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(London, Taylor and Francis, 1859). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1859 - Vol. 149 - Part I. Pp. 261-278 a. 2 lithographed plates. some small brownspots to plates. + pp. 279-307, textillustrations. First printing of two classical papers on Glaciers.Tyndall's investigations on glacier actions is based on his work on the influence of mechanical pressure upon manifestations of magnetic force."Generalizing from the effects of pressure on slate led him to the sudy of glacial movement..; in turn, glaciers fostered a passion for mountaineering and a fascination for what was to beome his major work - the effects of solar and, later jeat radfiation on atmospheric gases.."(DSB XIII, p. 522).

Helsingfors, 1933-86. 1.-20. årg indbundet i 9 solide hldrbd., rest i hefter.

London, Macmillan and Co., 1913. Rebound in 6 solid full fabrikoid, preserving orig. gilt spines in cloth. One leaf of Introduction loose and with tears, no loss of text. In vol. one a few leaves loosening. With plans, textillustrations, plates and 10 folded maps at end. One plan tape-repaired in foldings and with a tear. Internally clean. The second edition of the renowned translation and commentary by Frazer, not a reprint.

(Paris, Crochard, 1828). 8vo. Without wrappers. Extract from 'Annales de Chimie et de Physique', Series 2 - Volume 37. Pp. 330-334. First appearance in French of this milestone paper, marking the beginnings of organic chemistry, in which Wöhler describes how he managed to synthezise urea from cyanate of ammonia. The French version here is translated from the German paper "Ueber künstliche Bildung des Harnstoffs.", which was issued the same year (1828). This broke down the old distinction between organic and inorganic substances. "This was the first synthesis of an organic compound, and this accomplishment is generally regarded as the beginning of organic chemistry."(Sparrow "Milestones of Science", p.37). The discovery destroyed the vitalistic theory which held that organic compounds could be produced only by living organisms, and led eventually to the brilliant results that have been achieved in attempts to synthesize other organic compounds.Dibner: Heralds of Science, no. 45. - Sparrow: Milestones of Science, no. 197. - Garrison & Morton, no. 671. See also DSB XIV p.475.

Paris, Jacques Chereau, 1747. 4to. Uncut and loose in old halfcalf-portfolio. A few leaves frayed in margins. Engraved title, engraved leaf of "privilege Général", engraved title:"Cours d'Architecture and engraved title. "Essay sur..." 22+21 pp. of engraved text and 65 (of 66) + 27 (in all 92) engraved plates. (pages numb. 1-150, plates numb. 1-66 and 27 unnumb.). 36 fine enraved vignettes in the text. Throughout engraved.

4 cont. hcalf. Stamps on titles. Gilt backs, a little wear to backs, esp. to titlelabels. Top of one spine strenghtened with tape. A little brownspotted. With 28 folded engraved plates, positions handcoloured.

Amsterdam et Leipzig, Arkstée & Merkus, 1771. 4to. Contemp. full motteld calf. Raised bands. Richly gilt spine. Titlabel with gilt lettering. A small nick to lower compartment. stamp on foot of title-page. (8),182,(14) pp., 15 folded tables, 9 folded engraved plates. Clean and fine. The volume is an independent part of Vauban's "Oeuvres" issued in 3 parts. - Klaus Jordan, 3923.

München, Literarisch-artistische Anstalt, 1847. Folio. 2 orig. clothbacked printed boards. (6) pp. and 32 double-page plates with text + (6) pp. and 37 double-page plates with text. A few minor brownspots.

Kiøbenhavn, Ernst Henrich Berling, 1742. Et samtidigt hldrbd. Stregforgyldninger på ryg. Blindtrykte dekorationer ved kapitæler. Forgyldt titeletiket. Hjørner fornyede. Titebladet lettere brunet og nette småreparationer i kanter. Den ganske sjældne 2. edition. - Ehr.-M. X:282.

London, L. Davis and C. Reymers, 1760. Bound in 2 contemp. full calf. raised bands, gilt spines. Titlelabels with gilt lettering. Tomelabels gone. Spines slightly rubbed. Stamp on title-page. XX,(4),492;(4),410,(18) pp. With 6 (of 7) folded engraved plates (3 maps a. plans, 3 plates). 2 plates with a closed tear.

Madrid, La Imprenta Nacional, 1849. Small 4to. Contemp. hcalf. Richly gilt spine. Gilt lettering. Stamp on title-page. (4),421 pp., 1 folded table. Internally clean and fine. This edition not in Sabin. (Sabin, 19679 for other editions).

4to. Bound in 3 solid private hcloth. CLXVI,345,593,420 pp., 3 portraits, plates and textillustrations.

Smukt kobberstukket, helkoloreret Islandskort. 31 x 38,5 cm. Lidt tæt beskåret og fint reparert i marginer. Beskæringen berører på få steder øverst og nederst pladeranden med mindre en 1 mmm. Kortet er lavet efter det kort som Niels Horrobow udgav i sin islandsrejse som planche i Prevost: Histoire Generale des Voyages Paris 1746-70. Kompasrose og kartouche.

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1899. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 129, No 19, 20 a. 21). Pp. (687-) 853. (3 entire issues offered). The papers: pp. 714-716, 716-717, 760-762 a. 823-825. All three issues clean and fine. First apperance of 4 importent papers on the newly discovered phenomena of radioactivity.

Kiøbenhaffn, Salomon Sartor, 1618. 4to. I et senere halvlæderbind med 5 ophøjede bind på ryg. Ryg med sort skintitelfelt. 3 Ex-libris opsat på påklistret forsatsblad. Opklæbet titleblad med røskenramme i sort og rød, med flere reperationer og margin flosset, med tab af ornamentik. Stempel på verso af titelblad. Skjolder i yderste margin i sidste treidjedel af bogen. (20), (29), (5), 190 ff. Anden udgaven af denne symbolske bog for kongeriget Danmark-Norge. Med tanke på bogens symbolske værdi for for Kongeriget er det ejendommeligt, at denne anden udgave først kommer i 1618. Første udgave udkom i 1530.Thesaurus 421Bibl. Dan. I, 219.

Karlsruhe, Chr. Fr. Müller, 1825-31. 12mo. 6 orig. engraved boards. Spine ends taped with a paperlabel. Stamp on titlepages. ca. 3000 pp. and 26 lithographed plates, 2 large folded lithographed maps. Scattered browning and brownspots. Most of the papers collected in this series are written by Bismark, but it contains also translations of memoirs and works f.i. in Theil 5 a translation of Chatelains's work on fencing: "Abhandlung über die Fechtkunst" with 8 plates. Pp. 349-463.

Wien, Seidel und Sohn, 1895-96. 4 uniform modest hcloth with the original printed frontwrappers pasted on upper boards. Stamp on title-pages. (10),231;(4),216;(10),247;(10),205 pp., 33 large folded plates, laid in at ends, folded tables. Internally clean.

London, 1750. 8vo. In a nice contemporary full sprinkled calf binding with five raised bands and richly gilt spine. All edges coloured in red. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Corners bumped and head and foot of spine slightly chipped. Internally very fine and clean, a nice copy. (4), VII, (1), 255 pp. First French translation of Bolingbroke’s “Letters on the Spirit of Patriotism”, originally published the year before in 1749. The letters reflect his ideas on patriotism, the role of the monarch, and the state of political parties during his time. Henry Saint-John, Viscount Bolingbroke (1678-1751) was a prominent English statesman and philosopher. He was known for his involvement in British politics during the early 18th century, serving as Secretary of State and later as a key figure in the Tory party. Bolingbroke was a skilled orator and writer, contributing significantly to political discourse through his speeches and writings. He is particularly remembered for his role in the negotiations leading to the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, which ended the War of the Spanish Succession. Despite his political successes, Bolingbroke's career was marked by controversy and exile due to his shifting allegiances and opposition to the Hanoverian succession. He spent several years in exile in France before being pardoned and allowed to return to England, where he continued to be involved in political and philosophical debates until his death.

Np Place (Geneve ?), 1653. Folio. Hvellum. A bit rubbed. Some wear to covers. (20),1088 pp. + Index. Large woodcut coat of arms on titlepage. Old names on titlepage. Some browning and brownspots throughout. A faint dampstain to upper margin on the first 100 leaves.

Wien, Anton Strauss, 1819. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A label taped on lower half of spine. Inscription and stamp on title-page. (6),XX,(2),188,(2) pp., 2 folded tables and 20 folded lithographed plates. in different sizes. Faint brownspots to title-page and the first few leaves.

Amsterdam, Pissot, 1757. 4to. Bound in one contemp. full mottled calf. raised bands. Richly gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on spine. Stamps on foot of title-page. (2),XXIV,231;(4),332,(4) pp. Internally clean.

Kjøbenhavn, Schultz, 1812-57. Indbundet i 6 samtidige hldrbd. Forgyldte rygtitler. Papirsetiketter pålimet rygge. Stempel på titelblade. ialt ca. 1700 pp.

Kbh., 1805. 2 nydelige samt. ensartede hldrbd. af marmoreret kalv m. rygforgyldn og forgyldte bordurer på permer. Rygge m. lidt krakkeleringer, titelfelter på rygge slidte. Indvendig nydeligt og rent ekspl. på skrivepapir. Originaludgaven, der bl.a. indeholder førstetrykket af "Aladdin..."

London, Roayl Society, 1926. Royal 8vo. Full cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. In: "Proceedings of the Royal Society". Series A, Vol. 111. V,753,LIII pp., textillustr. and plates. (Entire volume offered). First appearance of these papers constituting Dirac's own theory of quantum mechanics."Dirac wanted to establish an algebra for quantum variables, or, as he now termed them, q-numbers... He wanted his q-number algebra to be a general and purely mathematical theory that could then be applied to problem of physics. Although it soon turned out that q-number algebra was equivalent to matrix mechanics, in 1926 Dirac's theory was developed as an original alternative to both wave mechanics and matric mechanics. It was very much Dirac's own theory, and he stuck to it without paying much attention to what went on inmatrix mechanics... In the summer of 1926, Dirac published a new and very general version of q-number algebra, this timepresented as a purely mathematical theory. In this paper (offered here) he did not refer to physics at all... The work had little impact on the physics community but seems to have been appreciated by those who cultivated the mathematical aspects of quantum physics. Most of the results obtained by Dirac in his paper "The Elimination of the Nodes in Quantum Mechanics" had been found earlier by the German theorists using a method of matric mechanics, but Dirac was able to improve on some of the results and deduce them from his own system of quantum mechanics."(Helge Kragh).

Halle, Anton und Gelbcke, 1831-32. 2 contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines. Slightly rubbed. In: "Neues Jahrbuch er Chemie und Physik. Herausgegeben von W. Schweigger-Seidel", Bd. 3 und 4. XVIII,488 pp. a. 1 engr.plate + XVIII,468 pp. a. 1 engr. plate. (Entire volumes offered). Ohm's papers: pp. 1-26, 159-189, 384-436 (1831) + pp. 20-37, 138-158, 257-283 (1832). First appeareance of two importent papers in the history of electricity in which Ohm further investigates the consequences of his own law "Ohms Law" which he discovered in 1827, comparing hydroelectric currents with other types of electric currents.