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Marid, La Imprenta Real, 1808. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with gilt lettering to spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Light wear to extremities, internally nice and clean. (4), 220, 303, (3) pp. Third Spanish edition of Campe’s highly popular popular work which is a free adaptation of Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe and in part based on Rousseau's Émile. This adaptation was intended for children and aimed to provide moral and educational lessons through the adventures of Robinson on the deserted island. Campe's version toned down some of the more violent and morally ambiguous aspects of Defoe's original work making it more suitable for young readers. It was published numerous times in the 19th century. Despite its popularity all Spanish editions are scarce and are rarely found in the trade.

Hamburg, Christoph Kissners, 1724. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with five raised bands and richly gilt spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Most of gilting on spine worn off. Internally nice and clean. (52), 548, (6) pp.

Kbhvn., H.H. Godiche, 1760. 4to. Samt. helldrbd. med rig rygforgyldning. Øverste kapitæl slidt. Lettere brugsspor. Skindtitel på ryg. (32),512 pp. samt 14 kobbersyukne plancher. Grundtegningen repareret på bagside med tape, pp. 236-237 med tab af et hjørne. Gl. ejernavne på titebladet, bl.a. M. Nyrop. Her og der med lidt brunpletter. Stort eksemplar på skrivepapir. Originaludgaven af Pontoppidans lærde Københavns-beskrivelse, som blev optakten til udarbejdelsen af hans "Danske Atlas".

Lugduni Batavorum, Franciscos Hegerum et Hackium, 1638. 12mo. Contemporary full vellum, lower spine cracked, front board stained and with a small crack. With engraved titlepage. (8), 567 pp. 18 texts from different authors, among others Nicolas Wynmann (De Arte Natandi) , Joannes Passerat (Encomium Asini), , Juste Lipse (Laus Elephantis), Philippe Melanchton (Laus Formicae), Andrea Salernitano (Gramaticale Bellum Nominis et Verbi Regum), G. Menapio (Encomium Febres Quartanae).

Plön, J.C. Wehrt, (1759). 4to. Contemp. hcalf. Corners bumped and back somewhat worn. A paperlabel pasted on lower part of back. Stamp on titlepage. (8),376,(24) pp. Internally fine. First edition.

Paris, Bachelier, 1840. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome X , No 5 (entire issue offered). Pp. (143-) 207. Dumas' paper: pp. 149-178. With half-title to Tome X. First appearance of this paper, which was published the same year in 'Annales de Chimie et de Physique', is the most importent on the theory of structural types and the nomenclature of organic compounds, refuting the electrochemical theory of Berzelius. "The development of this idea (type organique) into what is sometimes called the "Older Type Theory", as distinguished from Gerhardt's Type heory, is contained in Dumas' importent memoir on the substitution and the theory of types, presented on 3 February 1840."(Partington IV, p. 365). "Jean Baptiste Dumas advances a theory that the chemical properties of an organic compound are determined by its structure and not, as seems to be the case with inorganic compounds, by its electrical properties. he illustrates the concept with the example that the basic qualitative properties of acetic acid are retained even after replacing three fourths of the hydrogen by chlorine. As a consequence, he calls for a revision of chemical nomenclature for organic compounds, basing terms on common features, not on elemental composition."(Parkinson "Breakthroughs" 1840 C).

Warszawa, 1933-73. 7 solid hcloth.

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.

Paris, Jean Jombert, 1694. Uncut in later blank marbled boards. Stamp on title-page. Engraved frontispiece,Title-page in red/black. (22),256 pp., 44 engraved plates. Clean and fine. First edition. - Rumpf, 5211. - Slooos, Warfare and the Age of printing, 8066. - Poggendorff II,341.

Kjöbenhavn, Gad, 1863. 4to. Samt.hldrbd. Rygtitel og rygforgyldning. Ryg med lettere brugsspor. (8),84 pp., tekstillustr.samt 18 kobberstukne plancher med mange figurer. Indvendig ren og frisk. Originaludgaven af beskrivelsen af dette berømte mosefund. (Sønderjydske Mosefund I).

(Paris, Gauthier-Villars), 1875. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 81, No 14. [Mouchot's paper:] Pp. 571-574. (Entire issue offered). (1), 546-604 pp. Clean and fine. First printing of the paper in which Mouchot presents his seminal solar generator. Auguste Mouchot was a French mathematics teacher, who in the 1860'ies became famous as the designer (and patent-taker) of the first machine that generated electricity with solar thermal energy electricity by the exposure of the sun. Mouchot began his work with solar energy in 1860 after expressing grave concerns about his country's dependence on coal. His work on solar energy and on the development of his sun machine forms the basis for the later developments on solar energy. "The work of Adams, Ericsson, and Shuman had been directly influenced by the solar conceptions of Augustin Mouchot, a man who arrived on the scene in nineteenth century France at precisely that moment when his ideas were likely to attract the most attention. It was a time when French industrial might was at a peak and her leaders open to new ideas, none more so than her emperor. In 1867, to commemorate the explosion of technology that had accompanied the industrial and artistic carnival over which he had presided for 15 years, France's Napoleon III decided to invite the whole world to an international exposition that he would host in Paris." (Kryza, The Power of Light, p. 147). "His initial experiments involved a glass-enclosed, water-filled iron cauldron, in which sunlight passed through a glass cover, heating the water. This simple arrangement boiled water, but it also produced small quantities of steam. Mouchot added a reflector to concentrate additional radiation onto the cauldron, thus increasing the steam output. He succeeded in using his apparatus to operate a small, conventional steam engine. Impressed by Mouchot's device, Emperor Napoleon III offered financial assistance, which Mouchot used to produce refinements to the energy system. Mouchot's work help lay the foundation for our current understanding of the conversion of solar radiation into mechanical power driven by steam.The publication of his book on solar energy, "La Chaleur solaire et ses Applications industrielles" (1869), coincided with the unveiling of the largest solar steam engine he had yet built. This engine was displayed in Paris until the city fell under siege during the Franco-Prussian War in 1871, and was not found after the siege ended.In September 1872, Mouchout received financial assistance from the General Council of Indre-et-Loire to install an experimental solar generator at the Tours library. He presented a paper on the generator to the Academy of Sciences on 4 October 1875, and in December of the same year he presented to the Academy a device he claimed would, in optimal sunshine, provide a steam flow of 140 liters per minute. (The Energy Library).Mouchot is the first author to write explicitly about solar energy and how to convert solar radiation into usable energy, thus laying the foundation for what we now call "green energy".

København, Philipsen, 1892. Indbundet med det originale foromslag i et nær samtidigt grønt halvlæderbd. med rygforgyldning. Foromslaget og haltitlen er ganske brunplettede, resten af materien mere sporadisk brunplettet. Originaludgaven af et af Hamsuns allerypperste værker - af de fleste Hamsun-elskere måske det mest beundrede.

Wien, Selbstverlage des Verfasser, 1887. Folio (37 x 52 cm). 10 loose sheets in the original accompanying printed portfolio. Stamp to top of portfolio and numbers written in contemporary hand. Small stamp to verso of all plates. The ten plates vary in size and one plate is coloured. Complete. Rare first appearance, privately printed, of Klotzmann atlas-volume of his work on revolving shields for guns in land fortifications.

London, The Royal Society, 1900. Large 4to. Original printed wrappers. Some fraying to extremeties. Back wrapper loose. Vertical folding mark. First edition, offprint issue of this important paper. "Yule's studies of the correlation of continuous variables led him, in 1900 [offered paper], to study measures of association for discrete variables, in particular the cross-ration c ('odds ration') in 2 x 2 contingency table and its transform Q=(1-c)/(1+c), now known as 'Yule's coefficient'. This led to an altercation with Pearson in which Pearson's capacity for acrimonious and illdirected criticism was displayed, in marked contrast to Yule's gentler mode of expression. Even Fisher, who as a young man had felt the sharpness of Pearson's pen, was later moved to remark 'Pearson' attacked Yule's work at one time much more violently than ever he did mine'." - Heyde: Statisticians of the Centuries, p.293.

Kiøbenhaffn, Georgio (Jørgen) Hantzch, 1615. 4to. I et senere beskedent hellæderbind med fem ophøjede bind på ryg. Første ca 20 blade med reperationer i margin. Sporadisk brunplettet, ellers pæn. (4), 237, (8), 111, (2) ff. Første danske oversættelse af Bünting's yderst populære værk omhandlende geografiske og rejserelaterede aspekter i Biblen.

Paris, Etienne Ganeau & Antoine-Urbain Coustelier, 1719. 4to. In contemporary full calf with four raised bands and gilt ornamentation to spine. Ruled fillets to boards. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Edges of boards gilt. A few stains and scratches to boards. Internally nice and clean. 107, (1) pp. Rare first edition of this French grammar. We have not been able to trace a single copy in the trade.

London, Edward Brewster, 1674 & 1673. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with double ruled fillets to boards. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Light wear to extremities, boards a bit bended. Internally good. (8), 260, (2), 94, (2) pp. Rare second edition of Anthony Palmer’s theological work on the soul. Anthony Palmer, a distinguished English clergyman, rose to prominence in the mid-17th century. Educated at Oxford, he became a fellow of Balliol College and later served as the rector of Bourton in Gloucestershire. In 1662, he was expelled from his post for nonconformity. Following his ejection, Palmer led a congregation in London until his death in 1678.

Amsterdam, Jan Henri, 1697. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with five raised bands and richly gilt spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Wear and scratches to boards. Ex-libris (F. v. Iuel) pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Internally nice and clean. (4), 300 pp. + frontispiece. The uncommon first edition of this work on Queen Christina of Sweden (1626 – 1689) who famously abdicated in 1654, converted to Catholicism and move to Rome. The Swedish queen is remembered as one of the most erudite women of the 17th century, wanting Stockholm to become the "Athens of the North".

London, R.T., 1672 & 1671. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with richly gilt spine. Small paper label pasted on to top of spine. Wear to extremities, spine ends chipped. Inner hinges split. 216, (10), 38, 41-186 pp. Rare third edition of both works. Cuthbert Sydenham (1622–1654) was an English Puritan preacher and theologian during the 17th century best known for his active participation in the religious and political turmoil of his time, which were marked by the English Civil War and the Commonwealth period under Oliver Cromwell.

(Kiøbenhavn, J.D. Qvist, 1852). Et samtidigt hldrbd. med rygforgyldning. 320 pp. Hefterne fortsat paginerede. hefterne rene, velbevaret. Originaltrykket. Yderst sjældent. Her foreligger de 18 første hefter af dette tidsskrift, som næsten udelukkende blev forfattet af Dreier selv og hvis formål var at være talerør for "den frie, forfriskende, reformbringende kritik, for hvilken arbejdets frigørelse fra pengemagtens åg er en hovedopgave". Hermed bliver værket det første socialistiske tidsskrift i Danmark, og Dreier er senere karakteriseret som Danmarks første socialist.Dreier blev syg i slutningen af 1852, og herfefter optog han først udgivelsen i februar 1853, hvor der yderligere blev udgivet numrene 9-12 (af 2. Kvartal)"Samfundets Reform udkom som ugeblad med 22 numre fra april 1852 til 28.2.1853 med afbrydelser grundet på D.s militærtjeneste juni 1852 og sygdom. Han skrev selv hele indholdet og behandlede spørgsmål som kapital og arbejde, "kommunalsvineriet" (kort efter udbrød koleraepidemien), lavsvæsenets ophævelse, valgrettens udvidelse, programmet for et selvstændigt arbejderparti, oprettelse af frie fagforeninger og af kooperative foretagender med offentlig støtte o. m.a.." (DBL).

Odense, Hempelske Boghandel, (1863). Folio. Samtidigt sort halvlæderbind med titelblad påklistret forpermen. Øvre del af planche 13-30 med vandskjold. En smule gennemgående misfarvning. 17 pp. + 30 håndkolorerede plancher. Dansk udgave af Schuberts "Naturgeschichte der Vögel in Bildern. 1854." og med de samme plancher.Danish translation of Schuberts "Naturgeschichte der Vögel in Bildern. 1854.". Reproduced with the same plates.

Nürnberg, 1734. Cont.hvellum. Engr.frontisp., double-page title, (12),348,504,(32) pp., 11 engr.plates with coat of arms, 59 fine engr.portraits.

Sulzbach, Seidelsche Buchhandlung, 1829. 8vo. Bound in a very nice recent hcalf in old style w. five raised bands, gilt spine and gilt red leater title-label. Gilt borders to marbled paper-covered boards. An exceptionally fine and clean copy. XXX, (2, -Druckfehler und Verbesserungen), 416 pp. First edition of one of, if not the, most important of J.H. Fichte's works, -the first of his larger independant works.Immanuel Hermann Fichte (1796-1879) was the son of Johann Gottlieb Fichte. He himself became a skilled and important theologian and philosopher.In his philosophy Fichte wishes to bridge the gaps between Hegel and Herbert with the aid of Leibnitz. He mainly attacks Hegel for his Pantheism and thus comes to establish a new philosophical movement on these grounds.

Berlin, Stockholm, Paris, F. & G. Beijer, 1884. 4to. In contemporary half cloth. Stamps to title-page and last leaf. In "Acta Mathematica", no 5, 1884/1885. Entire issue offered. Pp. 209-278. [Entire issue: (4) 408 pp.]. First publication of this groundbreaking paper which together with his three other papers on the pubject (not offered here) constitute the discovery of Automorphic Functions. "Before he was thirty years of age, Poincaré became world famous with his epoch-making discovery of the "automorphic functions" of one complex variable (or, as he called them, the "fuchsian" and "kleinean" functions)." (DSB).These manuscripts, written between 28 June and 20 December 1880, show in detail how Poincaré exploited a series of insights to arrive at his first major contribution to mathematics: the discovery of the automorphic functions. In particular, the manuscripts corroborate Poincaré's introspective account of this discovery (1908), in which the real key to his discovery is given to be the recognition that the transformations he had used to define Fuchsian functions are identical with those of non-Euclidean geometry. (See Walter, Poincaré, Jules Henri French mathematician and scientist).The idea was to come in an indirect way from the work of his doctoral thesis on differential equations. His results applied only to restricted classes of functions and Poincaré wanted to generalize these results but, as a route towards this, he looked for a class functions where solutions did not exist. This led him to functions he named Fuchsian functions after Lazarus Fuchs but were later named automorphic functions. First editions and first publications of these epochmaking papers representing the discovery of "automorphic functions", or as Poincaré himself called them, the "Fuchsian" and "Kleinian" functions."By 1884 Poincaré published five major papers on automorphic functions in the first five volumes of the new Acta Mathematica. When the first of these was published in the first volume of the new Acta Mathematica, Kronecker warned the editor, Mittag-Leffler, that this immature and obscure article would kill the journal. Guided by the theory of elliptic functions, Poincarë invented a new class of automorphic functions. This class was obtained by considering the inverse function of the ratio of two linear independent solutions of an equation. Thus this entire class of linear diffrential equations is solved by the use of these new transcendental functions of Poincaré." (Morris Kline).Poincaré explains how he discovered the Automorphic Functions: "For fifteen days I strove to prove that there could not be any functions like those I have since called Fuchsian functions, I was then very ignorant; every day I seated myself at my work table, stayed an hour or two, tried a great number of combinations and reached no results. One evening, contrary to my custom, I drank black coffee and could not sleep. Ideas rose in crowds; I felt them collide until pairs interlocked, so to speak, making a stable combination. By the next morning I had established the existence of a Class of Fuchsian functions, those which come from hypergeometric series; i had only to write out the results, which took but a few hours...the transformations that I had used to define the Fuchsian functions were identical with those of Non-Euclidean geometry..."

Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1667. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with four raised bands and richly gilt spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Light miscolouring to extremities. Minor loss of leather to upper capital, otherwise a nice and clean copy. (6), 208, 216, 8, (4) pp. First edition of this treatise published on the order and in the name of Louis XIV. It was intended to prepare minds for the conquest of Flanders and the Spanish Netherlands. Its impact and influence on the public opinion is disputed.A 4to-edition was published the same year.