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Edinburgh & Oxford, 1952, 1956 + 1963. All three articles are present in the entire orig. volumes, all in the orig. wrappers. The two volumes of "Mind" are in the orig. printed grey wrappers and the "Philosophical Essays" is in the orig. green full cloth w. the orig. d-j. in very good condition w. only a few smaller tears to upper capital and upper front wrapper, not price-clipped. Internally mint. Mind Vol. LXXII, No. 285 w. a tear to back, else very fine. Mind Vol. LXV, No. 259 w. some signs of wear, especially to extremities, but a fine and internally very clean copy. This set comprises the entire "Logische Untersuchungen" in the first English language translations. In the foreword to "Compound Thoughts", the translator notes: "This article, entitled "Logische Untersuchungen. Dritter Teil: Gedankenfüge", was published in the "Beiträge zur Philosophie des deutschen Idealismus, III (1923), 36-51. The first two parts of these "logical investigations" were "Der Gedanke" (Beiträge I (1819), trans. "The Thought" in MIND LXV (1956) ) and "Die Verneinung" (Beiträge I (1919), trans. "Negation" in Geach and Black (ed.) "Translations from the Philosophical Writings of Gottlob Frege."). The three articles that constitute the Logical Investigations are some of the most important, influential and widely discussed of Frege's philosophical papers. In 1875 the entire "Logical Investigations" appeared together in English translation for the first time. It was Frege's wish that these three articles were viewed as a whole and published together under the title of "Logische Untersuchungen", now considered a work of the utmost importance. These three volumes also comprise many other articles by Frege in the first English translations (in Translations from the Philosophical Writings of Gottlob Frege) as well as original contributions by P.T. Geach: "On Frege's Way Out" (in Mind Vol. LXV, No. 259. and "Mr. Strawson on Symbolic and Traditional Logic" (in Mind Vol. LXXII, No. 285).Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob Frege (1848 - 1925) was a German mathematician, but his main contributions lie in his becoming a logician and a philosopher, who influenced the fields of logic and analytic philosophy immensely. Together with Wittgenstein, Russel and Moore, Frege is considered the founder of analytic philosophy, and a main founder of modern mathematical logic. His influence on 20th century philosophy has been profound, especially in the English speaking countries from the middle of the 20th century and onwards; in this period most of his works were translated into English for the first time.The philosophical papers of Frege were published in Germany in scholarly journals, which were barely read outside of German speaking countries. The first collections of his writings did not appear untill after the the Second World War, and Frege was little known as a philosopher during his lifetime. He greatly influenced the likes of Russel, Wittgenstein and Carnap, though, and bears a great responsibility for the turn modern philosophical thought has taken. Due to his contributions to the philosophy of language, analytic philosophy could be founded as it were.

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.

Coph., 1938-83.

London, Knapton, Lintot..., 1753. Bound in 9 uniform contemp. full mottled calf. raised bands. Richly gilt spines. Titlelabels with gilt lettering. Covers occassionally very slightly rubbed. Engraved frontispiece. In all 24 engraved plates numbered I-XXIV. Title-pages printed in red and black. Internally clean, printed on good paper.

Kiøbenhavn, Godiches Efterleverske, 1777. 4to. Samtidigt helldrbd. med ophøjede bind på ryggen, stregforgyldninger i rygfelter. Forgyldt titeletiket med lille hak. En smule slid ved kapitæler. Kobberstukket portræt af Hofman (Stukket af J.G. Wille), flere vignetter. En foldeplanche og en tabel. På fribladet "Til min gode Ven/ Skjalden Johannes Ewald/ fra/ Forfatteren/ Kjöbenhavn det 1777 Aar." "Forfatteren" er her B.C. Sandvig, som har forfærdiget bogens tillæg. Også tilhørt C. Bricka og Poul Hauge med hans exlibris. Dette er 2. udgaven, som blev sat med fraktur i modsætning til første-udgaven der var sat i antikva. Værket om "Tiende" har som grundlag en opsats om dette emne, som H. havde skrevet på foranledning af Universitetet i Jena, der hædrede ham med den juridiske doktorgrad (diplomet gengivet på foldeplanchen). - Bibl. Danica II:920.

Berlin, Vossischen Buchhandlung, 1794 - 1795. 8vo. Uniformly bound in four contemporary (original?) blue cardbord-bindings with author and tome-label in contemporary hand. Small paper-labels pasted on to top of spine. Spines with wear and miscoloured. Internally nice and clean. XVI, 446; pp.; IV, 444 pp.; (8), 391 pp.; (10), 404 pp. First German edition of Ramsay's landmark work on the American Revolution. David Ramsay is considered to be one of the first major historians of the American Revolution. Sabin 67688.

Paris, Maradan, L'An II (1794). 8vo. Bound in 8 uniform contemp. full mottled calf. Richly gilt spines. Tome-and titlelabels with gilt lettering on spines. A few spine-ends with light wear. Stamps on half-titles. Without Atlas-volume. Brunet IV,325.

(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1811 a.1814). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" Year 1811-Part II. 269-336 and 2 engraved plates showing the shapes of 42 nebulae and star-clusters. And 1814 - Part I. Pp. 248-84 a. 1 engraved plate. Both fine and clean. First appearance of two milestone papers in cosmology in which Herschel demonstrates the irregular distribution of the stars in space, and "for the first time recognized that the clusters in and near the Milky Way really belonged to it, and were not independent systems that happened to lie in the same direction as seen by us."(Berry, Short History of Astronomy, p. 340)."In 1811 and 1814 (the papers offered) he published a complete theory of a possible process wherby the shining fluid consisting a diffused nebula might gradually condense - the denser portions of it being centres of attraction - first into a denser nebula or compressed star cluster, then into one or more nebulous stars, lastly into a single star or group of stars. Every supposed stage in this process was abundantly illustrated from records of actual nebulae and clusters which he had observed."(Berry)."Illustrated with many examples at every stage, these papers (1811 a. 1814) showed brilliantly how dynamic changes can be inferred from virtually static evidence; and Herschel concluded by characterizing the Milky Way in its present stage of dissolution as "this mysterious chronometer". (DSB VI, p. 333). A paper by Henry Kater attached: "Further Experiments on the Light of the Cassegrainian telescope compared with that of the Georgian". 1814. Pp. 231-247.

London, John Murray, 1828-40. Bound in 6 solid full fabrikoid. Gilt library number to foot of spine. Gilt lettering to spine. With 55 engraved maps and plans. Stampson ront free endpapers. Internally clean. First edition.

4to. 2 cont. full calf. 5 raised bands. Gilt back. Top of spines a little worn. Extremities a little rubbed. One titlelabel torn. Engraved frontispiece, engr. titlevign. (34),756,575 pp. + Index. printed on good paper.

Kiöbenhavn, Johan Frederik Schultz, 1789. 4to. Samt. helldrbd. m. ophøjede bd. på ryg og rig rygforgyldn. Forgyldt skindtitel. Mindre revnedannelse på false ved øverste kapitæl. Lidt marginale spredte brunpletter. Eksemplar på skrivepapir med brede marginer. 16 kobberstukne plancher af Clemens, de 15 efter Abildgaard og Niels Klim som drabant efter Juel. Godt eksemplar af den såkaldte "Pragtudgave", "et af det 18. Aarhundredes bedste bogværker" (Birkelund nr. 182).

Kiøbenhaffn, Henrich Waldkirchs Arvinger, 1640. Lille 8vo. Samtidigt helldrbd. Permer med tredobbelte stregrammer i blindtryk, florale blindtrykte i hjørner. I midtfelterne et ovalt ornament, som flere gange er set på bøger fra Waldkirchs trykkeri. Ryggen med blindtryk. Lidt ryg- og kantslid. Hjørner stødte. Med træstukket portræt af kongen og rigsvåbnet. 159,(8) blade + 18 blade. Ca. 15 blade har en svag fugtskjold. Christian III's Kirkeordinants fra 1537 blev genudgivet 1617 følgende teksten i udgaven fra 1553. Denne udgave fra 1640 er et nøjagtigt optryk af 1617-udgaven.Thesaurus II,424. - Bibl. Danica II,913 og I,635. - Christian IV og Europa, 1670.

Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1718. 4to. Fine contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Richly gilt spine. Tome- and titlelabels with gilt lettering. Gilt borders on covers. Light wear to foot of spine. Engraved frontispiece. (6),114,274 pp., 10 partly folded engraved plates. Clean and fine. With original papers by: de la Hire, Maraldi, Lemery de Cadet, Cassini, Nicole, Saulmon, Delisle le Cadet, Chevalier de Louville, Rouhaut, Saulmon, Malezieu, Maraldi & Cassini, Petit, Malezieu, Reaumur, Varignon, Winslow (FIRST EDITION of the paper, describing "forarmen Winslowii": Nouvelles Observations anatomiques sur la Situation et la Conformation des plusieurs Visceres. pp. 226-235, Geoffroy le Cadet, Senés.

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1880. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 91, No 5 (entire issue offered). Pp. 251-310. The Curie's paper: pp. 294-295. First apperance of the paper in which the two brothers announced their discovery of the Piezoelectric Effect, as they observed how an electric potential appeared across crystals of quartza and of Rochelle salt when pressure was applied to them. The potential varied directly with the pressure, and they named the phenomenon Piezoelectricity, meaning "to press" (Greek). Crystals with piezoelectric properties form an essential portion of sound-electronics devices such as microphones and record-players."The applications of piezoelectric crystals are innumerable; one of the most important is their use in frequency stabilization of oscillating electromagnetic cirasciots for radio broadcasting stations. They are used in most piezometers for measuring with great precision either very strong pressure variations, such as those of a cannon at the moment of firing, or very weak ones, such as artery pulsations. These applications have led to the creation of a new industry, the manufacture of large "mono" such as quartz obtained hydrothermally around 500°C. under high water pressures, or crystals such as Rochelle salt, obtained from aqueous solutions. These two substances were mentioned in the Curie brothers’ report announcing the discovery of piezoelectricity." (DSB)."The first experimental demonstration of a connection between macroscopic piezoelectric phenomena and crystallographic structure was published in 1880 by Pierre and Jacques Curie. Their experiment consisted of a conclusive measurement of surface charges appearing on specially prepared crystals (tourmaline, quartz, topaz, cane sugar and Rochelle salt among them) which were subjected to mechanical stress. These results were a credit to the Curies' imagination and perseverance, considering that they were obtained with nothing more than tinfoil, glue, wire, magnets and a jeweler's saw." (Piezo Systems, Inc.).Magee "A Source Book in Physics", p. 547 ff.

Providence, Rhode Island, The American Mathematical Society, 1969. Royal8vo. In the original blue printed wrappers. In "Transactions of the American Mathematical Society", Volume 141, July, 1969. Entire issue offered. Spine faded and a few bumps to extremities, otherwise fine and clean. Pp. 1-35. [Entire volume: (4), 527 pp.]. First printing of Rabin's landmark paper in which he introduced his infinite tree automaton; a state machine that deals with infinite tree structure. It can be viewed as an extension from a finite tree automaton, which accepts only finite tree structures. Here he proved that the second-order theory of n successors is decidable; A key component of the proof implicitly showed determinacy of parity games, which lie in the third level of the Borel hierarchy.It was used by Rabin for proving decidability of monadic second order logic. It has been further observed that tree automaton and logical theories are closely connected and it allows decision problems in logic to be reduced into decision problems for automaton.

A Orleans, par Claude & Jacques Borde, 1647. 8vo. In contemporary gilt-ornamented wrapper with small leather leather backstrip. Wrappers with wear and soiling. Internally fine, printed on good paper. (6), 48 pp. Rare first edition of Jean Morris' treatise on geometric trigonometry with rectilinear triangles without sines.OCLC list three copies: Two in France and one in New York.

Royal8vo. All orig. wrappers, uncut in publisher's board and box. No 412 "exemplaires sur Papier pur Fil Lafuma" (numb. 71 a 570). A fine illustrated "Reineke Fuchs" with 71 original woodengravings in the text and 4 full-page in colour.

London, R.H. Laurie, 1847. Contemp. boards, later clothbacked and with the printed part of the original frontwrapper pasted on upper board. Stamps on title-page. XXVI,202 pp. Some even browning to the first leaves, otherwise fine. Sabin, 66691.

London, John Bartlet, 1632. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with four raised bands. Small paper label pasted on to top of spine (indicating the inventory number in a estate library). Upper capital lacking part of leather. Internally with occassional underlignings and marginal annotations in contemporary hand. A bit of marginal miscolouring throughout. Hole in inner margin of pp. 299-322, far from affecting text. A good copy. (6), 322, 186, (10), 68, 196 pp. The uncommon second edition of Harris' sermons on happiness and Ezechiel.

Birmingham, Baskerville, 1772. 4to. Bound in a somewhat worn contemporary full calf binding with richly gilt spine. Five raised bands and gilt title label to spine. Edges of boards gilt. Cracks to upper and lower outer hinges. Slight loss to capitals. Tears to edges and corners. Internally clean. (2),280 pp. Baskerville's magnificent quarto edition of Lucretius' (ca. 99-55) 'De rerum natura'.

Paris, Mad. Ve Barnard, 1809. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt. Wear to top of spine. A few scratches to binding. Small stamps on verso of titlepage.In: "Annales de Chimie, ou Recueil de Mémoires concernant la Chemie" Tome 70. 336 pp. (Entire volume offered). Davy's paper: pp. 189-254. First edition in French (the first English 1808) of this importent historical paper in chemistry, in which Davy shows that electricity is capable of decomposing some alkalies, isolating two new substances and discovering potassium and sodium. Neville in his Historical Chemical Library vol. I, p.340, writes about this paper "ONE OF THE GREAT CLASSIC RESEARCHES IN CHEMISTRY, in which Davy announced in this, his second Bakterian lecture, the isloation of metallic potassium and sodium by the electrolytic decomposition of their fused oxides.""He (Davy) began his own electrical experiments...The results were spectacular. On October 6, 1807, the current passing through molten potash liberated a metal, which Davy called potassium. The little globules of shining metal tore the water molecule apart as it eagerly recombined with oxygen and the liberated hydrogen burst into lavender flame. Davy danced about in a delirium of joy. A week later he isolated sodium from soda."(Asimow). The paper offered here describes these discoveries."Humphry Davy was one of the most brilliant chemists of the early nineteenth century. His early study of nitrous oxide brought him his first reputation, but his later and most importent investigations were devoted to electrochemistry. Following Galvani's experiments and the discovery of the voltaic pile, interest in galvanic electricity had become widespread. The first electrolysis by means of the pile was carried out in 1800 by Nicholson and Carisle, who obtained oxygen and hydrogen from water. Davy began to examine the chemical effects of electricity in 1800, and his numerous discoveries were presented in his Bakerian lecture to the Royal Society on November 20, 1806. (A Source Book in Chemistry p. 243).

(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1768). 4to. Without wrappers as extracted from "Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres", tome XXII, pp. 265-333 and 2 foled engraved plates. First edition. "During his period in Berlin he produced an extraordinary series of papers on astronomy, on general dynamics, and on a variety of subjects in pure mathematics. Several of the most importent of the astronomical papers were sent to Paris and obtained prizes offred by the Academy."(Arthur Berry). "Lagrange's work in Berlin far surpassed the classical aspects of classical mechanics. Soon after his arrival he presented "Memoire sur la Passage de Venus du 3 Juin 1769", an occasional work that disconcerted the professional astronomers and contained the first somewhat extended example of an elementary astronomical problem solved by the method of three rectangular coordinates." (DSB). The analyses of this Venus transit was meant to provided data for estimating the sun-earth distance as the Venus went across the disk of the sun.

(København, ca 1800). Folio. Slidt samtidigt hldrbd.. På forpermen i guld: E. Recke. Ialt ca 200 pp. Nogle blade med rifter og slid. Med ialt 31 helsides tegninger og 12 halvsides, alle i akvarelfarver, håndkolorerede. Der mangler nogle blade forrest og bagerst. Gennemgående med kraftige brugsspor, men et standardeksempel på tidens søkadetmanuskripter. Akvarellerne viser skibe og konstruktioner, kanoner og lavetter, måleinstrumenter, minering, bomber etc. etc.

Würzburg, Hiob Hertzen,1704. 4to. Nice later hcalf with raised bands and blindtoolings. (12), 538, (8) pp. and 50 fine half-page engravings in the text by C. Luyken. A frontisp. seems to be missing. First edition.

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.