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(Augsburg, Probst, 1708). Folio. Contemp. full calf. Spine worn. Cracks along hinges, but still holding. 2 engraved frontispieces (1 inserted after F X2). Title-page lacks. (116) pp. and 100 fine engraved plates. Tear in 1 plate and tear in 1 leaf (no loss). A large dampstain (faint) on bottom of leaves (plates mainly uneffected). Some scattered brownspots.Text in Latin and German in double columns. Vide Brunet IV,984.

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1938 a. 1939. 4to. No wrappers. 7 original issues from "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", tome 206 (Nos 10, 12, 17 a. 22) + tome 208 (Nos 5, 9 a. 13). With titlepages to both volumes. The papers tome 206: pp. 750-752, 906-908, 1256-1259 a. 1643-1644 + tome 208: pp. 341-343, 343-346, 647-649 a. 995-997. All 7 issues with a stamp to first leaf. Titlepages stamped in blind at foot "The Chemists Club Library". First appearance of these importent papers, the investigations recorded here gave an essentuial contribution to the development of the first atomic bomb and to the advancement of nuclear physics. In collaboration with his wife Irene, he discovered artificially induced radioactivity early in 1934 for which they were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 1935. The Joliot-Curies provided chemical evidence for transmutation ( the change of one element to another) with the change of aluminum into a previously unknown isotope (variety) of silicon. This led to the development of a new discipline - the production and study of radioisotopes (radioactive forms of elements), and their later investigations together with their collaborators unrolled the fission process as in the offered papers.

London, Harrison and Son, 1850. Folio. In contemporary half cloth with the original blue printed front wrapper pasted on to front board. Wear to extremities and front hindge a bit weak. One small stamp to front board and two small paper labels pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Internally very fine and clean. xv, (1), 452 pp. The Rare British parliamentary papers and correspondence with local agents on the slave trade in Africa, Brazil, Egypt, France, Nederlands, Persia, Peru, Portugal, Sardinia, Spain, Tripoli, Turkey, United States and Venezuela.

Easton, PA., Mack printing Compagny, 1931. Royal8vo. Contemp. full cloth. Spine gilt and with gilt lettering. In: "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America", Vol. 17. VII,710 pp. (Entire volume offered). The papers: pp. 315-318, 650-655 and 656-660. First editions of these importent papers in statistical mechanics. The so-called Koopman-von Neumann mechanics is a description of classical mechanics in terms of Hilbert space, introduced by Bernard Koopman (the paper offered) and John von Neumann in 1931 and 1932. Ergodicity was introduced by Boltzmann, but the modern theory started from the paper by Koopman, and has been a cornerstone of statistical mechanics since. The ergodic method has found impressive applications in the fields of statistical mechanics, number theory, probability theory, harmonic analysis, and combinatorics.As Koopman and von Neumann demonstrated, a Hilbert space of complex, square integrable wavefunctions can be defined in which classical mechanics can be formulated as an operatorial theory similar to quantum mechanics.Birkhoff's proof (in the third paper offered) of "the ergodic theorem was deemed as importent as his proof of Poincare's geometric theorem" (Landmarks Writing in Western Mathematics 1640-1940, p. 877).

1.-22.Bind. K., 1854-55. Indbundet i 11 samt.hldrbd. m.rig rygforgyldn. Udmærket ekspl. Førsteudgaven of Andersens Samlede Skrifter, som blev annonceret til at udkomme 1 22 bind(som her), senere blev værket dog suppleret med yderligere bind op til hans død.

Berlin, Georg Reimer, 1860. 4to. Hcalf, but spine gone and covers loose. In: "Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik Crelle/Borchardt", 57. Band. IV,375,(1) pp. (Entire volume offered). Helmholtz' paper: pp. (1-) 72. A small brownspot to page one. First printing of Helmholtz' groundbreaking work on the aerial vibrations in tubes. Together with his work on Vortex Motion (Ueber Integrale der hydrodynamischen Gleichungen, welche den Wirbelbewegungen entsprechen) from 1858 it "must be reckoned among the most brilliant of Helmholtz's mathematical achievements, only rivalled, and perhaps surpassed, by the work of the last ten years of his life."(Leo Koenigsberger, p. 180 ff).The paper was reprinted in Ostwald's Klassiker Nr. 80.The volume contains further importent papers by Clebsch, C. neumann, Borchardt, Cayley, Hesse, Hermite, Kronecker, Kummer etc.

Kjøbenhavn, Høppfner, 1753-54. 4to. Indbundet i tre smukke og velbevarede hldrbd. fra omkring 1850 i gl. stil. Ophøjede bind på rygge, rygforgyldning og forgyldte skindtitler på rygge. Marmorerede snit. Med Roselius' kobberstukne portræt af Holberg, stukket af O.H.de Lode som frontispiece. (4),856;(1),922;(24),702,(116 - Register) pp. Udmærket velbevaret eksemplar.

København, Borup, 1759-63. 4to. 3 samtidige hldrbd. Rygge med blindtryk og titelfelter. Med 16 kobberstukne foldekort, håndkolorerede. De 3 kobberstukne titelvignetter er stukket af J. Haas. Dette omfangsrige værk, hvis udgivelse strakte sig over mere end 30 år, har ikke meget med Holberg at skaffe, idet værket er en kompilation af en række udenlandske værker foretaget af Junge. Bindene omfattende Danmark, Norge, Island og Vestindien har dog en vis selvstændighed.

Paris, J.A. Jombert, 1749. 4to. Cont. full calf. Richly gilt back. Gilt titlelabel in vellum on back. Top of spine defective, repaired with a tapestrip. Stamp on title. XXIV,247;(1) pp. and 36 large folded engraved plates (plans and maps). A large engraved vignette by Cochin. A few brownspots, but copy with broad margins. First edition. Klaus Jordan No. 712.

Halle, Maison des Orphelins, 1750-52. 8vo. Bound in 2 fine contemp. full sprinckled calf, richly gilt spines, tome- and titlelabels with gilt lettering. Light wear to top of spine on vol. one. A small stamp on titlepages. 444,(2);32,(8),784 pp. Internally clean and fine. First French edition of "Projet des Corpus Juris Fridericiani", published 1749.

4to. All orig. wrappers. Uncut. Expl. HC (hors commerce) "sur Papier de Rives", total of 225. With 10 original full page engravings and 23 in the text.

Lausanne, Hignou, 1796. 8vo. Bound in 8 nice uniform contemp. hcalf. profusely gilt spines. Tome-and titlelabels with gilt lettering. Light wear to 3 spineends. Stamp on halftitles. Ca. 2000 pp. Some scattered brownspots. Comprising: Vol. I. Byron. - II. Carteret. - III. Wallis & Cook. - IV-VIII: Cook.

(Copenhagen, 1800). 4to. No wrappers as issued in "Det Kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter". 204 pp. and 7 large folded engraved plates. First edition of the first systematic description of the flora of Morocco. Schousboe was Danish consul-general in Morocco, and sponsored by the Dane Johann v. Bülow, he travlled round Morocco in the years 1791-93 to describe the flora. The catalogue descibes the plants in Danish and Latin. The work was translated the year after into German and many years later into French (1874). - Pritzel: 8343. - Jackson p. 351 (The French edition).

Dresden ?, ca. 1870. Imperial folio. (69,5 x 52,5 cm.). Contemp. hcloth. A crack in the middle of covers, not affecting plates. Containing 19 double-folio plates (some larger and folded) (zincographed ?) showing: Administrations-Gebäude (4) - Lazareth für Leichtkranke (5) - Pavillon für Schwerkranke (2) - Pavillon für ansteckende Kranke (1) - Wirtschafts Gebäude (1) - Caserne für die Infanterie-Regiment (6).

Kjöbenhavn, Em. Bærentzen & Co. lith. Inst., (ca 1849-55). Tvær-folio. 2 originale ? helshirtbd. med guldtrykt ramme på begge permer. Indeholder 31 smukke prospekter i tonet litografi med tekst til hvert. Hvert af de to bind indbundet med et orig. bogtrykt hefteomslag. Nogle tekstblade med svage brunpletter. Plancherne i meget fin stand med enkelte svage brunpletter i marginer. Sandsynligvis de første 10 dele af Bærentzen's litografiske værk, som udkom i 25 dele med ialt 77 prospekter. Her foreligger: 1. Sundet ved Kronborg. - 2. Aarhus. - 3. Gottorp Slot. - 4. Idsted Hede. 5. Stevns Klint. - 6. Parti ved Hindsgavl. - 7.Christiansö. - 8. Flensborg. - 9. Egnen ved Faaborg. - 10. Ved Silkeborg Sö. - 11. Parti ved Mariboe. 12. Sönderborg. - 13. Greisdalen. 14. Roeskilde Domkirke. - 15. Bovbjerg. - 16. Selk Mölle. - 17. Skanderborg. 18. Udsigt fra Fortunen. 19. Augustenborg Slot. - 20. Rödding Höiskole. 21. Emilie Kilde. - 22. Egnen ved Silkeborg. - 23. Haddeby Kirke. - 24. Parti ved Limfjorden. (Ved Nibe). - 25. Egnen ved Hammershuus paa Bornholm. - 26. Nykjöbing paa Falster. - 27. Svendborg. - Parti af Danevirke sydfor Bustorf. - 28. Frederiksværk. - 29. Aabenraa. - 30. Aalborg. - 31. Rye Mölle ved Himmelbjerget.

Berlin, Dümmler, 1842 + Göttingen, (o.J.) + Breslau, 1863. 4to. Contemporary full cloth w. gilt spine. Some brownspotting, bue to the paper quality. VI, (2), 62 pp + 1 folded plate ("Tabula in quae praecipua suffixa comparantur, quibus sanscrita, graeca, latinaque, lingua in formandis ex radice nominibus utuntur"). + 23 pp. + 27 pp. The very rare first edition of Curtius' first work, in which he is the first to deal properly and scientifically with the formation of the nominal stem in classical Greek.Georg Curtius (1820-1885) is one of the leading German classicists of all times. His writings were fundamental to the study of the Greek language and are among the most profound, influential and thorough ever written. He is primarily remembered for his magnum opus, "Grundzüge der Griechischen Etymologie", which counts as one of the most important and influential works on the theory of language.

Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1854. Conemp. hcalf. 5 raised bands, gilt spine and gilt lettering to spine. A few scratches to spine. Light wear to spine ends. A small nick to top of spine. Small stamp on verso of first -and general- titlepage and small stamps to verso of plates. In: "Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg. von J.C. Poggendorff", Ergänzungsband IV. VIII,632 pp. and 2 folded engraved plates. Joule's paper: pp. 601-632. Internally celan and fine. First German edition of one of the most importent papers in 1900th century physics, and the culmination of Joule's work. The offered paper is a translation of Joule's great memoir "On the Mechanical equivalent of Heat", published 1850, and one of the founding papers of the principle of "The conservation of energy", - Joule here gave the experimental proof of the conservation law."Joule was not the first to determine the mechanical equivalent of heat. Rumford had attempted it but had come out with a value that was far too high. Mayer produced a fairly good value before Joule did, but it was Joule who was most accurate (up to his time), who backed up his figure with a large variety of careful experimental data, and who /with Thomson's help) forced the view on the world of science. He therefore gets the credit, and in his honour a unit of work, equal to 10,000,000 ergs, is called the Joule."(Asimov). - Dibner, Heralds of Science No.158 (the 1843 paper).Joule's first measurement of the mechanical equivalent of heat was published...in 1843. It was made by comparing the heat generated by the current of a magnetoelectric machine with the excess of work which was used in turning the machine when the circuit was closed above that used when it was open....In the following papers in which the mechanical equivalent was measured in different ways we find the same elaborate description of the experiments and a brief statement of the final results. This is particularly true of the GREAT MEMOIR OF 1850 IN WHICH JOULE'S WORK CULMINATED. (Magie "Source Book in Physics" p. 203).The volume contains further STOKES, G.G.: "Ueber die Veränderung der Brechbarkeit des Lichts." Pp. 177-345 in first German edition.

Amsterdam, Jean Meyer, 1768. Small 8vo. 2 uniform contemp. full mottled calf. Richly gilt spines. Titlelabels with gilt lettering. Light wear on top of spines. Bindings slightly rubbed. XII,314;(2),320 pp. A bit of browning to the first few leaves. Small stamp at foot of title-pages. Printed on good paper. First French edition of this highly influential philosophical work "An inquiry into the human mind, on the principles of common sense.", 1764. Reid, being the founder of the School of Common Sense succeeded Adam Smith as professor at the University of Glasgow.

Helsingør, April 1857. Folio (325 x 195 mm). Manuscript in contemporary blue boards with white title-label with title in contemporary hand to top of front board. Stamp to verso of front board and first leaf. Fine and clean throughout. 32 ff. Manuscript in Danish on the Royal Saxon Army.

London, Printed by Taylor and Francis - Published by the Author, (1862-) 73. Folio. Papersize 54,5x36,5 cm. Lithographed and fully handcoloured. Two birds, male and female on a trunk with foliage, feeding 4 baby birds. J. Gould & H.C. Richter, del. et lith. - Walter, Imp. Fine and clean. 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.

Kopenhagen, Hamburg u. Kiel, Stein/Bohn, 1784-86. Bound in 3 contemp. hcalf. Titlelabel gone on volume one. Spines rubbed. Wear to top of spines and 4 spineends repaired with tape. Stamp on title-page. (2),XXXII,82),424;(8),592,(20);(14),760,(24) pp. Some yellowing to leaves in volume 3, otherwise internally clean.

(Paris, Bianot, 1878). 4to-oblong. (22x31 cm).Orig. full pictorial gilt cloth. First inner hinge broken. Spine with tears. Covers a bit rubbed and slightly discoloured.(The Exposition Hall shown on frontcover in gilt). With 45 fine tinted lithographed view of Paris, buildings places, streets etc. Some brownspots, mainly to the broad margins. Most of the views lithographed by Riviere, but also some by Bachelier and Lemercier. No text called for. Detailled lithographic views of Paris in the year of the Exposition in 1878.

Kiøbenhavn, Godiche, 1768. Samtidigt helldrbd. med rygforgyldning og overdådig forgyldning på begge permer, helt guldsnit (spejlbindstypen), øverste kapitæl revnet, begge permer løse. Stort eksemplar på skrivepapir. (20),852 pp. samt 26 (af 28, det Generelle Jyllandskort og Viborg Stift mangler)) kobberstukne kort, byprospekter og byplaner. Alle trykt på skrivepapir. Originaludgaven af Pontoppidans Danske Atlas Bd. IV.

London, J. Nourse, 1775. Contemp. full calf. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Fronthinge weak, but not broken. At lower spine-end 1 1/2 cm. of leather gone. Remains of a paperlabel at lower compartment. Corners bumped. Faint stamp on titlepage. Large folded engraved frontisp. XXIII,(1),233 pp., Publisher's announcements (3) pp., and 11 large folded engraved plates with many figs. Printed on good paper, internally clean. A section of the work deals with the history and inventions of mathematical instruments. - Poggendorff II:664.

(No place, nor printer), 1677. 12mo. In contemporary full vellum. Small paper-label to upper part of spine. Extremities with soiling. Annotations to free back end-paper. Internally nice and clean. (2), 164, 3-113 pp. + frontispiece and 1 plate. Uncommon first edition of this early account of the life of Christina of Sweden (1626-1689), daughter of the Swedish King Gustav II Adolf (1594-1632) “Christina (born Dec. 8, 1626, Stockholm, Swed.—died April 19, 1689, Rome [Italy]) was the queen of Sweden (1644–54) who stunned all Europe by abdicating her throne. She subsequently attempted, without success, to gain the crowns of Naples and of Poland. One of the wittiest and most learned women of her age, Christina is best remembered for her lavish sponsorship of the arts and her influence on European culture.” (Encyclopedia Britannica).