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A la Haye, Adrien Moetgens, 1747. Small 8vo. 2 cont. full mottled calf. Richly gilt backs. Gilt leather tome-and titlelabels. Spine ends lightly rubbed. Light cracking to leather along hinge on volume 2, but not loosening. Corners a bit bumped. Htitle, engraved frontispiece, (26),275;(4),246 pp. and 24 engraved plates (all). Very light browning to lower margins of a few leaves. Otherwise a clean and fine copy, printed on good paper. Interesting work dealing with all aspects of the divining-rod's functions in the search of minerals, water, hidden treasures, stolen goods, thieves, run-away murderers etc. etc. (Barbier III:885).

Strasburg, Dietzel, 1630. Folio (34 x 215 mm). In contemporary full vellum with yapp edges. Title in contemporary hand to spine. Small paper label pasted on to spine indicating the volume's number in an estate library. Title-pages in red and black within historiated woodcut border. Binding soilied and with a few stains. Outer lower corner of title-page cut off, no loss of text. A fine copy. (12), 960, (36), (12), 214, (10) pp. Fine copy of this later edition of two of Jesephus' most important works. The later work is a translation of a Latin christological version of Josephus' De bello Judaico, dating from ca. 367-374 A.D. It is of uncertain authorship but cited as the work of "Hegesippus" or "Egesippus." It was transmitted among the works of and sometimes attributed to Ambrose, Bishop of Milan Titus Flavius Josephus was a first-century Romano-Jewish historian who was born in Jerusalem. He fought against the Romans during the First Jewish–Roman War as head of Jewish forces in Galilee, but surrendered in 67 CE to Roman forces led by Vespasian. After Vespasian became Emperor in 69 CE, he granted Josephus his freedom, at which time Josephus assumed the emperor's family name of Flavius. Josephus recorded Jewish history, with special emphasis on the first century CE and the First Jewish–Roman War (66–70 CE), including the Siege of Masada. His most important works were The Jewish War (c. 75) and Antiquities of the Jews (c. 94). The Jewish War recounts the Jewish revolt against Roman occupation. Antiquities of the Jews recounts the history of the world from a Jewish perspective for an ostensibly Greek and Roman audience. These works provide valuable insight into first century Judaism and the background of Early Christianity, although not specifically mentioned by Josephus. Josephus' works are the chief source next to the Bible for the history and antiquity of ancient Palestine. For centuries Josephus' works were more widely read in Europe than any book other than the Bible. They are an invaluable eye-witness to a momentous turning point in Judaism, Christianity, and Western civilization. The present edition was first published in 1569. Graesse III, Pp. 481-482

Dressden & Leipzig, Mieth, 1693. 8vo. Two parts bound in one contemporary full vellum binding with title in contemporary hand to spine. Light soiling to extremities, large stain to upper part of back board. LIght browning throughout. Leaf p. 184/185 with numerous small holes. (30), 336, 492 pp. + frontispiece. The rare first edition of Weise’s work on the art of political and diplomatic correspondence, focusing on how to handle delicate matters with caution and skill. Christian Weise (1642–1708), key figure in the German Baroque period, was a notable German author, poet, playwright, and educator of the Baroque period. His work spanned a variety of genres, and he is especially known for his contributions to literature, education, and political thought.

Hildburghausen, Joseph Meyer, Bibliographischen Institut, 1848-1853 Folio-oblong (320 x 270 mm). In contemporary half calf. 129 handcoloured maps (Se below for a list of the maps) from "Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas", "Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas", "Meyer’s Zeitungs und Groschen-Atlas" and "Atlas in 64 Karten". Wear to extremities and hindges weak. All maps brownspottet, primarily affecting margins. A few maps with annotations in pencil and provisional repairs with tape. LIST OF MAPS CONTAINED IN THE ATLAS: Meyer’s Zeitungs und Groschen-Atlas – Die Oestliche und Westliche Halbkugel der Erde, 1849 Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Welt-Charte in Mercators Projektion 1852 Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas No. 60 – Erd Karte Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas No 82 – Orbis Veteribus Notus Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Europa Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Asien, 1852 Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Africa, 1852 Meyer’s Zeitungs und Groschen-Atlas – America, 1849 Meyer’s Zeitungs und Groschen-Atlas – Asiatischer Archipel und Neu Holland, 1849 Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas No. 42 – Der Grosse Ocean und Australien 1849. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas No 115 – Asia-Eüropa Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Asia Minor, Syria, Armenia, Mesopotamia, Assyria, Palestina Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 54 – Ostindien, 1853. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, 65 – Palaestina Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Das Asiatische Russland, 1852. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 127 – Das Osmanische Reich, 1854. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No 43 – China-Propria, 1849. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Marocco Algier und Tunis, 1852. Meyer’s Zeitungs und Groschen-Atlas, No. 14 – Agypten, 1849. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 101 – Senegambien, 1850 Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – N & S. Carolina, Georgia & Florida, 1853. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Maine New Hampshire, 1853 Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – New York, Pennsylvania, 185. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Californien, Texas, New Mexico u. Utah, 1852. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, 1852. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Arkensas, Mississippi, Louisiana & Alabama, 1853. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Nord-America und Mexico, 1852. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Nord-America, 1852. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Süd-America mit Patagonia, 1853. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 81 – Bolivia, Brasilien, Paraguay, Chile, La Plata, 1850. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Ecuador und Venezuela, 1852. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – West Indien und MIttel America. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Brasilien, 1852. Atlas in 64 Karten, No. 10 – Süd-Africa. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Imperium Romanum Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Italia Media. Atlas in 64 Karten, No. 35 – Italia Superior Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Hispania Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 77 – Græcia Antiqua. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 87 – Italia Inferior. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 82 – Peloponnesus. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 112 – Germanae, Galliae. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 122 – Das Adriameer, 1852. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 119 – Italien, 1852. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – beider Sicilien, 1853 Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Sicilien und Calabrien, 1852. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 86 – Ober Italien. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 49 – Frankreich, 1849. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Paris und Gegend. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Sardinien, 1852 Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 24 – Spanien und Portugal. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 38 – Portugal, 1849. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 32 – Gross-Britanien und Ireland 1849. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – England, 1852. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – London, 1853. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Scotland, 1852 Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No 26 – Ireland, 1849. Meyer’s Zeitungs und Groschen-Atlas – Belgien und Holland, 1849. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 6 – Holland, 1849 Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 66 – Belgien und Luxemburg, 1849. Meyer’s Zeitungs und Groschen-Atlas, No. 2 – Dänemark und Holstein, 1849. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Schweden Norwegen und Dänemark. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Südliches Schweden, 1852. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Südliche’s Norwegen, 1852. Meyer’s Zeitungs und Groschen-Atlas, No. 7 – Europäische Russland, 1849. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 50 – Russland. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Grieshenland, 1852. Atlas in 64 Karten, No. 43 – Creta, 1838. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Türkey, 1852. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 85 – Rumelien, Bulgarien und Walachei, 1850. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Serbien, Bosnien, Montenegriner, 1852. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Schweiz, 1852. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Schwarzen Meeres, 1852. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Polen. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas, No. 2 – Deutschland. Meyer’s Zeitungs und Groschen-Atlas, No. 7 – Bayern, Würtemberg. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 125 – Baden, 1854. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Donau Kreis, 1853. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Rhein Bayern, 1853. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas – Grosshz GTH. Hessen, 1853. Meyer’s Zeitungs und Groschen-Atlas, No. 12 – Naassau, 1849. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 35 – Hessen, 1849. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 105 – Waldeck, 1850. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Braunschweig, 1853. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Hannover. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 83 – Anhalt Dessau. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 20 – Thüringen, 1849. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 25 – Sachsen-Weimar. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Sachs.Meiningen, 1853. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 113 – Schwarzburg, 1851. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 37 – Mecklenburg, 1849. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 111 – Oldenburg, 1851. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Holstein, 1852. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Schleswig, 1852. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 21 – Preussen, 1849. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 59, Niederbrhein, 1849. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 43 – Iülich-Cleveberg, 1849. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 53 – Westphalen, 1849. Meyer’s Zeitungs und Groschen-Atlas, No. 34 – Brandenburg, 1849. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 25 – Sachsen, 1849. Meyer’s Zeitungs und Groschen-Atlas, No. 16 – Schlesien, 1849. Meyer’s Zeitungs und Groschen-Atlas, No. 31 – Pommern, 1849. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 39 – Ost-Preussen, 1849. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 27 – West-Preussen, 1849. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 40 – Posen, 1849. Meyer’s Zeitungs und Groschen-Atlas, No. 3 – Oesterreich, 1849. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 47 – Oesterreich: Ob der Enns, 1849. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Oesterreich Unter der Enns, 1853. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 117 – Kærnthen, 1852. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Tyrol, 1852. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 51 – Böhmen, 1849. Meyer’s Zeitungs und Groschen-Atlas, No. 13 – Ungarn, Siebenbürgen, 1849. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Lombardisch-Venetianisches, 1853 Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 96 – Umrisse der Pflanzengeographie. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Übersicht der Kulturpflanzen. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 110 – Karte von Europa. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 94 – Europa Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Höhen und Orte Erde. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 104 – Stromlängen. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Hyetographische Karte der Erde. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Windkarte der Erde. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Magnetischen Meridiane. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Magnet-Karte Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 93 – Die Isothermkurven Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Mittelamerica. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Die Vulkan Gürtel des Atlantischen Oceans. Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 98 – Karte der Grossen Ocean. Meyer’s Groschen-Atlas – Indischen Meere Meyer’s Zeitungs-Atlas, No. 97 – Deutschen Meere

Geneva, Johannes le Preux, 1598 (+) Bernae, Joannes le Preux, 1601. 8vo. In contemporary full vellum with yapp edges and title and author in contemporary hand to spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Wear and soiling to extremities. Dampstain to upper outer corner and a few wormtract affecting first and last leaves, otherwise internally nice and clean. (16), 953, (39), (24), 532, (20) pp. Second edition of Beza’s work on the history and theological interpretation of the Passion and burial of Jesus Christ.Withbound is his ‘Homiliae’, a collection of sermons. Théodore de Bèze (1519-1605), commonly known as Theodore Beza, was a prominent French Protestant theologian and a close associate of John Calvin. He played a significant role in the Reformation and was an influential figure in the development of Reformed theology.

Amsterdam, David Mortier, 1714. 8vo. Uniformly bound in three contemporary full calf bindings with five raised bands and richly gilt spines. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spines. Wear to extremities, leather on spine cracked and spine-ends chipped. Vol. 1 with previous owner's name and commentary on front free end-paper in contemporary. Title-page in vol. 1 with underlignings in red. Margin in vol. 1 and 3 with wormtract. Generally internally nice and clean. (20), 564, (2) pp. + 3 folded maps and 10 engraved plates; 408, (32) pp. + 13 engraved plates; (20), 457, (30) pp. + 6 engraved plates. (A total of 3 folded maps and 29 consecutively numbered plates depicting British royalty - complete). First Amsterdam-edition of D’Orleans’ popular work on the History of the revolution in England under the family of Stuarts through 1690. Pierre D'Orléans (1641-98) was a Jesuit Father who wrote extensively on the histories of revolutions in various countries.(For the French editions see Brunet II, 822).

Frankfurt, Esslinger, 1794 - 1796. 8vo. Seven volumes: Four in contemporary blue paper covered boards, three in purple paper covered boards, otherwise uniformly bound with gilt lettering and small paper-label to spines. Wear to extremities, scratches to boards and edges of boards miscoloured. Internally with occassional light foxing, but generally nice and clean. (4), 268 pp.; (4), 332, (1) pp. 336, (1) pp. 340 pp.; 334, (2) pp. 336 pp. + 2 folded tables.; 311 pp. + 3 folded plates. The scarce first edition, rarely found complete with all seven volumes as here, of this work offering accounts detailing significant and notable events from recent wars supplemented by examples from earlier historical conflicts.

Kjøbenhavn, 1829. Pænt næsten samt. hldrbd. m. rygforgyldn. En anelse slitage v. hjørner og kapitæler. Indimellem lidt brunplettet. På skrivepapir.Nice near contemporary half calf with gilt spine. Minor wear to corners and capitals. Occasional brownspotting. Printed on good, heavy paper. First edition of Hans Cristian Andersen's third publication in book form and his first dramatic work. This seminal publication marked his stage-debut and was not only the first work that he wrote for the theatre, but also the first of his works that was performed on the stage. It is with the present work, "Love in Nicolai Tower" that Hans Christian Andersen inaugurated his dramatical production, a genre that came to define much of his literary production for the next forty years, over the cause of which he produced about as many plays - i.e. ab. 40. The question as to acceptance from the theatre and the the set-up of the plays, however, -especially at the beginning of his career - would often postpone the actual theatre debut by many months, sometimes years. Thus, many of his early plays were only performed on the stage much later. "Kjærlighed on Nicolai Taarn", however, was accepted almost immediately and was performed already the following year, marking his theatre debut.This very early Andersen-book is not commonly seen on the market.BFN: 28.

Kopenhagen, Mumme, 1753. 8vo. Bound in one comtemporary full calf binding with four raised bands and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Wear to extremities, scratches to boards and with a few holes, showing the wooden boards underneath. Spine-ends with loss of leather. A worm-tract to lower margin of last few leaves, far from affecting text. A few stains to title-page but internally generally nice and clean. (16), 384, 408, 359 pp. + folded plate. The rare first German translation of Rothe’s famous account Peter Jansen Wessel Tordenskiold, commonly referred to as Tordenskjold, Vice-Admiral in the Great Nothern War. The work was first published in Danish under the title "Forsøg til navnkundige danske Mænds Livs og Levnets Beskrivelse, Andet Stykke, Indeholdende den Danske SøeHeldt og Vice-Admiral Peder Tordenskiolds omstændelige Livs og Heldte-Levnets", 1747-1750.Peter Jansen Wessel Tordenskiold (1690 – 1720), commonly known as Tordenskjold, was a legendary naval officer in the Danish-Norwegian navy during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. He became famous for his role in the Great Northern War (1700–1721) between the Scandinavian countries and Russia. At the age of only 30 he was killed in a duel. In Scandinavia he is still celebrated as one of the greatest military figures in their history.

Kjøbenhavn, A. Seidelin, 1824. 8vo. Indbundet i et pænt, samtidigt halvlæderbind med enkel rygforgyldning og forgyldt titeletiket på ryg. Øvre kapitæl og ydre false med slid. Kantslid. Hjørner stødte. Med egenhændig dedikation fra forfatteren på forsatsbladet. Trykt på skrivepapir. Ren og pæn indvendig. (4),VIII,117,(1: errata) pp. Et nydeligt dedikationseksemplar af den sjældne originaludgave af Howitz' vigtigste skrift, - værket, der indledte den danske strid om viljens frihed, den såkaldte Howitz-fejde."Med afhandlingen "Om Afsindighed og Tilregnelse, et Bidrag til Psykologien og Retslæren", indledte Howitz i 1824 det 19. århundredes danske diskussion om viljens frihed." (Koch, Den danske idealisme, p. 183). Howitz mente, at samtidens retslærde (med Ørsted i spidsen) ikke forstod forholdet mellem menneskets normale fornuftstilstand og den afsindige tilstand, og han påbegyndte dermed en diskussion af det juridiske begreb om tilregnelighed, bag hvilket han mente at se Kants frihedslære. På flere fronter foregriber han emner, der forekommer meget moderne. For det første var hans mål, i opposition til Ørsted, at få ændret synet på domme i straffesager, hvor ydre omstændigheder burde siges at kunne svække den sagsøgtes evne til at handle fuldt rationelt, - en foregriben af moderne retspraksis.Samtidig behandler han spørgsmålet om sindssygdom som et spørgsmål om enhver anden legemlig sygdom. Han gør sig til talsmand for en biologisk funderet psykiatri, der sidestiller psykiske lidelser med fysiske lidelser ved at finde sædet for denne type sygdomme i hjernen. Ved at anse afsindighed og dermed også utilregnelighed for en indskrænkning af fornuften eller dens brug skyldet en sygdom i et af legemets organer, konkluderer han blot, at fornuftens indflydelse på den afsindiges handlinger ikke er tilstrækkelig. Ved at betragte sindslidelser som somatiske, dvs. som fysiske sygdomme placeret i hjernen, mener Howitz, at den egentlige utilregnelige eller afsindige tilstand nemt kan adskilles fra den lidenskabeligt bestemte tilstand, og de afsindige udgør ingen forskel fra den øvrige menneskeslægt, men er blot en underafdeling blandt de syge mennesker. "Manglen på fornuftig selvbestemmelse kan foreligge i grader. Med eksempler hentet fra psykiatrien kan Howitz vise, at distinktionen mellem afsindighed og tilregnelighed ikke er skarp, og at der findes en række overgangstilstande mellem normalitet og total afsindighed. Dette medfører, at den frihed, som både Ørsted og Howitz hævder er træk ved det raske og normale menneske, kan foreligge i grader, og at tilregneligheden i overensstemmelse hermed kan være større eller mindre. Når dette er tilfældet, må dommeren også inddrage overvejelser over frihedsgrader i forbindelse med strafudmåling, hvilket Ørsted jo havde benægtet." (Koch, Den danske idealisme, p. 187).Med Hume og Spinoza søger Howitz at gendrive Kants lære om menneskets frihed. Med Hume sætter han lighedstegn mellem forholdet motiv-handling og forholdet årsag-virkning, og således kan der ifølge Howitz når det gælder menneskelige handlinger, heller ikke findes noget, der er uden årsag. Howitz opfattede dog ikke, helt på linie med Hume, denne naturnødvendighed som værende i modstrid med friheden. Der er ingen tvivl om, at et skrift af en art som Howitz' "Om Afsindighed og Tilregnelse" har virket provokerende på den filosofisk idealistiske samtid, der ikke anerkendte nogen form for materialistisk determinisme, og det var nærmest en nødvendighed for at A.S. Ørsted at svare på dette provokerende skrift. Således skriver Ørsted allerede samme år "Et Par Ord; i Anledning af den foranstaaende Afhandling". Fejden, striden om viljens frihed, er nu i fuld gang, og hele det filosofiske Danmark inddrages heri. Allerede samme år svarer Howitz igen på Ørsteds svar, med sit værk "Determinismen eller Hume imod Kant". Howitz fastholder heri sine meninger fra det første indlæg, og sætter trumf på ved bl.a. at påpege, "at den kantske frihed er en videnskabelig uting, idet det må gælde for såvel den moralske som den fysiske natur, at den er underkastet love." (Koch, p. 191)"Med Howitz' 180 sider store antikritik fik striden om viljens frihed en uheldig litterær drejning og kom mere til at handle om den rette tolkning af filosofiske påstande end om den sag, der lå Howitz på hjerte. Han citerede talrige autoriteter og diskuterede indgående, hvorvidt Kants erkendelsesteori og moralfilosofi rummer indre modsigelser eller ej. Da Ørsted kort efter vendte sig imod Howitz' antikritik, fandt han rig anledning til at understrege, at Howitz' filosofiske indsigt var betydelig mindre end hans arrogance over for anderledes tænkende." (Koch, p. 191).I 1825 udgav Howitz sit sidste indlæg i fejden, "Ultimatum, angaaende Determinismen og Etatsraad Ørsteds Fortsatte Bemærkninger om samme", et skarpt og klart værk. Året efter døde han.Presentation-copy of Howitz' most important philosophical work. With his first work of 1824, "Om Afsindighed og Tilregnelse..." Howitz initiated the important 19th century Danish discussion on free will. Howitz claimed that those learned in the law (at that time led by Oersted) did not understand the relationship between the normal rational state of man and the mad state, and he thus initiated a discussion about the legal term of imputability, behind which he meant to see Kant's notion of liberty.With the thoughts of Hume, Howitz sets out to refute Kant's notion of human free will. He equals the relationship between motivation and act with the relationship between cause and effect, and thus, according to Howits, there can be no human act without cause. Like Hume, Howitz did not understand this natural necessity as being in opposition to freedom.After Howitz' first work, Oersted answers back in 1824 with his "Et Par Ord...", and after this, two other works by both follow. All three by Howitz are rare.

Paris, Ledoux et Tenré, 1816. 8vo. 24 volumes, uniformly bound in contemp. hcloth with gilt lettering to spines. Front boards with gilt stamp and stamp to pasted down front end-paper. Minor wear to extremities, otherwise a fine set. Lacking atlas volume. Wanting atlas volume. An abridgement of A. F. Prevost "d'Exiles's Histoire générale des voyages", which was first published in Paris, 1746-1789.

Paris, Maziers & Garnier, 1735. Large 4to. (31x25 cm.). Uncut in 2 cont. boards. Backs and edges rubbed an somewhat worn. Titlepages in red/black with large engraved vignettes. Engraved portrait as frontispiece (Meissonier f.). (8),601;(4),CCIX,LXXXVIII,CL pp. 7 large (halfpage) engraved vignettes with battlescenes, 6 smaller engraved tailpieces and 13 large folded engraved maps. Internally fine printed on good paper and uncut with broad margins. First edition of this renowned biography including Turenne's Memoires and with the fine battlescene engravings.

Fagerstrand pr. Høvig, Bibliothek for de tusen hjem, (1889). 8vo. 3 vols in later printed full cloth. Bindings with light soiling and miscolouring to spines. All three volumes with ex-libris (Olga Siegfried Wagner). A fine set. (Frontispiece), 445, (1) pp.; (Frontispiece), 456 pp.; (Frontispiece), 488 pp. The rare first Norwegian translation of Darwin's "The life and letters of Charles Darwin, including an autobiographical chapter" - being the first translation of any of Darwin's works into Norwegian ("Origin" was translated into Norwegian in 1890).A complete Danish translation of the work has never been published and the first Swedish translation did not appear until 1959. Due to the similarities between Danish, Swedish and Norwegian, this edition in effect introduced Darwin's letters and autobiography to Scandinavia.Martin Simon Søraas is listed as translator on all three title-pages whereas Freeman lists Peder Jacobsen Ulleland as having translated vol. 1. and Martin Simon Søraas as having translated vol. 2 and 3. Ulleland is listed in Freeman as having translated vol. 1 because he initiated a translation but only finished volume 1. Sørensen (the publisher) quickly discovered that Ulleland did not have the required skills as a translator and Sørensen fired him. Eventually Søraas was hired and he translated all three volumes. Freeman 1528

(Dresden; Leipzig, Mieth, 1705). Small folio. Later modest hcloth (ca. 1880). Title-page lacks. 192 pp., 29 (of 32) double-page engraved plates. The first few leaves with light browning. A few scattered brownspots. Scarce second edition - lacking title-page and 3 plate - of this major German baroque work on artillery. It deals with all aspects of the construction of cannons, all kinds of explosives and how to use them. The first part deals with the construction of large cannons, part two with smaller cannons, three deals with shells, mortars and similar explosives, four explains how to use cannons in the most effective way. The detailled and informative plates are engraved by Gerard de Groos after designs by the author. Rumpf: 1300.

Berlin, Reuther & Reichard, 1922. 8vo. Uncut in the original grey printed wrappers w. very neat professional repairs to inner hinges and to capitals. Printing on spine nearly fully intact. A very faint waterstaining to upper corner throughout, otherwise a very good, nice and clean copy of a publication, which in itself is quite fragile. 87 pp. First edition of Carnap's first publication, his doctoral dissertation. Printed in Kant-Studien, Ergänzungshefte, Nr. 56. Issued by H. Vaihinger, M. Frischeisen-Kähler and A Liebert. Rudolf Carnap (born 1891 in Ronsdorf, Germany, died 1970 in Santa Monica, California) was an immensely influential analytic philosopher, who has contributed decisively to the fields of logic, epistemology, semantics, philosophy of science, and philosophy of language. He was one of the leading figures of the Vienna Circle, and a prominent logical positivist. He studied philosophy, physics and mathematics at the universities of Berlin and Freiburg, and worked at the universities of Jena, Vienna and Prague until 1935, when he, due to the war, emigrated to the U.S., where he became an American citizen in 1941. In America he became professor of the University of Chicago. In Jena he was appointed Professor of Mathematics, though his main interest at that time was in physics. By 1913 he planned to write his dissertation on thermionic emission, but this was interrupted by World War I, where he served at the front until 1917. Afterwards he studied the theory of relativity under Einstein in Berlin, and he developed the theory for a new dissertation, namely on an axiomatic system for the physical theory of space and time. He thus ended up writing the important dissertation under the direction of Bouch on the theory of space (Raum) from a philosophical point of view. The dissertation was submitted in 1921, and, due to the clear influence from Kantian philosophy, it was published the following year in this supplement to the "Kant-Studien". After the publication of his first work, Carnap's involvement with the Vienna Circle began to develop. He met Reichenbach in 1923 and was introduced to Moritz Schlick in Vienna, where he then moved to become assistant professor at the university. He soon became one of the leading members of the Vienna Circle, and in 1929 he, Neurath, and Hahn wrote the manifest of the Circle.As the title indicates, "Der Raum" deals with the philosophy of space. Partly influenced by Husserl, under whom he studied at Freiburg, Carnap poses the question whether our knowledge of space is analytic, synthetic a priori or empirical. His answer is that it depends on what is meant by "space", and thus differentiates between three kinds of theories of space: Formal (which is analytic [a priori]), intuitive (which is synthetic a priori), and physical (which is empirical [or synthetic aposteriori]). He compares this division of space with that of geometry into: projective, metric and topological. This, of course, anticipates much of his later philosophy, and some of his theories developed in this paper became the official position of logical empiricism on the philosophy of space. In this work he also develops a formal system for space-time topology, which became quite influential.

Paris, Rollin, 1744. 8vo. In contemporary full sprinkled calf with four raised bands and richly gilt spine. A few scratches to boards. Ex-libris (Juel of Valdemar's Castle) to pasted down front end-paper. A nice and clean copy. (2), 501 pp. + 7 folded maps. Volume two only of the first edition (editions in 4to and 12mo appeared in the same year, but exact precedence has not been established) of “one of the most important works there is relating to Canada” (Howes 307). The work contains much important information about the First Nations settlements and tribes, particularly in the Mississippi Country including "one of the most valuable, if not the most valuable, early accounts of Louisiana." (Clark) "The arrangement varies in some copies, according to the whim of the binder. (...) In the Nuggets, No. 518, another edition is described, “A Paris: Chez Rolin Fils, Libraire. Quai des Augustins MDCCXLIV.” (...) In Mr. Brown’s catalogue a copy is described, the collation of which seems to differ from this. Dr. Shea has a copy in which Rolin’s name is spelt Rollin, in Vol. iii. It is evident that the arrangement of the preliminary and supplemental matter is often changed by the binder" (Sabin) Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix (1682-1761) was a French Jesuit priest, explorer, and historian. He is best known for his extensive travels and writings about North America, particularly New France (Canada) and the Mississippi River region, during the 18th century. In addition to his contributions to geography and history, Charlevoix was a respected member of the Jesuit order and made significant contributions to the study of theology and philosophy. His work continues to be studied by historians, geographers, and scholars interested in the history of North America and the early European exploration of the continent. Sabin 12135

Amsterdam, Kunst- und Industrie-Comptoir, 1808. 8vo. Med kobberstukket portræt af forfatteren udført af Phs. Vilijn. Signeret A-X. Fraktur. Ubeskåret eksemplar på velin, let brunplettet. Indbundet i samtidigt lysegrønt kartonnage med farvet papirlabel på ryggen, hvor rygtitlen er bevaret ned ad ryggen. Eksemplaret er indlagt i en smuk, nyere privat bogæske med rig forgyldt skindryg i gammel stil. Kassette (bogæske) med brun oasegedsryg og dekoration i guld. Æsken er signeret Henning Jensen (marts 1988). (2), 335, (1) pp. Originaludgaven. Ifølge forlæggeren Brockhaus blev der kun trykt 20 eksemplarer på velin, hvoraf Baggesen fik de 10. Dette eksemplar kommer sandsynligvis fra disse 10. Eksemplaret er efter al sandsynlighed en gave til Baggesens ungdomsven, greve Adam Gottlob Detlef Moltke (1765-1843). I begyndelsen af 1790'erne rejste de to sammen i Tyskland og Frankrig, og flere digte i samlingen er dedikeret til Moltke. Eksemplaret må siden være kommet i fætteren Adam Wilhelm Moltkes eje, antageligt i 1818, da denne fik overdraget stamgodset Bregentved, som Adam Gottlob Detlef Moltke oprindeligt var udset til at arve. A.G.D. Moltke giftede sig anden gang den 22. august 1823 med komtesse Marie Elisabeth Knuth. På forsatsen står "Til Maria 1850", hvilket tyder på, at bogen var en gave til Marie Elisabeth, der dengang lå dødssyg i København. Hun døde her den 15. januar 1851. Et af digtene i samlingen bærer netop titlen "An Maria". Herefter er eksemplaret kommet i datteren Julie Georgine Sophie Moltkes eje. Hun blev født den 4. maj 1830 i København og døde den 24. december 1889, begravet i Svendborg. Hun medbragte bogen i sit ægteskab med greve Ludvig Frederik Brockenhuus-Schack (1825-1906). Familiens stempel findes bag på portrættet. "Dristigt – unægtelig dristigt – bar den forelskede 'Verfasser der Parthenais' sig derimod ad, da han 1808 tilegnede sin muse 'Lila' (= Sophie Ørsted) sine alt for åbenhjertige nye digte, 'Heideblumen'. Men ikke nok med det. Han overgav hende den – forresten ikke særlig smukt indbundne bog – med følgende tilsyneladende korrekte egenhændige tilegnelse på selve titelbladet: 'An Frau Sophie Ørsted, geb. Øehlenschläger, von Verfasser'. Kun i sin dagbog betroede han den egentlige tilegnelse: 'Til Lilia, Hvad jeg har dybere tænkt, og hvad jeg har høyere siælfølt, værdigt Naturen og Gud, helliger, Hulde, jer ber dig...'." Se Flemming Dahl: "Lidt om Baggesens Parthenais" i Nordisk Tidskrift for Bok- og Biblioteksvæsen, 1971. Bibliografiske referencer: Bibl. Danica IV, 269. Plesner 126. Goedeke VI, 164, 9.

Dresden, Waltherischen Hofbuchhandlung, 1784 (+) Bresslau, Korn, 1774 (+) Bresslau, Korn, 1779. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with five raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Internally brownspotted. 24 pp. + 2 folded plates; 98, (2) pp. + 1 folded plate.; 20 pp. Highly interesting sammelband containing two very rare works focusing on optimizing roof construction for agricultural and functional buildings with a strong emphasis on economic efficiency, practicality and safety, particularly in the context of fire prevention. The first work, “Oekonomischer Vorschlag”, of which we only can trace one copy in the trade, discusses practical and economical methods to design and build roofs for agricultural or utility structures, emphasizing cost-effectiveness, durability, usability and fire safety. The second work offer specific recommendations to enhance traditional roofing designs, addressing structural weaknesses, inefficiencies and vulnerabilities, such as susceptibility to fire or environmental wear.

K., 1852-53. Papbd. m. skindtitelfelt på ryg. (Omslagspapir af Viggo Madsen). False og kapitæler m. brugsspor. Brunplettet. M. begge smudstitelblade og begge indholdsfortegnelser. BFN 606 og 616. 2 originaludgaver. Indeholder 8 eventyr i førstetryk, heriblandt "Det er ganske vist!"

London, Socialist League Office, 1885. 8vo. Uncut unopened. Very light miscolouring to first and last leaf, otherwise fine and clean. 16 pp. Second edition, second impression, here expanded with a seventh poem "Down Among the Dead Men", of Morris collection of poems to inspire and mobilize people to embrace socialism and fight against the exploitation in capitalist systems. It is considered the first poetic contribution to the modern Socialist Movement and the first edition was described by Buxton Forman as "one of the rarest Socialist items". The Socialist League was a British socialist organization founded in 1884 by William Morris and others who were dissatisfied with the direction of the Social Democratic Federation (SDF), the leading socialist organization in Britain at the time. The Socialist League was formed as a breakaway group from the SDF due to internal disagreements about strategy, particularly over parliamentary politics. The League emphasized direct action and sought to build a mass movement of workers to overthrow capitalism. Lemire, The Socialists League Leaflets and Manifestoes, no. 27.

Leipzig, Weidmanns, 1788-1791. 8vo. In 6 contemporary blue card board bindings with paper title-label pasted on to top of spine. Wear to extremities and ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front free end-paper on all volumes. Small stamp to front free end-paper end title-page. Otherwise fine. Vol 1: LXII, 806, (2 blanks) pp + frontiespiece; Vol 2: (2), 853, (1) pp.; Vol 3: (2), 788 pp.; Vol 4: (2), 754 pp.; Vol 6: (2), 813, (1) pp.; Vol 7: (2), 1030, Third (second Leonhardi) German edition of this landmark work "which may be regarded as the first scientific work of its class." (Ferguson I:p.60) and is considered the "first modern dictionary of chemistry"."The second edition of the German translation of the second French edition of the Dictionnaire (Paris, 1778), revised by J. G. Leonhardi (1746-1823). Beginning his translation in 1780 while teaching medicine at Leipzig, he completed the work in 1783 after being appointed professor at Wittenberg . Leonhardi was a former pupil of Pörner, the title of whose translation he incorporated into his first edition (Leipzig, 1781-83; 6 vols., 8vo). To the present edition Leonhardi added numerous notes of his own, plus some from Pörner's German and Keir's English translation and material from the Italian editions of Scopoli and Vairo." (Neville vol. 2, P. 118).

København og Kristiania, Gyldendal, 1898-1904. 8vo. Indbundet i de 8 originale komponerede helshirtingsbind med forgyldte permer. Forgyldte titelfelter på rygge og permer. Rygtitler med en smule slid på de første fire bind. Smudstitlen løs i tredje bind. En smule slitage ved kapitæler og hjørner og et par indre false en smule svage. Indvendig ren og pæn. Nydeligt eksemplar af originaludgaven i de originale bind.

Halle, Rengerischen Buchhandlung, 1716 - 1727. 8vo. Forty parts uniformly bound in four contemporary halv vellum bindings with gilt lettering to spines. All edges coloured in red. Small paper-label pasted on to spines. Ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-papers and previous owner's name in contemporary hand to front free end-papers. Boards with wear and scratches, the marbled paper partly detached on front board of vol. 4. Internally very nice and clean. (14), (4), 192-284, (3), 286-503, (43), (2), 196, (2), (2), 198-290, (6), 295-508, (30) pp.; (2), 100, (3), 102-370, (2), (5), 372-493, (31), (2), 123, (1), (3), 116-500, (26) pp. (4), 83, (2), (3), 88-186, (2), (3), 188-286, (2), (3), 290-366, (3), 368-494, (14), (2), 200, (2), (3), 202-278, (3), 280-273, (3), 374-501, (27) pp. (2), 101, (1), (3), 104-292, (2), 293-290, (3), 388-545, (23), (2), 184, (2), 186-260, (1), (3), 262-367, (1), (3), 370-514, (28) pp. + 1 folded table. First 40 issues out of a total of 45 of the first edition of one of the earliest German-language scholarly journals, edited by Gundling himself up. Nicolaus Hieronymus Gundling (1671–1729) was a German jurist and philosopher, born in Kirchensittenbach and died in Magdeburg. Nicolaus studied at several universities and became a professor of philosophy in Halle in 1705. He notably debated Gotthard Heidegger in 1702 over the cultural influence of French novels.

Berlin, in der Realschul Buchhandlung, 1809-10. 8vo. 2 bind. Med kobberstukne titelblade af F. Ramberg og 4 foldede nodeplancher (af Bettina Brentano, Anton Radzivil, Johann Friedrich og Louise Reichardt). Rent og velbevaret eksemplar med grønt snit, svagt brunplettede blade. Indbundet i samtidig halvlæder med nye kontrasterende titelfelter og guldsnit på ryggen.Opbevaret i en smukt udført nyere halvlæderkassette i gammel stil med kontrasterende titelfelt og rygforgyldning, dimensioneret som "Baggeseniana XII", der medfølger. Navn på forreste friblad. Kassette signeret Henning Jensen. (4), 248; 416 pp. Førsteudgave. Med stålstukket portræt af Jens Baggesen indsat forrest. Baggesen vakte romantikernes vrede med udgivelsen af Klingklingel-Almanach, og Heidelberg-romantikeren Achim von Arnim (1781–1833) fremstiller i denne roman en karikatur af Baggesen. I skikkelse af digteren Waller—et navn hentet fra Baggesens pseudonym Danwaller—optræder han i romanens anden del som en selvoptaget og upraktisk rejsende, ledsaget af sin syge kone og to små børn. Han portrætteres som en åndrig, men påtrængende snylter, der lever ganske godt af Schriftselleri und Schulden. Plesner 133-34. Goedeke VI, 74, 23: "... Mit der 'Gräfin Dolores' und mit den 'Novellen' (1812) trat Achim von Arnim mehr in die Wege der modernen Dichtung." Plesner bemærker, at intet eksemplar af denne roman findes i offentlige danske samlinger. Dette eksemplar har tilhørt Plesner.

La Haye, P. de Hondt, 1755. 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 nice and clean. VIII, 508, (4) pp. + 31 folded maps and plates (complete). Rare and finely illustrated 13th 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 13th volume contain description of travels on the Indian continent:Nicolaas de Graaf on the Ganges Dellon (Malabar), Guillaume de Methold & Tavernier to the diamond mines in Golkonde, Visapoor & Bengal. The Portuguese in India, the history of Dom Pedro de Castro and voyage of Luillier to the Gulf of Bengal. Travels in Hindustan of Thomas Rhoe & Johann Albrecht von Mandelslo. History and description of the Mugul Empire & Hindustan, description of the coast of Malabar & Golkonde 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")