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Kjøbenhavn, J. H. Schubothes Boghandel, 1887. 8vo. Indbundet i et nydeligt næsten samtidigt halvlæderbind med rygforgyldning i tidlig Skønvirke-stil. Ryg en smule falmet. Ubetydeligt slid ved kanter og hjøner. Halvtitlen lidt støvet, men ellers indvendig ren og pæn. Med Axel Bramsens navnetræk på for forsatsbladet og dedikation fra Bang på halvtitlen: "Axel. / Fremad og atter fremad. / Herman B". (8),396 pp. Nydeligt dedikationseksemplar af originaludgaven af et af Bangs hovedværker. Eksemplaret er dedikeret til redaktøren Axel Ludvig Bramsen (1877-1950), som bl.a. redigerede "Vort Land", til hvilket Bang leverede bidrag. Herring, 79.

London, 1774. 8vo. Very nice, contemporary full mottled calf with richly gilt spine. Gilt line to edges of boards. Marbled edges. A bit of minor scattered brownspotting and some smaller dampstaining towards end. All in all a very nice copy. (4), III, (1), 151 pp. Beautiful woodcut vignettes. Possibly first edition. One of three editions printed in 1774, none of which has been established as the true first. All three editions are printed in London but differ in number of pages, the other two having 96 and 84 respectively, ours having 151. This very interesting work of the French Enlightenment is probably not written by Helvetius, but by whom is not known. It does stay within the controversial lines of the great Enlightenment philosophers, though, probably being the reson why the author has never been identified. It has a lot in common with d'Holbach's monumental "Système de la Nature" from 1770, which constitutes the main work of materialism and one of the most important works of natural philosophy. Tchermerzine VI:195.

Cracovie, Imprimerie de L'Université, 1910 + 1911. 8vo. In the original printed wrappers. Two offprints from "Bulletin de L'Académie des Sciences de Cracovie", Mai, 1910 & Octobre, 1911. Both very fine and clean. Pp. (2), 130-53; Pp. (1), 549-57. Scarce offprint of Smoluchowski's important paper in which he documented that a layer of smooth spherical particles in vacuum may be used as an effective thermal insulator."This was discovered by M. Smoluchowski some forty years ago. He investigated both theoretically and experimentally the thermal conductivity of powders, and concluded that filling the space between the walls of a Dewar vessel with a suitable powder would provide improved insulation by reducing the convective currents as well as the radiation and, moreover, would improve the vacuum by absorption. His application for a patent resulted in a long argument with the German Patent Office, whose examiners were reluctant to admit that any material agent could provide a better insulation than 'absolute' vacuum. At that time a large metallic Dewar vessel with its interstice filled with powdered active carbon was built at the Physical Institute of the University in Lwów, and showed the expected high insulating properties." (Klemensiewicz, Thermal Conductivity of Powders)

(Ca. 1885). 13,6 x 9,7 cm. Monteret på hvidt pap, som måler 14,5 x 10,8 cm. Ibsen er fotograferet i 1/3 profil med hovedet drejet til venstre, i dobbeltradet jakke med adskillige mindre medaljer på jakken og en stor om halsen og med briller. Imposing original photograph of the famous Norwegian playwright, the author of "Hedda Gabler" (PMM 375: "Revolution in the Theatre"), "Pillars of Society, "A Doll's House" etc, etc. Original photographs of Ibsen are hard to come by and very sought after.

(Paris), Gallimard, (1964-65). 8vo. Both vols. in orig. printed wrappers, uncut and 95% unopened, on very thick paper. Near mint. 384, (5) + 342, (7) pp. First edition of Sartre's sixth and seventh "Situations", together making up the entire "Problèmes du marxisme". Both volumes no. 22 of 36 copies on "velin de Holland van Gelder.""Il a été tiré de l'édition originale de cet ouvrage trente-six exemplaires sur vélin de Hollande van Gelder numérotés de 1 à 36 at cent vingt exemplaires sur vélin pur fil Lafuma-Navarre numérotés de 37 à 156." (Verso of title-page). Contat & Rybalka 64/396 + 65/417.Sartre's "Situations" contain many of Sartre's most important articles and essays, and it is within these that Sartre foremost shows his philosophical and political face. "The several volumes of Jean-Paul Sartre's Situations, published from 1947 on, constitute the most weighty and, in the two first volumes in particular, the most original body of essay writing of the middle of the 20th century." (Encyclop. Britannica). In all 10 "Situations" appeared.

Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1860. 8vo. (207x124mm). Entire volume offered here in contemporary card board binding with hand written paper label to spine. A fine copy. First edition of the paper which marks the beginning of spectrum analysis. In this work Kirchhoff and Bunsen announced their discovery of the two alkali metals, cesium and rubidium, with the aid of the spectroscope they had invented the year before. These discoveries inaugurated a new era in the means used to find new elements.

Kjöbenhavn, Chr. Steen & Søn, (1849-61). Titelbladet uden år. Stor folio. Samt. hldrbd. Forperm med orig. bogtrykt omslag påsat. Udvendig noget slidt og med brugsspor. Litograferet titelblad med trykt indholdsfortegnelse over atlassets 20 dobbeltsidede foliokort, alle litograferede og håndkoloreret (hvert målende ca 52x64 cm). Her og der med lidt brunpletter, særligt marginer, men indvendigt iøvrigt i god stand. Kortene er litograferede hos Emil Bærentzen & Co. Lith. Institut og alle daterede mellem 1849 og 1861, opsat på false. Prægtigt stort atlas af dansk oprindelse. Ikke anført i Dansk Bogfortegnelse - ikke hos Phillips. Indeholder: 1. Den östlige og vestlige Halvkugle. 2. Europa. 3. Asien. 4. Afrika. 5. Nordamerika. 6. Sydamerika. 7. Australien. 8. Danmark. 9. Norge og Sverrig. 10. Storbrittanien og Irland. 11. Frankrig. 12. Spanien og Portugal. 13. Schweitz. 14. Tyskland. 15. Preussen. 16. Nederlandene og belgien. 17. Italien. 18. österrig. 19. Rusland. 20. Tyrkiet og Grækenland.

Göttingen, Dieterich, (1793-1804). Bound in 10 (a bit later) nice uniform hcalf. Profusely gilt spines. Tome-and titlelabels with gilt lettering. A paperlabel taped to foot of spines on all volumes. Engraved title-pages, engraved frontispieces. Around 3000 pp. Profusely illustrated with engraved portraits and plates. Clean and fine, printed on good paper.

London, Macmillan and Co. 1866. 8vo. 2 volumes, both in the original green pictoral cloth. Light wear to upper and lower part of spines. Front free end-paper in vol. 1 with repair and the large folded general map of the country (erroneously called for in vol. 2) reinforced in margin and with two small tears. A fine and clean set, housed in custom made red clam shell box. XXX, 395; IX, 384 pp. + double-portrait frontispiece in volume 1, lithograph frontispiece in volume 2, 2 maps (1 large folding), 13 full-page plates, 20 illustrations in text. First edition of Baker's famous account of his discovery of the last great source of the Nile, Speke and Grant having established Lake Victoria Nyanza as the source of the White Nile and Bruce discovering the source of the Blue. The present work constitute one of the great travel narratives on African exploration. “First published in two illustrated volumes in 1866, this account of his most celebrated expedition is amongst the most important works of its type. Baker promises 'to take the reader by the hand, and lead him step by step … through scorching deserts and thirsty sands; through swamp and jungle … until I bring him, faint with the wearying journey, to that high cliff … from which he shall look down upon the vast Albert Lake and drink with me from the sources of the Nile!' Volume 2 finds Baker a prisoner of a native king. Baker offers a number of 'gifts' to buy his release, and after an arduous journey, with his wife in a coma, in March 1864 he reaches Luta N'zige, which he renames in memory of Prince Albert. A compelling account of an historic adventure.” (Editor’s note to the facsimile reprint published by Cambridge University Press (2011)) Czech (Africa) p.10 Hilmy I p.50

Napoli, 1777-1786. 4to. 13 contemporary full vellum (italian), title- and tomelabels gilt and in 2 colours. 3 volumes with parts of the vellum missing from front and back covers. Some overall yellowing to pages, a few quires browned, but no major flaws. All volumes with engraved titlepages. From 1770 Girolamo Tiraboschi (1731-1794) was the head of Biblioteca Estense in Modena. During the following 11 years he worked on his "Storia della letteratura italiana". A work with great influence and today considered a major work in 18th. century philology. This being a complete set including the register to the whole work.

A Paris, 1729. 4to. Cont.boards. Back somewhat worn. A large clean uncut copy. St.o.t. and small spot on title. Otherwise fine. Engr.frontisp. and 53 large fold. engr.plates. (16),80,64,96,104,80,80,(8) pp. First edition.

Adelaide, The Limited Editions Club, 1963. 4to. In half wallaby over paper covered boards, imitating wooden boards. Spine in black wallaby hide with gilt lettering and ornamentation with green inlaid label. XXXII, 470 pp. + 6 engraved coloured plates and 72 illustrations in text. The paper was also produced in Australia for this specific edition. No. 785 out of 1500 copies. Housed in a green slip-case. A fine and clean copy. First Australian edition of Darwin’s seminal ‘Origin of Spcies’, here – to honor this copy’s Australian origin – bound in wallaby hide and printed on paper produced in Australia. The Limited Editions Club was founded by George Macy in 1929 to publish finely printed, illustrated, and bound editions of literary classics in editions limited to 1500 copies. The books were available on a subscription basis. The company continued to produce books through multiple changes in ownership, but has not released new books since 2010.

K., 1852-53. Smukt senere hldrbd. i gl. stil m. rig rygforgyldn., brede hjørner og enkelte stregbordurer i guld på permer. Topguldsnit. Særdeles friskt ekspl. m. begge smudstitelblade og begge indholdsfortegnelser. BFN 606 og 616. 2 originaludgaver. Indeholder 8 eventyr i førstetryk, heriblandt "Det er ganske vist!" Fra Knud Scavenius' bibliotek, med hans super-ex libris i guld på inderside af forperm.

Amsterdam, Changuion, 1735. 8vo. In contemporary full sprinkled calf with five raised bands with richly gilt spine. Gilt frame to boards and edges of boards gilt. Small paper label pasted on to upper compartment of spine. Extremities with wear, boards with scratches and missing small part of the leather. Internally very fine and clean. (14), 251 pp. This unoffical second edition was published the year after the first edition (1734) and a year before the official second edition (published in 1736). Here Melon discusses various economic principles and policies, focusing on the role of commerce and trade in the prosperity of nations: “"His Essai' is noteworthy not only because it constitutes the first systematic presentation of mercantilist doctrines to appear in France but also because it adumbrates the transition to physiocracy" (ESS X, 305). Melon's "Essai politique sur le commerce" is considered a significant work in the history of economic thought, particularly for its advocacy of free trade and its insights into the functioning of markets. It contributed to the development of liberal economic ideas that would later influence thinkers such as Adam Smith and the classical economists.

Upsala, J. Edmans Enka, 1793 &1794. 8vo. In contemporary paper covered boards with red leather title-label with gilt lettering to spine. Spine cracked, otherwise a fine and clean copy. XII, 147, (1), (7), 86, (1) pp. First Swedish translations (abbreviated) of these two important travel accounts.[John Whites Resa:] John Whites, principal naval surgeon for the voyage of the First Fleet to Australia. In 1788 White was appointed Surgeon-General of New South Wales [Nya Holland] and organized a hospital for the new colony, somewhat hampered by a lack of medical supplies. He became interested in the native flora and fauna of the new land and investigated the potential of Australian plants for use as medicine. He observed the olfactory qualities of eucalyptus and distilled eucalyptus oil in 1788.[Berättelse om ängelska skeppets Grosvenors:] "The ill-fated vessel sailed from "Trincomale" on the 13th of June 1782, and struck on the coast of Kaffraria a few weeks after. The passengers agreed to accompany Captain Coxon in an attempt to reach the Dutch settlements in the Cape..., One by one, however, the doomed sufferers succumbed or were left behind, and when, after 117 days of fearful hardships, a remote Dutch farm was reached, only six men arrived out of a whole ship's company" (Mendelssohn I, p.651);The works were translated by Samuel Ödmann (1750-1829) who also translated works by James Cook, Pierre Sonnerat and Carsten Niebuhr.

Leipzig, Flittner und Müller, 1775. Cont. boards. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Back with a few tears to paper. (48),744 pp. and 16 folded engraved plates (also showing instruments, globe and map) and 1 folded table. Some browning to leaves and scattered brownspots. Old inscription to titlepage. First German edition. A translation of his "Abrégé d'Astronomie, Paris 1774." One of the plates depicts Le Monnier's famous Quadrant. - Houzeau-Lancaster: 8908.

Kbhvn., Trykt hos Johann Jacob Bornheinrich, Paa Johan Krusens Bekostning, 1711. Samt. helldrbd., men slidt, især rygen øverst med revner og rifter. Indvendig med brugsspor, brunpletter, sidste blade af register med skjold. Uden portræt. (14),720,198 pp. + Register. Ehrencr.-Müller, Bd. I:p.54 ff. Holbergs første bog i den uhyre sjældne originaludgave.

Bound with: FEUQUIERES, (A. de PAS). Geheime und Sonderbare Kriegs=Nachrichten. 2 Theile. Leipzig, Weidemannischen Buchladen, 1738. Bound in one cont. full vellum. Paperlabel pasted on back. Stamp on title. Engraved portrait (Montecuculi) as frontispiece. (14),358 pp. and 32 folded engraved plates. - (56),173,(3),(1),420,(2) pp. and 10 folded engraved maps. Faint yellowing to leaves, otherwise fine. Both in first German editions.

Altona, David Iversen,1764. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with four raised bands and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Wear to extremities, back board with loss of the marbled paper and leather partly detached. Small worm-tract to lower and inner margin. LXII, 272, XXXII, 224, 144 pp. First edition of the inaugural educational work by renowned German pedagogue and reformer Johann Bernhard Basedow (1724–1790), one of the co-founders of modern pedagogy and an Enlightenment thinker following in Rousseau’s footsteps. Basedow critiques the shortcomings of traditional education and presents his own idea of ideal instruction. He progressively develops his argument starting from an understanding of human nature and the natural world, leading to a comprehensive and liberated idea of duty, morality and the truth of Christianity.

Baltimore, Princeton University Press, 1938 a.1940. Royal8vo. Bound in 2 full cloth, gilt lettering to spines. In: Annals of Mathematics", Series 2, Vol. 39 and vol. 40. (Entire volumes offered). The papers: pp. 65-100 a. pp. 455-464. Clean and fine.også on a generalization...... pais p. 496 First appearance of these two importent papers on the General theory of Relativity, in which is shown that the equation of motion follows directly from the field equation that defined the geometry."Einstein's last importent contribution to general relativity deals again with the problem of motion. It is the work done with Leopold Indfeld and Banesh Hoffmann on the N-body problem of motion. In these papers, the gravitational field is no longer treated as external. Instead, it and the motion of its (singular) sources are treated simultaneously. A new approximation scheme is introduced in which the fields are no longer necessarily weak but in which the source velocities are small compared with the light velocity... (These equations) are widely used in analyses of planetary orbits in the solar system."(Pais "Subtle is the Lord", pp. 290-91).Weil: 202 a. 205, both with an asterix, denoting a major paper. - Boni: 236 a. 236.1.

Hannover, Nicolai Förster, 1700 - Leipzig, Nicolai Förster, 1698. 4to. Contemp. full calf. Raised bands, richly gilt spine. (16),315,40,124,119 pp. Tome 2: (12),292,592 pp. First titlepage and Praefatio (16) leaves a bit browned, otherwise clean with only a few scattered brownspots. Some neath marginal notes in 2 contemporary hands. Second edition of volume one, and first edition of volume two. In the 15 century chronicle "Vetus Chronicon Holsatiae", first printed here by Leibnitz, states, that the Danes were of the Tribe of Dan, while the Jutes the Jews. This is the first announcement of the theory later called Nordic Israelism or Norse Israelism. "It is the belief that Scandinavian peoples, or the Nordic countries (Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden) descend from the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. Although there is evidence of such a belief from literature during the Early Modern Period, Nordic Israelism as a movement and ideology only emerged in the latter half of the 19th century among several early proponents of British Israelism."(Wikipedia).Ravier: 49 (tome I), 44 (Tome II, but Ravier is not clear on this point)

Leipzig, Weidmannischen Buchhandlung, 1796 - 1802. 8vo. Uniformly bound in six contemporary marbled paper covered board with with gilt lettering to spine and single line gilt ruled fillets to boards. Marbled paper on spines almost completely worn of. Internally very nice and clean. XVI, 568 pp.; XII, 562, (2) pp.; VIII, 595, (2) pp.; X, 605 pp.; XIV, 508 pp.; VI, 344 pp. The uncommon first edition, rarely found complete, of Voss’ work extensive work on governmental studies. Voss “most important and at the same time most comprehensive work is his textbook on governmental studies in four volumes, which were published between 1797 and 1800. Perhaps not surprising, given his long friendship with August Ludwig Schlözer, he explicitly followed the latter’s ‘Grundriss’, presenting a complete System of Governmental Studies for the period around 1800. It was deeply influenced by Kant, as is especially clear in his critical discussion of the enlightened absolutism in political science characteristic of the eighteenth century. Voss follows Kant’s emphasis on man as an end in itself. Thus he places the individual and his right at the center of his account. Though Voss advocated a monarchic and aristocratic system, he emphasized human rights as the primary concern of the state. In this he dissociated himself from the ancient régime” (The Bloomsbury Dictionary of Eighteenth-century German Philosophers, p. 822) Christian Daniel Voss (1761 – 1821) started his teaching career as a private tutor in Brunswick. In 1788 he joined the regular teaching staff at the Pädagogium in Halle. By 1795, he was appointed as a counsellor for Weimar-Saxony. In 1799 he became an associate professor at the Prussian University of Halle, and in 1808, he advanced to the position of professor of civil law and cameralistic sciences. Kress B-3307 (The Kress-copy is lacking vol. 6 which is present here).

København, Joachim Schmedtgen, 1683). 4to.(23x19 cm.). Samtidigt helldrbd. af flammet kalv med overdådig rygforgyldning. Forgyldt ramme på permer. Med kongens kobberstukne portræt. Ualmindeligt stort eksemplar trykt på svært papir. Lille skjold på de første blade og nederst på kongens portræt. Enkelte brunpletter. Originaludgaven af Christian den Femtes Danske Lov, her i et af de sjældne eksemplarer trykt på stort papir med brede marginer.

Glogau und Leipzig, Christian Friedrich Günthern, 1763. 8vo. In a nice contemporary full calf binding with five raised bands with red leather title-label with gilt lettering to spine and richly gilt ornamentation in compartments. Two stamps [previous owner's] to title-page, otherwise a fine copy. (20), 868, (38) pp. Rare first edition of Bilguers' important work on Instruction for performing surgery in field hospitals. Not in Wellcome

Folio. Cont. full calf. Back with 6 raised bands, compartments richly gilt. Red titlelabe. Leather at hinges cracked, but binding not loose. Engr. allegorical frontisp., title with engraved vignette. (22),868,177,(61) pp. and 1 folded engraved plate. Printed on good paper. Internally clean and fine. Bookplate of Samuel James Baron Waring, engraved. Gree-latin text. Brunet III,123: "Edition fort bien impr., et une des meilleures que l'on ait de cet histoire;"