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Paris, Chez l'Auteur, 1760. 8vo-size. Printed as an 4to-oblong (textleaves folded and plates double size). Contemp. full calf. Richly gilt spine. Upper part of spine strenghtened with cloth. Some wear to edges. Stamps on front free endpaper. 30 pp., 55 engraved plates. Internally clean. Klaus Jordan,2168.

Copenhagen, Aschehoug & Munksgaard, 1927-72. 4to. All volumes with orig. printed wrappers. With ca. 1400 plates, partly in colour. The largest work ever published on Lichens.

Paris, (An 14(1806). 2 cont. hcalf. Gilt backs. St.o.t. XII, 500, 280 pp. and 76 large fold.engr.plates.

Hauniae, Henrik Gøde, 1665. 4to. Samtidigt helldrbd. Ryg med lettere brugsspor. (16),418 pp. Gl. ejernavn på titelbladet "Bagger". Indvendig velbevaret. Den ganske sjældne originaludgave. Københavns Universitetshistorien begynder med Vindings professorbiografier som tilbydes her. Værket blev hovedsageligt udarbejdet på grundlag af de bevarede universitetsprogrammer.

(Paris, Bachelier),1853. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome XXXVII, No. 5. Pp. (145-) 196. (Entire issue offered). Pasteur's paper: pp. 162-166. First appearance of a milestone paper in chemistry in which Pasteur announced two momentous importent discoveries, that racemic acid could be separated into the two optically active tartaric acids and the discovery of "mesotartaric" acid.For his work on racemic acid and crystallography he received the prize of 1,500 francs from the Société de pharmacie (1853), membership in the Legion of Honor, and the Rumford Medal of the Royal Society (1856)."During this journey (travel to Vienna, Prag and Saxony) Pasteur met a German industrial chemist who claimed to have achieved what Pasteur then considered impossible - the chemical transformation of tartaric into racemic acid. Although he soon confirmed his belief that this particular claim was inaccurate, Pasteur unexpectedly achieved the transformation in May 1853 by heating cinchonine tartrate at 170°C. for five to six hours. This procedure also yielded a small amount of inactive "mesotartaric" acid, the existence of which Pasteur had predicted the year before and in search of which he had apparently undertaken the experiment. In the memoir (1 August 1853) in which he announced these two discoveries, Pasteur disclosed a new method for separating racemic acid into its left- and right- handed components. His original method, involving the manual separation of the crystals, was laborious and extremely limited in applicability. The central feature of the new method was the chemical combination of racemic acid with optically active bases. Under appropriate conditions they affected the solubility of the resulting paratartrates in such a way as to favor the crystallization of only one of the two forms that together compose the paratartrate. Although introduced by Pasteur only for the case of racemic acid, this new method clearly had wider applicability and was soon used to separate the left- and right- handed components in other "racemic" substances (substances inactive by compensation)." (DSB)

Paris, Crapart, Caille et Ravier, An X - 1802. 8vo. 2 cont. full mottled calf. Rebacked but preserving original spine. Spine gilt with title-and tomelabels in leather. A little rubbed. 2 halftitles. XLIV,484;(4),624 pp. Occasional a little brownspotted. First edition in book form of this his main philosophical work and one of the most concise expressions of materialistic philosophy in the Enlightment. - The "Rapports" is presented as "simple physiological researches", and the first 6 were read in the sessions of the Institute de France and printed 1802. His materialistic philosophy, based on his observations as a physician, states that all psychology can be reduced to biology, that all mental processes is a function of the (biological) brain which contains only physiological processes caused by sensations. In the "Rapports" he also termed the science of man "anthropologie".

Leipzig, J.A. Barth, 1904. Contemp. hcloth, tears to hinges at upper part of spine. "Annalen der Physik. Vierte Folge. Band 14. Herausgegeben von Paul Drude". VIII,1040 pp. and 3 plates. The Einstein paper: pp. 354-362. Internally clean and fine. The whole volume offered. First edition of Einstein's fifth work. "It was in this last of his early series of papers, before the announcement of the theory of relativity in 1905, that Einstein introduced a new theme. Einstein asked for the physical significance of the constant now known as Boltzmann's konstant 'k'.It was already well known from the theory of the ideal gas that 'k' was simply related to the gas constant 'R' and to Avogardo's number, the number of molecules in a gram-molecular weight of any substance. Einstein showed that 'k' entered into still another basic equation of the statistical theory, the expression for the mean square fluctuation of the energy about its average value. This meant that 'k' determines the thermal stability of a system...the paper contains the seeds of much of his later work...(Walter Alicke). - Weil No 5.

Wien, Joseph Kurtzböcken, 1773. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spine. Stamps on title-page. Engraved frontispiece. 239 pp. and 24 large folded engraved plates. Intenally clean and fine. Poggendorff I, 1174.

(London, Richard Taylor and William Francis, 1852). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1852 - Part I. Pp. 25-56, textillustr. Clean and fine. First appearance of a historical paper in electromagnetical theory. Faraday in this paper defines his key concept "lines of force" and summarizes in what connections he used it and he shows how it explains the pehenomena of magnetism and electricity. His insistance of the importence of the electromagnetic fields of force was the historical starting point of the electrical side of modern theories of field physics. Maxwell later translated these ideas into mathematical form, and developed them into his theory of electromagnetic waves.Especially notable in this paper is: As all space is permeated by lines of force, Faraday suggests that light and radiant heat might be tranverse vibrations propagated along these lines of force. In this way he proposed to "dismiss the aether" and to replace it by lines of force between centres, the centres together with their lines of force constituting the particles of material substance. If the existance of a luminiferous aether were to be admitted he suggests that it might be the vehicle of magnetic force "for it is not at all unlikely that if there be an aether, it should have other uses than simply the conveyance of radiations" (section 3075 in this paper offered). This sentece may be regarded as THE ORIGIN OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY OF LIGHT (Whittaker in: A History of the theories of the Aether and Electricity, I: pp. 194-95).From 1831 to 1852 Michael Faraday published his "Experimental Researches in Electricity" in The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. These papers contain not only an impressive series of experimental discoveries, but also a collection of heterodox theoretical concepts on the nature of these phenomena expressed in terms of lines of forces and fields. He published 30 papers in all under this general title.They represents Faraday's most importent work, are classics in both chemistry and physics and are the experimental foundations for Maxwell's electro-magnetic theory of light, using Faraday's concepts of lines of force or tubes of magnetic and electrical forces. His many experiments on the effects of electricity and magnetism presented in these papers lead to the fundamental discoveries of 'induced electricity' (the Farday current), the electronic state of matter, the identity of electricity from different sources, equivalents in electro-chemical decomposition, electrostatic induction, hydro-electricity, diamagnetism, relation of gravity to electricity, atmospheric magnetism and many other."Among experimental philosophers Faraday holds by universal consent the foremost place. The memoirs in which his discoveries are enshrined will never ceaseto be read with admiration and delight; and future generations will preserve with an affection not less enduring the personal records and familiar letters, which recall the memory of his humble and unselfish spirit."(Edmund Whittaker in A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity).

Paris, Saillant & Nyon, Delalain, 1770. 8vo. 2 contemp. full mottled calf. raised bands, richly gilt spines. Light wear to top of spines. Marbled edges. Stamp on title-pages. Front free endpaper in volume one, gone. IV,385;(2),334,(2) pp. and 18 folded engraved plates, maps and plans. Some scattered brownspots, mostly on the first few leaves in both volumes. Second augmented edition. Pernety took part in the 1763-64 expedition under Louis Antoine de Bougainville that established the Port Saint Louis settlement in the Falkland Islands, and published a two-volume account of his nature exploration of the Falklands and the Brazilian island of Santa Catarina. In particular, he gave the first description of the Falklands stone runs phenomenon.

4to. Old boards made of leaves from a printed work. 88),56 pp. L. Nielsen 1014. "Krag was the first Dane to work scientifically according to the ideas of Petrus Ramus. In this small book Krag gives us Summaries of the works of Aristoteles and ramus and proceeds to fight the scholastic Sophists,..." Thesaurus No. 162.

(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.

K., 1837. Orig. bogtrykt kartonnage. Ryg rep. Med dedikation på forsatsen: "Til/Fru Johanne Louise Heiberg/med hengivenhed/fra/Forfatteren/d.16.Juni 1837.". Paludan-Müller og Johanne Louise Heiberg havde et særligt og meget varmt venskab, således skriver Johanne Louise heiberg i "Et Liv genoplevet i Erindringen" om Paludan-Müller: "denne noble digtergenius, som vi havde den glæde at have i vor omgangskreds." (5. rev. udg., 1973, p. 258). P.-M. skriver til hende, efter at have set hende optræde som Nina, en sonnet af samme navn, og afslutter med: "Ovenstående sonnet, der kun svagt udtrykker hvad jeg har følt ved Deres dejlige Nina, beder jeg Dem ikke forkaste; idetmindste lad den tjene Dem til Bevis på, med hvor megen deltagelse jeg har fulgt Deres fremstilling." ("Et Liv..." 5. rev. udg., 1973, p. 259).Dedikationer fra Paludan=Muller er yderst sjældne.

København, Det Nordiske Forlag, 1902. 8vo. I det originale forlagsbind af blindpræget hellæder. Kapitæler og kanter af permer med en smule slid. Lang revne med tab af skind ved ydre forreste fals. Helt guldsnit. Exlibris på indersiden af forperm. Med egenhændig dedikation fra Bang på friblad: "Jonas Lie / fra / hans Lærling / Herman Bang. / 6.12.1902." Ren og pæn indvendig. Nydelige eksemplar af originaludgaven med dedikation til den norske forfatter Jonas Lie (1833-1908), et af Bangs store litterære forbilleder.

Barby, Christian Friedrich Laux, 1777. Contemp. modest hcloth. (16),444 pp. Having all 3 folded engraved maps. (1. Die Insel Sainte Croix. 1767. - 2. Die Insel Sanct Thomas. 1767. - 3. Caraibische Inseln). text with a few scattered bownspots. Maps clean and fine. First edition. Only part one, but having all three maps. - Sabin: 57152.

Hamburg, Carl Ernst Bohn, 1792 - 1801. 8vo. Uniformly bound (leather on vol. 6 somewhat more darkend and spotted) in 6 contemporary half calf bindings with gilt lettering to spine. A bit of wear to extremities and small paper-label pasted on to top of spines. Internally fine and clean. (12), 420 pp. + 2 folded plates; (16), 480 pp. + 1 folded plate; (12), 510 pp. + 5 folded plates. (8), 460 pp. + 6 folded plates; (12), 524 pp.; (12), 571 pp. + 2 folded plates; (14), 548 pp. + p plates.

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.

Washington, Government Printing Office, 1888. Large 4to. 2 orig. full cloth. Gilt lettering to spines. Light edgewear. Inner hinges in vol. 2, strenghtened. In both volumes a printed slip: "Compliments of Brigadier General A.W. Greely...". Stamp on title-pages. Frontispiece. VIII,545;VI,738 pp., textillustrations, profusely illustrated with plates, 6 maps. Internally clean and fine. the copy has belonged to A. Hovgaard with his name on both title-pages. First edition.

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.

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)

(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).