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Wien und Nürnberg, 1755. 4to. Contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Stamped in blind on spine. Titlelabel with lettering. The gilt monogram of King Frederi V on red background on both covers. Stamp on title-page. Engr.portr., (10),144,23,(1) pp. and 79 engravings (on 42 folded plates). Internally clean and fine. Klaus Jordan, 3688.

Nytaarsgave for 1826. Viborg,(1825). Samt. hldrbd.m.rygtitel. Associationseksemplar med flg.tilskrift på fribladet:"Foræret mig af Forfatteren,Ole Bork" (Bork var Blichers nabopræst og tillige udgiver af "Nordlyset").

Amsterdam, K.N.A.G., 1885. 8vo. In recent paper wrappers with brown title label pasted on the front wrappers. As extracted from "Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap". Vol. II. Very fine and clean. Pp. 213-228. First printing of the first report on the The Berlin Conference (of 1884-85), also known as the Congo Conference or West Africa Conference. It sought to regulate European colonisation and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period. The General Act of the Berlin Conference, can be seen as the formalization of the Scramble for Africa and is by far the most severe infringement ever on African sovereignty. The conference ushered in a period of heightened colonial activity by European powers, while simultaneously eliminating most existing forms of African autonomy and self-governance."For at a time when an estimated 80% of Africa remained under traditional and local control, the purpose of the Berlin Conference had been for the Great Powers to establish rules amongst themselves for the colonization of Africa and the exploitation of Africa's resources. Including the division of territory, the drawing of maps, and the establishment of Congo -- as a personal possession of the Belgian King. Not surprisingly, no Africans had been invited to the Conference." (Calmettes, Berlin 1885: The Division of Africa). "Owing to the upsetting of Bismarck's carefully laid balance of power in European politics caused by Leopold's gamble and subsequent European race for colonies, Germany felt compelled to act and started launching expeditions of its own which frightened both British and French statesmen. Hoping to quickly soothe this brewing conflict, King Leopold II was able to convince France and Germany that common trade in Africa was in the best interests of all three countries. Under support from the British and the initiative of Portugal,Otto von Bismarck, German Chancellor, called on representatives of Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden-Norway (union until 1905), the Ottoman Empire and the United States to take part in the Berlin Conference to work out policy." (Ngoyo, Federation of the Free States of Africa).The boarders drawn in Africa during the Berlin Conference had devastating consequences for Africa:" "The Berlin Conference was Africa's undoing in more ways than one. The colonial powers superimposed their domains on the African Continent. By the time Africa regained its independence after the late 1950s, the realm had acquired a legacy of political fragmentation that could neither be eliminated nor made to operate satisfactorily. The African politico-geographical map is thus a permanent liability that resulted from the three months of ignorant, greedy acquisitiveness during a period when Europe's search for minerals and markets had become insatiable." (Ibid). See The Mountains of the Moon, Mapping African Exploration, Princeton University.

(Stockholm, Typografiska Föreningens Boktryckeri, 1863). 4to-oblong. Indbundet med orig. omslag, foromslaget litograferet ligesom titelbladet, i blindtrykt papbd. med glaseret overtrækspapir. 40 pp. samt 12 litograferede plancher, tonede og delvis i farver. Indvendig ren. Scarce first edition. Lithographed pictures from Swedish Vestindies and North America (esp. Boston), Cuba etc.Not in Sabin.

København, 1832-60. 4to. Samtidig kartonnage med shirtryg. Rift ved øvre del af forreste fals. Skindtitel på forpermen "Danske Prospecter af Petersen". (2),65;48 pp. Det udkomne af teksten. Med ialt 61 kobberstukne plancher. rent velbevaret eksemplar. Der udkom et kobberstukket titelblad (ikke tilstede her), og værket forblev ufuldendt. Der udkom kun tekst til København, Helsingør, Frederiksborg og Fredensborg og Roskilde. Ifølge Krohn, (1401) udkom der ialt 68 plancher. Det foreliggende eksemplar har 61 heraf.

Franckfurt, Götzens, 1665. Contemp. full vellum. Some brownspots to covers. Stamp on title-page. (14),970,(22) pp. 60 engraved plates (of 63 or 68). Some toning and some various dampstaining throughout. First edition. - Klaus Jordan,357 (listing 63 plates).

Paris, Masson et Cie, Imprimerie Gauthier-Villars, 1897. 8vo. Bound with original printed yellow wrappers (wrappers to both the volume and to the parts) in contemp. hcalf, raised bands, gilt spine. Light wear along edges. Small stamp on verso of titlepage, on printed frontwrappers and on foot of p. 576. In "Annales de Chimie et de Physique", 7me Series - Tome XI. (Entire volume offered). 576 pp. Perrin's paper: pp. 496-554. Textillustrations. Clean and fine. First appearance of Perrin's doctorial thesis, in which he definitly settled the question of the common nature of cathode rays and of the recently discovered X rays, showing them to be particles. The experiments prepared the way for J.J. Thomson's determination in 1897 of the charge-mass ratio of these particles, electrons. In 1896 Perrin won the Joule Prize of the Royal Society for his experiments on cathode rays and for his preliminary studies on Röntgen's X rays, these investigations formed the content of his thesis. Perrin received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1926 for this and other work on the discontinuous structure of matter, which put a definite end to the long struggle regarding the question of the physical reality of molecules."During the 1890s he was attracted to the study of cathode rays, which Crookes had shown to be electrically charged. Even so, there remained controversy whether they were particles (as it seemed they would have to be if they were charged) or whether Crooke's observations were in error and they were actually a form of wave radiation. Perrin settled the matter for all in 1895 by showing that the radiation could be made to impart a large negative charge to a cylinder upon which they fell. The cathode rays must, therefore, consist of negatively-charged material, and must be particles rather than wave. J.J. Thomson was able to determine the mass of the particles and to show that they were much smaller than atoms."(Asimov).The offered volume contains further notable papers. 14 Memoirs by Marcellin Berthelot.

Kbhvn., Stein, Schultz, 1783-94. 4to. 2 samt. helldrbd. med ophøjede bind på rygge og stregforgyldning på alle permer. Kobberst. titelblade, (14),450-(8),248 pp. samt alle 27 kobberstukne plancher af Clemens efter tegninger af Wiedewelt. Bortset fra mindre brunpletter et velbevaret eksemplar. Heri finde bl.a. mindestenene over Absalon, Saxo, Tycho Brahe m.v.

Erfurt, J.J.F. Straube, 1768. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with gilt lettering to spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Light wear to extremities and internally with occassional brownspotting. (4), 137, (3) pp. + 8 engraved plates (on 4 sheets of paper). The exceedingly rare first (only?) edition of Werner’s work providing instruction on anatomy specifically intended for painters and sculptors who need a detailed understanding of the human body to accurately depict it in their work. Furthermore the book is also aimed at beginners in surgery. The anatomical knowledge necessary for artists is not entirely unlike what was required for medical professionals, particularly surgeons. We have not been able to trace a single copy in the trade.

Berlin, Robert Oppenheim, 1872. 8vo. Contemporary hcalf. Spine gilt and with gilt lettering. VIII,666,VI pp. Text diagrams. Internally clean. From the library of the Danish logician and philosopher Jørgen Jørgensen having his name on top of front free enpaper. First German edition of Newton's groundbreaking "Principia". - Gray 39.

Paris, Dumaine, 1846-71. 4to. 6 contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines with gilt lettering. Wear to spineends. Some smaller cracks to some joints. One spine tape-repaired. Last volume rebacked. Stamp on title-pages. In all around 2200 pp. With 173 steel-engraved plates. Faint scattered brownspots, but internally fine.

Erfurt, Straube, 1770. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with three raised bands. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Top of spine missing parts of leather. A few marginal stains and marks throughout. Plates with margnial brownspotting, otherwise a nice copy. Engraved title-page. (8), 132, (4) pp. + 9 plates. The exceedingly rare first (only?) edition of Werner’s work providing instruction on anatomy specifically intended for painters and sculptors who need a detailed understanding of the human body to accurately depict it in their work. The book covers the structure of muscles, bones and other anatomical features that are crucial for creating realistic representations of the human body. Furthermore the book is also aimed at beginners in surgery. The anatomical knowledge necessary for artists is not entirely unlike what was required for medical professionals, particularly surgeons. “Johan Werner Græbe (1741 in Eisleben, Prussia - 1781, in Helsingør, Denmark). He came to Denmark around 1758. Passed the surgical examination on March 30, 1764. Passed the final surgical exam on March 20, 1766. Surgeon in Helsingør, surgeon on the guard ship from September 2, 1767, gained citizenship on January 28, 1768. Married on December 2, 1767, in Helsingør to Ingeborg de Besehe, baptized on January 24, 1742, in Helsingør, buried there on December 22, 1779, daughter of City Surgeon Christoffer de B. and Anne Margrethe Meyer.” (Carøe, Den Danske Lægestand).

(Paris: Gauthier-Villars), 1908. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences", Vol 146, No 10. Entire issue offered. Pp. 530-33. [Entire issue: Pp. 511-54]. First appearance of Langevin landmark paper in which "Langevin successfully applied Newtonian dynamics to a Brownian particle and so invented an analytical approach to random processes which has remained useful to this day." (Lemonsa, Paul Langevin’s 1908 paper, P. 1079). In 1908, three years after Albert Einstein initiated the modern study of random processes with his ground breaking paper on Brownian motion, Paul Langevin devised a very different but likewise successful description of Brownian motion. Both descriptions have since been generalizedinto mathematically distinct but physically equivalent tools for studying an important class of continuous random processes. Langevin's work, like Einstein's, remains current and is widely referenced and discussed."Langevin's approach to Brownian motion is, in his own words, ''in?nitely more simple'' than Einstein's. Indeed, his paper is apparently more simple and for this reason is attractive as an introduction to the subject. While Einstein, starting from reasonable hypotheses, derived and solved a partial differential equation (i.e., a Fokker-Planck equation) Governing the time evolution of the probability density of a Brownian particle, Langevin applied Newton's second law to a representative Brownian particle. In this way Langevin invented the ''F=ma'' of stochastic physics now called the ''Langevin equation.'' Today it is clear that the apparent simplicity of Langevin's approach was purchased at the cost of forcing into existence new mathematical objects with unusual properties. While Langevin manipulated these objects (Gaussian white noise and the stochastic differential equation) cautiously and intuitively, their formal properties have now been developed and widely applied. Thus Langevin's 1908 paper inspired new mathematics as well as new physics." (Lemonsa, Paul Langevin’s 1908 paper, P. 1082)."In 1908, Langevin, whose skill in kinetic theory had first been developed when he worked on ionic transport, turned briefly to the theory of Brownian motion developed by Einstein in 1905 and, via a more direct route, by Smoluchowski in 1906. The result was simplified, still-standard treatment which, unlike Smoluchowski’s, produced precisely Einstein’s formula for the mean-square displacement." (DSB) ,

Paris, Medard-Michel Brunet, 1699. 8vo. In a nice contemporary Cambridge-style mirror binding with four raised bands and richly gilt spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. A nice and clean copy. (20), 278, (1) pp. Second edition of this scarce early work first published in 1693 in which the author traces and analyses the causes of womens lack of rights and proposes methods for enabling women to improve themselves. The fact that the present work was re-edited five years after its initial release indicates a certain degree of popular appeal. However, not much is known about Pringy: “Her name appears most often in the pages of the monthly French gazette, Le Mercure galant, which announced both the text’s initial publication in 1693 and again its second edition a few months prior to publication. If nothing can defini¬tively be asserted regarding Pringy’s readership, we can gather, from the fact that the Mercure was instrumental in disseminating (some might say advertising) and thus determining trends and fashions, that Pringy enjoyed some attention for her works. Though we may never know the extent to which the Caracteres was given to young girls with the intent of correct¬ing or preventing these vices, Pringy’s treatise is unique in comparison to most contemporaneous moral analyses of women by women because of its ostensible pedagogical goal.” (LaPorta, “The Truth about Reasoning”: Veiled Propaganda and the Manipulation of Absolutist Authority in Eustache Le Noble’s La Pierre de touche politique (1688–1691))

London, Longman, brown, Green, and Longmans, 1849. 8vo. (19,8 x 13,8 cm.). In original state with black pierced covers moulded from a mixture of papier-mâché and plaster to imitate a Gothic carved wood-binding. A few small bursts in binding, but no loss of material. Spine in black leather with some demolition of the gilt lettering. Gilt edges. Gilt inner dentelles. Title-page in red/black. II,(4),XCV pp. + 1 pp. listing "Illuminated Works by H. Noel Humphreys". Black letters with headings printed in read. With 4 full-page and 2 in the text of fine chromolithograped illustration. Some textleaves framed with wood-engravings. Clean and fine. First printing of Humphrey's finest production, only printed in 1000 copies, but not all bound as this with its imitation of a carved Gothic wood-binding.

Kjøbenhavn., Kgl. Majest. priviligerede Bogtrykkerie, 1749. Folio. To samtidigt hellæderbind med ophøjede bind på rygge. Forgyldt rygtitel . Begge bind med slitage, enkelte ormehuller samt dele af forgyldningen slidt bort. Bind 1 (Del 1-3) med gennemgående vandskjold i ydre overste hjørne. Pp. 591-676 strækker vandskjoldet sig ned i ydre margin. Bind 2 (Del 4) indvendig ren og pæn. (4),10, 1534,(1) pp. 2 kobberstukne plancher, det ene Chr. IV i hel figur efter Carl von Manders maleri, stukket af C. Fritsch samt portræt af Slange, ligeledes stukket af Fritsch. Titelbladet med en ubetydelig revne øverst i indre fals. Udmærket rent eksemplar med brede marginer. Originaludgaven af dette monumentalværk som fortsætter hvor Arild Huitfeld slap, og giver en indholdsrig fremstilling af Christian IV's begivenhedsrige historie.

Paris, R. Chapelot et Cie, 1903-05. 8vo. Bound in 5 contemp. hcalf. A few scratches and spines slightly rubbed. Around 3100 pp. and 38 large folded maps. The maps in 3 portfolios with matching spines in calf. Rubbed. First printing of the importent Metz-part of the series.

Jena, Wilh. Ernest. Güth, 1751. 4to. Cont. full vellum. Backcover a little discoloured. Otherwise fine. Engr. portr. as frontisp. 804,(68) pp. and 8 fold. engr. plates. - First edition of the Jena-professor's main work (G.E. Hamberger 1697-1755).

A Geneve, Biblioth. Britannique, 1797. 8vo. Contemp. marbled boards. Paperlabel with handwritten volume- title on spine. Boards rubbed. In: "Bibliotheque Britannique", Tome cinquieme. Sciences et Arts. A name cut from titlepage, no loss of letters. Entire volume offered. 392 pp., 4 folded tables a. 3 folded engraved plates. A faint dampstain to foot of titlepage, otherwise clean, printed on good paper. Rumford's paper: pp. 97-200 a. 1 engraved folded plate. First printing of the founding paper on Oceanography, describing the experiments leading to the discovery of the convection currents in the sea. Cold water at depth in the tropics implies a meriodinal circulation transporting deep water from the polar regions towards the equator. Water cooled at the surface in high latitudes gets denser and hence descends. (Parkinson "Breakthroughs" 1797).The volume also contains the first translation of any part (into French) of JAMES HUTTON "Theory of the Earth, &c. Théorie de la Terre, avec des preuves & des éclaircissemens; en guatre parties. (1.-2. Extrait).". Pp. 53-73 a. pp. 262-273.

Gravenhage, A. Kloots, 1829. Uncut in original marbled boards. A few scratches to spine. Original printed titlelabel on spine. A paperlabel pasted on spine. Stamp on htitle and title-page. XII,184,30,(2) pp., 4 folded lithographed plates with many figures. Internally clean and fine, printed on good paper. First Dutch edition of Hoyer's "System der Brandraketen", 1827, expanded.

Paris, Maeght Éditeur, 1972. Folio. 28 pp. Illustrated in colour and b/w. Containing 3 original lithographs by Marc Chagall, frontcover and 2 other (1 double-page).

Aux Deux-Ponts, Sanson et Compagnie, 1793. 8vo. Uniformly bound in nine contemporary full mottled calf bindings with gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Spines with small paper-label pasted on to upper compartment. Light wear to extremities, boards with a few scratches but generally a very nice a clean copy. (4), 369 pp.; (4), 359 pp.; 351, (1) pp.; (4), 289, (1) pp.; (4), 377, (1) pp.; (4), 373, (1) pp.; (4), 300, (1) pp.; (4), 379, (1) pp.; (4), 324 pp. Later edition of the fictional voyage the young Anacharsis travels in Greece. "In the form of a fiction which allowed the author to expose a host of facts and secondary notions that would tire in many treatises, the Voyage de Anacharsis provides an in-depth knowledge of the religious, civil, literary and philosophical history of the most enlightened nation of antiquity. It is a masterpiece of erudition, composition and style." (Larousse) The novel had a profound influence across Europe and the United States. It was reprinted numerous times and translated into several languages. (Brunet I, 674 - not listing the present edition).

Stockholm, Wankijff, 1674. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with three raised bands and blindstamped ornamentation to spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Scratches to boards and Annotations in contemporary hand to front free end-paper. A few small worm-tracts throughout and a few dampstains. (12), 166 pp. First edition of this rare German-Italian grammar. Not much is known about Adam Styla. He presumably received his education in Cracow and Italy and most like tought Italian to Grand Treasurer of the Crown Michal of Raciborsko (Morsztyn), a son of Jan Andrzej Morsztyn. He was the secretary of King Jan III Sobieski. Apart from this present work he also wrote a Latin and French grammar book. OCLC only list 4 copies, non in the US.

Bologna, Annesio Nobili, 1817-19. 4to. Bound uncut in 3 contemporary boards. Corners bumped and backstrips lacks. (4),407,XII;(4),403,X;(4),412,XV pp. and 55 partly folded engraved plates. Contains a large amount of papers by the professors at the University at Bologna in the fields of Physics, Astronomy, Medicine, Geology, Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Mineralogy etc.

Paris, Hotchkiss & Cie, 1889. Large Folio (51 x 68 cm). In the original boards with cloth back trip. Boards soiled and small white paper label pasted on to top of front board. Red paper label pasted on to verso of front boad and stamp to verso of first plate. 10 large double page coloured plates and 1 single page plate. All plates fine and clean. First appearance of these fine plates depicting various arms system offered for sale by "Société Anonyme des Anciens Etablissements Hotchkiss et Cie". Société Anonyme des Anciens Etablissements Hotchkiss et Cie was a French arms and, in the 20th century, automobile manufacturer first established by United States gunsmith Benjamin B. Hotchkiss. He moved to France and set up a factory, first at Viviez near Rodez in 1867, then at Saint-Denis near Paris in 1875 manufacturing arms used by the French in the Franco-Prussian war.