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Kjöbenhavn, 1866. Samtidigt simpelt hldrbd. Ryg falmet og hjørner en smule slidte. Titelbladet med nænsomme restaurationer ved indre fals, sidste blad ligeså. Blyantsnoter i teksten. Ellers ren. Den ikke almindeligt forekommende originaludgave af værket, der bragte Ibsen berømmelse videnom.First edition of the work that brought Ibsen fame, not common.

Kbhvn. 1869-88. Indbundet i 40 samtidige lidt slidte halvlæderbind, enkelte dog i nyere bind. Alle med biblioteksstempler og nyere labels på ryggene.

London, Printed by Taylor and Francis - Published by the Author, (1862-) 73. Folio. Papersize 52,5x36,5 cm. Lithographed and fully handcoloured. 2 adults in a in a flowering tree. J. Gould & H.C. Richter, del. et lith. - Walter & Cohn, Imp. Fine and clean. A repai to right margin, not affecting 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.

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.

(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).

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

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.

A la Haye, Benjamin Gibert, 1736. 8vo. In a nice contemporary Cambridge-style mirror binding with four raised bands and richly gilt spine. Front board with crowned gilt super ex-libris (partly worn off). Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Boards with a few scratches, with a bit of loss of leather. Title-page detached. Vague damp-stain to upper half of pages, primarily affecting last leaves. (14), 245, (3) pp. The uncommon first edition of this novel following the life of the fictional Marquis de Vaudreville, chronicling his romantic entanglements and the ups and downs of his fortunes. Not in Brunet.

Paris, Crochard, 1831. 8vo. In blank wrappers. In: "Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago.", tome 46, Cahier 3. Occassional brownspotting, otherwise fine. Pp. 225-264. First printing of this important 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".This memoir was for some time considered lost, it was presented to the Academy in 1823, but found later in the papers of Fourier. "Ce Mémoire, qu'on ecroyait égaré, vient d'étre retrouvé dans les papiers de M. Fourier. Comme il n'est connu que par des extraits tout-è-fait insuffisand (voyez Ann.. t. XXIX, p. 175), nous nous empressons d'en enrichir les Annales."(Editor's footnote).In the memoir "He adopts Young's principle, that reflection and refraction are due to differences in the inertia of the aether in different material bodies, and supposes (as in the memoir on aberration) that the inertia is proportional to the inverse square of the velocity of propagation of light in the medium. The conditions which he proposes to satisfy at the interface between two media are that the displacements of the aadjacent molecules, resolved parallell to this interface, shall be equal in the two media; and that the energy of the reflwected and refracted waves together shall be equal to that of the incident wave."(Whittaker "A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity" I, p.123).

Small 4to. Uncut, all orig. wrappers. No 60 of 315 "sur vélin pur fil Lafuma-Navarre", a total of 335. With 12 original lithographies by Moreau.

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.

Christiania, Grøndahl & Søn, 1881. 4to. Bound in one contemp. hcalf. Richly gilt. Top edge gilt. Spine loose. Block tight and fine. (4),VIII,621;(4),338,(3) pp. Printed on good paper, internally clean and fine.

Upsala, Kongl. Academiska Boktryckeriet, 1848. Folio. Partly uncut in the original printed wrappers. With several nicks (not affecting text) to wrappers and corners bended. 14 ff. First printing of Linné's renowned manuscript in which he explained his moral principles, religious faith and his development from a sceptic or unbeliever as young into a believer when he reached maturity. "Linné had left to the care and for the study of his son, and successor as professor in Botany at Uppsala, Carl von Linné, jun., a manuscript, which for a long time was supposed to be lost, but which recently was accidentally found, and deposited in the Academical library at Uppsala. This document, know under the name of "Nemesis Divina", because it principally inculcates the doctrine of a divine retribution, also informs the reader of Linné's moral principles and whole religious faith". Swedish professor Elias Fries published part of the manuscript in the present publication.This Linnean "Nemesis Divina" resembles Swedenborg's "Diarium Spirituale"; Both are written not for their authors contemporaries, but for posterity and both are designed to prove the punishment of evil.Soulsby 1060. Hulth s. 165.

Berlin, Mittler, 1901-1906. Bound in 7 worn contemporary half calf bindings, spines gilt. Vol. I: Heeresbewegungen im Kriege 1870-1871. With 17 maps and 6 illustr. 287 pp, Vol. II: Das Abbrechen von Gefechten. With 25 maps in a separate portfolio. 279 pp. Vol. III: Der Schlachterfolg, mit welchen Mitteln wurde er erstrebt? With an atlas, containing 65 lithograhic sketches. 313 pp., Vol. IV: Die Festung in den Kriegen Napoleons und der Neuzeit. With an atllas, containing 29 sketches. 335 pp., Vol. V: Der 18. August 1870. With 3 Anlagen und einer map portfolio, containing 41 Sketches, as well as 2 maps and one plan, 597 pp. With library stamps.

Berlin, 1922-23. Lex8vo. 11 orig.full cloth.

Amsterdam, Zacharie Chatelain, 1735 8vo. In two uniform contemporary Cambridge-style mirror binding with four raised bands and richly gilt spine. Small paper-label pasted on to upper compartment of spines. Light wear to extremities, corners bumped and boards with scratches. 2 leaves detached in vol. 1, but internally generally nice and clean. (4), 568 pp. + frontispiece and 1 folded maps; (2), XII, (2), 504 pp. + frontispiece and 3 folded map. A nice set of the first edition of Matiniere’s history of Asia, Africa and the Americas. Martiniere is especially famous for his extensive work “Grand Dictionnaire Geographique Et Critique” in 10 volumes. Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix (1682-1761), a French Jesuit priest, explorer, and historian and famous for his extensive travels and writings about North America noted his debt to Martiniere and the present work. Sabin 8793

Hildburghausen, Johann Bielcke, 1691. 4to. In contemporary full vellum with yapp edges with title in sontemporary hand to spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Light soiling to extremities. Internally nice and clean. (12), 1652, (38) pp. + portrait and engraved half-title. Rare first edition of this encyclopedic compendium, arranged after the Ten Commandments, on promiscuity. Here with the often missing portrait.

Bln., 1806. 8vo uncut and unopened in recent marbled paper-boards. Clean copy. Fly-leaf without text with tear. VI, 215 pp. First edition.

London, Tombleson & Co., n.d. (ca. 1840). 8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Richly gilt spine, marbled covers. A paperlabel pasted on lower part of spine. Corners a bit bumped. Stamp on titlepage and first leaf. 127,(1) pp., 45 fine steel-engraved plates all with tissue-guards and 1 folded engraved map. Text as well as plates clean and fine.

Kristiania, Alb. Cammermeyers Forlag, 1909-11. Folio. Orig. helshirtbd. med guldtryk på Ryg og permer. Lette brugsspor på ryg og langs kanter. Indvendig ren. Et udmærket eksemplar. Rigt illustreret med plancher, delvist i farver. . Originaltrykket.

London, printed for James Whittle and Richard Holmes Laurie, 1815. 8vo. In contemporary blue boards (original ?). Stamp to spine. Stamp and annotations in contemporary hand to title-page. Soiling and wear to extremities and brownspottet throughout. VIII, 130 pp. + folded tabel on the tides in English channel. Rare fifth edition of Whittle and Laurie's pilot to the English Channel.

Lipsiae, Thomas Fritsch, 1696 Folio. Bound in two cont. full calfs with richly gilt backs and 6 raised bands on each and 3 brown titlelabels. Title in red/ black with engraved vignette, also an old owners name. A few pages with stains or brown spots, otherwise internally fine. (8),2606,(144) pp. Covers with minor scratches and a little rubbed.

Cologne, Crithius, 1615. 4to. In contemporary full vellum with yapp edges with title in contemporary hand to spine. Light miscolouring to extremities. A nice and clean copy. (16), 979 [i.e. 679], (68) pp. Rare later edition of Pinto’s highly popular work on the Book of Ezekiel.Heitor Pinto (1528 – 1584) was a Portuguese philosopher, theologian, and writer. He joined the Hieronymite Order in 1543 studying and teaching philosophy and theology in Coimbra, Salamanca and Lisbon. Pinto was exiled to Toledo by Philip II for supporting António of Crato’s claim to the Portuguese throne.

London, J. Wallis, 1812 (?) Lex 8vo. Bound in 3 contemporary marbled full calf with richly gilt spines. Gilt title- and tome labels. Wear to hinges and capitals. 3 engraved frontispieces and 2 engraved title pages (An inlaid note indicates that the title page of volume 3 was probably never printed). IV,551;546;430,(1) pp. With 16 portaits and 8 plates. A few brownspots, otherwise clean.

Kiøbenhavn, Godiche, 1769-76. 4to. 2 samtidige hldrbd. med ophøjede bind på rygge. Forgyldte tome-og titelfelter. Øverste kapitæl på bind 1 slidt. 2 store kobberstukne vignetter. (66),621,(1);(58),568,(40) pp. Indvendig ren og frisk. Originaludgaven af Danmark-Norges første retshistoriske værk.