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Halle im Magdeburgischen, Rengerischen Buchhandlung, 1727-29. 8vo. Bound in 3 contemp. full vellum. One corner a bit bumped. Backcover on vol. 2 with a small loss of vellum at front edge. 3 engraved frontispieces. Titlepages printed in red/black. (14),599,(9);(14),568,(8);(14),624,(8) pp. and 49 folded engraved plates with many figs each (17 + 14 + 18). One plate in vol. 2 with a minor loss in upper right corner, affecting 1 figure. On foot of forst titlepage a stamp (Greve Scheel). Internally fine. Wolff's popular handbook dealing with the whole spectra of physics and technology, depicting experimental apparatus and technical inventions.Poggendorff II:1355.

Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1873. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences", Vol 77, Nos 1, 2, 4 a. 5 (4 entire issues offered). Hermite's paper: pp.18-24; 74-79; 226-233; 285-293). With halftitle and titlepage to vol. 77. First apperance of Hermite's epoch-making memoir in which he proved the transcendence of e, and thus initiated a new era in number theory. A decade later Lindemann used the method of Hermite's work to establish the transcendence of pi. Parkinson "Breakthroughs" 1873 M.

4to. Smukt senere hldrbd. med rig rygforgyldning. Kobberstukket titelblad med oval vignet, stukket af Lahde efter Eckersberg. 28,IV pp. samt alle 6 kobberstukne plancher, heraf 5 brandbilleder og et foldekort. Lille revne i titel fint repareret. Sidste blad med brugsspor. Den sjældne originaludgave. De 4 af de 5 brandbilleder er håndkoloreret. Nr. 1 ukoloreret og tæt beskåret. Plancherne løst vedlagt. Plancherne er nummererede kronologisk, således at det første viser situationen få timer efter brandens udbrud d. 5. juni. På motivet fra Amagertorv er der atter forløbet nogle timer, mens kobberstikkene fra Stormgade og Gammeltorv viser branden på dens højdepunkt den følgende dag. Om søndagen d. 7. juni, er ilden omsider standset, kun et enkelt skur brænder stadig.

London, 1870. 8vo. Original full cloth with some wear. Inner hinges a bit weak, a stain to the spine ,and minor loss to upper capital. Spine cocked. Bookplate from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland to inside of front board, the book-plate stating: "Presented to the Library by Mrs. WM. Boxwell in memory of her husband William Boxwell Professor of Pathology in the Schools of Surgery 1915-1943". XI (including the frontispiece), (1), 180 pp + the 40 pages long advertisement catalogue. Scarce first edition, presentation-copy from the author, of this milestone in the history of aphasia, being one of the first books dedicated exclusively to aphasia, thus constituting one of the most important books ever written on the subject. It influenced not only the field of medicine, but also that of lingustics, psychology, and philosophy. "One of the first books dedicated exclusively to aphasia was published in 1879 by Frederic Bateman (1824-1904) [...] In Bateman's exemplarily systematic workaltogether 72 cases (already published and his own) are discussed in order to clarify the question of localisation of speech. [...] Bateman is the first to clearly propose that aphasia could be described in terms of syndromes and the probability that each individual with aphasia has a unique pattern of symptoms. A range of symptoms and features of aphasia are presented in detail and with examples by Bateman [...] The presentation is impressive from a modern perspective and only disorders of language comprehension and syntax are missing from his extensive surgery." (Juergen Tesak and Chris Code: "Milestones in the History of Apasia. Theories and Protagonists", 2008, p. 63).

Dublin, S. Powell, 1733. Contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Light wear along fronthinge. A paperlabel pasted on lower part of spine. XI,(1),(12 - Subscriber'øs List),176 pp., 4 folded engraved plates. Clean, printed on good paper. Light toning to the first quires. First edition.

(Paris, 1780-81). 8vo. Bound in a very fine full red longgrained morocco with raised bands, richly gilt backs. Covers with triple gilt ornamental borders and with large gilt floral stamps in corners. All edges gilt. Inside gilt borders. (Binding from ab. 1920, unsigned). Engraved frontispiece after Dunker by Eichler and 73 fine engraved plates after Freudenberg by Guttenberg (2), Halbou (24), henriquez (1), de Launay jeune (1), de Longueil (22), Le Roy (16), Mmes Duflos and Thibault (6) and one without signature. First edition of this esteemed suite of plates belonging to the Heptameron francais 3 vols. Paris 1780-81, without the text. The suite seems to be a separate issue, printed on special and larger paper, each measuring 18,2 x 12,5 cm and all with tissue-guards."Figures...très jolies et gravées avec une finesse remarquable." (Cohen 680). - Lewine p. 338-39. - Brunet III:1418.

(London, Harrison and Sons, 1880). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions", Year 1879, Vol. 171 - Part II. Pp. 231-256. Clean and fine. First appearance of a major paper on Gas Dynamics, creating a whole new science. One of Maxwell's major investigations was on the kinetic theory of gases. Originating with Daniel Bernoulli, this theory was advanced by the successive labours of John Herapath, John James Waterston, James Joule, and particularly Rudolf Clausius, to such an extent as to put its general accuracy beyond a doubt; but it received enormous development from Maxwell, who in this field appeared as an experimenter (on the laws of gaseous friction) as well as a mathematician."Maxwell's last major paper on any subject was "On Stresses in Rarified Gases arising from Inequalities of Temperature." Between 1873 and 1876 the scientific world had been stirred by William Crooke's experiments with the radiometer, the well-known device composed of a partuially evacuated chamber containing a paddle wheel with vanes blackened on one side and silvered on the other, which spins rapidly when radiant heat impinges on it....Reynolds called this new effect "thermal transpiration". Maxwell gave a simple qualitative explanation in his report, and in an appendix added to his own paper in May 1879 he developed a semiempirical theory accounting for it and for the radiometer effect...Maxwell's paper created the science of rarified gas dynamics. His formulas for stress and heat flux in the body of the gas were contributions of permanent value, while his investigations of surface effects started a vast body of research extending to the present day...One other contribution of great beauty contained in notes added to the papwer in May and June 1879 was an application of the methods of spherical harmonic analysis to gas theory."(DSB IX, p. 224-25).

Paris, Nyon Fils, 1747. 4to. Bound in a fine contemp. full mottled calf. 5 raised bands, richly gilt back. Marbled edges. A paperlabel pasted on lower compartment. Titlepage with a stamp and a small hole after erasing an old name, no loos of text. Engraved frontispiece. LIV,(2),496 pp.13 engraved plates and 3 fine textengravings. Printed on good paper, internally clean and fine with very broad margins so that this work normally have 8vo- size now appears in 4to size (25,5x20 cm.). Second edition of this treatise of fireworks for celebration, the first edition issued in 1706. There was a pirated edition in 1741. Frezier was encouraged by this pirated edition and he issued his second edition, which appeared in 1747 in three different versions by different printers. (Chris Philip F 110.5).

Mogvntiae (Mainz), Andreas Wechsel, 1605. 4to. Contemp. full vellum, raised bands, blindstamped covers. Printers wood-cut device on titlepage. (16),619;638,(36) pp. A bit of browning to the first few leaves. A few scattered brownspots. Printed in double columns. This is the first edition containing all 30 books. The first 20 books were published in Spanish in 1601. Marianas's importent history of Spain deals with the country from the first settlements to the death of King Ferdinand, who united the Crowns of Castile and Aragon."Among his (Maraina's) literary labours the most important is undoubtedly his great work on the history of Spain, which is still remembered today. There was published as late as 1854, in Madrid, an improved and richly illustrated edition continued up to that year. The work first appeared as "Historiæ de rebus Hispaniæ libri XX. Toleti, typis P. Roderici, 1592". A later edition of the compiler himself, carried on still further is "De rebus Hispaniæ libri XXX", published at Mainz in 160 (the item offered). This edition bears the imprimatur of the order for the thirty books, given by Stephan Hojeda, visitor from Dec., 1598, and of the provincial from 1604. The author had in the mean time converted a Latin edition into Spanish and this appeared complete, containing the thirty books of the Latin edition, at Toledo in 1601. This went through a number of editions during the lifetime of the author and through others after his death" (The Catholic Encyclopedia)..

Soræ, Joachim Moltke (Henrik Kruse),1644- (45). Folio. Samtidigt helpergamentsbd. Håndskrevet titel på ryg. Kobberst.titelbl. (6), 384, (20), 252, (22) pp. samt talrige træsnitillustr. i kommentaren. Spredte brunpletter, mest i kommentardelen. Originaludgaven af den berømte "Sorø-udgave" som skulle afløse Chr. Pedersen's "Pariserudgave". Stephanius' tekst er filologisk set fremragende.

Viborg, 1808. Folio. In contemporary half calf with black cloth title-label with gilt lettering pasted on to upper part of front bard. Stamp to front free end-paper and two stamps to title-page. Written on good paper. Upper margin closely trimmed with occassional loss of pagination, otherwise fine and clean. (3), 136 pp. + two small views. Danish manuscript translation of John Chandler important "The new Seaman's Guide and Coaster's Companion". Bilingual text in English/Danish.

Lyon, Antonio Constantino, (ca. 1540). 8vo. Contemp. full calf. 6 raised bands, spine gilt with an eagle in each compartment. Blindtooled borders on covers, floral cornerpieces gilt. In middle of covers "D" and "S" and inbetween these letters a crowned gilt eagle. Corners and edges neathly repaired. Title-page yellowing and neatly repiared with japan-paper. 243,(51) pp. Initials in woodcut. A brownspot in lower right corner on the first ca. 20 leaves and a small inkspot on lower corners of the last 15 leaves. Without the last blank. From the library of Thore Virgin, the famous Swedish book collector, having his bookmark on inside frontcover and his entry on front free endpaper: "Thore Virgin/ 20.12.1927". A chronological world history, ending with the year 1535.The discovery of America by Columbus is listed for the year 1492. Gasser, the astronomer and mathematician, is well know for his editing Copernicus second edition (1566, Basel) of "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium", and it contained an introduction by Gasser.Adams G, 267.

[Leipzig, Hirzel, 1902]. Royal8vo, [275 x 195 mm]. Without wrappers, as issued. Offprint from "Physikalische Zeitschrift", 3. Jahrgang, No. 10. Pp. 210-214. With "Ueberreicht vom Verfasser" printed in top right corner of first leaf. Small blue gummed labels (from the library of Becquerel) pasted to top of first leaf. First leaf with brownspotting in inner margin. Traces after having been folded hjorizontally, otherwise fine. Rare offprint, given by the author to Henri Becquerel, of Rutherford's important paper on the transferal of excited radioactivity. British-New Zealand chemist and physicist, Ernest Rutherford, became known as the father of nuclear physics. He discovered the concept of radioactive half life, proved that radioactivity involved the transmutation of one chemical element to another, and also differentiated and named alpha and beta radiation.Rutherford was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics in 1908 for "for his investigations into the disintegration of the elements, and the chemistry of radioactive substances". Becquerel was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1903 for "in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by his discovery of spontaneous radioactivity".

Mayntz (Mainz), Ludwig Bourgeat, 1701. 8vo. Contemp. full calf. Raised bands gilt back. Back somewhat worn with cracks to leather at hinges. Small part of leather at covers gone. Corners bumped. (1. Theil:) Engraved frontispiece (dated 1694 Tractatus de Barometris Thermometris et Notiometris vel Higrometris). 80 pp. and 35 engraved plates. - (2. Theil:) Engraved frontispiece (dated 1697 Magne Tologia Curiosa). 77,(3) pp. and 33 engraved plates. Some light browning throughout (rather poor paperquality), first frontisp. and title a little frayed, first title partly mounted, a tear to last plate (no loss), one leaf loosing part of margin (no loss of letters) Scarce second German edition of D'Alencé's two main works issued here under this joint title. It is translations of 1. "Traittez des Barometres, Thermometrés etc." from 1688 and "Traitté de l'aiman..." from 1687. The plates depict the different instruments and experiments in baroque interieurs and pictorial landscapes. The plates are copied from Schoonebeck's plate to the first edition.The work on Barometers, thermometers etc. "(is) the earliest account dealing exclusively with the subject, and especially valuable as the first work laying rules for graduation of the thermometer."(Sotheran No. 929, note) - "His detailed description of the principal meteorological instruments of the period is enriched with several new ideas, such as the calibration of the thermometric scale on the basis of two points of change of state: the point at which water freezes and - a much more contestable point - that at which butter melts." (DSB).The work on the magnet deals with all aspect of its effects and its uses, in compasses and navigation etc.( invention of the compass, magnetic mountains in America, declination, orientation of compass-needles in magnetic fields), and it sums up all the knowledge then known on the subject. The plates depicts magnetic experiments in pictorial landscapes. - Wellcome II:28 (not listing this joint edition). - Unknown to Poggendorff. - Weaver, Wheeler Gift: 200 (the first edition).

York, Printed by A. Ward for J. Dodsley; T. Cadell; J. Robson; and T. Durham, London. W. Creech and J. Balfour, Edinburgh, 1776 Large4to. In contemporary full calf with black leather title-label with gilt lettering to spine. Gilt ornamentation to spine, forming 6 compartments. Front and back board loose. Overall wear and soiling to extremities. Two paper-labels with description of the work and two ex-libris [John Leigh Philips] pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Waterstain affecting first 8 leaves, otherwise internally fine. [2 blanks], Frontiespiece, (54), 649, (10), [2 blanks] pp. + 40 copper-engraved plates by Johann Sebastian Muller, including one folding. [Keynes Evelyn 47 (calling for 39 plates); Henrey 137 (calls for 40 plates); Nissen BBI 615 (calling for 41 plates though almost all copies have 40)]. First Hunter edition, sixth overall, of this landmark work on forestry, one of the most influential texts ever published on the subject. The work shaped both the knowledge and the landscape of an entire nation throughout centuries."There can be no doubt that John Evelyn, both during his own lifetime and throughout the two centuries which have elapsed since his death in 1706, has exerted more individual influence, through his charming "Sylva", ... than can be ascribed to any other individual." (Nisbet, in the preface to the 1908 reprint of the 1706-edition).Apart from its pivotal importance to forestry, reforestration, the history of planting in Europe and the direct benefits from that, the book is famously the first book to be printed by the Royal Society, which had been founded in 1664 (the second being Robert Hooke's "Microscopia"). The book was a huge success and it became immensely influential, making Evelyn famous among his contemporaries - such as Pepys, Hooke, and Locke - as a horticultural pioneer . "If you take a stroll through one of the nation's long-established woodlands, there is a good chance its management was inspired, influenced or even instructed by John Evelyn's Sylva.Widely recognised as the first comprehensive study of UK trees, Sylva, or - to give its full title - A Discourse of Forest Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in his Majesty's Dominions, made its first public appearance in 1662 as a paper submitted to the newly formed Royal Society. Two years later, it was published as the Royal Society's first book and went on to not only shape people's knowledge but the landscape itself.And it was an instant success, proving popular beyond its intended audience of wealthy aristocratic landowners, who were urged by Evelyn to plant trees in order to replenish the nation's depleted timber stock.Four editions were produced during Evelyn's lifetime, and the book is still widely quoted and remains in print and freely available online 350 years after its first publication....He designed his first garden when he was 22 years old, two decades before he penned Sylva.It was as a young man, after deciding fighting as a Royalist in the Civil War was not the best career choice, that he travelled across Europe and became fascinated by the formal gardens of France and the expansive grounds of Italy.On his return to England, he continued his work in the garden of his home at Sayes Court in Deptford, South-East London.Being located near the Royal Dockyard on the Thames allowed Evelyn to experiment with newly arrived botanical delights, testing how the flora fared in his English country garden.His attention to detail, and the careful recording of his observations reflected the appetite for empirical evidence among the early pioneers of modern science. "He was one of the early fellows of the Royal Society, which was created in 1660 as a scientific organisation, and Evelyn had spoken with the fellows about his work in this area and it very much chimed with the Society's early objectives," explained Royal Society head librarian Keith Moore.What we do now will have a knock-on effect for generations to come Dr Gabriel Hemery, The New Sylva co-author:"Quite clearly, Evelyn's work in planting forest trees and harvesting the products from them - whether it was wood or apples - really hit the mark; it was exactly what the Royal Society was interested in at that time."And so the seeds of Sylva's success were planted, as landowners heeded Evelyn's advice."Of course, you have to remember that this was after the Civil War so trees across the nation had been denuded as part of the war effort but, as Evelyn himself says in the book, as a result of industrial activities - such as glass making - people were chopping down trees, therefore they had to be replaced," he told BBC News. "Also, he uses the phrase 'wooden walls' - [trees] were very important for the defence of the nation through ship building."...The lasting legacy of Evelyn's vision to sustain the nation's timber supplies was highlighted in 1812 when the book was republished as a call to arms to the nation's landowners as the Napoleonic Wars took their toll on timber supplies.And there were echoes of Evelyn in 1919, the year in which the UK's Forestry Commission was established to increase tree cover, which had fallen to just 5% as a result of the demand for timber during World War One.Today, trees are back in the headlines and on the political agenda. To coincide with the original book's 350th anniversary, two authors have written The New Sylva, a timely updated version for the 21st Century to highlight the strategic, economic and ecological importance of trees." (Mark Kinver, BBC News, Science & Environment: Trees: A personal and national legacy of Evelyn's Sylva. 2014)Graesse II, 535Pritzel, 2766.Kress 7209

Soræ, Joachim Moltkeog (Henrik Kruse),1644- (45). Folio. Velbevaret samt.helpergamentsbd. m.rig. rygforgyldn. (forgyldningen noget svag). Grønne bindebånd, som antageligt er fornyet. Kobberst.titelbl. (6), 384, (20), 252, (22) pp. samt talrige træsnitillustr. i kommentaren. Her og der med lidt brunpletter, men i øvrigt stort og godt ekspl. Originaludgaven af den berømte "Sorø-udgave" som skulle afløse Chr. Pedersen's "Pariserudgave". Stephanius' tekst er filologisk set fremragende.

Leipzig, B.G. Tuebner, 1898-99. Royal8vo. Uncut and unopened in original printed wrappers. Wrappers with some tears. Front wrapper loose. Lithographed portrait of Lobachevsky, XVI,236,(3),237-476 pp. First edition. Contains the first translation of Lobachevsky's seminal 1829 paper 'O Nachalakh Geometrii / On the Principles of Geometry' (see Sommerville Bibliography 1829).

Hamburg, Johann Joackim Christoph Bode, 1771. 8vo. Rent og velholdt eksemplar med bred margin og rødt snit, indbundet i samtidigt helskind med farvet titelfelt og rygforgyldning. Ryggen nænsomt udbedret. Indlagt i en smukt udført nyere privat bogæske med skindryg i gammel stil, dekoreret med rig rygforgyldning. Bogæsken signeret Henning Jensen. Et af originaludgavens få særeksemplarer trykt på italiensk bøttepapir. Den tyske digter F. G. Klopstock (1724-1803) opholdt sig eftrer indbydelse af Frederik V 20 år i Danmark og fik derigennem betydelig indflydelse på samtidens danske poesi. (8) + 290 + (2) pp. Jens Baggesens eget eksemplar. På indersiden af forsatsbladet har digteren skrevet: "An Frederike Balle./ Das Heiligthum der hehren deutschen Sprache sein geliebtestes,/ von Deutschland's erhabenstem Dichter selbst ihm geschenktes/Buch schenkt der holdesten Unschuld, die sich ihm hieneiden of-/ fenbahrst, am Erden-Geburtstage derselben voll himmlischer Andacht./ Der Unschuld ewiger Freund./ I. I. Baggesen/ d. 22 December 1816." Forneden på titelbladet er tilføjet: "Als Grundlage zur kleinen einer Tochter zugedachten/ Büchersammlung." På side 2, bagsiden af den første bogs deltitelblad, har Baggesen desuden skrevet et firelinjet digt hentet fra side 281 i den trykte bog, med tilegnelsen "An Friederike". Frederikke Balle (1797–1860), biskop Balles 19-årige datter, var Baggesens muse, da han skrev digtcyklussen "Balders Igienkomst, eller Digte til Nanna". Hun mindede ham om hans egen datter, Emma, der blev født i København den 28. maj 1800, men døde allerede året efter i Paris. Christian Molbech skrev: "Vi maae dog nævne de forunderlige skiønne Digte til Nanna..." (Arlaud IV, 385; Goedeke IV, 1, 169, 7). Den tyske digter F. G. Klopstock (1724–1803) opholdt sig efter indbydelse fra Frederik V i 20 år i Danmark og fik derigennem betydelig indflydelse på samtidens danske poesi.

Paris, Caude Jombert, 1724. 4to. Nice recent marbled boards in old style with titlelabel on frontcover. 24 pp. and one folded engraved plate. A few weak brownspots to margins. Otherwise fine and clean. First edition of this extremely scarce work by the famous mathematician, solving an important problem in dynamics and extending Newton's work."Despite the invention by Leibniz and Newton of the Calculus, the problem of mechanics of impact or percussion remained of centarl interest. The Royal Academy of Sciencesin Paris biannually qwarded a prize for the most outstanding paper; in 1724 and 1726 the prizes were for papers on percussion. Colin Maclaurin, professor of mathematics at the University of Aberdeen, was awarded the prize in 1724 (forthe paper offered) over John Bernoulli...He expressed thet the interaction of forces on ciolliding bodies are equal in magnitude but opposed in direction (newton's third law) and used the physical construct of an elastic spring between the contact points in order to obtain changes in velocity during compression and restitution phases of collisions..."(W.J. Stronge in "Impact Mechanics").The Scottish mathematician Colin MacLaurin (1698-1746) is best known for developing and extending Newton's work in calculus, geometry and gravitation; his 2-volume work "Treatise of Fluxions" (1742) was the first systematic exposition of Newton's methods. It is well known that MacLaurin was awarded prizes by the Royal Academy of Sciences, Paris, for his earlier work on the collision of bodies (the work offered here) and the tides (1740).

Stuttgart, Brodbag'sche Buchhandlung, 1832-40. Bound in 5 contemp. full cloth. Gilt spines with gilt lettering. Covers richly blindtooled. A stamp on titlepages. Some scattered brownspots. very light wear to extremities. Extremely scarce in complete state as this. "Weber is best known for his writings, in which he displays a fresh, original spirit, fine powers of observation, and a talent for witty satire. He was largely influenced by the humanistic teachings of the French literature and philosophy, but his reading was wider than France and his sympathies were cosmopolitan. The most celebrated of his works is Demokritos, oder hinterlassene Papiere eines lachenden Philosophen (Demokritos, or the literary remains of a laughing philosopher, 1832-40)." (Wikipedia).

Kiøbenhavn, Godiche, 1767. 4to. Samtidigt helldrbd. Rigrygforgyldning, skindtitel på ryg. Slidt ved øverste kapitæl. Ryg og rygforgyldningen lidt slidt. Stemplerpå titelbladet. 712 s. samt 76 kobberstukne plancher (prospekter, planer) af i alt 80. Mangler; kortet over Sydsjælland, kortet over Bornholm, kortet over Laaland, Falster og Langeland samt kortet over Fyn. Lidt spredte brunpletter, men plancherne gennemgående rene og i god stand. Planchen Vemmetoft forstærke tpå bagsiden for en mindre revne, intet tab. Originaltrykket.

Copenhague, Claude Philibert, 1777. 4to. Contemp. hcalf. Richly gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Some repairs to upper compartment of spine. Engraved titlevignette. (4),XVI,(8),440,(1) pp., 6 folded tables and 30 large folded engraved plates. Some marginal dampstaining, mainly to the first ca. 20 leaves, decreasing towards end and a few at end. On good paper. First edition. Having very detailled descriptions and illustrations of all kinds of gunnery for the reformed French Army. -Sloos. Warfare and the Age of Printing, 7125.

(København [Copenhagen], 1967). 4to. Original illustrated self-wrappers. 36, (4) pp. (Containing 16 poems on 16 leaves and 16 full-page illustration on 16 leaves). Exceptionally fine and clean. Nr. 50 out of 100 numbered copies of this interesting, richly illustrated, publication that was issued in connection with the second International Tribunal on War Crimes, which took place in Denmark. The present copy is signed by Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir on front free end-paperThe International Tribunal on War Crimes was initiated by Bertrand Russell in 1966 in order to investigate the background for and art and nature of the American warfare in Vietnam. The tribunal was constituted by a number of internationally famous scientists, authors, and cultural personas; because of their status in society, their moral opposition against America's war-crimes in Vietnam was internationally very effective. The first session of the Tribunal was planned to take place in Paris in April 1967, but when De Gaulle proclaimed that the French government would not allow the arrangement, the first session was quickly moved to Stockholm, where it took place from May 2nd till 10th. It was then decided that the second session should take place in Denmark, which contrary to neutral Sweden through NATO was an ally of USA, and where the press coverage would thus be more effective. Thus, in 1967 a "Danish Bertrand Russell Foundation" was founded - supporting the international war crime tribunal -, which included many of the leading Danish intellectuals of the time. Russell was 95 at the time of the second session, and he couldn't participate, so Sartre acted as president of the jury instead. This session took place at the University of Roskilde, Denmark, from November 18th till December 1st 1967.Another member of the Tribunal was Simone de Beauvoir, who was also present, together with Sartre, in Roskilde the last weeks of November 1967. The present work was issued by the Copenhagen office of the International War Crime Tribunal and the Collection for Vietnam. The work is constituted by contributions by numerous famous Danish poets and artists of the period, who wished to express their solidarity with the International War Crime Tribunal.The work was issued in 1500 copies, 100 of which were numbered.

Leipzig, Georg Wigand, 1845. Bound in 2 orig. full red cloth. Gilt spines, gilt covers. Spineends with light wear. Spine on volume 1 a bit spotted. 411,(3);376,IV,IV pp., 150 steel-engraved views and 43 (of 50) lithographed colourplates with German national costumes. Scattered brownspots to views and textleaves, colourplates in general clean.

Vinegia (Venedig), Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari e Fratelli, 1551. Cont. full limp vellum. Small fraction on back-cover cut away. (76),(4) pp. Printers large wood-cut device on title and at end. Old inscription at top of title. Positions Illustrated in the text by woodcut and letters. Bound with: FRONTINUS, SEXTUS JULIUS. Astutie militari di Sesto Ivlio Frontino huomo consolare, di Li Famosi et eccellenti Capitani Romani, Greci, Barbari, & Hesterni. In Venetia (Venedig), Per Comin de Trino, 1541. 144 pp. With wood-cut initials. Printers wood-engr. device on title. Aelian was a Greek military writer of the 2nd century A.D., resident in Rome. His military treatise is dedicated to Hadrian. It is a handbook of Greek, i.e. Macedonian, drill and tactics as practised by the Hellenistic successors of Alexander the Great. The work exercised a great influence. The translations made in the 16th century formed the groundwork of numerous books on drill and tactics. The first edition of the Greek text was issued by Robortelli in Venice 1552 - the Italian edition as here a year before. Recorded in Conrad Walther: Versuch...Militair=Bibliothek. 1783 p. 7 (x), and by Rumpf: Allg. Literatur d. Kriegswiss. 1824, No 321. - The work by Frontinus is third Italian edition (Graesse II:640), and is a translation of the authors military work which consists of military Stratagems from Greek and Roman History (Strategematcon libri III). He was also the author of De aquis urbis Romae (Romes water-supply) as he was appointed to superintendent of the aquaducts. - Both works of greatest rarity, and internally in fine condition.