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Braunschweig, Fürstl. Waisenhaus Buchhandlung, 1769. Contemp. full calf. Richly gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. On upper cover King Christian 7' stamped monogram in gold on red background. Stamp on title-page. (20),403,(1) pp. and 7 large folded engraved plates. Internally fine and clean. First German edition. - Klaus Jordan No. 234.

Berlin und Libau, Lagarde und Friedrich, 1786. 8vo. 2 volumes bound in one modest contemporary cardboard-binding reinfoced with cloth to corner and top and bottom of spine. Wear to extremities, some of the marbled paper worn of. Internally with light occassional brownspotting. XVIII, 320, 332, (4) pp. + frontispiece. Rare first edition of Professor Burja's early textbook on algebra. Poggendorff I, 335 Cantor IV, 77

Geneve, Samuelis Chouët, 1660. 4to. Near contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine, titlelabel with gilt lettering. Engraved and printed title-pages. (8) pp., 436,958,636,714 columns.,(104) pp. Light foxing to the last 4 leaves of Index, otherwise clean. A re-issue of the 1646 Geneva-edition, one of the most celebrated and important Cicero-editions, Gothofredus' 4 volume-edition with the notes of former commentators, especially the famous ones by Lambinus. The first edition appeared in 1588 and was reprinted several times during the 17th century.

London, Macmillian and Co, 1927. Royal8vo. Bound in a nice black full cloth with title, year and exlibris (Grosvenor Library) in gilt on spine. The entire volume 119, 1927, of "Nature" offered. Pasted library stamp to pasted down free front end-paper. Binding tight, clean and externally as well as internally. Pp. 558-560. [Entire volume: LIX, (1), 948, 100]. First edition of this seminal and highly influential paper on electron diffraction. Today the paper is regarded as one of the most important in the entire journal of Nature, and it led directly to Davisson receiving the Nobel Prize in physics in 1937. It advanced understanding of physics at the quantum level and led to inventions such as the electron microscope. Davisson and Germer's confirmation of the de Broglie hypothesis if today known as the Davisson-Germer experiment."Davisson's investigations on the scattering of electrons entered a new phase when, in April 1925, his taget was heavily oxidized by an accidental explosion of a liquid-air bottle. He cleaned the target by prolonged heating and then found the distribution-inangle of the secondary electrons completely changed, new showing a strong dependence on crystal direction. Prior to the accident the target had consisted of many tiny crystals, but heating converted it to several large crystals. Davisson and L. H. Germer, who had replaced Kunsman before the accident, at once began bombarding targets of single crystals. [...] When Davisson returned from England, he and Germer began a systematic research for some sort of interference phenomenon, and in January 1927 they observed electron beams resulting from diffraction by a single crystal of nickle. The results were in good agreement with de Broglie's prediction. For his confirmation of electron waves Davisson shared the Nobel Prize in physics in 1937 with G. P. Thomson." (DSB, III, 597b-598a).

Copenhagen, N. Möller und Sohn, 1789. 4to. Contemp. full calf. Binding somewhat rubbed. (12),183 pp. and 11 folded engraved plates. A faint dampstain in top and bottom of plates. Text clean with broad margins, printed on good paper. First German edition. - Klaus Jordan No 1253.

London & Bombay, Trübner & Co. etc., 1888-90. 2 orig. full pictorial cloth, richly gilt. Spine ends worn and covers somewhat soiled. (6),XXIV,VIII,325;VII,XVII,838,42 pp., many woodcut illustrations in the text and 39 lithographed plates of which 19 are handcoloured. Some browning, brownspots and some plates with small tears. First edition of this importent work on the avifauna of India, originally issued in 7 parts. - Wood p. 476. - Zimmer p. 450.

4 cont. hcalf. Stamps on titles. Gilt backs, a little wear to backs, esp. to titlelabels. Top of one spine strenghtened with tape. A little brownspotted. With 28 folded engraved plates, positions handcoloured.

Flensburg, David Korte, 1736. 4to. Indbundet ubeskåret i nyere helldrbd.med forgyldt rygtitel. Kobberstukket frontispiece med byplan og prospekt. (22),746 pp. + Index + Appendix. Talrige kobberstukne tekstillustrationer. Papirkvaliteten i dette værk gør siderne noget brunede og med lidt spredte brunpletter. Originaludgaven af Terpagers anden Ribe-beskrivelse.- Bibl. Danica II:706.

Lugdunum Batavorum (Leiden), Danielem à Gaesbeek, 1691. Small8vo. Contemp. full vellum. Spine gone and frontcover detached. Some soiling to covers. Wood-cut printers device on titlepage. (24),468 pp. and many diagrams in the text. A few scattered brownspots and a few quires with light browning. First edition of Heinrich Coetsius' translation of the six first books of Euclid.Riccardi 1691, 7 - Max Steck p. 109, 1691.

(Copenhagen), ca. 1820. Paper-size: 58,5 x 95,5 cm. Plan etc: 52 x 88,5 cm. Large plan over the fortifications surrounding Köln, plan profiles and many details. Pen and ink with watercolour. It is sketched after memory, but the author has been on the spot. A small closed tear to folding at top. With scales.

(Kiöbenhavn, Andreas Hartvig Godiche, Ca. 1756). 4to. Samtidigt rødt hellæderbind i maroquin. Ophøjede bind på ryg. Rig rygforgyldning. Forgyldt rygtitel. Bred forgyldt bordure på begge permer. Repareret ved øverste og nederste rygfelt. Letter reparationer ved forreste fals. Helt guldsnit. Forsatspapirer trykt i farver og guld med florale motiver a la gyldenlæder. Stempel på titelbladet. Kobberstukket titelblad i kunstfærdig kalligrafi. 328 pp. + Formularer + Registre. Med fire store kobberstukne vignetter. Indvendig rent frisk eksemplar trykt på SVÆRT skrivepapir. Den sjældne originaludgave af Krigsartikelsbrevet. Udgivelsen blev overgivet til Admiralitetssekretær Chr. Fleicher og kongen bestemmer i privilegiet, "at disse Vores Krigs Artikels Breve skulle trykkes in Qvarto med god læselig Latinsk Stil, Cicero Antiqva kaldet, paa Post-Papir, eller det bædste Skriv-Papir, af saa stor Format, og med saa breed Margine, som det skrevne riginal-Exemplar var forfatted, samt at Alphabetet ej maae komme dem af Publico, som sig det ville tilforhandle, højere Pris at staae, end i de højeste 1 Rdl.)."Birkelund: 113.

Amsterdam et Leipzig, Arkstée & Merkus, 1755-58. 8vo. Bound in 24 contemp. full mottled calf. Richly gilt spines. Spines somewat worn and some volumes with lack of leather at spines. All spine-ends worn. Titlevignettes. With some folded maps, plans and plates. A few volumes with some browning and scattered brownspots.

Paris, Barrois l'aine, (An) 8 (1800-) AN 14 (1806). 2 contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines. Tome-and titlelabels with gilt lettering. Paperlabels pasted on top of spines. Slightly rubbed. Some edgewear. Stamps on title-pages. XII,499,(1);280 pp., 76 large folded engraved plates (40 + 36). Scattered brownspots. Klaus Jordan : 2717 (Ed- 1792-99).

London, Porter, 1899. Small 4to. Orig. pictorial cloth gilt. Slight wear to top a. bottom of spine. Top edge gilt. Chromolithogr. frontisp. XIV,335 pp, 88 plates a. 2 fold. maps. Wood p. 514. The text is principally ornithological, Appendix containing a list of the species of birds observed by the party.

London, Harrison and Sons, 1911. Small 4to. Contemp. full cloth. Spine gilt and with gilt lettering. A stamp to verso of titlepage and a few other leaves. In: "Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A.", Vol. LXXXV. XXIII,605,XXIV pp. and 11 plates. (Entire volume offered). Wilson's paper: pp. 285-288 a. 1 plate. Clean and fine. First appearance of the paper which describes the final version of his invention, the famous Cloud-Chamber, - the first Cloud Chamber was invented by him in 1896 - for making visible and photographing the paths of charged particles, an invention for which Wilson received a share of the Nobel Prize in 1827. By using the Cloud Chamber he was here (1911) able to observe the track of an alpha ray by condensing water drops onto the ions produced by its passage.The Cloud Chamber, which Rutherford called "the most original apparatus in the whole history of physics", became standard equipment in physics laboratories, and made possible numerous important discoveries in the fields of particle and nuclear physicsAfter 1896 "Wilson continued to experiment with ultraviolet radiation and other techniques for producing condensation effects, but soon concentrated on atmospheric electricity, not returning to the cloud chamber until December 1910. He designed an improved chamber with new methods of illumination and the possibility of photographing the results. At this time Wilson realized that it might be possible to reveal the track of an a ray by condensing water drops onto the ions produced by its passage. During March 1911 he saw this effect produced in his apparatus. Thus, the elucidation of phenomena seen in the Scottish hills led to the possibility of studying the processes of radioactivity, and the Wilson cloud chamber became an important piece of laboratory equipment. But it was in the study of cosmic rays that it achieved its full power, particularly in the refined form developed by Patrick Blackett, in which it was possible to study particles of very high energy and the production of electron-positron pairs with the chamber situated in a strong magnetic field." (DSB).

Kiöbenhavn, Johan Frederik Schultz, 1789. 4to. Samtidigt marmoreret helldrbd. m. ophøjede bd. på ryg og rig rygforgyldn. På skrivepapir men med en del sprete brunpletter, mest marginale. 16 kobberstukne plancher af Clemens, de 15 efter Abildgaard og Niels Klim som drabant efter Juel. Godt eksemplar af den såkaldte "Pragtudgave", "et af det 18. Aarhundredes bedste bogværker" (Birkelund nr. 182).

Paris, Garnier Freres, 1865. Uncut in orig. printed yellow wrappers. Backstrip somewhat torn and worn. Wrappers slightly soiled. With the name of Emil Hannover on frontcover. The sewing loosening. Scarce first edition in its original state.

Paris, L'Imprimerie de la République, 1802-06. Bound in 4 contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines. Tome-and titlelabels with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on spines. Stamps on title-pages. Ca. 1450 pp., 26 folded engraved plates. A faint dampstain to upper part of leaves.

Berlin, de l'Auteur - Spener, 1781. Uncut in original blank, green stiff wrappers. Handwritten titlelabel on spine. A paperlabel pasted on lower part of spine. XXVI,(6),128 pp., 1 folded engraved plate. The first 5 leaves with a dampstain in upper margins. Scarce first edition. - Poggendorff II,1078.

Leipzig, B.G. Teubner, 1888. 8vo. Original printed wrappers, no backstrip. In "Mathematische Annalen. Begründet durch Rudolf Friedrich Alfred Clebsch. XXXII. [32] Band. 3. Heft." Entire issue offered. [Hilbert:] Pp. 342-50. [Entire issue: Pp. 309-456]. First publication of Hilbert's fundamental and exceedingly important paper on real algebraic geometry. "In 1888, David Hilbert published an influential paper [the present] which became fundamental for real algebraic geometry, and which remains an inspiring source for research even today." (Pfister & Scheiderer). David Hilbert, one of the most influential mathematicians of the 19th and early 20th centuries, is probably best known for the "Hilbert Problems" - a list of twenty-three problems in mathematics all unsolved at the time, and several of them were very exceedingly influential for 20th century mathematics.He is regarded as one of the founders of proof theory and mathematical logic, as well as for being among the first to distinguish between mathematics and metamathematics."Hermann Weyl described his teacher Hilbert's style: "It is as if you were on a swift walk through a sunny open landscape; you look freely around, demarcation lines and connecting roads are pointed out to you, before you must brace yourself to climb the hill; then the path goes straight up." (Princeton Companion to Mathematics).

Pest, Gustav Heckenast, 1867. A little later hcalf, gilt titlelabel on back. (12) pp. incl. htitle, 364 pp. and 8 plates of which 2 handcoloured. Printed on good paper. Clean. Stamp on title. First German edition.

Kiøbenhavn, ved Mauritz Frydensberg (Trykt hos Berlingske Arvinger), (1760). 4to. Samtidigt hellæderbind. Ophøjede bind på ryg. Rig rygforgyldning. Titelfelter forgyldte. (18),480 pp. samt 15 kobberstukne konge- og dronningeportrætter. På foden af kobberstikkene er indgraveret "Stukket efter Originalen paa det Kongl. Kunstkammer i Kiöbenhavn. Med to store kobberstukne vignetter (det ene på titelbladet). Et lille hak ved øverste kapitæl. Lettere brugsspor. Rest af en rygetiket i nederste rygfelt. Trykt på svært skrivepapir. Indvendig ren og frisk. Originaludgaven, men værket blev ikke fuldendt da der kun udkom et hefte af bind 2, og som ikke er tilstede her. Komplet med alle 15 kobberstukne portrætter. De usignerede kobberstik er 1. Chr. I - 2. Dronning Dorotheæ. - 3. Kong Johannis. - 4. Dronning Christina. - 5. Chr. II. - 6. Dronning Elisabeth. - 7. Friderich I. - 8. Hertugninde Anna. - 9. Dronning Sophia. - 10. Chr. III. - 11. Dronning Dorothea. - 12. Friderich II. - 13. Dronning Sophia. - 14. Chr. IV. - 15. Dronning Anna Catharina.

.London, Printed by Taylor and Francis - Published by the Author, (1862-) 73. Folio. Papersize 54,5x36,5 cm. Lithographed and fully handcoloured. Two birds, female and male in natural surroundings on a trunk with fungi.. J. Gould & H.C. Richter, del. et lith. - Walter, 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.

Berlin, Julius Springer, 1925. Contemp. hcloth. Gilt lettering to spine. In: "Zeitschrift für Physik. Hrsg. von Karl Scheel", 32. Band. VI,951 pp., textillustr. (Entire volume offered). Heisenberg's paper: pp. 841-860. A small erased stamp on titlepage leaving two small holes, no loss of text. Internally clean. First appearance of Heisenberg's importent paper on the complex spectra of many-electron atoms, - the third paper Heisenberg submitted from Copenhagen on the Quantum Theory."The paper on multiplet structure and anomalous Zeeman effects..., contained a complete discussion of the problem at that time. This paper had the blessing of Niels Bohr; also Pauli, who wasin Copenhagen when the paper was completed, agreed with its overall content. The central goal of the paper was to formulate what Bohr called 'the stress (constraint), which is not analogous to the action of external forces' and to derive quantitative conclusions from it." (Mehra and rechenberg "The Historical development of Quantum Theory", vol. 2, p. 201).The volume contains another importent paper in the history of Quantum Physics: W. BOTHE und H. GEIGER "Über das Wesen des Comptoneffekts, ein experimenteller Beitrag zur Theorie der Strahlung", pp. 639-663.

Hamburg, R. Beneken Wittwe, 1766-68. 2 contemp. marbled boards. Engraved portrait as frontispiece. 2 large engraved titlevignettes. (12),204,206,206,216 pp. - 602,190 pp. Clean and fine. 8 titlepages (87 Stücken). Scarce complete run of this periodical in 2 volumes comprising 87 "Stücken". - Not in Wellcome, not in Waller.