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Braunschweig, Vieweg und Sohn, 1853-54. Cont. hcalf. Raised bands. Back slightly rubbed. XX,(2),486,460 pp. and 2 large folded tables. Textillustr. Occasionally a little brownspotted.

Leipzig, Grosse & Gleditsch, 1699. 4to. In: "Acta Eruditorum Anno MDCIC". The entire volume offered in contemporary full vellum. Hand written title on spine. A yellow label pasted on to top of spine. Two small stamps to title-page and free front end-paper. Library label to pasted down front free end-paper. As usual with various browning to leaves and plates. Pp. 12-20. [Entire volume: (2), 582 pp. + ten engraved plates.]. First Latin edition (and second overall printing) of a selection of Locke's responses to Edward Stillingfleet, Bishop of Worcester. These are not only an important source in understanding Locke's late and mature view on religion but are probably the most famous and indebt discussions related to his seminal work "An Essay concerning Humane Understanding" Locke engaged in. The topic is of special interest since: "Religion and Christianity in particular is perhaps the most important influence on the shape of Locke's philosophy". (SEP: John Locke). The debate was essentially about Locke's definition of substance in "An Essay...". Stillingfleet argued that Locke advocated against dualism (mind - body) and thereby opening a door to Unitarianism. Locke did not support this view he, however, did not clearly reject the notion of Unitarianism and Socinianism. The volume contains the following:1. Bernoulli, Jakob. Circinus proportionum nauticus scala loxodromica instructus. Pp. 91-3.2. Bernoulli, Johann. Cycloidis primariae segmenta innumera quadraturam recipienta. Pp. 316-20 + one engraved plate. 3. Bernoulli, Jakob. Quadratura zonarum cycloidalium demonstrata. Pp. 427-28.4. Bernoulli, Johann. Excerpta ex literis. Groningae 7 Augusti 1699 datis. Pp. 513-16.And many other papers by influential contemporary mathematicians, philosophers and historians.

Wien, Alfred Hölder, 1915. 8vo. Unopened, uncut in the original printed wrappers. Author's presentation offprint with the printed presentation statement on top of frontwrapper "Überreicht vom Verfasser" [i.e. "Given by the author"]. Offprint from "Kaiserl. Akademie der Wissenschaften", Bd. CXXIII, Abt. IIa, Dezember, 1914. A very fine and clean copy. 25 pp. First printing of Smolukowski's important paper on molecule statistics, emulsion and their connection to Brownian Motion. Einstein and Smolukowski work simultaneously and independently in the beginning of the 1900ies Brownian Motion. Smolukowski continued his work in this field and he work is distinct from Einstein's since Einstein said nothing of the collisions between a Brownian particle and the surrounding molecules."From about 1900 Smoluchowski worked on Brownian movement. He wished to use experimental data to verify the theory he had obtained desire complicated by the confused situation of experimental research. In the meantime Einstein, in papers of 1905 and 1906, had presented a solution to the problem. Smoluchowski then decided to publish his results in 1906, which presented his different method. Einstein started from general relations of statistical physics, an approach that was universal but did not lend itself to visualization. For example, Einstein said nothing of the collisions between a Brownian particle and the surrounding molecules. Smoluchowski started by examining the effects of successive collisions and obtained a final formula that differed little from Einstein's. Smoluchowski's further works in this field extend through an examination of the Brownian movement of a particle undergoing the influence of a quasi-elastic force to the Brownian movements of macroscopic bodies. At the Conference of Natural Scientists at Münster in 1912, Smoluchowski proposed the observation of the Brownian rotative movement of a small mirror suspended on a thin quartz fiber and the observation free end of a similar fiber. The first experiment was performed by W. Gerlach and E. Lehrer in 1927, and later by Eugen Kappler; the second, by A Houdijk and P. Zeeman, and by E. Einthoven. In 1925, Both experiments confirmed Smoluchowski's calculations."

London & Westminister, D. Edwards, 1702. Small 4to. (150 x 95 mm). In Contemporary full vellum with red leather title-label to spine. Closely trimmed, not affecting text. Signed "The Bishop of Brechin / 1858) to front free end paper. Dampstain to lower part of last 8 ff. Pp. 3-6 partly detached, otherwise fine. (8), 83 pp.

Kopenhagen, Christ. Gottl. Proft, 1793. 8vo. Uniformly bound in two contemporary full calf bindings with five raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Small paper-label to top of spines. A few stains to boards, spine miscoloured. Internally nice and clean. XVIII, 253, (1) pp.; XXXII, 199, (3), 138 pp. Second improved edition of the first German translation of Paine's seminal "The Rights of Man": "the textbook of radical thought and the clearest of all expositions of the basic principles of democracy" (PMM). The work was written as a response to Burke's "Reflections on the Revolution in France" from 1790, in which Burke voices his distrust of the "Perfectibilitarians" and of the mere destructive criticism of institutions and concludes that the French revolutionaries are not fighting for real liberty and that they have no idea what it would take for them to "form themselves into a mass which has a true political personality". Reacting to Burke's excpression of the horror and dismay that the liberal-minded now felt for the French revolutionaries, Paine defends the French Revolution against Burke's attacked. He famously lays down the principles of fundamental human rights that must stand no matter what, no matter what is necessary to obtain them, and he argues that popular political revolution is permissible when a government does not safeguard its people, their natural rights, and their national interests. Paine himself condered the work "one of the most useful and benevolent books ever offered to mankind". It was indeed hugely popular, hugely controversial, and hugely influential. Although suppressed on the day of publication, the modified version was quickly printed and reprinted. It was very widely circulated, with copies being read aloud in inns and coffee houses. Although the Revolution controversy had spawned more than 300 pamphlets, Pain's "Rights of Man" was the first seriously to damage Burke's case and to restore credit to the French both in Britain and America. The publication of Rights of Man caused a furor in England; Thomas Paine was tried in absentia, and convicted for seditious libel against the Crown, but was unavailable for hanging, having departed England for Africa.

Upsala, Johan Edman, 1783. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with four raised bands. Previous owner's name to front free end-paper and half-title. Wear to extremities, internally fine and clean. (24), 366, (10) pp. First Swedish translation of the official account of Cook's second voyage and Georg Forster's unofficial Voyage round the World."Cook earned his place in history by opening up the Pacific to western civilization and by the foundation of British Australia. The world was given for the first time an essentially complete knowledge of the Pacific Ocean and Australia, and Cook proved once and for all that there was no great southern continent, as had always been believed. He also suggested the existence of antarctic land in the southern ice ring, a fact which was not proved until the explorations of the nineteenth century" (Printing and the Mind of Man p.135). "The success of Cook's first voyage led the Admiralty to send him on a second expedition, described in the present work, which was to circumnavigate the globe as far south as possible in search of any southern continents. The men of this expedition became the first to cross the Antarctic Circle. Further visits were made to New Zealand, and on two great sweeps Cook made an astonishing series of discoveries and rediscoveries including Easter Island, the Marquesas, Tahiti and the Society Islands, Niue, the Tonga Islands, the New Hebrides, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, […] Cook discovered and charted South Georgia, after which he called at Cape Town, St. Helena and Ascension, and the Azores. This voyage produced a vast amount of information concerning the Pacific peoples and islands, proved the value of the chronometer as an aid to finding longitude, and improved techniques for preventing scurvy" (Hill p.123)

Frankfurt & Leipzig, Lammers, 1723. 4to. Bound in contemporary full calf binding with four raised bands and richly gilt spine. Small old paper-label pasted on to top of spines. Boards with wear and scratches. Internally fine and clean. (22), 463 pp. The rare first edition of Majus work on how God’s providence and holiness operate throughout biblical history, particularly in the governance of the Church. Johann Heinrich Majus (1653–1719) was a Lutheran theologian born in Pforzheim, Baden. He studied in Wittenberg, Leipzig and Strasbourg, specializing in Oriental languages. After serving as a preacher for the Count Palatine of Veldenz and in Baden-Durlach he became a professor of theology at the University of Giessen in 1688.

Hamburg, Carl Ernst Bohn, 1766. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with four raised bands and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Light wear to extremities. Ex-libris (F. v. Iuel) pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Internally very fine and clean. (16), 766, (24) pp. Third edition of Reimarus’ collection of essays on various aspects of natural religion, seeking to establish a rational basis for belief in God and moral principles. He argues against revealed religion, arguing that it relies on supernatural claims that cannot be verified through reason. Instead Reimarus advocates for a religion based on natural theology, grounded in the observation of the natural world and human reason. Hermann Samuel Reimarus (1694–1768) was a German philosopher, theologian and Orientalist. He studied at the universities of Jena and Wittenberg, specializing in Oriental languages, particularly Hebrew. After completing his education, Reimarus served as a school rector in Wismar before returning to his hometown as a professor of Oriental languages.

[N.Y., AT&T Bell Laboratories, 1984]. 8vo. In the original yellow wrappers. A nice and clean copy. Pp. 1049-1059 (Entire volume: 1 leaf + pp. 1007-1212). First description of the UNIX-based Build tool."The Build tool is used as a sophisticated method of generation and modifying software system. Build is being used successfully by a number of UNIX software-based projects at AT&T Bell Laboratories. [...] The Build tool is being used by a number of large software development projects as the primary software generation tool. Build plays a central role in the development strategies and standards used in these projects". (From the introduction to the present article)."Unix is unquestionably the most influential operating system ever developed; is has influenced virtually every subsequent operating system, including MS-DOS, Mac OS, Sun' Solaris, and many more". (Pfaffenberger, Bryan. Linux clearly explained, 1999, p. 3).

London, Obadiah Blagrave, 1682. 12mo. In contemporary full calf with ruled fillets to boards. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. A few worm holes to boards. Top 2 cm of upper outer hindge split. (2), 238, (2) pp. + frontispiece. Later edition of Bishop Hall’s collection of meditations and reflections designed to inspire and guide the spiritual life of the reader. Joseph Hall (1574–1656) was a prominent English bishop and satirist. He was especially known for his devotional writings, of which this present work is a fine example.

Kristiania, Huseby & Co., limit, 1885. Samtidigt hldrbd. Rygforgyldning. Forgyldt titeletiket. Nedre hjørner stødte. Indvendig ren og frisk. Den sjældne originaludgave.

Berlin, Georg Decker, 1800. Folio. Contemp. hcalf. Somewhat worn. especially spine-ends. Stamp on title. With all 57 double-page engraved plans. Some brownspots, mostly marginal. Atlas complete but without the 3 textvolumes. First German edition.

Paris, Chez De Baurain, 1782. Folio. Contemp. full mottled calf. Raised bands. Richly gilt compartments. With the gilt royal monogram of Christian VII on red background on upper cover. Free endpapers renewed. (4),VIII,218 pp., 7 large, fine engravings in the text. A fine clean copy.

Stockholm, Pierre Hesselberg, 1781. 4to. Later hcalf. Gilt spine. Tears to jojnts at lower part of spine. Spine rubbed. Stamp on title-page and htitle. (8),XIV,424,(2) pp. and 14 folded engraved plates. Wide-margined, internally clean and fine, printed on good paper. First edition. - Klaus Jordan, 3982.

Halle, Niemeyer, 1929. 4to. Uncut in original printed wrappers. Front wrapper loose, spine wit minor lacks. Otherwise nice and clean. (2) pp., pp. 72 [2] - 110 [40]. With card stating "Überreicht vom Verfasser" (presented by the author). First edition, off-print, of Heidegger's influential work, in which he radically reinterpretates the fundamental philosophical significance of the Leibnitzian principle of reason, and the origin and essence of reason in general. In this early work, Heidegger sets out to derive the principle of reason from the transcendent and temporal structure of Dasein and thereby totally redefines and redetermines the notion.

Leipzig, Gessner, 1749. 8vo. 2 volumes in 1 nice full calf binding with rive raised bands with richly gilt spine. Boards and edges of boards with gilt ornamentation. Extremities with wear, primarily affecting hinges and capitals. Boards with a few scratches. Internally with light occassional browning throughout. (16), 213, (3); 190, (2) pp. + 39 pp. Rare first edition of Hager's richly illustrated bible for children consisting of extracts from the bible.

Berlin, Weidmannsche Buchhandlund, 1923. Lex 8vo. Orig. printed wrappers. Front wrapper and spine intact and in fine condition, back wrapper partly missing, -only ab. the middle third part is present. Uncut and internally nice and clean. A tear to front hinge and a few repairs to spine. (8), 438 pp. The not common first edition of Jaeger's seminal work, which fundamentally changed Aristotle scholarship in the 20th century.With the publication of his first major work, "Aristoteles", Jaeger became an academic sensation, and no student of Aristotle can be unaware of the huge impact this highly untraditional work on the history of the development of Aristotle had within academic circles. The work is epochal and revolutionary, and though it has been heavily criticized an scholded by especially later scholars, there can be no doubt that the book raises several now inevitable questions that previously had been almost completely neglected.Being very thorough in his investigations and using everything he could find from the hand of Aristotle, Jaeger constructs a picture of Aristotle's development through time that was to revolutionize the study of Aristotle. By seeking parallels in works that are not internally consistent, Jaeger turns the hitherto established chronology of the writings of Aristotle upside down and demonstrates his increasing independence from Plato. After the publication of this work the genetic and developmental question came to dominate Aristotle scholarship, and nothing could be written about Aristotle without taking these questions into consideration. Probably no other work can be said to have influenced the study of the greatest philosopher of all times to such a degree as this one.

Leidae, Samuelem Luchtmans, 1727. 4to. Contemp. full vellum. Vellum a bit soiled, but fully intact. Spinetitle gone. Engraved Frontispiece, printers woodcut device on title. (52),263 pp. + Index and Errata-leaf,93 pp. A faint narrow marginal dampstain to the first leaves.Otherwise internally clean. First printing of Burman's best edition. "This is the celebrated edition of Burman, which was preceded by some smaller ones in 1698, 1718, and 1719. It contains the notes of Burman and Bentley, a new Commentary, and a admirable critical preface, in which the modesty of Burman is contrasted with the boldness of Bentley..." (Dibdin II:281).

Stockholm, B.Wankijfwii, Ol...Sumptibus Joh. Siwertz, 1691. Small 8vo. Contemp. full vellum. Minor spots to covers. (8),191,(1) pp., 4 folded engraved plates, textillustrations. A few annotations in old hand. A few brownspots, but well-preserved. Second, much expanded, edition of Bilberg's textbook for the Swedish youth, in which he creates his own method of how to learn plane and spherical geometry based both on old mathematicians (Euclid etc.) and also on modern mathematicians. The first edition, published 1687 comprised only 32 pages.Bilberg was professor in mathematics at Uppsala University and later bishop in Strängnäs.Colljin "1600-Talet", 79-80.

Kiøbenhavn, Gyldendal (Printed in Sorø), 1773-76. 8vo. Uniformly bound in three contemporary full calf binding with four raised bands and richly gilt spines. All edges coloured in red. Wear to spines, parts of gilting worn off. Internally very fine and clean, a nice set. LXIV, (4), 443, (2), (14), 463, (1) pp.; (12), 624, (2), (16), 664 pp.; (16), 583, (1) pp. First edition of Schytte’s perhaps most famous work, the first extensive coherent exposition of constitutional law, political and economic matters relating to Denmark. Schytte was much influenced by Montesquieu. Biblioteca Danica I:1052

London, R.H. Laurie, 1827. 8vo. Contemporary (original?) blue wrappers with the original printed titlelabel on frontboard. Rebacked with cloth. Stamps on front wrapper and title-page. IV,55, (1), 16 pp.

Berlin, No pr., 1789. 4to. Contemp. full calf. raised bands. Richly gilt compartments. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Wear to top of spine. Gilt borders on covers. Some scratches to covers. Stamps on title-page. (4),349 pp., 1 folded engraved map. A large wide-margined copy. Clean and fine.

Paris, Correard, 1846. 4to. 2 contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines. Titlelabels with gilt lettering. Light wear at upper compartments. Stamp on title-pages. (6),312 pp. and Atlas: VIII pp. and 68 double-page lithographed plates, each with many figs. Scattered brownspots.

Amsterdam, Paul de la Feuille, 1722 & 1718. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with five raised bands and richly gilt spine. Light wear to extremities, boards with scratches and some of gilting worm off. Internally nice and clean. (6), 198 pp. + 19 folded engraved plates (presumably lacking 1) and the 4 engraved plates with flags, which are often missing; 123, (2) pp. Uncommon description of Amsterdam, richly illustrateds, here together with a work, called for on the title of the first work, containing tariff rates for import and export of all kinds of goods imposed by the Seven Dutch United Provinces.

Hamburg, Samuel Fauche, 1781. 8vo. Uncut in the original blue boards with white paper title-label to spine. Wear to extremities. Boards and edges of boards with scratches. Internally very fine and clean. XIV, 400 pp.; (4), 354, (2) pp. First edition of the two first volumes of Mercier’s vivid and colorful description of daily life in Paris: "There is no better writer to consult if one wants to get some idea of how Paris looked, sounded, smelled, and felt on the eve of the Revolution." (Robert Darnton, The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Pre-Revolutionary France (New York: W.W. Norton, 1996), p. 118). A third and fourth volume was published in 1781 and fifth to eights in 1783 – the first two volumes being the rarest. Barbier IV, 636.