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Berlin, Julius Springer, 1927. 8vo. In contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In "Zeitschrift für Physik", Vol. 44. Entire volume offered. Stamp to front free end paper, otherwise a fine and clean copy. Pp. 455-472. [Entire volume: VIII,903 pp.]. First appearance of grounbreaking paper which was the first to explain the nature of the chemical bound using wave mechanics and thus explaining the forces active when atoms exchange electrons and creating molecules."In June, Heitler and London published their famous paper on the hydrogen molecule in which they showed the existence of a new kind of saturable, nondynamic forces, the so-called "exchange forces" of attraction or repulsion between like particles, and developed a schematic theory of the homopolar valence which eventually BROUGHT THE WHOLE OF CHEMISTRY UNDER THE SOVEREIGNTY OF QUANTUM MECHANICS. These results not only lent weight to the concept of like particles, they also showed that like particles may be indistinguishable, that is, may lose their identity, a conclusion which follows from the uncertainty relations or, more precisely, from the impossibility of keeping track of the individual particles in case of interactions of like particles. (Jammer in "The Conceptual Development of Quantum Mechanic", pp. 343 ff.).Parkinson "Breakthroughs" 1927 C.

Kjøbenhavn, Kongelige Wäysenhuses Bogtrykkerie, 1751. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with five raised bands. Light wear to extremities, leather on spine cracked. Head of spine with loss of leather. First leaves with marginal browning. Previous owner's name and annotations in contemporary hand to pasted down front end-paper. Inner front hinge split. Last quire detached, otherwise internally nice and clean. (10), 340, (1) pp. + 1 folded plate. The uncommon first edition of Kraft’s Logic which was made for the 1750 re-established Sorø Academy. Danish writer and academian Ludvig Holberg bequested most of his fortune to re-establishing the academy in 1750 after a devastating fire.Bibliotehca Danica I, 907.

Kjøbenhavn, Em. Bærentzen & Co., 1869, 1870 & 1877. Folio. 3 bind indbundet i 2 samtidige halvlæder bind med 4 ophøjede bind og forgyldt titel på ryg. Men udvendinge brugsspor og lille hvidt mærke påklistret nederste del af ryggene. Indvendig sporadisk brunplettet. Bd 1: 82 pp. + 44 litograferede plancher (heraf flere i toner, samt 2 originale fotografier); Bd. 2. 88 pp. + 100 pp. + 40 litograferede plancher (heraf flere i toner). Bind 1 omfatter Kalundborg Kirke, Fjennesløvlille Kirke (herunder også landsbykirkerne i Meerløse og Uvelse), Aarhus Domkirke, Veng Klosterkirke, Sørup Kirke i Angel, Viborg Domkirke samt Sorø Kirke.Bind 2 er dedikeret alene til Roskilde Domkirke og bind 3 til Ribe Domkirke.

London, Printed by Taylor and Francis - Published by the Author, (1862-) 73. Folio. Papersize 54,5x36,5 cm. Lithographed and fully handcoloured. Showing 2 adults and one baby bird on a branch. 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.

Kjøbenhavn, Bianco Luno, 1853. 4to. Uncut unopened in the original blank wrappers. In "Det Kongelige Danske Bidenskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Femte Række, Tredie bind". First quire detached as usual. Some offsetting throughout. A very nice and clean copy. XII, 377 pp. First appearance of this important issue of The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters' Journal containing some of the most influential Danish contributions to science from the period: - Thomsen's "Bidrag til et thermochemisk System" undoubtly being the main contribution by a Dane in chemistry in the 19th Century.The paper from 1852 is famous as it is the first statement of a new thermochemical nomenclatura, and the paper contains the first enunciation of the thermochemical affinity principle, which states that chemical affinity, or the attraction between substances, can be measured by the heat evolved when bodies combine. His fundamental thought was that the evolution of heat accompanying a chemical reaction (which he calls 'varmetoning', equivalent to enthalpy change) is an exact expression of the chemical affinity of the reaction.- Colding's "Undersøgelse over Vanddampene og deres bevægende Kraft i Dampmaskinen" being his major contribution to the development of the steam engine.

Kjøbenhavn, Hans Kongel. Majestis. priviligerede Bogtrykkerie, 1731. Indbundet i et senere hldrbd. (ca. 1840) med rygforgyldning og forgyldt skindtitel. 143,(1) pp. 158 pp. Nogle få brunpletter, ellers er begge værker i god stand. Tidligere i filologen August Arlauds bibliotek med hans navnetræk på fribladet samt en mindre tilskrift. Begge værker i originaludgave, selvom der på "Somniums" titelblad er anført "Editio novissima"."H's (Frederik Horn) hovedinteresse var dog litteraturen hvor han gik i Holbergs spor, i så høj grad at han efter dennes pseudonym blev kaldt hans Mikkelsens abe. Allerede 1731 udgav han under navnet "Frans Hansen, Dreyer i helsingør", de to satiriske værker "Poesiens Misbrug" og "Somnium poéticum". Som sit forbillede satiriserer han over den litterære dilettantisme, den overlevende barokdigtnings brug af mytologisk pynt, og over en alt for pedantisk sprogrensning, men han savner originalitet." (DBL).Bibl. Danica IV:231-32.

København, 1894. Samtidigt slidt halvlæderbd med rygforgyldning. Ryg lidt skæv. Indvendig ren og pæn. Contemporary half calf with gilt spine. Spine worn and a bit cocked. Internally nice and clean. First edition of Hamsun's masterpiece, generally considered his best work, one of the most important literary productions of the late 19th century, and together with "Hunger", Hamsun's most famous book. "Pan" profoundly influenced the entire trajectory of modern literature and with its brilliant and intimate descriptions of nature, it also pioneered the Pantheism of 20th century literature, as well as creating a new kind of Neo-Romanticist novels. Together with "Hunger (from 1890), "Pan" pioneered modern psychological literature and the techniques now known as "stream of consciousness" and "interior monologue".Few other authors of the period have had the kind of impact that Hamsun had. Ernest Hemingway attempted to write in the style of Hamsun, as did Henry Miller who considered him his teacher. Thomas Mann loved him and considered him the most important author of the period, and Hermann Hesse referred to him as his favourite author. The Russian authors of the period, e.g. Bosris Pasternak, were profoundly influenced by his books, and Andre Gide considered him superior to Dostojevski. Everyone read him, and everyone was influenced by him, Kafka, Brecht, Gorky, Wells...According to his American bibliographer Robert Ferguson (in 1987), Hamsun is "one of the most influential and innovative literary stylists of the past hundred years". Isaac Bashevis Singer called Hamsun "the father of the modern school of literature in his every aspect-his subjectiveness, his fragmentariness, his use of flashbacks, his lyricism. The whole modern school of fiction in the twentieth century stems from Hamsun", and Hemingway stated that "Hamsun taught me to write". Enstein said about him "I consider him to be one of the greatest men of our period", and Henry Miller said that it was reading Hamsun that prevented him from committing suicide. Maxin Girkij wrote to him in a letter "- I tell you this quite sincerely, at this moment you are the greatest artist in Europe; there is no one who can compare with you.", and Thomas Mann considered himself a disciple of Hamsun.Hamsun was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. By critics, Hamsun specialist, and Hamsun lovers, "Pan" is generally considered his greatest achievement, although "Hunger" is better known by laymen.

Hanover, Förster, 1731. 4to. In contemporary full calf with four raised bands with richly gilt spine. Leather on spine and boards with a few scratches. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Internally very nice and clean. (38), 1036, (64) pp. + frontispiece. Exceedingly rare first and only edition of Oesterreich’s work on the Christian duty to place trust in God, emphasizing faith as a fundamental aspect of a believer’s life. Not much is known about Anton August Oesterreich (1692-1745) other than he functioned as Pastor in Riddagshausen. We have not been able to trace a single copy in the trade and only two copies on OCLC (Ostfriesische Bibliothek and Herzog August Bibliothek)

Monachii (München), Josephi Lindauer, 1822. Cont. hcalf. Gilt back, title and tome-labels in leather, gilt. XVI,332,(2) pp., 7 Tables on 4 leaves ( 2 foded). Occasionally brownspotted. First edition of the Bavarian Pharmacopoea (Latin).

Leipzig, Grosse & Gleditsch, 1683. 4to. Without wrappers. In: "Acta Eruditorum Anno MDCLXXXIII", No.III + X (March and October issues). Pp. 81-128 + pp. 417-464 a. 2 engraved plates. (Entire issues offered). Tschirnhaus's papers: pp. 122-124 + pp. 433-437. Some browning as usual. First appearance of Tschirnhaus's two papers in which he used infinitisimal methods which were very close to Leibniz's method and where he tried to lay down criteria for rational quadratures in the case of conic, cubic and quadratic curves, papers that led Leibniz to publish his first paper on the differential calculus, the "Nova Methoda" in the Acta for 1684 in order to secure his priority over Tschirnhaus concerning the calculus. Leibniz discovered, when he read Tschirnhaus' papers, that Tschirnhaus had here published results showing similarity with Leibniz's invention of the calculus as he had confided to Tschirnhaus earlier, during their Parisian stay, and this without references to Leibniz.The second issue contains an original paper by LEIBNIZ: "Meditatio Juridico-Mathematica de Interusurio simplice". Pp. 425-32.

Franckfurt, Verlegts Samuel Tobias Hocker, 1713. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with five raised bands and richly gilt spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Head of spine chipped, otherwise a nice and clean copy. (16), 928 pp. Johann Heinrich Majus (1653–1719) was a Lutheran theologian born in Pforzheim, Baden. He studied in Wittenberg, Leipzig and Strasbourg, specializing in Oriental languages. After serving as a preacher for the Count Palatine of Veldenz and in Baden-Durlach he became a professor of theology at the University of Giessen in 1688. OCLC only list one copy (Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Germany) First edition of this devotional and exegetical work focused on the Seven Penitential Psalms, (Psalms 6, 32, 38, 51, 102, 130, and 143), which are traditionally used in Christian worship for repentance and seeking divine forgiveness.

Tübingen, J.C.B. Mohr, 1960. Lex 8vo. Uncut and partly unopened. Original self-wrappers. A few tears to extremities, but otherwise an excellent copy. A few light pencil annotations to a few leaves in the beginning, otherwise internally very nice, clan, and fresh. Old owner's name and a marginal stain to half-title. XVII, (1), 486, (2) pp. The first edition of Gadamer's main work, "Truth and Method", the aim of which is to uncover the nature of human understanding. A main work of philosophical hermeneutics as well as 20th century continental philosophy in general.Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900 - 2002) is the decisive figure in the development of twentieth century hermeneutics. He is without doubt one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century, and he has had an enormous impact on philosophy, theology and aesthetics, acquiring the greatest respect and reputation in Germany and the rest of Europe, which has been far from restricted to academic circles. "Truth and Method" is intended to be a description of what we consciously or unconsciously always do, when we interpret things. "My real concern was and is philosophic: not what we do or what we ought to do, but what happens to us over and above our wanting and doing" ("Truth and Method", 2nd ed. London, 1989 p. xxviii).The work has been published twice in English and is considered inevitable in the study of hermeneutics.

Worcester MA, The Heffernan Press, 1976. Royal8vo. In the original blue printed wrappers. In "The Bell Journal of Economics": Vol. 7, No. 1, Spring 1976. Entire volume offered. Very light wear to extremities otherwise a very fine and crisp copy (not ex-library). Pp. 73-104. [Entire volume: 353 pp.]. First printing of Williamson's seminal paper - one of the most influential in economics of regulation - in which he argued that in the presence of uncertainty about future demand or costconditions, the transactions costs of writing a complete contract, contingent on all future outcomes is prohibitively costly. The paper initiated together with Goldberg's paper published the same year the new field of "transactions-cost economics".The paper was a contributing factor in Williamson being awarded the Nobel prize in Economics in 2009 for his " work in economic governance."In the paper he states that: "A once-for-all auction for the provision of a natural monopoly service is, in practice, totally impractical. On the other hand, periodic re-tendering introduces its own problems. Most public utility industries require substantial sunk, long-lived investment - whether in distribution wires, rail lines, or telecommunications conduits. Where the life of this investment exceeds the life of the franchise, contractual arrangements must ensure continued investment and maintenance of the sunk asset. It may be difficult to verify the quality of the maintenance of the asset ex post. This is particularly the case where the quality dimension includes maintaining the human capital of the staff required to ensure the continued operation of the asset. In addition, the incumbent provider of the service is likely to have better quality information about the likely cost and demand characteristicsof the service, providing an informational advantage over potential rival bidders.To illustrate these ideas, Williamson used a case study based on the experience of tendering cable television franchises in Oakland, California. He concludes: That franchise bidding for cable television has superior properties to regulation is not transparent - Not only is simple franchise bidding - beset with numerous transactional difficulties, but the institutional infrastructure that predictably develops to check dysfunctional or monopoloid outcomes has many of the earmarks of regulation. Using modern language, Williamson highlights and emphasises the importance of transactions costs. Williamson introduced for the first time the notion that natural monopoly regulation can be viewed as a form of long-term contracting. That long-term contract incorporates mechanisms to allow for adjustment to changes in the environment: At the risk of over-simplification, regulation may be described contractually as a highlyincomplete form of long-term contracting in which (1) the regulatee is assured an overall fair rate of return, in exchange for which (2) adaptations to changing circumstances are successively introduced without the costly haggling that attends such changes when parties to the contract enjoy greater autonomy'."

[Beato & Robertson, ca 1856.] Original photograph. Side view of entrance to Valletta (Porta Reale), with two men standing on the arched entry bridge, offering perspective on the scale of the buildings. Behind the bridge is part of the fortification. Salted paper measuring 25,3 x 26,2 cm. "bridge of the Porta Reale / Malta" in contemporary hand to lower left corner. Mounted on cardboard measuring 35,5 x 43 cm with stamp and paperlabel to upper right corner, do not touch the photograph. Rare original photograph for the earliest part of Felice Beato's career where he worked closely with James Robertson, his brother-in-law. In 1853 Robertson began photographing with the British-Italian photographer Felice Beato and the two formed a partnership called Robertson & Beato either in that year or in 1854 when Robertson opened a photographic studio in Pera, Constantinople. Robertson and Beato were joined by Beato's brother, Antonio on photographic expeditions to Malta in 1854 or 1856."Felice worked especially closely with him [Robertson], consigning architectural views made in Malta and Constatinobel. We do not know when the collaboration between James Robertson and Felice Beato became a partnership. In some cases, some prints made from the same negative bear the signature "Robertson"; other bear the signature "Robertson & Beato", suggesting that Robertson was the author was the author of these negatives, and the prints were cosigned when the two men became equal partners." (Felice Beato, A Photographer on The Eastern Roas).

London, Thomas Man, 1624 & London, William Stansby, 1628 & 1629. Folio (280 x 195 mm). In contemporary full calf with five raised bands and ruled fillets to boards. Wear and scratches to extremities. Large dampstain to throughout, especially affecting first half of the bookblock. (4), 763, (38), (3), 500, (6) pp. Exceedingly rare early edition of Hieron’s collected works. “Hieron, Samuel a clergyman of the Church of England, somewhat inclined to Puritanism, was born in 1572, was educated at King's College, Cambridge, and was presented to the living of Modbury, Devonshire, which he held till his death in 1617. He was very eloquent as well as pious. His sermons, in two volumes, were published in 1635.” (McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia). Hieron published several works, including ”The Preacher's Plea” (1604) and “A Helpe unto Devotion” (1616). His collected works were published posthumously in 1614 and expanded in 1624–5 and 1635.

(London, Taylor and Francis, 1866). No wrappers, as extracted from"Proceedings of the Royal Society of London.", Vol. XV. May 16, 1866. Pp 167-171. First appearance of this seminal paper (in the abstract-version from "Proceedings"), representing the announcement of Maxwell's final "Theory of Gases" and introduces the "Maxwell Distribution" in its final form, a statistical means of describing aspects of the kinetic theory of gases, a theory, together with his electromagnetic theory, are considered to be some of the greatest advances in physics of all times. The paper offered, only 5 pages, is an abstract of a paper with the same title, which was printed in full in "Philosophical Transactions" in 1868. Everett considers this paper (1868) to be Maxwell's greatest single paper.The "abstract", which announces his discovery was printed the year before the larger paper. Maxwell's discoveries laid the foundations of special relativity and quantum mechanics.One of Maxwell's major investigations was on the kinetic theory of gases. Originating with Daniel Bernoulli, this theory was advanced by the successive labours of John Herapath, John James Waterston, James Joule, and particularly Rudolf Clausius, to such an extent as to put its general accuracy beyond a doubt; but it received enormous development from Maxwell, who in this field appeared as an experimenter (on the laws of gaseous friction) as well as a mathematician.In 1866, he formulated statistically, independently of Ludwig Boltzmann, the Maxwell-Boltzmann kinetic theory of gases. His formula, called the Maxwell distribution, gives the fraction of gas molecules moving at a specified velocity at any given temperature. In the kinetic theory, temperatures and heat involve only molecular movement. This approach generalized the previously established laws of thermodynamics and explained existing observations and experiments in a better way than had been achieved previously. Maxwell's work on thermodynamics led him to devise the Gedankenexperiment (thought experiment) that came to be known as Maxwell's demon.

Kiøbenhavn, 1789 - 1793. Indbundet i 2 samtidige halvlæderbind med forgyldt titel på ryg. Udvendig med brugsspor og det marmorerede papir løsnet på for- og bagpermer på begge bind. Tidligere ejers navnetræk på påklistret forsatsblad i begge bind. Indvendigt pæne. Den sjældne originaludgave af tidsskriftet, i hvilket Heiberg, der senere blev landsforvist, kritiserede og satiriserede over København.

Franckfurt, Zunners, 1696. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with four raised bands and gilt lettering and spine. A few scratches to boards and spine-ends chipped. Bookblock closely trimmed, occassionally touching text in upper margin. A few leaves browned. (20), 432, 50, (6), 76 pp. Interesting sammelband containing two rare work by German Lutheran theologian Philipp Jakob Spener both pertaining to the Spener-Pfeiffer controversy. Here Spener’s presents his response and theological defense against the attacks of August Pfeiffer who had accused Spener of dangerous innovations in theology, especially with regard to eschatology, sanctification and lay piety. Philipp Jakob Spener (1635-1705) was a prominent German Lutheran theologian, by many referred to as "Father of Pietism", known for founding the Pietism movement, which emphasized personal faith and piety over formal doctrinal orthodoxy.

(Aarau), 1760. 8vo. In a contemporary full calf binding with five raised bands and richly gilt spine. Upper left corner of front board with cratches. With notes in contemporary hand to upper part of front free end-paper. Light brownspotting to first and last leaves, otherwise a fine copy. XI, (1), 362, (2) pp. The rare first edition of Schmid's work on agriculture, commerce and luxury good in general. "Sometimes erroneously attributed to Albrecht con Haller" (Kress). Einaudi 5162Kress 5899.

Udaterede, sandsynligvis 1940-60. Hefterne indeholder en stor mængde forskelligartede notater. Blandt de vigtigste er 2 hefter med dele af 3.-4 akt af teaterstykket Afdøde (Jonsen), 2 hefter med uddrag af stykket Parasiterne, Oversættelser og bearbejdelser af Goldini og Benedetti, uddrag af novellesamlingen Fire Komedier, 3 hefter med noter til et stykke ved navn Uventet. Derudover uddrag af ikke identificerede skuespil, notater til franskundervisning, diverse oversættlelser, breve, slettede udkast, m.m.

Kiøbenhavn, Andreas Seidelin, 1822. Nydeligt samt. hshirtbd. med rygforgyldning. XXVIII,382,(2) pp. Første og sidste blade ganske let brunplettede, ellers et godt eksemplar. Originaludgaven. Monrad var præst ved de danske besiddelser på Guineakysten i 5 år. Efter hjemkomsten "fandt han lejlighed til at samle og ordne sine i Afrika gjorte Optegnelser, som derefter udkom 1822...Det er et godt Arbejde, der giver en levende Fremstilling og et klart Billede af Guineas Natur og Negrenes Liv." (Bricka).

[No place, nor printer, but Copenhagen], 1876. Folio-oblong (102 x 91 cm). Five volumes, all in the original blank wrappers with white title-label pasted on to front wrappers. All with black cloth back strip. Wrappers with a few tears and nicks. Internally fine. 6 ff; 14 ff; 26ff; 37 ff; 32-50 ff. Collection of plates and diagrams of military equipment.

Kjøbenhavn, C. A. Reitzel, 1840. Indbundet i et nyere halvlæderbind med rygforgyldning. Forgyldt titelfelt på forpermen. (Sign. Anker Kyster). Med Eiler Høegs navnetræk på forsatsbladet. De første og sidste blade brunede. Originaludgaven. BFN 360.

Kjöbenhavn, Gyldendal, 1818. Smukt senere hldrbind med ophøjede bind på ryggen. Rygforgyldning. Forgyldt skindtitel. XII,312 pp., 1 planche. Rent velbevaret eksemplar på trykpapir. Originaludgaven af Prisskriftet, Rasks hovedværk, og et grunlæggende arbejde i Nordisk Sprogvidenskab.First edition of Rask's main work, a founding work in Nordic Philology as he was the first to study the ancient Nordic languages systematically and discovered the correspondance of consonant relations between the Indo-European languages which led Jacob Grimm to formulate the rules underlying the Germanic as well as the High-German sound-shifts.Rask Bibliografi I,24. - Fiske I,482.

Amsterdam, Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1664. 12mo (128 x 67 mm). In a nice 18th century full calf binding with gilt compartments to spine, gilt boarders to bords and all edges gilt. A few scratches to boards. Hinges with wear and a bit loose. A fine and clean copy. (40), 748 pp. + five folded plates. Second edition of Varenius’ important work, in which he endeavored to lay down the general principles of the subject on a wide scientific basis, according to the knowledge of his day. It not only was a systematic geography on a scale not previously attempted, but it also contained a scheme for special, now known as regional, geography. That major work was frequently revised, and the edition of 1672 had improvements by Sir Isaac Newton. “Bernard Varenius is considered the founder of modern geographical science. In his "Geographia generalis", he distinguishes the major parts of geography, sets out several fundamental principles as well as the method according to which only general geography could vivify and make explanatory particular descriptions. Finally, his ideas on climates and the oceans are remarkable in several respects” (Antoine Bonifacio in Histoire de la Science, Pléiade). The work is divided into three sections: 1: absolute geography, 2: relative geography and 3: comparative geography. The first investigates mathematical facts relating to the earth as a whole, its figure, dimensions, motions, their measurement, etc. The second part considers the earth as affected by the sun and stars, climates, seasons, the difference of apparent time at different places, variations in the length of the day, etc. The third part treats briefly the actual divisions of the surface of the earth, their relative positions, globe and map-construction, longitude, navigation, etc. Berghman:1472.