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Berlin, Nicolaischen Buchhandlung, 1836. 8vo. Bound in a nice contemporary half calf with gilt spine. Gilt title label to spine. Minor wear to lower back hinge. Tear to marbled paper of lower front board. Library stamps to pasted down front endpaper, verso of title-page, and last leaf. A few scattered brownspots, otherwise internally clean. X,253 pp. + errata. The first edition of Bopp's Vocalismus in which he sums up his critical thoughts and previously published articles on J. Grimm and Graff."It seems to me only an expression of the natural common feeling which binds us together as a Philological Society, to take some notice of the death of one of the greatest philologists of our time, without whose life and labours, indeed, the Science of Language might not have been, or at least might not have elevated itself so high as to deserve that title, so soon or so indisputably... Bopp must, more or less, directly or indirectly, be the teacher of all who at the present day study, not this language or that language, but Language itself..." (Russel Martineau, in: Portraits of Linguists. A Biographical Source Book for the History of Western Linguistics 1746-1963).During the time before Bopp, the languages of the antiquity, Greek, Latin and Hebrew, had provided the key for unlocking many of the mysteries of the modern languages of Europe and Western Asia. But the languages of the East that had been preserved in a larger sense were only beginning to be known; Bopp saw, as one of the first that these languages might be of even greater importance. Sanskrit, Bopp realized, was the language that might provide the general light that should be thrown on formative process of language, and together with the other known languages that had been investigated, Greek, Latin, Persian, and the Germanic languages, Sanskrit would be able to provide us with the final unity in the variety that are present in the Western languages. And thus, Bopp decided to go to Paris to study Sanskrit (Paris was the only place it could be done) in 1812. Bopp studied Sanskrit here for five years, and in fact, he was among the first pupils to study under Chézy, the holder of the very first chair of Sanskrit (1815), together with Wilhelm von Humboldt and A.W. Schlegel. It is thus during his studies here that he writes his first work, which turned out to be a work of breakthrough. "Following up the discovery of Sir William Jones (235) of the kinship of the Indo-European languages, and building upon the recognition by Rask (266) of the phonetic agreements of the Germanic language group, Bopp in this, his first publication, proved the exact correspondence of the construction of the verb in five main branches of Indo-European languages. He thereby established the science of comparative linguistics..." (PMM 275).His first publication was regarded as being a very important contribution to the science of linguistics, and it secured him the chair of Oriental Languages at the university of Berlin (1821-64).Bopp wrote and published very little, but that which he did publish has remained of the utmost importance to the development of the science of comparative linguistics.With his idea of tracing the common origin of the grammatical form of the five languages, a task that no one had attempted before him, and by analysing those forms, Bopp became the provider of the first dependable materials for a history of the languages compared."Bopp's importance lies in the fact that he was no mere grammarian but considered comparative philology to be an essential part of the history of civilization: out of their vocabulary he drew an accurate picture of the material and intellectual life of the earliest Indo-European people." (PMM 275).

Berlin, A. Asher & Co., 1886. Large 4to. Bound in 3 fine orig. hcalf with raised bands, gilt and blindtooled, title- and tomelabels in leather with gilt lettering. Spines have a shelfnumber taped to lower compartment. Corners slightly bumped. Top edges gilt. (6),LVII,368;1048 pp., plates and textillustrations. A fine and clean copy apart from the taped number to spines.

(Paris, Crochard, 1821). No wrappers. In 'Annales de Chimie et de Physique', Volume 19, Cahier 3. Pp. 225-236 (Entire issue offered with halftitle to vol. 19). Navier's paper: pp. 244-260. A few scattered brownspots. Some browning to halftitlepage. First appearance of Navier's famous paper in which he describes the relations between fluid flow and friction, giving the FUNDAMENTAL EQUATIONS OF THE MATHEMATICAL THEORY OF ELASTICITY. The full paper was not published until 1828. Stokes's analysis of the internal friction of fluids was published in 1845, and as he was not familiar with the French litterature of mathematical physics, he derived independently his own equations, which accounts for the double-name of the equations. "The Navier-Stokes equation is now regarded as the universal basis of fluid mechanics, no matter how complex and unpredictable the behavior of its solutions may be. It is also known to be the only hydrodynamic equation that is compatible with the isotropy and linearity of the stress-strain relation." (Olivier Darrigol)."Navier studied the motion of solid and liquid bodies, deriving the partial differential equations to which he applied Fourier's methods to find particular solutions. This theoretical research led him to formulate the well-known equation identified with his name and that of Stokes. Navier viewed bodies as made up of particles which are close to each other and which act on each other by means of two opposing forces - one of attraction and one of repulsion - which, when in a state of equilibrium, cancel each otherout. The repelling force resulted from the caloric that a body possessed. When equilibrium is disturbed in a solid, a restoring force acts which is proportional to the change in distance between the particles."(DSB, X, p. 4)."The equations are useful because they describe the physics of many things of academic and economic interest. They may be used to model the weather, ocean currents, water flow in a pipe and air flow around a wing. The Navier-Stokes equations in their full and simplified forms help with the design of aircraft and cars, the study of blood flow, the design of power stations, the analysis of pollution, and many other things. Coupled with Maxwell's equations they can be used to model and study magnetohydrodynamics. "(Wikipedia).

Kbhvn., 1837-43. 8vo. Indbundet i 8 samt. hldrbd. med skindtitelfelter på rygge. Rygge slidte, nogle false revnet. Lettere brunplettet. St.p. titelblade. Omfatter mere end 6.000 pp.

Philadelphia, William Hamilton, 1863-65. Large 4to. 2 orig. full blindstamped cloth. Light wear to spine ends. XXXI,355;CXII,502 pp., folded tables and 47 engraved plates. Internally clean.

København, Poppske Bogtrykkeri, 1834-38. Lille 8vo. 3 samtidige hldrbd. Rygge lidt slidte, rygforgyldningen svag. Lidt brunpletter forrrest og bagerst i bd. 1, ellers ren. (4),384;(8),504;466 pp. Eksemplaret har tilhørt den berømte sprogforsker Otto Jespersen og har hans navnetræk på alle tre friblade. Originaltrykket af forfatterens samlede udgave af de mindre afhandlinger, som i mange tilfælde er trykt her for første gang.

London, Chapman and Hall, 1860. Contemp. full calf. Light wear at upper compartment. Spine blindtooled. Gilt line borders on covers. Marbled edges. Wear to the gilt lettering on spine. XII,428 pp. textillustrations. Internally fine and clean. Bookmark of C. de Lacy Lacy pasted on inside frontcover. First English edition of "One of the most exhaustive and valuable treatises on Indian Life ever written" (Sabin, 38215).

Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1869. Conemp. hcalf. 5 raised bands, gilt spine and gilt lettering to spine. A few scratches to spine. Small stamp on verso of first -and general- titlepage and small stamps to verso of plates. In: "Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg. von J.C. Poggendorff", Fünfte Reihe Bd. 18 (138. Bd. der Reihe). X,652 pp. a. 6 folded plates (The entire volume offered). Mendeléev's paper: pp. 103-141 a. pp. 230-279. Clean and fine. First German edition of Mendeléev's doctoral dissertation "O soedineni spirta s vodoyu" from 1865. "In it he first developed the characteristic view that solutions are chemical compounds and that dissolving one substance into another is not to be distinguished from other forms of chemical combination. In this thesis, he also adhered to the principles of chemical atomism."(DSB). - This work contributed to the birth of a popular legend, which claims that Mendeleev invented the standard for Russian vodka, saying it should contain 40% of alcohol by volume. Mendeléev is credited as being the creator of the first version of the periodic table of elements. Using the table, he predicted the properties of elements yet to be discovered.The volume contains other notable papers by Kohlrausch, Fizeau, Zöllner etc. and Julius Thomsen's "Thermochemische Untersuchungen"

Kopenhagen, Matthias Jürgenssen, 1663. 4to. Senere hshirtbd. Titelbladet er i beskåret form påklistret forpermen. (88) pp. Med talrige geometriske figurer og træsnit, en del helsides. Der mangler dedikationsbladet til Hans Schack auuff Meyeltöndern og "Vorrede"(anført i Thesaurus II:711)= fol 2-5.The dedicationleaf and Vorrede (= fol 2-5) lacks. Titlepage mounted on frontcover. Bibl. Danica II:35. Meget tidlig dansk lærebog i anvendt geometri. Hverken Bricka eller Ehrencron-Müller anfører biografiske data, men forfatteren kalder sig "Liebhaber des Ingenieurs-Kunst und Architect". Yderst sjælden. - Extremely scarce Danish textbook in geometry, lacking the introductory leafs. Richly illustrated with textfigures. - Thesaurus II:707

Hamburg, perthes, (1800-) 1801. 2 contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines. Tome-and titlelabels with gilt lettering. Nick in leather on volume one on top and on foot of spine. Stamp on title-pages. (2),478;(4),IV,528 pp., 13 large folded engraved maps/plans. Internally fine, printed on good paper.

A la Haye, Pierre de Hondt (et Jacques van den Kieboom), 1735-40. Small 8vo. Uncut in 6 cont. marbled wrappers, backs worn, some strenghtened with tape on backs. (In all more than 3.600 pp.). Occasional some faint dampstainings. The 12 titlepages in red/black. First French edition.

Paris, Crochard, 1836. 8vo. In contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In: "Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago.", 2e Series, Tome 63. Entire volume offered. Some scattered brownspots, other fine with no institutional stamps. Laurent's papers: pp. 27-45, pp. 207-219 a. pp. 377-389. [Entire volume: 448 pp]. First apperance of 2 milestone papers in organic chemistry, in which Laurent "converted Dumas' theory into a real theory theory of substitution by making the importent addition that when a compound undergoes chlorination, the chlorine takes the place , and, as it were, plays the part of the hydrogen, which is removed."(Findley). In these papers Laurent published his table of chloridised compounds, many being then unknown. His table is THE FIRST ATTEMPT AT A CLASSIFICATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS based on the generating hydrocarbonates. (Partington IV, p. 382-83). His system of classification had a profound influence on the development of organic chemistry. "A founder of modern organic chemistry, Laurent was one of the most important chemists of the nineteenth century. He considered the behavior of matter to be a manifestation of its intimate internal structure, which one cannot determine with certainty but which one has to investigate if one wants to understand. Laurent’s preoccupation was to construct a method that could guide the chemist forward along this path, from facts to their causes. He was the first chemist to intimately associate crystallo-graphic data and chemical studies. Louis Pasteur and Charles Friedel later followed the way."(DSB). The volume contains other notable papers: Gay-Lussac (5 papers), Boussingault, Pelouze, Justus Liebig etc. etc.

Carlsruhe, Johann Velten, 1835. Imperial folio. (56 x 39 cm.). Contemp. hcalf. repairs to spine ends. Spine worn. Orig. printed titlelabel on frontboard. Title-page, (2) pp. "Vorwort, (4) pp. of content (bound at end). With all 42 double-page folio-leaves with text and inserted maps (28), all maps in nearly full handcolouring, part of the text handcoloured. The maps are placed in the top/middle of the historical text of the sheets. Phillips I, No. 128.

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1931. Royal 8vo. Uncut in orig. printed wrappers. Uppe and lower part of backstrip gone. VI,214 pp. + Publisher's cat. (7) pp. First edition of this pioneering book on mathematical treatment of the dynamics of animal populations. "The book mustbe considered as the most important contribution to the mathematization of biology made during the first half of the century, together with Lotka (1925). The origin of Volterra's direct intervention in the field of biomathematical research emerge clearly from his correspondance, manuscripts and direct testimony. In late 1925 D'Ancona showed him the results of a statistical survey of fish populations in the Upper Adriatic sea that pointed to a curious phenomenon. As a general rule, the percentage of predatory fish in the total fish catch in several ports in the Upper Adriatic remained constant, while it displayed an appreciable increase duringh the period 1915-18, that is, the years during which Italy was at war and the naval conflict in the Adriatic had led to an interruption of fishing activities. D'Ancona suggested that the lull in fishing activities was the cause of the increase in the number of predators, and he asked Volterra to provide a mathematical proof of this. Volterra threw himself into the question and came up with a description of the interaction between prey and predators beased on a simple mathematical model, which has since become famous and is known as the 'Lotka-Volterra equations'. (G. Israel in Landmarks Writings in Western Mathematics 1640-1940). - Vito Volterra (1860-1940) may be considered one of the greatest Italian mathematicians living between the 19th and the 20th centuries who also enjoied great international prestige. (G. Israel).

Halle, Rengerschen Buchhandlung, 1803. Without wrappers as extracted from "Annalen der Physik. Herausgegeben von Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert", Bd. 12. Pp. 310-318 a. pp. 385-395. First German edition of both papers, constituting the first 2 papers in his "Experimental Essays on the constitution of mixed gases...." (1802) in which he formulated his famous gas laws and raised the foundation of the atomic theory in chemistry.The publication of these papers gave him at once international reputation they tried to explain why the gases of the atmosphere remain mixed instead of segregating with the heaviest element at the bottom, it states that the maximum density of a vapour in contact with its liquid remains the same whether other gases be present or not and the vies that the particles of everykind of elastic fluid are elastic only with regard to their own kind, and that the total pressure of the atmosphere equals the sum of the pressures exerted by the individual gases, each of which excerts its pressure independently of the others. This was the first step toward his atomic theory of in chemistry.

Franckfurt, Möller, 1748. 4to. In contemporary half calf with four raised bands and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. A few small wormholes to spine and parts of the marbled paper on the boards worn off. Internally very nice and clean. (16), 1104, (84) pp. Second expanded edition of Schmucker’s extensive work on the passion of Christ.

China ca. 1910-20. (20 x 14 cm.). Text in chinese and profusely illustrated with woodblock prints in black/white in all 4 parts, each part sewn with original wrappers in japanese style. In original portfolio with bone clasps. Later edition of Wang Gai's famous and popular manual for drawing and painting (1679-1701)

London, Printed by Taylor and Francis - Published by the Author, (1862-) 73. Folio. Papersize 54,5x36,5 cm. Lithographed and fully handcoloured. Young bird in foreground.. J. Gould & W. Hart, del. et lith. - Walter Imp. Fine and clean. This is an original plate from Goulds great work "The Birds of Great Britain", issued between 1862 and 1873. The plates in this work were executed by Gould himself, and a few by J. Wolf, H.C. Richer and Hart. Together with Audubon's plates, the Gould-plates are considered the best bird-art ever produced, AND THE PLATES IN HIS "BIRDS OF GREAT BRITAIN" ARE THE PEAK OF GOULD'S ARTISTIC LIFE. In the foreword Gould stresses the difference from his "Birds of Europe" in the treatment of the illustrations, the inclusion here of the figures of the baby birds and nests, and he comments "Many of the public are quite unaware how the colouring of these large plates is accomplished; and not a few believe that they are produced by some mechanical process or by chromo-lithography. This, however is not the case; every sky with its varied tints and every feather of each bird were coloured by hand; and when it is considered that nearly two hundred and eighty thousand illustrations in the present work have been so treated, it will most likely cause some astonishment to those who give the subject a thought.". Elsewhere he remarked upon employing "almost all colourists in London." - Wood p. 364. - Nissen No. 372. - Sitwell 102. - Zimmer pp. 261-62. - Not in Jean Anker.

Paris, (Chardon), 1782. Folio. Contemp. full calf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Broad gilt borders on covers. Stamp on title-page. On good paper. (4),VIII,218 pp., 3 large engraved vignettes with battle-scenes. Internally clean and fine.

Dresden, Arnoldischen Buchhandlung, 1816-19. 8vo. and small folio-oblong (22,5 x 32 cm.). Textvols: 2 contemp. hcalf. Richly gilt spines. Gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on spines. Stamp on title-pages. XII,498;(6),XIV,722,(2) pp., 6 folded tables. + Atlases: 2 contemp. hcloth.with orig. printed titles to upper boards. With 15 engraved plates (7 + 8). Scattered brownspots.

London, Printed by Taylor and Francis - Published by the Author, (1862-) 73. Folio. Papersize 54,5x36,5 cm. Lithographed and fully handcoloured. Three birds, on branches with fruits, foliage. J. Gould & H.C. Richter, del. et lith. - Walter & Cohn, Imp. Fine and clean. The plate is accompanied with the original textleaf. (2) pp. This is an original plate from Goulds great work "The Birds of Great Britain", issued between 1862 and 1873. The plates in this work were executed by Gould himself, and a few by J. Wolf, H.C. Richer and Hart. Together with Audubon's plates, the Gould-plates are considered the best bird-art ever produced, AND THE PLATES IN HIS "BIRDS OF GREAT BRITAIN" ARE THE PEAK OF GOULD'S ARTISTIC LIFE. In the foreword Gould stresses the difference from his "Birds of Europe" in the treatment of the illustrations, the inclusion here of the figures of the baby birds and nests, and he comments "Many of the public are quite unaware how the colouring of these large plates is accomplished; and not a few believe that they are produced by some mechanical process or by chromo-lithography. This, however is not the case; every sky with its varied tints and every feather of each bird were coloured by hand; and when it is considered that nearly two hundred and eighty thousand illustrations in the present work have been so treated, it will most likely cause some astonishment to those who give the subject a thought.". Elsewhere he remarked upon employing "almost all colourists in London." - Wood p. 364. - Nissen No. 372. - Sitwell 102. - Zimmer pp. 261-62. - Not in Jean Anker.

Amsterdam, Jean Pauli, 1740-42. Small 8vo. 7 uniform, contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Richly gilt spines. Tome-and titleabels with gilt lettering. Stamp on title-pages. Gilt borders on covers. From the library of Julius de Meza. 7 engraved titlevignettes, 1 folded engraved map, 1 engraved portrait (Fr. IV).

(New York), American physical Society, 1960. Lex8vo. Volume 5, No. 4, August 15, 1960 of "Physical Review Letters", In the original printed blue wrappers. A very nice and clean copy externally as well as internally, near mint. Pp. 147-8. [Entire issue: 133-188]. First printing of Giaever's influential paper in which he demonstrated the existence of an energy gap in superconductors, one of the most important predictions of the BCS theory of superconductivity that had been developed in 1957 by Bardeen. Giaever was awarded the nobel prize in physics in 1973 for his "discoveries regarding tunnelling phenomena in solids".The present paper is regarded a contemporary classic within engineering and applied sciences.

Berlin, Julius Springer, 1926. 8vo. Bound in a contemporary half cloth. Small Library label pasted on to pasted down front free end-paper. Library stamt to title-page. A nice and clean copy. [Heisenberg:] pp. 499-518. [Stern:] Pp. 751-763. [Entire volume: VIII, 948 pp.]. First printing of Stern's first publication of his famous and groundbreaking series of papers named UNTERSUCHUNGEN ZUR MOLEKULARSTRAHLMETHODE (U.z.M.), which established the field of molecular beams. In the first of the U.z.M.-papers (the present), Stern explains the advantages and disadvantages of the method, discusses technical details, and then gives the program for future work. In this section he mentions 1, the measurement of magnetic moments of molecules, including those due to the electrons, to the nucleus, and those induced by diamagnetic action; 2, electric dipole moments, including the so-called permanent dipole moment as well as moments of higher order (quadrupoles); 3, the measurement of the field of force of molecules (molecular forces); 4, fundamental problems such as the recoil on emission of a quantum, the de Broglie waves of matter, and others. The execution of this immense program kept him busy and gave work to many assistants, students, postdoctoral fellows, and guests of his institute.This series reached 30 papers before it ended prematurely due to interruption by Nazi Germany.ÜBER DIE SPEKTRA VON ATOMSYSTEMEN MIT ZWEI ELEKTRONEN. First edition of this important paper in which Heisenberg - after inventing Quantum Mechanics the year before (1925) - investigates some of the fundamental aspects of the new theory. Heisenberg recognizes the invariance of the wave equation with respect to various transformations. "It is clear that such invariance exists with respect to an interchange of the coordinates of identical particles, e.g. of two electrons in an atom of two nuclei of the same kind in a molecule. As a consequence, the wave function of a non-degenerate stationary state must either remain unchanged or may only change sign when the transformation is applied to it....Indeed, in this way Pauli's exclusion principle for electrons found a formulation in terms of wave mechanics."(K. Kronik in Memorial Volume to Wolfgang Pauli).

Berlin, Vossischen Buchhandlung, 1802. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt, titlelabel with gilt lettering. XIV,472 pp. and 2 engraved plates. Internally clean and fine. First German edition of "Voyage dans la haute Pensylvanie et dans l'Etat de New-York; par un membre adoptrif de la Nation Onéïda. Paris, 1801." (Magazin von merkwürdigen neuen Reisebeschreibungen, aus dem fremden Sprachen übersetzt und mit erläuternden Anmerkungen begleitet. 23. Band). Also having the series-titlepage, this with a stamp. - Sabin: 17502.