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Paris, Vilmorin-Andrieux et Cie, n.d. (1880) Large 4to. Contemp. hcalf with clothcovers. Raised bands, gilt compartments and gilt lettering. All edges gilt. VII,175 pp. and 66 fine chromolithographed plates (Eug. Graff del. - Lith Clamaron-Graff, Paris). A few brownspots to the last 5 leaves. Fine and clean. First edition of an important work on breeded grain from the distinquished Paris seed firm, at the time of publication, headed by Henry Vilmorin who has written the Introduction.The company produced the first seed catalog for farmers and academics. In 1856, Louis de Vilmorin published "Note on the Creation of a New Race of Beetroot and Considerations on Heredity in Plants", establishing the theoretical groundwork for the modern seed-breeding industry. The company's leaders continued to publish numerous botanical academic articles throughout the company's early history. (Wikipedia).Stafleu & Cowan, 16.176.

Franckfurt & Leipzig, 1710. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with four raised bands and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Small worm-tract in lower outer margin, otherwise a nice copy. 64, 470 pp. Rare first edition of this religious treatise by Ziegenbalg which was written in 1706 on a ship named Sophia, as the German Protestant missionary journeyed to India to convert the natives. Under King Frederick IV of Denmark's patronage Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg and Heinrich Plütschau became the first Protestant missionaries to India, arriving in Tranquebar on 9 July 1706. They established the Tranquebar Mission to spread Christianity among the locals. Ziegenbalg learned Tamil, founded a seminary, and translated the Bible into Tamil, setting up India's first printing press in 1715. He also established the first school for girls in 1707 and advocated for women's education and the abolition of the caste system. Ziegenbalg passed away in 1719 and was buried in the New Jerusalem Church, which he helped establish.

Kjøbenhavn, C.A. Reitzel, 1831, (1848), 1829, 1831. Alle 4 indbundet i et samtidigt hldrbd. Rygforgyldning. Ryg med lettere brugsspor. Usædvanlig rene eksemplarer, Skyggebilleder...og Kunstens Dannevirke trykt på bedre papir, Kjærlighed paa Nikolai.. og Skibet begge trykt på let blåligt skrivepapir. Alle 4 med lille stempel på bagsiden af titelbladet "CAR", og således antageligt udgiveren, C.A. Reitzel's arkiveksemplar. 4 originaludgaver. - BFN: 162, 540, 28, 166.

London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1803. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1803 - Part I. Pp.29-42 and 1 engraved plate and Appendix: pp. 274-276. With titlepage to the volume Part I. Some browning to lower part of titlepage. Light foxing to the plate. First appearance of this highly importent paper in which Henry announced his discovery of the law, which later was termed "Henry's Law". The law states that when a gas is absorbed in a liquid the weight of the gas dissolved is directly proportional to the pressure of the gas over the liquid. This discovery contributed directly to the atomic theory of Dalton.(Parkinson: Breakthroughs: 1803 C) "Dalton's own experiments on the solution of gases and the stimulus afforded by Henry's work have been seen as crucial in the development of the atomic theory."(DSB VI p. 285).A paper by Humphrey Davy: "An Accont of some Experiemnts and Observations on the constituent Parts of certain astringent Vegetables; and on their Operating in Tanning. Read February 24, 1803", comes with. In the same volume Pp. 233-273.

København, Gyldendal, 1919-56. Lex8vo. Indbundet i 28 (også forkortelsesbindet) solide og ensartede hldrbd. i glat kalveskind. Et fint, frisk sæt af ODS. Originaltrykket med det store satsformat og med blysats i modsætning til optrykkene.

Göttingen, Dieterischen Buchhandlung, 1821. Small 8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Gilt lettering. A small crack in leather at upper compartment. IV,326,(2) pp., 11 folded engraved plates. On good paper. Clean and fine. First edition.

Kiøbenhavn, J.D. Qvist, 1852. 8vo. In recent blue full cloth with gilt lettering to spine. With occassionally brownspotting. (4), 384 pp. Originaltrykket. Yderst sjældent. Her foreligger de 18 første hefter af dette tidsskrift, som næsten udelukkende blev forfattet af Dreier selv og hvis formål var at være talerør for "den frie, forfriskende, reformbringende kritik, for hvilken arbejdets frigørelse fra pengemagtens åg er en hovedopgave". Hermed bliver værket det første socialistiske tidsskrift i Danmark, og Dreier er senere karakteriseret som Danmarks første socialist.Dreier blev syg i slutningen af 1852, og herfefter optog han først udgivelsen i februar 1853, hvor der yderligere blev udgivet numrene 9-12 (af 2. Kvartal)"Samfundets Reform udkom som ugeblad med 22 numre fra april 1852 til 28.2.1853 med afbrydelser grundet på D.s militærtjeneste juni 1852 og sygdom. Han skrev selv hele indholdet og behandlede spørgsmål som kapital og arbejde, "kommunalsvineriet" (kort efter udbrød koleraepidemien), lavsvæsenets ophævelse, valgrettens udvidelse, programmet for et selvstændigt arbejderparti, oprettelse af frie fagforeninger og af kooperative foretagender med offentlig støtte o. m.a.." (DBL).

1859. Folio-oblong. Original halvlæderbind med gulddekorerede permer of shirt. Litograf.titelbl., 47 litograferede plancher i tontryk og i flerfarve, heraf 1 kort. Bortset fra mindre plet i højre hjørne af et rent og frisk eksemplar.

Kjøbenhavn., Kgl. Majest. priv. Bogtrykkerie, 1749. Folio. 2 samtidige helldrbd. Ophøjede bind på rygge. Rygfelter med rig forgyldning. Titelfelter forgyldte. Rygge fint reparerede med bevarelse af oprindelige rygge. (4),10,1534,(1) pp. De 2 kobberstukne portrætter (Chr. IV og Slange) mangler. Indvendig ganske ren og velbevaret, få spredte brunpletter. På begge forreste friblade gl. ejernavn Michael Lassenius Lassen, 1757. Originaludgaven af dette monumentalværk som fortsætter hvor Arild Huitfeld slap, og giver en indholdsrig fremstilling af Christian IV's begivenhedsrige historie.

London, Bradbury & Evans, 1850. Contemp. red hcalf. Gilt spine (line-borders). Broad raised bands, the bands gilt. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. very light wear along edges. Engraved frontispiece and engraved title. Printed title. (VII-)XIV,(2-errata leaf),624 pp., 38 engraved plates. A few minor brownspots. The plates with some browning and foxing. First edition in bookform. With dating on the vignette title-page. Page 132, line 20 having "screwed" instead of "Scremed". Errata-leaf.

Paris, Simart, 1725. 4to. 2 contemp. full mottled calf. raised bands. Richly gilt spines. Tome- and titlelabels with gilt lettering. Tape to two compartments. Some cracking to leather at joints. Some wear to spine ends. Some wear along edges. Corners bumped. Stamp on title-pages. Engraved frontispiece. (8),XXII,(2),739;(4),641,(1) pp., 31 engraved plates, 1 folded table. Lower margins in volume 2 with a faint dampstain throughout. Light toning to leaves, but in general clean. First edition. - Rumpf,704.

La Haye, P. de Hondt, 1757. 4to. In contemporary half calf with five raised bands. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Light wear to extremities. Ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Internally fine and clean, a nice copy. XVI, 402, (4) pp. + 43 folded maps and plates (complete). Rare and finely illustrated 15th volume of Prevost’s extensive work on various travel accounts which cover numerous travel narratives to different parts of the world, documenting the discoveries, explorations, and adventures of travelers. This present 15th volume contain description of travels To Philippines, Manilla, Borneo and many more. This present Hondt-edition is “Mainly a reprint of the Paris edition, but with many corrections and additions, especially in the later volumes. The maps and plates were finely engraved by J. van der Schley.” (Sabin 65404). According to Tchemerzine this the best edition. The first edition was published in Paris in seven volumes between 1744 and 1747. This present edition was published in 25 volumes between 1747 and 1780. Sabin 65404 Tchemerzine IX, 233: ("C´est la meilleure édition de ce recueil")

30 - 5 - 1907 1 page, 8vo. "Kjære Hr Harder! / Det er mig desværre ikke muligt at / modtage Dem imorgen. Hvis De vil / gaa videre selv og skrive saameget De / kan til paa Lørdag samme Tid, skal / jeg være til Tjeneste. Hilsen / Deres / Carl Nielsen". Original handwritten letter from the most prominent Danish composer, Carl Nielsen (1865-1931), addressed to his friend and colleague Knud Harder (1885-1967). Letters from Nielsen's hand are of utmost rarity.

(Halle, Rengerschen Buchhandlung, 1808). Without wrappers as published in "Annalen der Physik. Herausgegeben von Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert", Bd. 28, Viertes Stück. The entire issue offered (=Heft 4). Titlepage to vol. 28 (small stamps on verso). Pp. 377-496 a. 3 engraved plates. Dalton's paper: pp. 397-416 a. 1 engraved plate showing apparatus. First appearence i German of Dalton's epoch-making paper in which is contained THE FIRST CLEAR STATEMENT OF MODERN ATOMIC THEORY and having the FIRST LIST OF ATOMIC WEIGHTS "Verhältniss der Gewichte der kleinsten Theilschen von gasförmigen und andern Körpern." (Table of the relative weights of the ultimate particles of gaseous and other bodies). The paper offered is a free translation of Dalton's paper "On the Absorption of Gases by Water and Other Liquids", published 1805 in "Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester"."The paper was read to the Manchester Philosophical Society by Dalton in 1803 and printed in 1805. The appended table in this paper is the first list of atomic weights. Dalton, in this publication, took the law which William henry had recently enunciated (that the amount of of gas absorbed by a liquid is proportional to the pressure) and extended it to apply to mixtures of gases, using his own law of partial pressures." (Leicester & Klicktein "A Source Book in Chemistry", p. 258).Parkinson "Breakthroughs", 1803 C.- Smyth No. 38.

Berlin, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1900. Later full buckram. Stamp on verso of titlepage. Narrow inner margins (binding style with cords in margin). In: "Annalen der Physik", Vierte Folge, Band 1. VIII, 792 pp. + 3 folded engraved plates.(Entire volume offered). Planck's papers: pp. 69-122; 621-624;719-737. Internally fine and clean. First edition of these fundamental and highly influential Planck-papers in which he defines his concept of entropy and heat radiation and hereby ANTICIPATES HIS FAMOUS SEMINAL PAPER OF 1900 which redefined physics and took it to the 20th century. - The first two papers "Ueber irreversible Strahlungsvorgänge" were rewritten for the "Annalen" and was first introduced in "Sitzungsberichte d.k. Akad. Wissensch. zu Berlin"."By invoking the hypothesis of natural radiation Planck not only succeeded in obtaining a relation between the energy of the resonator and the intensity of radiation for a given wavelength or frequency, but also in defining the entropy of radiation by a proper expression such that the change of the total entropy was always a positive quantity". (Mehra, Jagdish. The historical development of quantum theory, 2001, p. 36). These results found in the period 1894-00 culminated in the present paper "Ueber irreversible Strahlungsvorgänge" and for the first time incorporates the concept of natural radiation and made a purely electromagnetic definition of entropy and of temperature.

Upsala, J. Edmans Enka, 1793. 8vo. Completely uncut in recent marbled paper covered boards. A very fine and clean copy. XII, 147, (1) pp. + 4 plates. First Swedish translation (abbreviated) of John Whites, principal naval surgeon for the voyage of the First Fleet to Australia. In 1788 White was appointed Surgeon-General of New South Wales [Nya Holland] and organized a hospital for the new colony, somewhat hampered by a lack of medical supplies. He became interested in the native flora and fauna of the new land and investigated the potential of Australian plants for use as medicine. He observed the olfactory qualities of eucalyptus and distilled eucalyptus oil in 1788.The work was translated by Samuel Ödmann (1750-1829) who also translated works by James Cook, Pierre Sonnerat and Carsten Niebuhr.

4to. Orig. wrappers, uncut in publisher's portfolio and slipcase. No 129 of 124 (numb. 27 a 150) "sur papier de Hollande van Gelder Zonen", total of 166. With 25 etched plates and 12 half-page in the text by Legrand.

Kiøbenhavn, Godiche, 1768. 4to. Ganske velbevaret samtidigt helldrbd. med rygforgyldning. Stort eksemplar på skrivepapir. Nogle blade med svag skjold i øverste hjøner. (20),852 pp. samt 27 (af 28, det Generelle Jyllandskort mangler)) kobberstukne kort, byprospekter og byplaner. 1 planche med revne i foldningen, uden tab. Alle trykt på skrivepapir. Originaludgaven af Pontoppidans Danske Atlas Bd. IV.

Coph., 1894-1957. 13 solide private hldrbd.

Rotomagi (Rouen), Guillelmi Behourt, 1700. 4to. 3 contemp. full calf. 5 raised bands, richly gilt spines. Tome- and titlelabels gilt. Wear to top of spines. Some small cracks along hinges, but not loosening. Stamps on title-pages. (34),668,(18);(8),669,(15);(16),669,(7) pp. A few woodcut illustrations in the text. A few brownspots. Onternally clean. First edition.

Kbhvn., 1925-31. Folio. 3 orig. halvpergamentsbind, ubeskårede med topguldsnit. Rygge med lettere brugsspor. Illustreret med 276 plancher (173 i farve) og tegninger af Johannes Larsen, H. Scheel og Gerhard Heilmann. Anker No 442. Wood p. 554.

Kjøbenhavn, J.J. Høpffner, 1732 - 35. 4to. Indbundet i 3 ensratede samtidige helpergamentsbd. Lettere brugsspor, permer lidt skrabede, men fuldt intakte. Med O.H. Lodes kobberstukne portræt af Holberg efter Roselius maleri, som idag findes på Sorø Akademi. Dette portræt hører egentlig til anden udgaven. Indvendig velbevaret. Originaludgaven af Danmarkshistorien. "Danmarkshistorien fremkom kort efter at Holberg var avanceret til professor i historie. Han anså denne bog for sit hovedværk..." (Johansen 14). - Ehr-M. I, 146.

Leipzig & Magdeburg, Seidel, 1717. Folio (365 x 235 mm). In a very nice contemporary Cambridge mirror-style binding with six raised bands with richly gilt spine. Blindstamped ornamentation to board and single gilt line to boarders of boards. Small paper-label pasted on to upper compartment of spine. Light wear to extremities, scratches to boards but overall a very nice and clean copy. (4), 524, (160) pp. Beautiful later edition of Scriver’s highly praised work describing the progress of the soul from misery to eternal life by combining allegory, dogmatics, and ethics. It has been translated into numerous languages, including Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and Finnish. The first edition was published in 1689. Christian Scriver (1629–1693) was a German Lutheran theologian and devotional writer. Scriver's writings focused on practical spirituality and personal piety, aiming to guide readers in their Christian walk.

Paris, Bachelier, 1850 a. 1851. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 30, No 8 and Tome 33, No 9. Pp. (185-) 215 a. pp. (253-) 276. Helmholtz's papers: pp. 204-206 a. pp. 262-265. Clean and fine. First appearance (also in Berichte königl. Preuss. Ak. the same year) of these short notes in which Helmholtz announced his discovery and measurements of the time delay of nervous impulses, a discovery "which opened a new and unbounded field of investigations to physiologists". It is one the most importent discoveries in physiology in the 19th century."Du Bois-Reymond... received Helmholtz's first two-page note. Müller, to whom Du Bois tried to ecplain it, insisted on rejecting the conclusion, arguing that Helmholtz had not eliminated the time for the contraction of the muscle. Humboldt, du Bois wrote Helmholtz, "war ganz depaysiert", and at first refused to send the paper to Paris for publication there. Du Bois had first to edit it and then Humboldt, won over, had it published in the "Comptes Rendus", adding a further explanatory foot-note of his own. By summer, Müller had also been won, and then helmholtz published his longer paper in which he included a measurement of tghe time of the muscular cobntraction and nes determinations of the rate of transmission."(Boring "History of Experimental Psychology", p. 48)."To separate the movement in time from the event of will that caused it was in a sense to separate the body from the mind, and almost from the personality or self. At any rate, helmholtz's discovery was a step in the analysis of bodily motionthat changed it from an instantaneous occurrence to a temporal series of events, and it thus contributed to the materialistic view of the psychophysical organuismthat was the essence of nineteenthy century science.... The most impiortent effect of the experiment and all the research that followed upon it was, however, thatit brought the soul to time, as it were, measured what had been ineffable, actually captured the essential agent of mind in the toils of natural science." (Boring "History of Experimental Psychology", p. 42)."Helmholtz’ research in sensory physiology began in 1850, when he determined the velocity of the nerve impulse in the sciatic nerve of the frog. In 1852 he obtained more precise results through his invention of the myograph. This device, in which the muscle traces the motion of its contraction upon a rotating drum, permitted more exact measurement of the small time intervals involved than any previous method. Helmholtz’ measurements yielded not only a finite velocity for nerve propagation but also the surprisingly slow one of about ninety feet per second. The result was considered a victory for the mechanistic school, for it seemed to confirm du Bois-Reymond’s hypothesis that the nerve impulse consisted in the progressive rearrangement of ponderable molecules."(DSB).

Amsterdam, Pieter Mortier, 1700-01. 4to. (29,5 x 23,5 cm.). Bound in 3 contemp. full vellum, raised bands, blindtooled covers. (Publisher's original bindings ?). Large wide-margined copy. 3 engraved frontispieces, 1 engraved portrait., 27 engraved plates and more than 250 textengravings. Internally clean and fine.