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Stockholm, Kongl. Boktryckeriet, 1886. 4to. Orig. blank wrappers with printed title on top of frontwrapper. Wrapper a bit frayed. In: "Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar" Bd. 21, No. 17. Separately printed. 58 pp. First printing of this importent paper in the history of chemistry in which van't Hoff showed that dilute solutions follow the same mathematical properties describing gases.Hoff was awarded the first Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1901 for his discovery of the laws of chemical dynamics and osmotic pressure in solutions.

Grenoble, Joseph-Sulpice Grabit, 1771. Contemp. full calf. Raised bands, richly gilt compartments,titlelabel with guilt lettering. A stamp on htitle and titlepage. XVI,575 pp. and 2 large folded engraved plates. Internally fine and clean. Both covers with the royal coat-of-arms of the Danish king Christian 7. First French edition, translated from Robin's work "Mathematical Tracts... Vol. I. London 1761". It contains the authors New Principles of Gunnery together with some of his various mathematical tratises read before the Royal Society, his polemics on the "vis viva" etc. and Wilson's personal comments on the life and character of his old friend.

Kjøbenhavn, Niels Hansen Møller, 1743. 4to. Indbundet i 3 samtidige helldrbd. med ophøjede bind på rygge. Rygforgyldningen svag. Øvre kapitæler slidte. Det sidste bind med nogen slid på ryg. Tidligere i "Kiöbenhavn Banquen" nummereret "No. 9, 10, 11" (i svagt guldtryk på forpermerne). Ialt ca. 1200 unnumm. sider. Hele vejen gennemstukket med hvide blade af rent, frisk skrivepapir, som er ubeskrevne (ca. 1200 sider 1700-tals skrivepapir). Værket fylder mere en det tredobbelte p.g.a. af de gennemstukne blade.

Halle, Wäysenhaus, 1728 8vo. Uniformly bound in two contemporary half vellum bindings with gilt lettering to spines. Small paper-label pasted on to spines. Light wear and miscolouring to extremities. Previous owner's name (Peter Otto Rosenørn - owner of Hersomgård) in contemporary hand to front free end-paper. Ex-libris (F. v. Iuel, owner of Valdemar's Castle) pasted on to pasted down front end-paper). Internally nice and clean. (52), 378 pp.; pp. 379-1024, (102) pp. A blank leaf bound in between every printed leaf, some heavily annotated in contemporary hand. Rare first edition of Freyer’s introduction to universal history. This book, along with his Vorbereitung zur Universalhistorie, provided structured and accessible guides to understanding world history aiming to integrate a broad historical perspective into educational material.They were widely used in schools and universities influencing teaching methods and shaping historical studies in Protestant Germany.

Sanktpeterburg : Pechatany pri Imperatorskoi Akademii nauk, 1763. 8vo. In contemproary full calf binding with five raised bands and embossed ornamentation to spine. Extremities with wear and front free end-papers heavily annotated. Each leaf printed in two collum. Multi-language (In Latin, Russian, French, and German).Internally fine. (2), 215 pp. Russian translation of Joachim Lange's influential popular "Colloquia Scholastica" translated by Martin Schwanwitz. "After having returned to the Academy of Science in 1735, Schwanwitz got the order to translate Joachim Lange's popular "Colloquia Scholastica" into Russian, whereas his colleague Johann Eberhard Fischer, rector of the Academy School's Latin Section, translated the Latin part into German. The new Latin-Russian-German-French version was published in 1738 at the Academy Press (reprints followed around 1748/49 [year, indicated on the title of this edition: 1738], in 1763 [number of copies published: 1200] and 1789). In Russian schools, the School Dialogues became highly popular and were used intensely until the end of the 18th century. They were indispensable in the lower German classes, where, according to the Academy school's curricula of 1748 and 1758, their use was compulsory. Later, in 1776, the Moscow University issued a version in five languages that also included a translation into Greek (further editions in 1785 and 1800)." (Deutsches Historisches Institut, Moskau).

Christiania, Grøndahl & Søn, 1881. 4to. Bound in 2 contemp. hcalf. Richly gilt spines. Spines faded. (4),VIII,621;(4),338,(3) pp. Clean and fine. Harald Bohr's copy with his name in gilt lettering on both frontcovers.

London, Printed for private Circulation, 1887. Large 4to. Original blindtooled full cloth. Spine with gilt lettering. Gilt title on upper cover. Very light wear along edges. (4),85 pp., 33 plates, partly in phototypie. Clean and fine. Hotchkiss's naval guns originated in the 1880s and were mostly 3 pounders and 6 pounders, and originally were widely used (by Britain, Russia, and the United States amongst others) for close-up defence of major warships against small craft armed with the newly invented locomotive torpedo. When improvements in torpedo range made them obsolete in this role, they continued to be used as small-craft armament up to and including World War II.

Amsterdam, Someren, 1679. 4to. In contemporary full vellum with gilt lettering to spine. Some miscolouring and scratches to extremities. Internally nice and clean. (8), 214, (26); (4), 116; (6), 148; (6), 50 pp. Interesting sammelband containing four works by Cocceius all dealing with protestant theological issues, critiques of the Catholic Church and expositions of Christian doctrine. “Johannes Cocceius (born Aug. 9, 1603, Bremen [Germany]—died Nov. 5, 1669, Leiden, Neth.) was a Dutch theologian of the Reformed Church, biblical scholar, prolific writer, and a leading exponent of covenant theology, a school of religious thought emphasizing the compacts between God and man. Biblical interpretation forms both the central theme of Cocceius’ many writings and the starting point of his systematic theology.” (Encyclopedia Britannica)

Kiøbenhavn, 1769. 4to. Senere slidt halvlæder (ca. 1850). Blokken delvis løs. 1104 s. + 41 kobberstukne plancher. (af i alt 46, mangler; kort over Aalborg Stift, Fladstrand i prospekt, Thisted i prospekt, Hierting i prospekt og Vejle i prospekt.). Kort over Ribe Stift (Præfectura Repensis, A.H. Godiche1768). Kortet med 5 cm. revne ind i stikket. Ellers pænt. Plancher velbevarede. Bogen i øvrigt pæn og ren indvendig. Originaltrykket.

Nürnberg, Endter & Wolfgang, 1664. Folio. Contemp. full calf. Raised bands, spine richly blindtooled, titlelabel. A tear to fronthinge at upper compartment. Some scratches to covers. Firt inner hinge broken and inner backhinge weak. halftitlepage with a tear, no loss of text. Engraved titlepage. Printed titlepage in red/black. (14),1834 pp. + Indexes. Internally clean.

Paris, Chez Crochard, 1824. Later full cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. In: Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago.", Tome 25. 448 pp. and 5 folded engraved plates. (Entire volume offered). Liebig & Gay-Lussac's paper: pp. 285-311. Titlepage with browning and marginal repairs. Stamp to verso of titlepage. A few scattered brownspots, mostly to plates. The paper clean. First printing of a classical paper in chemistry, helping to establish "Isomerism", stating that some chemical substances have the same composition, but different properties."One of Wöhler's earliest researches was made on the cyanates, the same group of compounds which led to the syntheis of urea. The silver salt of cyanic acid was carefully analyzed and reported in the litterature - 77.23 per cent silver oxide, 22.77 per cent cyanic acid. At about the same time Justus von Liebig, working in Gay-Lussac's laboratory, completed analyzing silver fulminate - 77.53 per cent silver oxide, 22.47 per cent cyanic acid. The analyses indicated an identity, but the compounds clearly differed in properties. Liebig, certain that Wöhler analyses was wron, apparently confirmed this by preparing and analzing silver cyanate, it contained 71 per cent of silver oxide... The two chemists were faced with the dilemma of having two compounds, but drastically different properties... brzelius took notice of the fact that the composition of cyanates and fulminates was apparently identical, but was unable to arrive at an explanation. Gay-Lussac, convinced of the correctness of the analyses, attributed the difference in properties to variation in the way the elements were combined." (Ihre "The development of Modern Chemistry", p. 171).The volume contains other notable papers by Humphrey Davy, Poisson, Felix Savart, Humboldt, Wollaston etc.

Stockholm, Joh. Laur. Horrns, 1731-0. Lille 8vo. 2 samt. hldrbd. Rygge og permer med brugsspor, hjørner stødte. 2 titelblade trykt i rødt og sort. (8),366 pp. + Registre - (16),672 pp. + Registre. Indvendig ganske velbevaret eksemplar.

Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1823. 8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine and with gilt lettering. Some scratches to spine. In: "Annalen der Physik und der Physikalischen Chemie. Hrsg. Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert", Bd. 13 (= Bd. 73 der Reihe). (12),444 pp., 1 folded table and 5 engraved plates. Small stamp to verso of titlepages. Internally clean and fine. Wöhler's paper: pp. 157-172. First printing of Wöhler's importent paper in which he in reality for the first time synthezised an organic substance, leading to his historic preparation of "artificial" urea in 1828 "Ueber künstliche Bildung des Harnstoffs". This broke down the old distinction between organic and inorganic substances. "This was the first synthesis of an organic compound, and this accomplishment is generally regarded as the beginning of organic chemistry."(Sparrow "Milestones of Science", p.37, the 1828 paper)."In his published paper (the 1828 paper) Wöhler referred to his work of 1823 (the offered paper), in which he had shown that cyanogen and aqueous ammonia yielded oxalic acid and a white crystalline solid that he now realized was urea. This, and his new method, he considered to be remarkable examples of the preparation "by art" of a substance of animal origin from inorganic materials."(DSB).The volume contains other notable papers BECQUEREL: "Ueber die Electricitäts-Erregung durc Druck, nach versuchen des herrn becquerel; ein bericht abgestatt.... von Biot. Frei übersetzt von Gilbert", pp. 117-129. A pioneer paper on Piezoelectricity. SEEBECK "Notiz von neuen electrisch-magnetischen Versuchen des Herrn Seebeck... mitgeteilt von Hrn Oersted.", pp. 430-32. Also papers by Heinr. Rose, Döbereiner, Lampadius, Sertürner etc. etc.

Wolffenbüttel, Johann Christoph Meisners, 1736-40. 4to. 4 contemp. hcalf, richly gilt spines (faded), wear to spine ends. Some wear to spines and covers. 4 engraved titlevignettes. (110),664,(12);(14),40,507,(55);(30),584,(31);(24),724,(46) pp., 8 engraved vignettes, 7 engraved plates (4 folded), textillustr. A heavy brownspots to the last leaves in volume 2. Some scattered brownspots, but wide-margined and otherwise clean.

Carlsruhe u.Freib., 1831. 4to. Nice cont.hcalf.,gilt back a.atlas in folio-oblong bound in cont. hcloth. (8),XVI,218,XII,194,(2) pp.Text somewhat brownspotted. St.on titles. Atlas in folio with 34 + 24 litogr. plates(2 litogr.titles).

Kjøbenhavn, 1847. 8vo. One nice contemporary black/brown full cloth with gilt title to spine. A bit of wear to capitals and corners. Internally a very fresh and bright copy. 224, 203 pp. First edition. Himmelstrup 105.

Carlscrona, Kongl. Amiralitets Tryckeriet, 1787. Lille 4to. Indbundet med de originale marmorerede papomslag i et nyere hshirtbd. Stempel på titelbladet. (4),90 pp. Trykt på svært papir. Enkelte spredte brunpletter. Enkelte samtidige håndskrevne rettelser i teksten.

Hafniæ, 1739-41. Folio. Samt.hldrbd.m.rig rygforgyldning. (8),276,(4),380 pp.

Kbhvn., 1943-63. 4to. Frisk heftet eksemplar.

Karlsruhe, C.F. Müller, 1819. 12mo. Original boards with pictorial lithograps on both cover and spine. Light wear to extremeties. In original marbled slip-case with original printed titlelabel on spine. Slip-case with some tears and modest wear. 2 title-pages. (10),294;(4),51 pp., 23 double-page folded lithograped plans. Scattered brownspots.

(Petropoli (St. Petersbourg), 1750). 4to. Uncut, without wrappers. Extracted from "Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae", Tom. I. ad Annum 1747 et 1748. Pp. 267-275 a. 1 engraved plate with 2 figs. (ad p.268 a. ad p. 269). Clean and fine. First printing of one of Lomonosov's earliest paper, dealing with the physics of air in artesian wells.Also conatining a paper by G.W. Richmann: "Tentamen Explicandi Phaenomenon Paradoxon...Scil. Thermometro Mercurialis..." Pp. 284-290."Lomonosov was founder of Russian science, and he would be universally recognized as a great pioneer of science had he been born a West European. He was famous also for his literary works, including poems and dramas. In 1755 he wrote a Russian Grammar that reformed the language and in the same year he helped found the University of Moscow. In 1760 he published the first history of Russia."(Isaac Asimov).

Leipzig, Brockhaus, Hannover, Mediolani, 1834-40. 4to. Contemp. hcalf. One hinge weakening. Spine gilt, raised bands. A bit rubbed. 62 pp. + XXXX,359,VIII;XVIII,244,VIII,298 pp. a. 1 folded lithographed plate. + 64,84,72,72 pp. + 42 pp. A few leaves with brownspots, otherwise fine and clean.

Wien, Anton Schroll & Co., 1921. Large 4to. Orig. full cloth. (4),655 pp., 711 illustrations in the text.

(Paris, Mallet-Bachelier), 1863 a. 1864. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 57, No 23 a. Tome 58, No 3. Pp. (925-) 964 a. pp. (141- 180. (2 entire issues offered). Pasteur's paper: pp. 936-942 a. 142-150 and 1 engraved plate (Maladies des Vins - leurs Fermets..). First appearance of these famous papers initiating Pasteur's renowned studies on wine and its "diseases", being his most importent papers on wine."In December 1863 Pasteur published the first of the papers that culminated in his Études sur le vin (1866; 2nd ed. 1873). In that first paper, dealing with the role of atmospheric oxygen in vinification, he sought to establish that the aging of wine resulted from the slow penetration of atmospheric oxygen through the porous wook casks into which new wine was decanted. By virtue of this slow oxidation, he claimed, new wine grows less harsh and acid to the taste as it becomes clearer and lighter from the to the taste as it becomes clearer and lighter from the precipation of dark coloring matters. In his second paper (January 1864) Pasteur examined the "alterations" or "diseases of wine, especially wine from the Jura, his native department. Reviewing the familiar disease of "turned," "acid" "ropy" or "oily " wine, he associated each with a microscopic organism. He summarized the results of his first two papers by nothing that "wine, which is proudced by a cellular vegetation acting as a ferment [namely, yeast], is altered only by the influence of other vegetations of the same order; and once removed from the effects of their parasitism, it is made or matured principally by the action of atmospheric oxygen penetrating slowly through the staves of the casks."(DSB).

4to. Loose as issued in publisher's hcloth-portfolio. With all wrappers, uncut. No 11 of 24 copies with an extra suite of 60 plates showing the various states of the plates in the process of colourprinting (showing 3,4 or 5 states for each plate). A total of 200 copies. Fine illustrations by Pierre Laprade.