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Amsterdam, Pierre Mortier, 1689. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with four raised bands and richly gilt spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Boards with stains. Edges of bookblock with stains which has also miscoloured upper and outer margins of leaves. (6), 168, 183-254, 241-351, 360-369, (7) p., + 6 folded plates. Second edition of Tachard’s account of the second embassy to Siam in which the commercial treaty from 1685 (the first Embassy) was reaffirmed. Despite its primary goal of reinforcing the 1685 commercial treaty, the mission was not a success. The embassy consisted of five warships The arrival of French troops in Bangkok and Mergui incited intense nationalist movements in Siam which eventually resuted in a bloody revolution: “Exactly six months later, on 1 March, the three mandarins and their suite sailed back to Siam, taking with them Louis XIV's second French embassy to Phra Narai, headed this time by Simon de La Loubere and Claude Ceberet de Boullay.211 Ostensibly, its mission was to strengthen the diplomatic and commercial ties already established between the two kingdoms by concluding a firm alliance. But the real goal probably was to establish a protectorate over Siam, using the 636 soldiers sent out with the new envoys as an initial holding force-hardly the small bodyguard requested originally by the Asian monarch. But this embassy, too, failed to achieve its objectives. A fresh trade treaty was negotiated, to be sure, though under very trying conditions; meanwhile, the steady growth of strong xenophobic sentiment at the Siamese court over the foreign military occupation of Bangkok and the port of Mergui on the Bay of Bengal did not bode well for the future. In fact, just six months after the ambassadors had left for France in January 1688, Siam exploded in a bloody revolution that toppled Phra Narai's dynasty from the throne, overthrew the French garrison and closed the kingdom to Europeans except for a single Dutch trading post.213 By the time news of the disaster had reached Europe, Louis XIV was engaged heavily in a new war with his continental enemies and was in no position to respond. French contact with Siam thus ended abruptly for the next 150 years.” (Love, The Making of an Oriental Despot: Louis XIV and the Siamese Embassy of 1686). Guy Tachard (1651 – 1712), also known as Père Tachard, was a French Jesuit missionary and mathematician who participated in both the first and second Embassy to Siam. A 4to-edition was published the same year. Graesse VII, 7 Nissen 4067

Copenhagen, 1737. Folio (405 x 260 mm). In contemporary full black calf with four raised bands and double ruled fillets to boards. Wear to extremities, leather cracked. Repair to head of spine. Foot of spine chipped. Previous owner's name to front free end-paper (Kammer Juncker Rosenörn). Internally fine and clean. (4), 446, (24) pp. + large folded frontispiece. Uncommon funeral sermon for Birgitte Scheel (1669-1737) During the 17th century, the aristocracy commissioned publications dedicated to commemorating their departed spouses and celebrating their virtuous lives. These publications likely served both as a means to instill moral conduct in society, conduct profitable transactions and last but not least fuel the circles of gossip. Funeral sermons emerged as romanticized portrayals of the nobility and the upper classes of society. Between the late 16th century and the mid-18th century, funeral sermons became a sought-after commodity in the Danish book market. Primarily intended for the deceased's family, these sermons allowed them to reflect on their own lineage. Provenance: Valdemar's Castle.

(No place, nor year, but around 1680). Folio (265 x 170 mm). In contemporary marbled wrappers. Paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Wear to extremities, missing part of the paper on spine. Internally with occassional light brownspotting. 18 ff. Exceedingly rare first edition of this panegyric to Niels Juel, arguably the most famous commander in the Danish-Norwegian Navy only second to Tordenskjold. The present copy has until recently been house in the library of Valdemar's Castle, the very castle Juel was given by the king after his victory over Sweden in the Battle of Køge. The estate was transferred to him as payment for the Swedish ships captured in the battle. Niels Juel is beat known for his victories against Sweden during the Scanian War (1675–1679) and the present work focuses on his heroic deeds in the years 1676 and 1677, which were crucial in the war namely the Battle of Öland (1676) and the Battle of Køge Bay (1677) – One of Juel’s most famous triumphs where he decisively defeated the Swedish fleet. Biblioteca Danica III, 1209.

(London: British and Foreign Bible Society, 1816) 4to. In contontemporary full calf binding with middle eastern inspired blindtooled ornamentation to boards. Binding by 'Watkins Binder'. Wear to extremities, edges of boards with scratches, spine and capitals with repairs and miscoloured. Previous owner's names to pasted down front end-paper and free front end-paper. Internally nice and clean. (4), 552 pp. First complete New Testament in Syriac printed by the British and Foreign Bible Society. Darlow & Moule list five different versions of this edition. This edition is without a Latin title-page and the printed slip, but with a Syriac half-title – no priority has been established. "The editor based his text upon Schaaf's edition; but he collated an ancient Syriac MS. belonging to Adam Clarke, a MS. from the Lebanon, dated 1523, now at Cambridge, and a third MS. (without vowel-points) brought by Claudius Buchanan from Travancore, as well as the Commentaries of Ephrem Syrus, and also made some use of the collations of R. Jones. The printing of this edition was completed in 1816" (Darlow & Moule). Darlow & Moule 8979.

Fagerstrand pr. Høvig, Bibliothek for de tusen hjem, (1889). 8vo. 3 vols in contemporary black half calf. Previous owner's name (Danish zoologist S. L. Tuxen) to top of Front free end-papers. A fine and clean set. (three Frontispieces), 445, (1) pp.; 456 pp.; 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 translated all three volumes. From the library of the renowned Danish zoologist and entomologist S. L. Tuxen (1908-1983).Freeman 1528

Kjøbenhavn, Bianco Luno, 1835. 8vo. Uncut, unopened in the original blue boards. White paper-label pasted on to top of spine, otherwise a very fine and clean copy. VIII, 133 pp. Rare early Danish work on horse racing and breeding consisting of three responses to the prize question posed by the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences on Horse Racing and the associated training’s influence on horse breeding in Denmark.The prize question focused on whether the introduction of horse racing and related training had a positive or negative effect on Denmark’s horse breeding.

Halle Magdeburgicae, Impensis Orphanotrophei, 1725 & 1731. 4to. Bound in a nice contemporary full calf Cambridge-style binding with five raised bands and richly gilt spines. Blind-tooled ornamentation to boards. Small worm hole to back board and upper capital with small tear, otherwise a fine copy. (8), 520, (22); (16), 661, (71) pp.

Copenhagen, Institute for Theoretical Physics, 1952. 4to. In the original grey stapled printed wrappers. Stenciled. "52.15" wirtten in top right corner of front wrapper. Very fine and clean. 65 pp. Rare stenciled report on the major international physics conference held in Copenhagen, 1952, sponsored by the Council of Representatives of European States "for planning an international laboratory and organizing other forms of co-operation in nuclear research" (From the introduction in the present report by Niels Bohr). This laid much of the technical foundation for the CERN-acceleration built two years later. "[…] an international nuclear physics conference was held in Copenhagen; on that occasion the type of accelerator to be built as the main goal of the new European organization was amply discussed. A report on the conclusions reached by the participants was presented by Heisenberg to the Council which held its Second Meeting in Copenhagen immediately after the Conference. Thus the decision was taken that the Proton-Synchrotron Group should explore the possibility of constructing a 10 GeV proton-synchrotron which, at that time, represented the biggest machine in the world." (Amaldi, 20th Century Physics, Essays and Recollections).

Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1896. 8vo. Contemporary half cloth with gilt title to spine. Band 58 of "Annalen der Physik und Chemie". Library stamp to verso of title-page. Light wear to edges and capitals and a damp-stain to the lower part of the last three leaves. Otherwise a clean and well preserved copy. The entire volume offered. Pp. 662-669. [Entire volume: VIII, 776 pp. + 6 folded plates]. First edition of Wilhelm Wien's highly influential paper on the phenomenon of radiation, also known as Wien's displacement law. Wien followed Ludwig Boltzmann's approach when incorporating electrodynamics and thermodynamics in investigating radiation and its characteristics. "He argued that if a system reaches the same temperature by the increase of temperature or by the adiabatic compression of the volume containing heat radiation, it should yield the same energy distribution. Considering also the Doppler effect of the radiation, Wien arrived at an expression for energy distribution that states that the product of temperature and the wave length is a constant". (Mathew Chandrankunnel, Philosophy of physics, 2000, 4 p).Wien's empirical observations functioned as a starting point for Max Planck who wanted prove the theoretical foundation for Wien's, wishing thus to justify the entropy law. Today Wien's approximation is also known as Wien-Planck law.This phenomenon was coined "Wien's displacement law" because the energy density curve is displaced correspondingly to the temperature; it implies that the hotter an object is, the shorter the wavelength at which it will release most of its radiation. Wien's description of radiation awarded him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1911. Wien's constant is today used in a wide range of different aspects of physics, e.g. cosmic microwave background, and the determination of how much energy is emitted from a light bulb. Magie, "A Source Book in Physics". Pp. 597-600.Other papers of interest contained in the present volume:KOHLRAUSCH, F. Ueber Widerstandsmessungen von Electrolyten mit Wechselströmen durch das Dynamometer. Pp. 514-516.BOLTZMANN, L. Zur Energetik. Pp. 595-598.RYDBERG, J. J. Die Neuen Grundstoffe des Cleveïtgases. Pp. 674-679.WIEN, W. Ueber die auf einer schweren Flüssigkeit möglichen Wellen von sehr Höhe. Pp. 729-735.Etc.

Kjøbenhavn, Seidelin, 1829 & 1833. 8vo. Three parts in two volumes, both in the original green paper covered boards. With author's presentation to Danish Professor in Low F. C. Bornemann in both volumes. Wear to spines and scratches to boards. Internally very nice and clean, printed on good paper. (2), 182 pp.; 134 pp. Presentation copy of the rare first edition of P. G. Bang’s seminal work, Udvikling af Læren om Interessentskab og de samme nærmest vedkommende Retsforhold – the very first Danish treatment of the subject, and a milestone in Scandinavian legal history. This pioneering study is regarded as the first jurisprudential exposition of corporate law in Denmark anticipating later systematic treatments of partnership and company legislation. His work established a legal-theoretical foundation for the understanding of partnership agreements, shareholders’ relations and the broader legal framework governing commercial associations. The copy was given by Bang to F.C. Bornemann, a Danish legal professor at the University of Copenhagen from 1840 to 1861, primarily known for applying philosophical methods to legal science. He was influenced by contemporary German philosophers, notably Hegel, in his work on legal philosophy. Peter Georg Bang (1797 – 1861) was a Danish politician and jurist. He served as the Prime Minister of Denmark 1854–1856

Jena, Hartung, 1727 - 1730. 8vo. Three volumes in six parts uniformly bound in six nice contemporary full calf bindings with five raised bands and richly gilt spines. Boards with scratches and a bit of loss of leather but otherwise a very nice and clean set. (16), 720 pp.; pp. 721-1306, (142); (48), 544 pp.; pp. 545-1155, (106); 884 pp.; (2), 885-1612, (194) pp. Rare first edition of Rus’ extensive and most famous work in which he sought to harmonize the narratives of the four Gospels in the New Testament. It represents an effort to analyze and reconcile any apparent discrepancies or differences in the Gospel accounts, presenting them as a unified narrative. Johann Reinhard Rus (1679–1738) was a Protestant theologian known for his scholarship and theological works. Educated in Giessen and Jena, where he eventually became a professor, Rus declined several prestigious offers choosing to remain in Jena until his death.

Torino, Unione Tipografico-Editrice, 1888. 8vo. In comtenporary half vellum with embossed title to spine. First quire partly detached. Occassional light brownspotting throughout. (2), 210, (4) pp. + 3 floded plates and 1 frontiespiece. This First Italian translation of "The structure and distribution of coral reefs", being the first part of the three-part work "Geology of the Voyage of the Beagle" (Freeman 271). Only the present first part was transted into Italian.Compared to France and Spain Darwinism was quickly adopted by Italian biologist and zoologist and meet only little catholic opposition. "The impact of Darwinism on Italian naturalists was powerful; the logic and rigorous treatment of the problem of the origin of species as Darwin had presented it, forced zoologists and anthropologists to reconsider those passages of Lamarckisms that they had agreed to with excessive enthusiasm". (Capanna, Darwinism and the Italian academies). The reception of Darwin's worsk in France and Spain were characterized by a strong chatolic opposition, which also had a strong suppressing effect on the spread of his ideas to academic institutions.Despite of Italy being a catholic stronghold the reception of Darwinism was very favourable and meet very limited criticism from the church:"In contrast to the power Catholicism was able to exert against Darwinism in Spain, it was practically impotent in Italy. Neither could the Italian Catholic intellectual establishment draw upon a repertory of anti-Darwinism arguments from the Italian scientific establishment, as was done in France. As in France under the Third Republic and as was the case sporadically in Spain, the advent of Darwinism in Italy provided a source of ideology for the anticlerical movement. Although Darwinism enjoyed a number of close connections with the English source, the peculiarities of the Italian situation set Darwinism in Italy apart from other situations. Italy was in the forefront in recognizing Darwin, electing him to various academies and societies and awarding him the famous Bressa Prize in 1875."The three parts of Darwin's geological results of the Beagle voyage were separately published over a period of five years, but they were intended, and described on the title pages, as parts of one work. They were all published by Smith Elder, with the approval of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, some of the £1,000 given for the publication of the results of the voyage going towards the cost of at least the first part. Darwin notes, in May 1842, that the cost of Coral reefs was £130-140 and that 'the government money has gone much quicker than I thought'. By that date there were only two parts of the Zoology of the Beagle still to come out. Smith Elder also published the important later editions." (Freeman)Freeman 318.

Kjøbenhavn, 1838. Ubeskåret, i et senere blankt omslag. Gennemgående skjold i øverste venstre hjørne, overvejende ganske svagt. Første og sidste blade mest påvirkede. X, 79pp. Originaludgaven af Kierkegaards debut, -værket i hvilket han skarpt kritiserer H.C. Andersen, og i hvilket inspirationen fra Poul Martin Møller (til hvem han dedikerede værket "Begrebet Angest" - den eneste uden for familien, der er blevet beæret med en trykt dedikation af Kierkegaard) formenlig er tydeligst at spore. Den specielle titel kan med en vis rimelighed siges at hentyde til en villet videreførelse af den beundrede og på tidspunktet for udgivelsen netop afdøde Poul Martin Møllers nærmest upublicerede produktion. Den "endnu Levende" skulle således være "Danmarks Gæde i Glæden over Danmark", "Mindet i den danske Sommer", Poul Martin Møller, den mand, der ved sin person har inspireret Kierkegaard mere end nogen anden. Himmelstrup 6.Uncut in a very nice later halfleatherbdg. of dark red morocco w. green marbled paper and dark red gilt leather-title-label on front board. Gilt lines to back. (Oscar Jacobsen). Some brownspotting. X + 79pp.First edition of Kierkegaard's first work; -the work in which he sharply critisizes Hans Christian Andersen and ridicules the genre of fairy tales in general.

London, Printed for H. Lownes, 1614. Folio (280 x 195 mm). In a contemporary Cambridge mirror-style binding with five raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. "LA" in gilt lettering to both front and back board. Previous owner's name, John Barratt (1693) in contemporary hand to verso of front board. Wear to extremities, with scratches and a few holes to to boards. Head of spine chipped with some loss of leather, upper part of front hinge split. Worm tract to lower margin of first leaves and a few marginal dampstains throughout, first and last leaves browned and and loss of paper in margin. Wanting the engraved title-page and possibly a frontispiece, all separate title-pages present. (12), 1111 pp. Rare folio-edition of Hall's works. Joseph Hall (1574–1656) was a prominent English bishop and satirist. He was especially known for his devotional writings, of which this present work is a fine example.

Kiøbenhavn, Gyldendals Forlag, 1789 - 1790. 8vo. Uniformly bound in three contemporary full calf bindings with five raised bands and richly gilt spines. All edges coloured in red. Light wear to extremities. Ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-papers. WIth light occassional brownspotting, otherwise a nice and clean set. (4), 572 pp. + 1 plate; (4), 616 pp. + 3 plates; (4), 512 pp. First edition of the first three volumes of this compilation of travelogues containing detailed accounts of various countries and peoples, covering topics such as: Religion, government and political structures, trade and commerce, customs and traditions and natural history. Biblioteca Danica III, 400.

Hambourg, Hoffmann, 1795. 8vo. Uncut in the original blank wrappers. Wrappers slightly miscoloured. Small paper-label pasted on to spine. Title-page slightly browned, otherwise internally nice and clean. 48 pp Exceedingly rare first edition of this critical analysis of the declaration made by Louis XVIII during his exile in which he affirmed his claim to the throne of France and laying out his vision for restoring the monarchy after the revolution. The declaration was intended to reassure royalist supporters and outline his approach to governancevemphasizing continuity, tradition and the restoration of order following the chaos of the Revolution. Charles-François du Périer Dumouriez was a French military officer, minister of Foreign Affairs, minister of War in a Girondin cabinet and army general during the French Revolutionary War. Dumouriez is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe, on Column 3.

[Stockholm, Norstedt & Söner, 1871]. 4to. Uncut, unopened. As extracted without wrappers. Very fine and clean. 64 pp. The rare first printing of the Swedish-Japanese Treaty of 1868; the very first treaty Meiji Government made with a foreign state.The Meiji government was the early government of the Empire of Japan and in April 1868, the Charter Oath was promulgated, in which Emperor Meiji set out the broad general outlines for Japan's development and modernization. A central governmental structure, or Daij?kan, was established which included a department of foreign affairs. The present Swedish-Japanese treaty was the very first of a long line of treatise.

Rostock, Ferber, 1623 (+) Rostock, Hallervordio, 1623 (+) Rostock, Hallervordio, 1623 (+) Rostock, Pedani, 1623 (+) Rostock, Pedani, 1623 (+) Rostock, Pedani, 1625 (+) Rostock, Pedani, 1624. 4to. In contemporary full vellum. Soiling and wear to extremities. Small paper-label pasted on to upper part of spine. Previous owner's name to front free end paper: "Joh. Wilh. Schröderi / Hamb: 1694" (See below for more information). A few leaves with marginal repairs otherwise internally nice and clean. (6), 172, (10); 72, (8), 99, (5); 99, (5); (8), 77, (7); (8), 394, (18); 100, (8) pp. Rare first edition of Tornov’s works on the minor prophets from the Old Testament Johann Tarnow (1586–1629) was a German Lutheran theologian and professor. He studied theology in Rostock and other universities becoming a theology professor in Rostock in 1614 and earning his doctorate in 1619. Tarnow’s work focused on the Old Testament, producing several commentaries, of which this present volume is a fine example.

Hamburg, Hoffmann, 1792. 8vo. Uniformly bound in two nice sprinkled half calf binding with gilt lettering to spine. A nice set. XL (including the frontispiece), 392 pp.; IV, 341, (3) pp. First edition of this rare work on containing an account of the life of Linné and biographical notes of his son. Further more it contain a catalog of his Writings, their Editions, Translations, Extracts and Commentaries.

Stockholm, Lars Salvius, 1746. 8vo. Bound in a contemporary sprinkled half calf with gilt title label and gilt fillets on spine. Five raised bands. With 8 woodcuts in the text. Bookplate to front pastedown and previous owner's signature on title page. One leaf (K1) with loss in margin (approx. 2.5 cm). Some browning, otherwise a clean and well-preserved copy. (8), 304, 14, (2) pp. Under the guidance of Linnaeus, Kalm completed his studies at the University of Uppsala. At the initiative of Count Bielke, he undertook botanical expeditions to southern Sweden and Finland. The defining event of his life, however, was his journey to North America and Canada, undertaken to discover useful plants capable of withstanding the Scandinavian climate (DSB VII, p. 210).

København., Rosinante, 1994-2000. Lex8vo. 9 orig. helshirtbd. Med smudsomslag. Helt frisk eksemplar af den nyeste "Weilbach", som er afsluttet med bd. 9 og forlængst udsolgt.

København & Leipzig, Jacob Preuss, 1741. Med kobberstukket titelblad og frontispice, foldet kobberstukket kort over den underjordiske verden samt to helsides kobberstik. Let bruneret eksemplar, indbundet i samtidigt spejlbind af skind med rig rygforgyldning. Lille navn på friblad. Falsene smukt restaureret. 380, (4 blank) pp. Originaludgaven af et af Holbergs allerberømteste og hyppigst trykte og oversatte værker – en satirisk, imaginær rejsebeskrivelse. Bogen gjorde Holberg berømt i hele Europa og blev hurtigt oversat til flere sprog. Ehrencron-Müller III, 213. Paul Johansen 21, 1. Bibl. Danica IV, 441. First edition. "Niels Klim is written in the tradition of Jonathan Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels'. The fantastic voyage underground takes Klim through adventures which afford Holberg ample opportunity to criticize contemporary society. Through exaggeration and acid paradox, Holberg satirizes religion, academia, and other institutions. The book was for many years Holberg's most popular work and has been translated into many languages." – Houghton, Danish Litt., 41.

Frankfurt und Leipzig, Brönner, 1776. 4to. In contemporary full calf with five raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Upper part of spine missing small part of leather and a small paperlabel pasted on upper part of spine. Internally fine and clean. (18),490,(6) pp. + frontispiece and 24 folded engraved plates. First edition. Klaus Jordan 367 Poggendorff I,222.

Paris, Briasson, 1738-40. Small 8vo. 12 very nice cont. uniform full mottled calf. 5 raised bands on backs, backs richly gilt. Some capitals and hinges w. traces of use. Woodcut vignettes on title-pages. Vol. 1 lacking 8 leaves (pp. 169-92), blank leaves inserted. A very nice and clean set. Barbier IV:167. First edition.

Schleswig, 1796. Cont.hcalf. XVI,398 pp. a. 6 fold. Tables + Verzeichn.d.Subscribenten(8) pp. A wormhole in lower margin of Verz.d.Subscr.,otherwise fine.