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A la Haye (Haag), Jean Neaulme, 1736. Small 8vo. Bound in 4 contemp. full mottled calf, raised bands and richly gilt spines. Titlelabels with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper compartments. Stamps ontitlepages. 4 titleengravings, 2 fine textengravings. (16),371;(4),,396;(4),450;(4),503 pp. + Cat. de Livres (9) pp. With 13 large folded engraved maps and plans. Internally clean and fine, printed on good paper.

Halle, Rengerschen Buchhandlung, 1803. Contemp. hcalf., Raised bands, gilt spine. Slightly rubbed. "Annalen der Physik. Herausgegeben von Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert", Bd. 14. (8),512 pp. and 5 engraved plates. Small stamps on verso of titlepage and verso of plates. (Entire volume offered). Titlepage slightly brownspotted. A few scatterd brownspots. Dalton's papers: pp. 101-111, pp. 184-198, pp. 287-292 a. pp. 293-96. First appearance in German of 4 importent early papers by Dalton (issued in English 1799, 1800 a.1803) - dealing with heat circulation (criticizing Rumford) and with air, its relations to temperature and pressures, announcing the importent observation, that the temperature of air compressed to one-half its volume is raised to 50 degrees Fahrenhait. "Three papers that Dalton read to the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society in 1799 and 1800 (in which year he became the Society's secretary) show how much the question of water vapor continued to exercise him. In the first paper he discusse the balance in nature between rain, dew, river-water runoff, and evaporation. In the course of this discussion, he provided the earliest definition of the dew point. Then followed two competent, but more pedestrian, papers on heat, in which his firm belief in a fluid of heat is well-displayed and his complete acceptance of the particular caloric theory of William Irvine an Adair Crawford is apparent."(DSB III, p.541). - Smyth No. 27, 28 a. 31 (German version).The volume contains otrher notable papers by Olbers "Ueber die vom Himmel gefallnen Steinen", Thomas Thomson (2 papers on the subject of "heat of fluids"), Alex. Volta, Faujas-Saint-Fond etc.

(Paris, Crochard, 1822). No wrappers. In: "Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago.", Tome 20 (Premier Cahier) Pp. (5-) 112 a. 1 engraved plate. (Entire issue offered). Ampère's paper: pp. 60-74 a. 1 engraved folded plate depicting apparatus. Some brownspots to the plate. First apperance of this importent paper in which Ampère his creation of a new kind of electric motor where he succeeded in spinning a cylindrical magnet around its axis by connecting it to a battery generating a steady current.With the invention of the battery (Allessandro Volta, 1800), the generation of a magnetic field from electric current (Hans Christian Oersted, 1820) the foundation for building electric motors was laid.Togetner with this paper comes the importent paper in which Ampère introduced his "LAW OF FORCE", the force which exists between two current elements. - Extract from the same volume of "Annalen", pp. 398-421. The text refers to the plate attached to the first paper offered here.

(Paris, Victor Masson et Fils, 1861). Without wrappers. In: "Annales de Chimie et de Physique", 3e Series - Tome 52, Cahier Aout 1861. Pp. 385-508. (Entire issue offered). Kirchhoff & Bunsen's paper: pp. 452-486 and 1 double-page folded chromolithographed plate, showing spectroscope and 8 spectra, among these the spectra of Cesium. First apperance in French of this fundamental papers, constituting the invention of Spectrum Analysis, and announcing the discovery of a new elements, Cesium, by using the new method of spectroscopy, developed by them. This technique, made possible by their invention of the spectroscope, is called "One of the most dashing advances of the human mind into the secrets of the composition of matter on earth and in cosmos"(Kedrow in "Spectralanalyse", 1961). The spectral lines proved to be a guide not only to the great world of the outer cosmos, but to the infra-tiny world within the atom. Balmer made the first steps in this direction (the Balmer-lines). The next year Kirchhoff and Bunsen published another memoir in which they announced the finding of another new element, Rubidium"The two investigators advanced, as scientifically established, the law that the bright lines in the spectrum may be taken as a sure sign of the presence of the respective metals. This conclusion was rendered doubtly sure by the discovery in the mineral water of Durkheim, through the spectrum, of two new metals. From the blue and the red lines, by which they were recognized, they were named "Cæsium" and "Rubidium". While spectrum analysis, as a terrestrial science, was due equally to Kirchhoff and Bunsen, its celestial applications belong to Kirchhoff alone."(Cajori in "A History of Physics in its Elementary Branches", pp. 160 ff).In a letter to Henry Roscoe, with whom Bunsen carried out a long importent series of photochemical researches, Bunsen wrote: "At present Kirchhoff and I are engaged in a common work which doesn't let us sleep....Kirchhoff has made a wonderful, entirely unexpected discovery in finding the cause of the dark lines in the solar spectrum, and increasing them artificially in the sun's spectrum, and inproducing them in spectra which does not have lines, and in exactly the same position as the corresponding Frauenhofer lines. Thus a means has been found to determine the composition of the sun and fixed stars with the same accuracy as we determine sulfuric acid, chlorine, etc., with our chemical reagents. Substances on the earth can be determined by this

Paris, Chez tous les Marchands de Nouveautés, 1840. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt and giltlettering. Stamps on titlepage. XV,214,(1) pp. and 3 large folded lithographed plates. The first and last few leaves a bit brownspotted, mainly marginal. First edition. The author describes telegraphy by day with semaphore telegraphy and by night with lamps. His own inventions are depicted on the 3 large folded plates. - Wheeler Gift: 978.

Dessau, Societé typographique, 1782. Bound in fine contamp. full mottled calf, raised bands and profusely gilt spine with gilt lettering. A small paperlabel pasted on lower part of spine. Gilt borders on covers, edges of covers gilt. XXIV,502,XV pp., 7 large folded engraved plates. Clean and fine. First edition.

London, Longmans & Co., 1912. Folio. Fine private full cloth. XVI,136 pp. and platevolume: VI pp. and 107 + 26 plates. Clean and fine.

Leipzig, Göschen, 1805. Cont.hcalf. Back with traces of use. (2),480,(2) pp. On good paper, but some pages brownspotted. - First German edition translated by G.F.W. Goethe. The book has belonged to the Danish poet Chr. Richardt and bears his name.

A Paris, 1791. 5 cont.full mottled calf. Gilt backs. Top of spines very slightly worn. With 9 fold.tables. - Fourcroy, French physician and cmemist, made importent researches on the Chemistry of the brain. He noted albmen (protein) as a principal constituent.

Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1897. No wrappers. In "Annalen der Physik und Chemie, Neue Folge", Bd. 60, No 3. Pp. 401-576, textillustr. and 2 folded plates. (the entire issue offered, "Heft 3"). Braun's paper: pp. 552-559 a. 6 textillustrations (showing the Braun tube and its operations). Clean and fine. First printing of this groundbreaking paper being the first description of the principles governing the "BRAUN TUBE", which moves the elctron beams of alternating voltage, the principle on which ALL TELEVISON TUBES operate. - Braun shared the Nobel Prize for 1909 with Marconi "in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy"."Cold cathode tube with side anode, annular diaphragm to control spot size, and built-in fluorescent screen. Beam deflection by one external coil with the trace viewed indirectly in a rotating mirror, or by two coils at right angles for direct viewing. Excitation by hand-drive influence machine (friction generator) or by an induction coil. This "indicator tube", which enabled Braun to demonstrate how a variety of periodic and transient electrical phenomena could be visually examined, is the ancestor of electric oscilloscopes, televison picture tubes, and other electron-beam display devices."( Shiers & Shiers "Early Televison. A Bibliography to 1940", No. 263)."The first oscilloscope, or Braun tube, was introduced in 1897. In order to study high-frequency alternating currents Braun used the alternating voltageto move the electron beam within the cathode tube. The trace on the face of the cathode tube represented the amplitude and frequency of the alternating-current voltage. He then produced a graph of this trace by use of a rotating mirror. The Braun tube was a valuable laboratory instrument, and modifications of it are a basic devise in electronic testing and research. The principle of the Braun tube, moving a electron beam by means of alternating voltage, is the principle on which all televison operate."(DSB II, pp. 427-428).In 1909 he shared the Nobel Prize for physics with Guglielmo Marconi for their development of wireless telegraphy.

Hamburg, Heroldischen Buchhandlung, 1770. Large 4to. Orig. blank blue covers. Backstrip nearly gone. 11,12 pp. and 1 large folded handcoloured engraved plate (42x25,5 cm.). The plate strenghtened in folding on verso. A large uncut copy, printed on thick paper. Clean and fine. First edition of Bolton's discussion on how to place the newly found Zoophytes in the Linnean system, is it animal or plant, does the genus belongs to zoology or botany ?. In a previous letter to Linné the same year he tells him, that he intends to publish a work on a new zoophyte and ask for permission to dedicate it to Linné as a token of his high esteem.

K., P.Hake 1643. - Kong Chr.IV's Rigens Ræt oc Dele. K., Holst,1643. - Chr.IV's Bircke-Ræt 1643 samt Forordninger og Register. 1644. 4to. Et nyere helldrbd. Med kobberst.titel blad til Jydsk Lov og en del træskårne titelblade. Jydske Lov har talrige tilføjelser i gl.hånd.

Copenhagen und leipzig, Otto Christoph Wentzel, 1748. Contemp. full sprinkled calf. Richly gilt spin, titlelabel with gilt lettering. Wear to top of spine. A small nick to lower compartment. Corners bumped. Lower right corner on frontcover lacks a bit of leather. (32),616 pp. A bit of blank paper in inner margin of titlepage lacks, no loss of letters. Old name on title-page. A bit of marginal browning, but internally clean. First (and only) German edition of "Naturens og Folke=Rettens Kundskab". - Ehr.-M. X:70.

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

Kjøbenhavn, 19. December 1848. Folio. (33,5 x 20,5 cm.). Samtidigt hldrbd. Stor forgyldt titeetiket i skind på forpermen. Ryg slidt. Instruktion i let læselig manuskriptform. 69 sider (= (10),59 pp.) med 23 større og mindre gevær-konstruktionstegninger i marginer. Denne instruktion er tilsendt Den Kongelige Artillerie-Brigade og approberet og underskrevet af Keÿper (og) Müller 19. December 1848 på grundlag af den instruktion som blev vedtaget af Artillerie= og Constructions=Commissionen, den 16de September 1848. Instruktione er givetvis et af få eksemplarer som er udsendt til brigaderne på grundlag af en oprindelig, ikke trykt, håndskrevet instruktion.

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.

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, 1806. Bound in three contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines and title-and tomelabels with gilt lettering. Spines slightly rubbed. (4),VIII,587;(1),VI,519;(4),XII,600 pp., 6 engraved plates and 1 large folded engraved map "Charte vom Laufe des Ganges von Golgong bis Hurrisonker, den Zustand der Inseln und Sansbänke desselben während der trocknen Jahrszeit von 1796-7 darstellend, von R.H. Colebrooke...Weimar 1806." (26x56 cm.). The volumes contains German translations of many importent travels to India by the travellers: Kapt. Blunt, Thomas Hardwicke, R.H. Colebrooks, Kapt. Mahony, David Richardson, Wrede, W. Hunter, Joinville, Franz Buchanan, J. Crip, Kapt. Cox, Kapt. M'Kenzie, Kapt. Moore et al. Volume three is the first German edition of L. Papi: "Lettere sull' Indie Orientali. Filadelfia, 1802." (Bibliothek der neuesten und wichtigsten Reisebeschreibungen...hrsg. von M.C. Sprengel, fortgesetzt von T.F. Ehrmann, 30., 31., und 32. Bd.). Also having the 3 series-titlepages, these with a stamp.

London, M. Flesher, 1687. Small 8vo. Bound in a later modest hcloth. (24),(4),70 pp., 7 engraved plates (4 folding), 1 full-page engraving in the text and 2 large folded tables. Right margin a bit shaved. Light browning to titlepage and the first leaves. Groenveldt was a famous lithotomist, using the suprapubic technique. He changed his name to Greenfield when he came to England from Holland. (Garrison & Morton No. 4280 (Engl. ed. from 1710). - Waller No 3752.

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.

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.

London, Rodwell & Martin, 1820. Small 4to. Fine contemp. full green calf, Richly gilt spine, broad gilt borders on covers and inside gilt borders. All edges gilt. Engraved frontispiece (view of Geneva), engraved titlepage. VIII,200 pp. and 59 fine engraved views. (complete). Text printed on good paper. Internally clean and fine and wide-margined. Plates with tissue guards and clean. Engraved tailpiece on p. 200. First edition. The fine views with scenery of Mont Blanc, Vevay, Lausanne, Neuchâtel, Berne, Lucerne, the Castles of Martigny, Chillon, and Bellinzona, the Glacier at Grindelwald, the Fall of the Rhine near Schaffhausen, Lakes of Brientz, Zoug etc. etc.

(Paris, n.d., 1785). Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spine. Stamps on title-page. Slightly rubbed. (2),384,XVIII,(1) pp., 6 large folded engraved maps, plans, profiles etc. A closed tear to one folding in one plate.

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.

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.