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London, Charles Greene, 1644 & 1645. 4to. In contemporary full calf with double ruled fillets to boards. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Wear and soiling to extremities. Lower left corner of front board with loss of leather. Doodles in contemporary hand to end-papers which are partly detached, otherwise internally nice and clean. (12), 218, 42, (1) pp. The rare first edition of Shute’s posthumously published sermons on judgement and mercy and his funeral sermon preached by Ephraim Udall. Josias Shute (1588–1643) acted from 1632 as chaplain to the East India Company, preached thanksgiving and other sermons for them at St. Helena. Shute was appointed by Charles I to the archdeaconry of Colchester on 15 April 1642, and was chosen on 14 June 1643 by the houses of parliament a member of the Westminster Assembly of divines but died on 13 June 1643, before the first sitting.. Thomas Fuller, English Churchman and historian says he was 'molested and vext to death by the rebels,' and that he was denied a funeral sermon by Richard Holdsworth, Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, as he wished. One was, however, preached by Ephraim Udall which is offered here.

Kjøbenhavn, 1859-72. Folio. 13 orig. hldrbd. med rygforgyldning, permer med blindtryk og gulddekoration. Enkelte rygge defekte og slidte, men et udmærket sæt i originalbindene. Talrige kunstneriske, topografiske og historiske træstik, helsides såvel som i teksten. Indeholder talrige førstetryk, af bl.a. H.C. Andersen, rejsebeskrivelser og de originale beretninger og illustrationer fra krigen 1864.

(Cambridge), Printed for Leonard Greene, 1612. 4to. In contemporary full calf with four raised bands and richly gilt spine. Small paper-label pasted on to upper compartment on spine. Title-page mounted on second front fly-leaf. Two small wormtract affecting back board and last 4 leaves and a small wormtract affecting first 3 leaves. Vague dampstain affecting upper outer corner of app. first 70 leaves. A good copy. (8), 366 pp. + 1 folded plate. Rare first edition of Taylor’s work on a sermon delivered by Peter, which is described as the first general calling of the Gentiles (non-Jewish people) and was preached before Cornelius referring to the biblical account found in the New Testament book of Acts, chapter 10, where Peter preaches to Cornelius, a Roman centurion, and his household, leading to the conversion of Gentiles to Christianity. Thomas Taylor (1576–1632) was an English clergyman and academic known for his involvement in religious and theological matters during the early 17th century. He served as the rector of St. Mary Aldermanbury in London and was also associated with Pembroke College, Cambridge.

Dresden, Rudolf Kuntze, 1857. Folio-oblong. Later hmorocco with gilt lettering on frontcover. Tinted lithographed frontispiece and titlepage. 12 pp. of text in double columns and 47 tinted lithographed plates, depicting scenes from the German miners dayly life and the mining industry. Light marginal scattered brownspots. First edition.

Weimar, 1820. Folio. Image of maps: ca. 35 x 44 cm. Paper size: ca. 46 x 56 cm. Engraved title with outline of the maps + title-page in French numbered as Section I. Comprising the Sections I-XXXVI (XXIX and XXXII with a) and b), all), but the General map (in 2 parts) not present. Some maps with markings in red and blue. One with dampstain in lower margin, a few with minor traces of use, but all intact. In all 38 engraved sheets.

Berlin, J.A. Barth, 1907. 8vo. 2 issues, to both the original printed yellow wrappers. No backstrip. Wrappers loose. In: "Annalen der Physik. Vierte Folge. Band 22", No. 1. and No. 4. Pp. 1-208, 1 fold. plate a. 1 portrait (P. Curie) a. pp. 609-800, 1 plate. (Entire issues offered). Einsteins paper: pp. 180-190 and p. 800. Astamp to verso of plates and a few leaves. THE PRINTED WRAPPERS LOOSE. First printing of a major paper in Quantum Theory, introducing the first systematic introduction of probability factors in Quantum Theory."From 1905 through 1909 Einstein published five major papers on the hypothesis of energy quanta, its theoretical implications, and its use in the explanation of various phenomena. Among these papers we have his importent paper "Die Plancksche..." and in his second paper from 1906d he asserted that Planck's derivation implicitly assumes quantification of the enrgies of charged oscillators. Now (in the paper offered) he returned to this question, showing that, if the structure function in phase space he had introduced earlier is assumed to restrict the oscillators to orbits with energies that are integral mulætiples of 'hv', then the average oscillator energy in a canonical ensemble yealds Planck's law, when substituted in eg. The works contains the first systematic introduction of probability factors in the mathematics of Quantum Theory." Weil: nos 15 (1-2 with an asterix, denoting a major paper). - Boni: 15.

Utrech, Guillaume van Water & Jacques van Poolsum, 1722. 8vo. Uniformly bound in 4 magnificent contemporary full calf Cambridge-style bindings with five raised bands and richly gilt spines. Gilt frames to boards and blind-tooled ornamentation to edges of boards. Boards with wormtracts, primarily affecting vol. IV. Small wormtract effecting frist half of vol. III. An overall nice set. (46), 339, (20) pp. + 32 folded plates (including frontispiece); 356, (24) + 39 engraved plates; 414, (19) pp. + 7 plates. (6), 347, (7) pp. + 1 Fourth edition of this important and influential travel-guide to Italy. Misson travelled through Italy during 1687 and 1688, and in 1691 published the Nouveau voyage d'ltalie, which was to be the standard travel guide to Italy for the following fifty years. Provenance: From a large Danish estate.

Lyon, Laurentii Arnaud & Petri Borde, 1675. Folio. In contemporary full calf with five raised bands and richly gilt spine. Wear to extremities. Corners bumped with some loss of leather. A few scratches and holes to boards. Title-page slightly browned and a few stains on first leaves. Two worm-tracts to outer margin of last leaves, not affecting text, otherwise internally nice and clean. (26), 600, (138) pp. Rare first edition of Jesuit Alvarez’ religious commentary dedicated to Luís de Souza, a Portuguese monk and author. On his way to Malta he was captured at sea by pirates and taken prisoner to Argel, where he met Cervantes. A year later he was ransomed and landing on the coast of Aragon passed through Valencia, where he meet the poet Jaime Falcão.

Schleswig, 1833-41. 10 cont.hcloth. Backs faded and slightly worn. Ab. 9.000 pp.

Firenze, M. Cellini, 1858. 8vo. In three uniform contemporary half vellum over marbled boards with black and red title label to spine amd gilt ornamentation. Occassional brown spots throughout, otherwise fine. XXVI, 383, (2) pp.; IV, 550, (2) pp.; IV, 498, (2) pp. First edition of Massei's important work which constitutes one of earliest attempts in Italy to link health problems and poverty. In the present work Massei examines the various health problems that can be linked to poverty, and proposes a number of remedies, chiefly linked to hygiene. He argues against the notion that almsgiving can provide a solution, proposing instead a system whereby municipal aid is offered in people's homes.Previously Massei had done extensive work on public education in Bologna, and was involved in a project to reform public charities in the light of the increasing numbers of poor people. His work with the Società agrarian of Bologna initiated much research on rural poverty and its causes.

Paris, Francois Buisson, 1812. Large 4to. (34 x 25 cm.). Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Wear to spine and some leather at upper part of spine gone. Taped at foot of spine. (4),11,(1-errata) pp. and 75 + 3 (extra) engraved maps, all handcoloured in outline. The three extra inserted are: France, Pologne, Confederation Germanique. Scattered faint brownspots to textleaves. Maps clean with faint scattered marginal brownspots. First edition. - Sabin, 44159.

Paris, Langlois, 1817. Large folio. (56,5 x 41 cm.). Contemp. modest hcloth. Spine with wear. Double-page engraved title-page (numb. as plate XIII), 1 engraved double-page map of France Tableau D'Assamblage...), 23 double-page engraved maps (of which 21 are handcoloured). With all plates, numb. I-XXIV + the general map. All maps stamped at foot of paper, outside images. Plate XXIV: "Tableau et Administratif de la France". The general map handcoloured but margins outside image with some soiling. Otherwise internally fine. First edition of this geological, topographical and statistical atlas of France with emphasis on the mining and other industrial sites in France.

Innsbruck, Schiffner, 1808. 8vo. Contemporary full calf. Extremities with wear and upper part of spine lacking small part of leather. Internally very fine and clean. 62 pp. Schnell's the exceedingly rare dissertation constituting one of the earliest work solely dedicated to the circulation of money. OCLC locates only one copy (University Library of Giessen, Germany)Not in Kress, Goldsmiths or Einaudi

London, Geo. B. Whittaker, 1825. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt and with gilt lettering. A few scratches to leather at hinge. Engraved frontispiece (View of Athens). XV,IV,167,175 pp. and 1 folded facsimile-letter. The half-title a bit browned, otherwise clean and fine. The scarce first edition.

Amsterdam, Aux Depens de la Compagnie, 1724. 4to. Bound in 2 cont. full calf. Raised bands, richly gilt backs, gilding on backs a little worn. 2 engraved titlevignettes. (32),448;(16),552 pp. and 70 fine engraved plates (48+22). Some faint yellowing to leaves. Second edition of this highly estimated history of French military art, depicting in detail war-machines, equipment and weapons as used throught the ages. - Brunet II:487. - Rumpf: 9811.

Zürich, Meyer und Zeller, (1854-) 1879. 4to. Contemporary halfcalf. Gilt spine, gilt letterinf. Fronthinge weakening. 1. Bericht (title without year): pp. (66-) 100 - 2.: pp. (110-) 155 - 3.: X,(73-) 116 - 4.: 34,(2) pp. - 5.: (4),(131-) 188 pp. - 6.: VIII,(245-) 320 pp. - 7.: (2),(4),69,(2),XII,(2) pp. - 8.: VIII,58 pp. and 85 lithographed plates, each with numerous illustr., 2 views (complete). Siebenter berich has 2 titlepages, the first: "Résultat des Recherches exécutées dans les Lacs de la Suisse Occidentale depuis l'année 1866 decrit par V. Gross, F.-A. Forel et Edm. de Fellenberg". The second: "Pfahlbauten. Siebenter Bericht. Von Ferdinand Keller". A few minor brownspots, internally clean.The work was published in "Mittheilungen der antiquarischen Gesellschaft in Zürich", Bde IX,,XII,,XIII,,XIV,.XV,,XIX, a. XX. The work has successively belong to three well-known Danish archaeologist: Georg Sarauw, Axel Steensberg and J. Troels-Smith with their names on front free endpaper.Troels-Smith is internatonally known as one of the pioneers in Pollen Analysis, especially with his work "Pollenanalytische Untersuchungen zu einigen Schweizerischen Pfahlbauproblemen" founded on his excavations on the "Pfahlbauten". First edition of this pioneer work in Swiss archaeology, exposing in a long series of reports his finds in the Swiss lakes (the Swiss lake Dwellings), - describing the Swiss "Urbevölkerung" with their Stake Buildings and the rich finds around these in the Swiss lakes.

Leipzig u. Darmstadt, 1828-60. 4to. Bound in 33 cont. hcalf. Some backs a little worn. With around 45 plates.

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1904. 8vo. In the original green full coth with gilt lettering to spine and boards. Capitals with slight wear, and inner front hinge a bit weak, otherwise a very nice and fresh copy. Small stamp to title-page. VIII, (2), 399 pp. First edition of Rutherford's important work containing his "proposal of a new theory of atomic disintegration and of the nuclear nature of the atom", (Horblit 91) being "the first textbook on the subject and recognized as a classic at its publication in 1904" (DSB)."The first textbook on radioactivity, surveying contemporary knowledge of the entire field. Reasearch progressed so rapidly in this erea that the second edition, published only a year later, had to be enlarged by fifity percent. The book includes a discussion of Rutherford's revolutionary transformation theory, developed during the period 1902-1903, which states that radioactivity is a by-product of the transmutation of one element into another." (Norman)."After the discovery of thorium emanations in 1900 new concepts of atomic structure followed from the brilliant experiments of Rutherford. A new theory of atomic disintegration was proposed, then the nuclear nature of the atom. "(Dibner "Heralds of Science", No 51) Horblit 91Barchas 1840.Dibner 51.

Nuremberg, Wolfgangi Maurittii Endteri, 1689. 8vo. In contemporary full vellum with title in contemporary hand to spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Extremities with light soiling and a few spots. Internally nice and clean. (40), 474, (4) pp. + 30 plates, mostly loosely inserted. Small contemporary geometrical illustration in contemporary hand are inserted in the text. Rare first edition of Sturm’s textbook on mathematics and geometry. Johann Christoph Sturm(1635 – 1703) was a German mathematician, astronomer who made significant contributions to mathematics and astronomy, particularly in the areas of geometry, trigonometry, and optics. He wrote several influential textbooks on mathematics and natural philosophy that were widely used in European universities during the 17th and 18th centuries. One of Sturm's most notable contributions to mathematics is the Sturm's theorem, which he developed in collaboration with his brother, Jacob Sturm. This theorem is used to count the number of roots of a polynomial equation within a given interval

Lugduni Batavorum (Leyden), Elsevier, 1652 & Amsterdam, Janssonium, 1663. Folio. In contemporary full vellum with title in contemporary hand to spine. Small paper-label pasted on to spine. Light miscolouring to extremities, a few marks and spots to boards. Dampstain to upper margin, primarily affecting first 10 ff., otherwise a nice and clean copy. (40), 624, (12); (20), 307, (1), 151, (5) pp. Interesting sammelband containing the first edition of Cocceius’ commentary on the twelve minor prophets and the first edition of Baillie’s work on the chronology of Christianity beginning with Constatine the Great.

Paris, Crochard, 1824. 8vo. Contemp. hcloth with gilt lettering to spine. In 'Annales de Chimie et de Physique', Series 2 - Volume 26. 448 pp. a. 5 large folded engraved plates. (Entire volume offered). Ampere's papers: pp. 134-162, 246-258 a. 390-411. A bit of browning to halftitle and verso of last plate. A few scattered brownspots. The first paper is the first appearance of one of Ampere's importent contributions to electrodynamic. This memoir was later incorporated in his great memoir of 1827 "Mémoire sur la théorie mathématique des phénomenes electro-dynamiques....", published 1827, the "Principia" of electrodynamics.The second paper is the first appearence of the paper in which Ampere describes his invention of the SOLENOID, the electro-magnetic device he used in his early electrodynamical experiments."A solenoid is a coil wound into a tightly packed helix. In physics, the term solenoid refers to a long, thin loop of wire, often wrapped around a metallic core, which produces a magnetic field when an electric current is passed through it. Solenoids are important because they can create controlled magnetic fields and can be used as electromagnets. The term solenoid refers specifically to a magnet designed to produce a uniform magnetic field in a volume of space (where some experiment might be carried out)."The volume contains further importent papers by Poisson "Sur la Chaleur rayonnante", pp. 225-246 + Note.. pp. 442-44, Gay-Lussac, Savart, Pelletier et Caventou, Becquerel etc.

Kbhvn., 1786. Folio. Samt. hldrbd. Ryg slidt og revner ved forreste fals øverst og nederst. Kobberstukket titelblad, dedikationsblad, 38 pp. samt alle 27 kobberstukne plancher. De første sider brunplettede, ellers mere marginalt brunplettet. Wiedewelt blev under sit ophold i Rom i 1750'erne ven med grundlæggeren af den nyere tids studium af antikkens kunst, Winckelmann, og denne opfordrede og opmuntrede ham til at tegne så meget som muligt af de antikke kunstværker. Først meget senere udkom dette værk på grundlag af ungdomsstudierne i Rom. Bibl.Danica II:457.

Paris, Crochard, 1817. Contemp. hcalf, richly gilt spines. Light wear at top of spine. Minor scratches to edges. Small stamps on verso of titlepages and verso of plates. In: "Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago.", tome 7, 2e Series. 448 pp. a. 2 engraved plates. (the entire volume offered). Dulong & Petit-papers: pp. 113-154, pp. 225-264, pp. 337-367. Clean and fine. First edition of these 3 groundbreaking papers with the first appearance in print of THE LAW OF THE CONSTANCY OF ATOMIC HEAT, i.e. the specific heat multiplied by the atomic weight. The insight had far reaching implications as it showed a new way to Dalton's atomic theory."In 1815 Dulong's famous collaboration with the mathematical physicist Alexis Therese Petit began; it produced three importent memoirs on heat." (the papers offered here). The 2 first was awarded the price of the Academy in 1818 and was leading up to the last paper in which they formulted the "Law of the Constancy of product of atomic weight and specific heat""They (Dulang and Petit) were concerned with the specific heats of elements; but if these elements really existed as atoms, it seemed possible that there might be a connection between trhe weight of the atom and the amount of heat aquired to raise the temperature of a given weight of that element by a certain amount." (DSB). - "One of his (Dulong) most importent researches was made in collaboration with Alexis Thérese Petit (1791-1820), with whom he announced the law that the product of atomic weight and specific heat is constant (1819). It rendered a distinct service in fixing atomic weights, especially when these were in question, and enabled Berzelius and later Cannizzaro to arrive at correct atomic weights and the correct number of atoms in molecules." (Leicester & Klickstein, A source Book in Chemistry 1400-1900, p. 273). - Parkinson, Breakthroughs (1819).

Leipzig, Barth, 1898. 8vo. In the original printed wrappers. Author's presentation offprint with the printed presentation statement on top of frontwrapper "Überreicht vom Verfasser" [i.e. "Given by the author"]. Offprint from "Annalen der Physik und Chemie", Neue Folge, Band 64, 1898. Two stamp to top left corner of front wrapper. "Habilitations-Schrift" written in ink to top of front wrapper. A fine copy. Pp. 101-130. First edition, in the scarce author's presentation offprint issue, of this important paper on the discontinuity of temperature widely regarded as being his first important contribution to science. The work is of seminal importance for by publishing it Smoluchowski joined the dispute on the validity of atomic conceptions. These were far from accepted at the end of the nineteenth century and their recognition was partly due to Smoluchowski."In 1875 Warburg and A. Kundt, on the basis of the kinetic theory of gases, had predicted that if the temperature of a gas differed from that of the container wall, the former temperature would not pass continuously to the latter: there would be a discontinuity of temperature between the gas and the wall. Their experiments, successful in the case of the analogous phenomenon of the slipping of gases, had not been decisive for temperature discontinuity. Smoluchowski, observing the cooling time of a thermometer in a gas-filled container, demonstrated that an effect exists and reached significant values with rarefied gas in [The present paper].This work was of special importance. For by publishing it Smoluchowski joined the dispute on the validity of atomic conceptions. These, represented in physics mainly by the kinetic theory of gases developed by Boltzmann. were far from accepted at the end of the nineteenth century; and their recognition was partly due to Smoluchowski. At that time only a few phenomena were predicted by the kinetic theory or required it for intelligibility. Among them was discontinuity of temperature, for its existence was wholly unexplained from a classical point of view. Moreover, in 1897 after his return to Vienna, Smoluchowski pointed out the quantitative agreement of his experimental results with the kinetic theory. In 1898 the University of Vienna admitted him veniam legendi." (DSB).

Kiøbenhaffn, Henrich Waldkirch (og andre ?), 1613-28. Lille 4to. Nær samt. hldrbd. med rygforgyldning og ophøjede bind på ryg. Ryg en smule slidt. (52);(20);(38) pp. samt 85 forordninger á 2-4 blade. Til slut er indbundet 38 blanke blade til notater og tilføjelser, hvoraf kun de 3 er blevet benyttet. Alle i originaltrykkene - de 3 første med angivelse af trykker: Henrich Waldkirch, Forordningerne uden angivelse af trykker. - Forordningerne vedrører alle sider af samfundslivet, handel, næring, sundhedsvæsenet, myntvæsenet, vejvæsenet, retsvæsenet etc. etc. - Bibl. Danica I: 635 ff.