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London, R. H. Laurie, 1832. 8vo. In contemporary (Original?) coardboard binding with cloth backstrip. A stamp to spine and two stamps to front board. Three small stamps to title-page. Wear to extremities, internally fine. XVi, IV 172 pp. Rare seventh edition of Purdy's pilot to the English Channel.

Berlin, Springer, 1931 & 1932 8vo. Bound in three contemporary uniform halv cloth bindings with gilt lettering to spines. In "Zeitschrift für Physik", Bd. 70, 72 & 76, 1931 & 1932. Entire volumes offered. Stamp to front free end-papers, otherwise a fine and clean set. pp.204-286; Pp. 310-337. [Entire volumes: VII, (1), 832 pp; VII, (1), 831 pp. First printing of Hückel's seminal papers which together constitute the The Hückel method or Hückel molecular orbital method (HMO)."In the 1931-1932 period, Hückel published three long papers on aromatic and unsaturated molecules, the first providing a quantum theoretical description of benzene (1931, 1932). This was his habilitation thesis leading to the venia legendi (right to teach) in theoretical physics at the Technische Hochschule Stuttgart. In this paper Hückel gave two descriptions of benzene: his first method, which eventually came to be known as the valence bond method, and a second, which involved the application of molecular orbital methods. Hückel believed that the experimental data gave him good reasons for preferring the second approach, which was utilized by John Lennard-Jones, Hund, and Robert Mulliken. This second approach is widely known as the HMO method (Hückel’s molecular orbital method)." (DSB).

Kiøbenhaffn, 1625. 4to. (12) pp. Originaludgaven af Christian 4. omfattende pestforordning, hvori der beskriver forhold, der skal sikre mod et pestudbrud, og opstiller retningslinjer for, hvordan man skal forholde sig under et pestudbrud, sådan at smittefaren mindskes. "Christian 4. (født 1577, regent 1588-1648) udstedte den 15. januar 1625 på Københavns Slot en forordning til sikring af landets borgere på baggrund af flere pestepidemier, som havde ramt Danmark i perioden 1599 til 1620. Pesten ramte igen København i foråret 1625 i forbindelse med den danske deltagelse i Trediveårskrigen (1618-1648). De velhavende og lærde flygtede ud af byen, hoffet flyttede til Kolding og almuen blev tilbage i byen. Forordningen var banebrydende på to punkter: epidemier fastlagdes her som et offentligt ansvarsområde forordningen var alment gyldig for hele befolkningen. Loven udstak retningslinjer for, hvordan offentlige personer som bl.a. præster, ligbærere og gravere skulle forholde sig ved håndtering af et offer for pest, blodsot eller anden smitsom sygdom. Ved udbrud skulle sygdomsramte adskilles fra de raske, sikres mad og medicin, begravelserne skulle være hurtige og små i omfang, og den sociale orden skulle opretholdes. Men der var ikke meget, der kunne gøres, og forordningen foreskriver da også, at der flittigt skulle bedes til Guds nåde." (Danmarkshistorien.dk)

Hafniæ, Georg Holst, 1642. 4to. I et lidt senere papbind. Ryggen falmet. Christian d. 6. forgyldte monogram øverst på ryggen. De første 50 pp med vandskjold i øvre, ydre hjørne. Flere samtidige navnetræk på titelbladet. (8),155,(17) pp. Fiske I:610. Orignaludgaven. Bogen må vel nok betegnes som det første i Danmark udgivne værk om den gammel nordiske geografi på grundlag af klassiske og nordiske kilder, idet den ikke blot behandler den danske topografi, men også hele Skandinavien, Grønland, Island, Færøerne - om sejlads, navigation, afstande m.v. Bibl. Danica II:572. Theasurus: 546. Ikke hos Klose.

Paris, Coignard, 1694. 12mo. Uniformly bound in two contemporary full calf bindings with five raised bands and richly gilt spines. Edges of boards gilt. Small paper-label pasted on to upper part of spines. Corners bumped with some loss of leather and a few scratches to boards, otherwise a nice and clean copy. (10), 490, (98) pp. + engraved half-title; (4), 671, (72) pp

Tiguri (Zürich), Gessner, 1713. 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. Small hole to both front and back board. Stain to back board. Internally nice and clean. (16), 677, (11) pp. Uncommon fourth edition of Swiss reformed theologian Johann Heinrich Heidegger’s influential handbook on both the Canonical and Apocryphal books of the Old and New Testaments. Heidegger’s textbooks of theology were among the most prominent in Europe at the beginning of the eighteenth century and were published in numerous edition, all being rare.

(Oslo), Aksel Sandemose, (1955). 8vo. Ubeskåret i de originale omslag. En smule kantslitage, men generelt særdeles ren og frisk Med egenhændig dedikation fra Sandemose på halvtitelbladet: "Til Sonja / i gamal venskap / frå / Ola." Den første udgave af Sandemoses egen omarbejdede version af "En flyktning krysser sitt spor", med egenhændig dedikation fra Sandemose, signeret "Ola". "En flyktning krysser sit spor" udkom oprindeligt i 1933, og i denne omarbejdede version, som vi kender været i i dag, har Sandemose ladet den flette sammen med "Der stod en benk i hagen". Denne omarbejdning indeholder desuden for første gang Sandemoses forord, der redegør for samtidens reaktioner på værket, i hvilket han fremstiller den senere så berømte og benyttede Jantelov, der er inspireret af fødebyen Nykøbing på Mors, som i romanen kaldes Jante, samt for sine tanker om værket og dets betydning. Denne omarbejdning udkom som særnummer af Årstidene.En note nederst på titelbladet indikerer, at "Ola", som Sandemose har underskrevet med, er et kaldenavn, og at Sonja Iversen var Sandemoses nære veninde, som bl.a. har gennemlæst og rettet "Varulven".

Genevae, Samuelem De Tournes, 1677. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with three raised bands and blindstamped ornamentation to spine and center of boards. Paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Light wear to extremities, internally nice and clean. (16), 458 pp. Rare first edition of Oldenburger’s work on legal and political theory addressing methods, principles and strategies for stabilizing and governing states or societies that are in turmoil or experiencing political unrest.

(Paris, Gauthier-Villars), 1882. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 95, No 22 a. Tome 104 No 21 (entire issues offered). Pp. 1017-1076 and pp. 1387-1462. Raoult's papers: pp. 1030-33 (tome 95) and pp. 1430-1433 (tome 104). First appearance of Raoult's two importent papers in which described a method for finding the molecular weight of an organic compound by the determination of the lowering of the freezing point of water that resulted from dissolving that compound in water and the law governing the relation between solutes and vapor pressure."Then in 1882, F.-M. Raoult published his results on the effects of nondissociating organic solutes, from which he deduced a general law controlling the lowering of freezing points (the first paper offered). Four years later he extended this work to show the effect of solutes on vapor pressure (the second paper offered). Having established the effect of nondissociating compounds, he was in position to show that salts produced an eeffect which, though anomalous, could nevertheless be explained by the supposition that a dissolved molecule broke up into other molecules. This work was of great value in supplying a new method for determining molecular weights, since the depression of freezing point and vapor pressure (as well a the related rise in boiling point later discovered) are proportional to the moleculat concentrations ofthe solutions; it was of equal value in supporting the ideas of van't Hoff on osmotic pressure. With the announcement of the dissociation theory of Arrhenius, the anomalies were explained and the full significance of the generalizations of Raoult was recognized. Raoult published the formulations of his laws in the "Comptes Rendus" for 1882 and 1887 (the papers offered)" (Leicester a. Klickstein "A Source Book in Chemistry", pp. 471 ff).

London, Printed by Taylor and Francis - Published by the Author, (1862-) 73. Folio. Papersize 54,5x36,5 cm. Lithographed and fully handcoloured. An adult on a branch with fruits.. J. Gould & H.C. Richter, del. et lith. - Walter, Imp. Fine and clean. Half a cm. added to right margin, not affecting print or image.The plate is accompanied with the original textleaf. (2) pp. This is an original plate from Goulds great work "The Birds of Great Britain", issued between 1862 and 1873. The plates in this work were executed by Gould himself, and a few by J. Wolf, H.C. Richer and Hart. Together with Audubon's plates, the Gould-plates are considered the best bird-art ever produced, AND THE PLATES IN HIS "BIRDS OF GREAT BRITAIN" ARE THE PEAK OF GOULD'S ARTISTIC LIFE. In the foreword Gould stresses the difference from his "Birds of Europe" in the treatment of the illustrations, the inclusion here of the figures of the baby birds and nests, and he comments "Many of the public are quite unaware how the colouring of these large plates is accomplished; and not a few believe that they are produced by some mechanical process or by chromo-lithography. This, however is not the case; every sky with its varied tints and every feather of each bird were coloured by hand; and when it is considered that nearly two hundred and eighty thousand illustrations in the present work have been so treated, it will most likely cause some astonishment to those who give the subject a thought.". Elsewhere he remarked upon employing "almost all colourists in London." - Wood p. 364. - Nissen No. 372. - Sitwell 102. - Zimmer pp. 261-62. - Not in Jean Anker.

Rouen, De La Compagnie, 1740. 8vo. Uniformly bound in two contemporary full vellum bindings with gilt lettering to spines. Small paper-label pasted on to spine. All edges coloured in red. Light miscolouring to extremities, otherwise nice and clean. (4), 270, (2), 271-536 pp. + 12 engraved plates.; (4), 303, (3), 303-595, (1) pp. + 8 plates (complete). Later edition of Catrou and Rouillé's popular history of early Rome and its political and military development. It was translated into several languages and published in numerous editions.

Amberg, M. Forster, 1598. 12mo. In contemporary full calf with four raised bands and gilt ruled fillets to boards. Wear to extremities, edges of boards with loss of leather. Inner front hinge split. Annotations in contemporary hand to front free end paper: "Abrahamg Golnitius possidet me Anno 1612" — likely referring to the Danzig travel writer Abraham Gollnitz. Pp. 556–589 feature underlining and numerous neat marginal annotations in ink, likely all made by Gollnitz. First leaves loose and damp-stain to lower outer corner of first half of book block. (24), 730 pp. Third Latin edition, the second Amberg-edition of this work constituting one of the most important sources on etiquette between the Renaissance and Baroque periods, first published in Italian in 1574. Gollnitz published several geographical and pedagogical works between 1631 and 1643 and served as secretary to the Danish King Christian IV in 1642. Provenance: From the library of Valdemar's Castle.

(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1753). 4to. No wrappers as issued in "Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles Lettres". tome VII, pp. 305-330 + two engraved plates. First printing of Euler's paper on how to raise water, which was a study written on the background of his - unsuccessful - garden-project in Frederick the Great's large complex of summer palaces, Sanssouci where Euler was asked to design the pumps to the many fountains. "I wanted to make a fountain in my Garden", Frederic the Great wrote to Voltaire on 25 January 1778. But the water-art project ended in a fiasco. The fountain design was supposed to be executed according to the latest knowledge in hydraulics and should even surpass Versailles with its splendor. "Euler calculated the effort of the wheels for raising the water to a basin, from where it should fall down through canals, in order to form a fountain jet at Sans-Souci. My mill was constructed mathematically, and it could not raise one drop of water to a distance of fifty feet from the basin."Since then the fiasco at Sanssouci stands out as an example for the gulf between theory and practice. And Leonhard Euler, the mathematical genius from Basel, became a target of mockery and malicious joy". (Michael Eckert: Euler and the Fountains of Sanssouci).See Enetröm E202.

Copenhagen, 10th February, 1823. 4to. In later half cloth with gilt stamp to front board and title-paperlabel pasted on to top of front board. Stamp to first leaf of text. Manuscript in fine legible hand with 20-25 lines per page, most likely translated and transcribed by Friedrich de Løwenørn. 11 ff. Danish manuscript-translation of part of Thomas Arnold’s “American Practical Lunarian, and Seamen's Guide”. The manuscript was presumably made by De Løwenørn (Kommandør-Kaptajn Friderich de Løwenørn). Captain lieutenant Poul de Løwenørn assisted the Danish crown in establishing the Royal Danish Nautical Chart Archive. He was appointed the institution’s first Director. At this time, only France had a similar institute. "In the first instance, the Danish Admirality requested Løwenørn to collect all existing nautical charts and navigational details in the country, for both Danish and international waters. He was to develop accurate and reliable charts for both the Navy and Merchant Marine. In addition to these formidable tasks, Løwenørn also took the initiative to establish a Lighthouse Authority, a Buoy Authority and a Pilot Authority as well as improve the country’s harbours." (Danish Geodata Agency).

K., 1752. (16),342 pp. + Register og Forklaringer - SAMMES: Accentuered og Raissonered Grammatica, som viser Det Dnaske Sprog i sin naturlige Skikkelse, saa velsom dets Rime=Konst og Vers-regler.. 1747. (8),204 pp. - SAMMES: Tres faciunt Collegium eller Kjendelse i Sagen...om Nogle Trykker i den Danske Orthographie 1-2...1743. 24,27 pp. Alle i god stand i et nyere hldrbd. Alle 3 værker i originaludgave.

Kjøbenhavn, Arnold Busck, 1933. Royal8vo. In the original printed wrappers. A few nicks to extremities and previous owner's name to half title. Otherwise a very fine and clean copy. 162 pp. First printing of the influential Danish biochemist and physiologist Henrik Dam's thesis on the biological significance of the sterines. Dam was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine in 1943 for his work in discovering vitamin K and its role in human physiology, the present work being a seminal step towards this. "During the years 1932 and 1933 Dam worked at the laboratory of Rudolf Schoenheimer in Freiburg, Germany, thanks to a Rockefeller fellowship he obtained to further his studies of the metabolism of sterols. In 1933 he received the D.Sc. in biochemistry at the University of Copenhagen with a thesis entitled Nogle undersøgelser over sterinernes biologiske betydning (Some Investigations on the Biological Significance of the Sterols). The next year Dam worked with Paul Karrer in Zurich. He continued to hold his post as associate professor until his appointment as professor of biochemistry at the Polytechnic Institute in Copenhagen. This appointment, however, was in absentia, because since 1940 Dam was on a lecture tour to the United States and Canada under the auspices of the American-Scandinavian Foundation. The tour was planned before the occupation of Denmark by German troops in April 1940." (DSB).

London, Joseph Hindmarsh, 1680. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with double ruled fillets to boards. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Light wear to extremities, scratches to boards. Internally nice and clean. (6), 206, (2) pp. The uncommon first edition, posthumously published, of William Outram’s sermons. However, DNB states: “After his death Joseph Hindmarsh published under his name six 'Sermons upon Faith and Providence, and other subjects,' London, 1680, 8vo. It was stated that these discourses had been taken down in shorthand, but they are not genuine. In order to do justice to his memory, his relatives caused 'Twenty Sermons preached upon several occasions' to be published from 'the author's own copies,' by James Gardiner, D.D., afterwards bishop of Lincoln (2nd ed., corrected, London, 1697, 8vo).”. William Outram (1626 – 1679) was an English nonconformist minister, puritan and writer. His works often addressed issues such as predestination, the nature of God, and the role of faith in salvation.

(New York), American physical Society, 1962. Lex8vo. Volume 9, No. 1, July 1, 1962 of "Physical Review Letters", In the original printed blue wrappers. A very nice and clean copy externally as well as internally, near mint. Pp. 36-44. [Entire issue: (2), 46 pp]. First edition of this seminal paper in which the discovery of the muon neutrino was first announced. The muon neutrino is the second of the three neutrinos and it forms the second generation of leptons. Jack Steinberger, Leon Lederman and Melvin Schwartz were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in the year 1988, "for the neutrino beam method and the demonstration of the doublet structure of the leptons through the discovery of the muon neutrino". In 1934 Enrico Fermi had solved the major problem of beta decay: How do electrons come out of the nucleus if there are non to begin with? Pauli had named his proposed light particle a neutron. James Chadwick had named his much more massive nuclear particle a neutron as well which left the two particles with the same name. Fermi therefore, to solve the confusion, coined the term neutrino (Italian diminutive of neutron). Speculations in the early 1940ies were centered on whether it would be possible to find even smaller parts of an atom. "The experiment used a beam of the AGS's energetic protons to produce a shower of pi mesons, which traveled 70 feet toward a 5,000-ton steel wall made of old battleship plates. On the way, they decayed into muons and neutrinos, but only the latter particles could pass through the wall into a neon-filled detector called a spark chamber. There, the impact of neutrinos on aluminum plates produced muon spark trails that could be detected and photographed -- proving the existence of muon-neutrinos. The experiment's use of the first-ever neutrino beam paved the way for scientists to use these particles in research at the AGS and around the world."(Nobel Prize, Brookhaven National Laboratory) "Following the discovery of a second neutrino associated with the muon - the Muon neutrino - at Brookhaven in 1962 by L. Lederman, M. Schwartz, J. Steinberger, and collaborators, a new neutrino program was started in CERN in 1963. Using a spark chamber set-up and a heavy liquid bubble chamber exposed to the new high quality neutrino beam the discovery was confirmed with high statistics". (Krige, John. History of CERN, 1996, p. 433).

Antwerpen, Christopher Plantin, 1585 a. 1584. 4to. Bound in one later full calf. Rebound to style preserving frontcover with doubleline gilt border with large gilt and crowned cornerpieces. Raised bands, blindtooled compartments and titlabel with gilt lettering. Endpapers in colours. (8),175,(1),88) pp., 2 large folded engraved plates (cut close and strenghtened on verso, of 4 ?) and 12 full-page text-engravings (A-M). With printers large woodcut device on title-page. Light browning to title-page and faint scattered brownspots. Second work: 98 pp. Text to part one complete, but missing the 2 Index-leves. With 2 folded engraved plates (Colloseum, exterior and interior, both cut close and strenghtened on verso). Light yellowing to leaves. Both works in the first illustrated edition. The work deals with the combats of gladiators and shows their weapons and equipments in combat scenes. The second work deals with Roman amphiteaters, particularly the Colloseum.

London, E. Hodson, 1794. 4to. Cont. hcalf, gilt and gilt lettering to spine. Hinges neathly repaired. Corners a little bumped. Engraved portrait of Linné (J. Heat sculp.) as frontispiece. XXXVIII,435 pp. Large copy with broad margins. Internally fine and clean, a few leaves with brownspots, mainly in margins. First English edition. Soulsby: 2627.

Kjøbenhavn, Gyldendal, 1902-05. 4to. Samtidigt hldrbd. Ryg fornyet og den oprindelige ryg bevaret, men ryggen er noget slidt. Indre false forstærkede. Rygforgyldning og rygtitel. Stempel på titelbladet. (4),VI,730,XXII pp. Rigt tekstillustreret, 15 plancher, 1 stort foldekort. 4 blade i "Efterskrift" reparerede i kanter.

Leipzig, Veit & Comp., 1901-03. Lex8vo. Bound in 2 contemp. hcloth. Gilt lettering to spines. XII,648;XIV,752 pp., textillustrations and 12 colourplates. Internally fine and clean. First edition og this classic work in genetics, where de Vries further develops the theory of mutations.- "De Vries experimental work in the 1890' led to the rediscovery of Mendel's laws and the discovery of the phenomenon of mutation. The rediscovery of Mendel's laws was announced almost simultabeously by de Vries, Correns, and Tschermak-Seysenegg - in that order....The results of his more than ten years of experimentation and study were laid down in de Vries's "Die Mutationstheorie....(1901-1903), in which he described in detail his work on the segregation laws, on phenomena of variation, and on plant mutations. The book made him famous, and he was recognized as one of the foremost botanists of his time."(DSB)."De Vries discovered, revealed, and proved the importence of Mendel's work. Advanced the theory of "mutations" or discontinous change in the character of species."( Horblit. One Hundred Books famous in Science, No. 73 b). - Dibner. Heralds of Science No 36. - Garrison & Morton No 240. - Sparrow. Milestones of Science No 194.

London, John Murray, 1923-14. 8vo. Bound in 6 orig. full cloth. Top edge gilt. Frontispieces and many plates.

Paris, Courcier, 1810-19. 4to. Bound in 3 uniform contemp. hcalf. Richly gilt spines. Gilt lettering on spines. Top of spine on vol. 2 with a crack. A paperlabel pasted on top of spines. Stamps on title-pages. (4),LVI,652,(2);XXI,(1),816,(4);XXIV,771,(5) pp. and 10 folded engraved plates. A few scattered brownspots. Poggendorff I, 1340.

Weimar, Landes=Industrie=Comptoirs, 1810.. Bound in 2 contemp. hcalf.Spine gilt, tome-and titlelabels with gilt lettering. Slightly rubbed. X,VIII,406;VIII,668 pp. A few scattered brownspots.. First German edition. (Bibliothek der neuesten und wichtigsten Reisebeschreibungen...Hrsg. von M.C. Sprengel fortgesetzt von T.F. Ehrmann. 41 + 42.. Bd.). - Withbound in vol. 1: Speeleveldt,T. Briefe über die Insel Walcheren. Aus dem Holländischen übersetzt und mit einigen Anmerkungen begleitet."136 pp.