epstein in 1916, and it was shown to be consistent with wave mechanics by Schrödinger in 1926. In 1919 Stark was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics for his discovery of the Doppler effect in canal rays and of the splitting of spectral lines inan electric field (the papers offered). "At the beginning of July 1913, several months before Stark’s discovery, Niels Bohr published his concept of a quantum-mechanical model of the atom. This provided, in principle, the possibility of understanding the reason for the Stark effect, which the classical theory was powerless to explain. Stark therefore had an opportunity to be doubly gratified, having also been one of the first, after Max Planck and Einstein, to stress the “fundamental significance” of Planck’s elementary law (since 1907). which he had championed in many polemical discussions. Yet, almost incomprehensibly, Stark denied himself the satisfaction of seeing his own experiments confirm a theory for which he had helped prepare the way conceptually, even if he had not directly participated in its creation. Apparently he always had to oppose the accepted point of view. Thus, as Bohr’s theory continued to gain adherents in 1914-1916." (DSB)

Leipzig, Veit & Comp., 1887-90. Folio. Bound in 2 solid later full cloth. Gitl titlelabels in leather on backs. VI,(1),90;IV,(2),146 pp., many wood-cut illustrations in the text and 32 fine lithographed plates. Upper right corner of titlepages with a punched library stamp. Titlepage on vol. 2 with a tear, no loss and repaired. First edition of this classic monograph by the respected ichtyologist Gustav Theodor Fritsch. - BMC (NH) II:626. - Nissen ZBI: 1445.

Luxemburg, F. Rehm, B. Bück, 1850. Contemp. modest hcloth. A stamp on title-page. XII,347,(1) pp., 1 large folded plan. Halftitle brownspotted. First edition.

Amsterdam, Jean Pauli, 1740-42. Small 8vo. 7 uniform, contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Richly gilt spines. Tome-and titleabels with gilt lettering. Stamp on title-pages. Gilt borders on covers. From the library of Julius de Meza. 7 engraved titlevignettes, 1 folded engraved map, 1 engraved portrait (Fr. IV).

Lugd. Batav. (Leiden), Franciscum Hegerum, 1640. 12mo. Contemp. full vellum. Some traces of use to binding. Small stamp on title. Engraved title. (22),752,(30) pp.(incl. Errata). Greek and Latin text. This novel by Achilles (second cent. A.D.) "The Adventures of Leucippe and Cleitophon follows the usual patterns of the genre (a much hindered love - between two protagonists - triumphs in the end over numberless difficulties, terrifying dangers, and complicated adventures - voyages, shipwrecks, tortures, guiles, abductions, attacks by pirates and robbers etc.); the story is told - this is unusual in the genre - in the first person by Cleitophon himself, whom Achilles pretends to have met in Sidon. The authors style is typically Atticistic.." (Oxf. Class. Dict.). - Brunet I: p.37 - Graesse I: p.13 "Cette jolie edition, qui se joint à la collection des Elzeviers, et qui est complète et fait d'apres plusieurs manuscrits, a beaucoup de fantes d'impressionn." - Willems No 1611.

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.

London, Harrison and Sons, 1885. Later full buckram. Gilt lettering to spine. IX,506,XL pp., 1 plate, textillustr. (Entire volume offered). Preece's paper: pp. 219-230 with 6 large textillustrations. Internally clean and fine. First printing of this importent paper in which Preece was the first to use the term "Edison effect.""In 1884 William Henry Preece, an official of the British General Post Office, was shown an experiment by Thomas Edison. Of this experiment Preece gave what appears to be the first printed account in a paper entitled 'On a Peculiar Behaviour of Glow-Lamps raised to High Incandescence' (the paper offered)... What Edison had demonstrated was that if a metal plate is sealed into an electric light bulb and joined to the positive end of the filament a considerable curent will pass. If the plate is joined to the negative terminal, however, no current will pass. This was known as the 'Edison effect' and in 1890 Fleming, an electrical engineer who had workes with the Edison Company in London and now was professor at University College, began a carefull study of this phenomenon in carbon filament lamps. In 1904 he was able to demonstrate that this occurred not only with electric waves but also with wireless waves. He thus introduced the basic principle of the modern wireless valve, which permits only unilateral conductivity."(PMM No 396).Shiers & Shiers "Early television", No 186.

London, Edward Stanford, 1905. (95 x 95,5 cm.). A large lithographed map of Brazil, lithographed in colours, original linen-backed and folded in 35 sections. Folded in the original cloth-case with the original printed title-label preserved. A fine copy.

(London, Richard and John E. Taylor, 1841). 8vo. No wrappers. In: "Scientific Memoirs, selected from Transactions of Foreign Academies of Science... Edited by Richard Taylor.", Vol. II, Part I. Pp. 1-140 and 10, mostly large folded lithographed plates. Gauss a. Weber's memoir: pp. 20-97 with 9 plates (The Magnetic Observatory, Göttingen, Plan of the arrangement of instruments, Drawings of the instruments used and Tables of Observation results). "Much care has been taken to make the plates... faithful copies of the originals. It has been thought necessary to republish the plates" (note at end of the memoir). First English edition of the first published papers from the famous "Des Magnetischen Vereins im Jahre 1836" for the study of the magnetism of the earth."Gauss, one of the keenest and most original mathematical thinkers of all time, was joined by Weber for an intensive study of the nature and intensity of the earth's magnetism.. To enlist the observational help of others, they formed a society of international scope and published their observations annually for a dozen years. As part of their work, a telegraph line was erected in 1834 between the iron-free magnetic observatory and astronomical observatory at Göttingen."(Dibner, Heralds of Science No. 66)."Gauss and Weber organized the Magnetische Verein (The Magnetic Association, mentioned in the title), which united a worldwide network of observatories. Its Resultate aus den Beobachtungen des magnetischen Vereins appeared in six volumes (1836-1841) and included fifteen papers by Gauss, twenty-three by Weber, and the joint Atlas des Erdmagnetismus (1840). These and other publications elsewhere dealt with problems of instrumentation (including one of several inventions of the bifilar magnetometer), reported observations of the horizontal and vertical components of magnetic force, and attempted to explain the observations in mathematical terms."(DSB).The offered part contains another importent paper by M.H. JACOBI "Electro-Magnetic Experiments", pp. 1-19 and 1 plate which is the first English translation of his importent paper "Expéeriences électromagnétiques," in Bulletin de l’Académie impériale des sciences de St. Pétersbourg, 2 (1837), describingone of the first practical electrical motors.

(Madrid, Impr. Reale, 1818). Small folio-oblong. (21,5 x 33,5 cm.). Contemp. hcalf. Handwritten titlelabel on upper board: "Laminas para los Elementos de Fortificacion...". With 71 (numb. I-LXXI) engraved plates in 4to and folio, many folded. 2 plates at end repaired in outer margin with a small loss of image. A few scattred brownspots. Klaus Jordan, 2721.

Hamburg, perthes, (1800-) 1801. 2 contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines. Tome-and titlelabels with gilt lettering. Nick in leather on volume one on top and on foot of spine. Stamp on title-pages. (2),478;(4),IV,528 pp., 13 large folded engraved maps/plans. Internally fine, printed on good paper.