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4to. All orig. wrappers. Uncut. No 79 of 150 "sur vélin de Rives teinté", a total of 176. With 6 full page etchings and 36 charming illustrations in the text, etched in colours and an extra suite of the textetchings in black (36 incl. a black title).

Leipzig und Stockholm, Kiesewetter, 1756. Contemp. full calf. Richly gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering (partly gone). Spine rubbed. Some leather at lower compartments lacks. (32),336 pp., 2 engraved plates, 1 folded engraved maps. Faint scattered brownspots and occassionally light toning. No halftitle. First German edition, an abridged translation of "Skånska Resa", the only translation into a foreign language.Soulsby,213. - Hulth, 81-82.

Leipzig, Gleditsch, 1696. 4to. In contemporary full vellum with title and author in contemporary hand to spine. Soiling and a few marks to extremities. Internally with a few occassional brownspots, but generally nice and clean. (2), 36, (4), 1445, (40) pp. Later edition of a collection of Carpzov's eulogies that highlight the virtues and legacies of high-ranking and notable persons. Benedict Carpzov (1595–1666), widely considered to be the founder of German legal science, was a German jurist and legal scholar. He was born in Wittenberg, Germany, into a family of legal scholars. Carpzov served as a professor of law at the University of Wittenberg and later at the University of Leipzig. Carpzov's contributions to legal scholarship earned him recognition as one of the leading jurists of his time.

Paris, Barrois l'aine, An 14 (1806) = date of vol. II, Vol. I no date. 2 fine cont. hcalf, gilt backs. Paperlabel pasted on lower part of back. XII,500-280 pp. and 40 + 35 (75) large folded engraved plates (of 76 - plate 22 in vol. II lacks). A few plates repaired for tears. Small rubber stamp on titles.

Wittenbergae (Wittenberg), Martini Henckelij, (1608) - 1609. 4to. No wrappers. Bound together. All 20 dissertations with own titlepage and with broad woodcut borders. All unpaginated. Each from 12-24 pp.

Paris, Crochard, 1831. No wrappers. In: "Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago.", tome 46, Cahier 3. Titlepage to vol. 46. Pp. 225-336 a. 1 folded engraved plate. (The entire issue offered). Fresnel's paper: pp. 225-264. Some scattered brownspots. Fist printing of this importent paper in which Fresnel formulates a theory of reflection and refraction referring them to the dynamical properties of the luminiferous media and stating the two laws that bears his name, the "Sine-law" and the "Tangent-law".

Leipzig, Weidmannischen Buchladen, 1736. 4to. In contemporary full calf calf. Spine with gilt ornamentation, mostly worn off. Extremities with wear and miscolouring. Internally with occassional dampstaining, but generally nice and clean. (14), 358 pp. + 32 engraved plates and 1 frontispiece. First German edition. - Klaus Jordan, 2574.

Landshut, 1806. 8vo. Cont. marbled boards. Title label on spine missing. Wear to capitals w. some loss, corners bumped. Internally minor brownspotting. XXXIV, 178, (1, -Verbesserungen) pp. The scarce first edition on Karl Schelling's rare work on "Life and its Appearance".Karl Eberhard Schelling (1783-1854) was the younger brother of Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling (1775-1854), together with Fichte and Hegel the central thinker of German Idealism. Karl Schelling was a trained physician, who studied in Jena and there attended some of Hegel's lectures (1801-2). He later settled in Stuttgart (1805), as a general practicioner, where he wrote his main, though now forgotten, main work "Über das Leben und seine Erscheinung". In a letter to Hegel, F.W.v. Schelling suggests him to read an article by his brother the physician concerning animal magnetism (in Jahrbücher für Medizin als Wissenschaft, 1807), and it is this topic that is developed in his "On Life and the Appearance of it". Karl Schelling here advances a theory of life that involves a World Soul, in which induvidual souls participate. His theories of aether, sleep and death bear many resemblances to Hegel's philosophy of spirit.It is also Karl Schelling who treats Hegel's sister Christianne, when she falls ill, and it is likely that the treatments (which he is said to have undertaken for free) involved "magnetic" therapy. Hegel himself was very interested in animal magnetism, as his Philosophy of nature also bears witness to. There is no doubt about the fact that Hegel was quite impressed and intrigued with Karl Schelling's now scarcely known but interesting work.

(Paris, Crochard, 1826). No wrappers. In: "Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago.", tome 31, Cahier 1. Halftitle to vol. 31.Pp.5-112 a. 1 folded engraved plate. (The entire issue offered). Berzeliu's paper: pp. 5-36. First appearance of a milestone paper in chemistry. In this paper Berzelius drew up the table of atomic weights of the elements, which, with only a few exceptions are similar to those used today. He symbolizes the elements by the first or two letters of the Latin name of the element, and he symbolizes compounds by stting the element symbols together together with the number of atoms involved when grater that one. This is the importent revison of his system announced in 1818."In 1819 Mitscherlich showed that similarity in chemical structure is accompanied by identity of crystalline form (Mitscherlich's law of isomorphism). berzelius realized at once that Mitscherlich's findins called for importent changes in his own system. he accordingly published a new table of atomic weights in 1826 (the paper offered)."(Taton "Science in the 19th Century", p. 279). - Holmberg, Bibliografi öfver Berzelius, nr. 29.

London, George Sawbridge, 1669. 8vo. In contemporary full calf. Small paper-label to upper part of spine. Wear and soiling to extremities. Lower and upper part of hinges split, with some loss of leather. Inner hinges split. Internally with light occassional miscolouring. Front free end-paper missing. (8), 209 pp. Rare work by Teat on the importance of one's thoughts in determining their spiritual state before God. It offers guidance on self-examination through one's thoughts and provides frameworks for having righteous thinking along with motivations and guidelines for maintaining such thoughts. We have not been able to trace a single copy in the trade.

Nürnberg, Endter, 1688. 8vo. In contemporary full vellum with black lettering to spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. A few stains and marks to extremities. Inner front hindge split. Internally very nice and clean. (16), 824, (56) pp. Rare work on the necessary principles for the military administration of a state – a manual for statesmen and military leaders on how to manage the military aspects of a state.

Ubeskåret i orig. hollanderet bd. m. den bogtrykte titeletiket. Forperm lidt løs. Sidste 30 sider m. skjold. Noget brunplettet. Originaludgave. Himmelstrup 70. Har tilhørt Vilhelm Grønbeck.

Amsterdam, Zacharie Chatelain, 1732. 8vo. Uniformly bound in three nice contemporary Cambridge-style mirror bindings. Vol. 3 with small paper-label pasted on to top of spíne and sunning to spine. A few hole to boards. Internally nice and clean. (2), (36), 404 pp. + frontispiece; (2), XXII, 453 pp. + frontispiece; (2), XXIV, 400, (20) pp. + frontispiece. Later revised edition of Pufendorf’s famous account on the history of Sweden providing a comprehensive account of Sweden's past, tracing its evolution from a medieval kingdom to a dominant European power. Pufendorf's work is not merely a chronicle of events but also an exploration of the dynamics of power and governance.

(Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1842). Without wrappers. In "Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg. von J.C. Poggendorff", Ergänzungsband 1, Stück 2. Pp. 193-384 a. 1 folded engraved plate. (The entire issue offered). Henry's paper: pp. 282-312. First German version of Henry's description of his discovery of self-induction. He missed the credit for the discovery of induction to Faraday, but he had done the key experiment ahead of Faraday, but Faraday was the first to publish. But he is credited for the discovery of self-induction (1832) and Faraday discovered it independently two years later (1834)."In Henry's paper, however, he explained thet the electric current in a coil can induce another current not only in another coil but in itself. The actual current observed in the coil is, then, the combination of the original current and the induced current. This is called self induction."(Isac Asimov).The issue contains further notable papers Michael Faraday's "Vierzehnte Reihe von Experimental-Untersuchungen über Elektricität", § 2o-22. (Nos 1667-1748). Pp. 249-281. First German version. In this paper FARADAYamplifies his theory of electrostatic induction by making further use of the analogy with the induction of magnetism. Whittaker describes the paper as having "THE FUNDAMENTAL EQUATION OF ELECTROSTATICS", as modified in order to take into account the effect of the specific inductive capacity."(Whittaker I, pp.187-89).

Metz, Lithographie de l'Ecole Royale de l'Art.rie et du Genie, 1828. Folio. Original blank blue wrappers. Upper right corner on upper wrapper torn/gone. Original printed titlelabel on spine. Stamp on title-page. (2),85 pp., 4 large folded lithographed plates. Throughout authographed in lithography. Internally clean. Scarce. Published in only a very limited number.

Hafniæ, M. Godiche, 1672. 4to. Uncut in cont. blank wrappers. (26),218,(24),71 pp. Title in red/black. Engraved portrait and 4 engraved plates, showing fibulas etc., many woodcut-illustr. in the text. Throughout lightly browned. The work deals with chirurgical instruments, fibulas, bandages in historical perpective.

Ldn., 1781-1794. 8vo. Bound in one later full calf w. 4 raised bands on back and green title-label. Back gilt. Bdg. a bit scraped, w. tears. Occationally brownspotted. "The Critic" w. engr. title-page, engr. title-vignette. First edition of "A Trip to Scarborough". More than one edition of "The Critic" was issued in 1781 and it is practically impossible to tell one apert from the other. The present one is w. the engr. title-page and is printed in 1781 for Becket, as we know the first edition is.

Chicago, (1947). 8vo. Orig. green full cloth w. gilt lettering to spine. Minor bumping to extremities, otherwise a very nice, clean and fresh copy. VIII, 210 pp. The not common first edition of Carnap's important main work on semantics, in which he, as the first logician ever, uses semantics to explain modalities. This led to a interest in the structure of scientific theories, and his main concerns here were to describe the distinction between analytic and synthetic statements and to suitably formulate the verifiability principle; -he thus wishes to find a criterion of significance that can be applied to scientific language.It is in his "Meaning and Necessity" that Carnap first defines the notions of L-true and L-false (Chapter II). A statement is said to be L-true if its truth depends on semantic rules, and L-false if its negation is L-true. Any statement that is either L-true or L-false is L-determined; analytic statements are L-determined, while synthetic statements are not L-determined. As opposed to the definitions he gives in his "The Logical Syntax of Language", these definitions now apply to semantic in stead of syntactic concepts. It is also in this work that he gives his interesting explanation of his "belief-sentences"Rudolf Carnap (born 1891 in Ronsdorf, Germany, died 1970 in Santa Monica, California) was an immensely influential analytic philosopher, who has contributed decisively to the fields of logic, epistemology, semantics, philosophy of science, and philosophy of language. He was one of the leading figures of the Vienna Circle, and a prominent logical positivist. He studied philosophy, physics and mathematics at the universities of Berlin and Freiburg, and worked at the universities of Jena, Vienna and Prague until 1935, when he, due to the war, emigrated to the U.S., where he became an American citizen in 1941. In America he became professor of the University of Chicago. In Jena he was appointed Professor of Mathematics, though his main interest at that time was in physics. By 1913 he planned to write his dissertation on thermionic emission, but this was interrupted by World War I, where he served at the front until 1917. Afterwards he studied the theory of relativity under Einstein in Berlin, and he developed the theory for a new dissertation, namely on an axiomatic system for the physical theory of space and time. He thus ended up writing the important dissertation under the direction of Bouch on the theory of space (Raum) from a philosophical point of view. After the publication of his first work, Carnap's involvement with the Vienna Circle began to develop. He met Reichenbach in 1923 and was introduced to Moritz Schlick in Vienna, where he then moved to become assistant professor at the university. He soon became one of the leading members of the Vienna Circle, and in 1929 he, Neurath, and Hahn wrote the manifest of the Circle.According to Hintikka, Carnap came extremely close to possible-worlds semantics in his "Meaning and Necessity", but did not succeed, because he was not able to go beyond classical model theory (see "Carnap's heritage in logical semantics" in "Rudolf Carnap, Logical Empiricist").

Paris, G. Masson, 1892. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with five raised bands and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Light wear to extremities, corners bumped and a few scratches to the leather. Internally very fine and clean. XI, (1), 239 pp. + 3 coloured plates. First edition of Metchnikoff’s important work on inflammation. Garrison & Morton 2307

(Paris), 9. Pluviôse, (ca 1798). Small 8vo, 1/2 page, 11 lines. The famous French astronomer, Joseph-Jérôme Lefrancais de Lalande (1732-1807) writes to the secretary of the Marine M. Lallemant ".....j'assorcierai l'institut, le bureau des longitudes, et tout les astronomes à moi reconaissance; je l'ai deja fait dans l'histoire del'astronomie qui est dans le magasin encyclopedique. Salut, fraternité, actions des graces Lalande."

Zagreb, Izdala "Matica Hrvatska", 1926. 8vo. Uncut, unopened in the original printed wrappers. Light wear to extremities, otherwise a very fine and clean copy. 208 pp. Rare early Croatian translation of Hamlet. Shakespeare's plays in the second half of the 18th century were performed in Croatia when some German theatre companies came to Zagreb and performed several German adaptations including Hamlet. Croatia was first introduced to Shakespeare via German and had, consequently, very little impact on Croatian literature. However, it meant many translations of Shakespeare’s works were published comparative late in Croatia. The translator and the author of a long introduction on Shakespeare was Vinko Kriškovic (1861 - 1952). Born in an affluent Dalmatian family Kriškovic spent many years abroad, studying languages and various cultures. He was known as an intellectual and a translator of Shakespeare’s work. He was a member of the Royal Shakespearean Society and translated 24 of Shakespeare’s works. During the Second world war Kriškovic served as an advisor to the leader of the Nazi sympathising Croatian leader Ante Pavelic. In 1944 he moved to Switzerland on the diplomatic passport, where he remained until the rest of his life.

Brüssel, G. van Oest & Co., 1912-08. Folio. Orig. hvellum. Backs worn, vellum partly gone on vol.II. Uncut and printed on fine paper. Internally clean and fine. (10),104 pp. and 104 large, some folded, facsimile plates + (16), 100 pp. and 100 large, some folded, facsimile plates.

Smukt kobberstukket, helkoloreret Islandskort. 31 x 38,5 cm. Kortet er lavet efter Niels Horrebows kort som det udkom i hans islandsrejse som planche i Prevost: Histoire Generale des Voyages Paris 1746-70. Kompasrose og kartouche.

Kbhvn., Thiele, 1820-38. Indbundet i 75 samtidige noget slidte halvlæderbind med nyere bibliotekslabels på rygge. Med biblioteksstempler.

Nurnberg, Endter, 1703. 8vo. Two parts (consecutively paginated) in one contemporary full calf Cambridge-style binding with four raised bands and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Gilt borders to boards. Extremities with wear, a few wormholes to spine and most of the gilt ornamentation worn off. One plate with tear and missing small part of paper in centre. Stamp to front free end-paper, otherwise internally fine and clean. (16), 1222. (50) pp. + frontiespiece and 12 plates (out of 15). First edition of David Nerreter’s translation of the Koran, which forms the second part of the present work. The translation was based on the Maracci-edition from 1696 which replaced Schweigger's earlier German translation (1616). Here Schweigger had used an flawed Italian translation from 1557, so in many ways, the present translation constitutes the first thoroughly reliable German translation of the Koran. The first part discusses the history of Islam and its customs and the second part is devoted to the translation of the Quran.