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London, 1809. Stor 4to. Moderne skinnryggbd. med opphøyde ryggbånd og tittelfelter i vinrødt skinn. Marmorerte dekler. vi, v-, (1), 303 ; (2), -viii, 296 s. Med 40 akvatinter, hvorav mange kolorerte og foldet.Large 4to. Modern half calf, raised bands, titles in wine-red leather, marbled boards. vi, v-, (1) 303 ; (2), -viii, 296 pp. With 40 aquatints, many coloured and folded. (Printed for Richard Phillips.) Engelsk. Abbey 13. Tooley 382.Meget pent sett.Very nice set. Complete according to the collation of Abbey. Some plates misbound, but all are present in this set. Robert Ker Porter, (1777-1842), a Scottish artist, author, diplomat and traveller. Known today for his accounts of his travels in Russia, Spain, Portugal and Persia, he was one of the earliest panorama painters in Britain, was appointed historical painter to Tsar Alexander I of Russia and served as British consul in Venezuela. (Wikipedia). After a short stay with his brother at Bristol, he went to visit his daughter, who had married a Russian army officer, in St Petersburg. On 3 May 1842 he wrote from St Petersburg to his brother that he was about to sail for England, but died suddenly the next day as he was returning in his droshky (carriage) from a farewell visit to Emperor Nicholas I. He was buried in St Petersburg, and a monument was erected to his memory in Bristol Cathedral. (Wikipedia).

Paris, 1801. 8vo. Originale stive blanke omslag. Ubeskåret. (4), xxxvj, 432 ; (4), 464 ; (4), 378 s. Med 22 plansjer og 6 foldekart. (Chez la Ve. Nyon.) Fransk. IKKE I SCHIÖTZ.“An IX de la République”. I bind II s. 86-89 er det en beskrivelse “Du Nordland et Finmarken”.

Amsterdam, Uten år. (Ca. 1700). 8vo. Samtidig helskinnbind med opphøyde ryggbånd, rik ryggforgylling, tittelfelt i rødt skinn. Kobberstukket frontispiece. Tittelbladet trykt i rødt og svart. 342, (29), (1 blank) s. Med 18 kobberstukne helsides plansjer.N. d. (About 1700). 8vo. Contemporary full calf, raised bands, spine richly gilt. Engraved frontispiece. Title printed in red and black. 342, (29), (1 blank) pp. With 18 fullpage copper engravings. (Au dépens d'Estienne Roger.) Fransk. Schiötz 563 f **. Bring 55.Meget fint eksemplar.Very nice copy.

Kjøbenhavn, 1743. Folio. Nyere skinnryggbind med tittelfelt i svart skinn, enkel ryggforgylling og marmorerte dekler. Gravert frontispiece. (10), 130 s. Med 68 helsides kobberstukne plansjer utenom pagineringen. Med endel kobberstukne vignetter. Folio. Recent half calf, title in black, spine simply gilt, marbled boards. (10), 130 pp. 68 engraved plates, some enf´graved vignettes in text. (Trykt hos Ernst Henrik Berling.) Dansk. Bibl. Dan. II 369.Gaspard Frédéric (le Sage) de Fontenay (1693–1769), var en dansk søofficer.Han stammede fra en fransk adelig familie, som efter ophævelsen af det nantiske edikt 1685 bosatte sig i Danmark. Hans fader var infanterikapitajn Antoine (le Sage) de Fontenay, moderen f. Drelincourt. Fontenay blev sekondløjtnant i Marinen 1714, premierløjtnant 1719, kaptajnløjtnant 1722, kaptajn 1728, kommandørkaptajn 1732, kommandør 1744, schoutbynacht 1751, viceadmiral 1754 og admiral 1759. Han erholdt 1760 Ridderkorset af Dannebrog. Han gjorde sig i dette tidsrum desuden bemærket ved at udgive et fra fransk oversat værk om søtaktik (1743), ligesom han også reviderede den i flåden brugte signalbog. (Wikipedia).Med etikett fra tidligere eier, samt lite stempel på fribladet og tittelbladet. Svake ytre øvre falser. Ren og fin materie.Et flott verk om marine.Label of former owner, small stamp on front free endpaper and title page. Outer hinges a bit weak. Internally clean.

Sthlm, H. A. Nordström, 1817-22, 1818-30. 8:o. (10),726 s. & 4 utvikbara grav. plr + (10),LXXIX,(1),848,(1) + (4),496,(2) s. & 6 utvikbara grav. plr + XV,(1),564,(1) s. & 1 utvikbar grav. plansch + X,565-1300,1-6,(1) s. & 1 utvikbar tryckt tabell + (4),VI,415,416a-c,417-895,(2) s. Med en träsnittsillustration i texten på s. 152. + BERZELIUS, JAC. Tabell, som utvisar vigten af större delen vid den oorganiska kemiens studium märkvärdiga enkla och sammansatta kroppars atomer, jemte deras sammansättning, räknad i procent. Bihang till tredje delen af lärboken i kemien. Sthlm, H. A. Nordström, 1818. 4:o. 99,(1) s. Sju nötta samtida blå glättade pappbd med sparsamt guldornerade ryggar, röda titeletiketter och sprängda snitt. Ryggarna till del II och V lite naggade överst. Pärmhörnen stukade och pärmkanterna skrapade. Större delen av titeletiketten till tabelldelen bortnött. Del I har en genomgående distinkt fuktrand och en del råkanter i nedre marginalen samt ett slarvigt uppskuret övre hörn på s. 307. Del III är ställvis lätt lagerfläckig och med några små revor i planschernas veck. Del IV har en liten fuktfläck i nedre marginalen till s. 32 och är dessutom lätt lagerfläckig på sina håll. Del V är genomgående fuktfläckig och ställvis svagt lagerfläckig. Del VI slutligen är fuktfläckig fram till s. 525 och ngt mer lagerfläckig än de övriga delarna. Holmberg Bibliografi över J. J. Berzelius II:1-2. Lindberg Swedish books 58. Bibliotheca Walleriana 11077 för del I-IV. Krok Bibliotheca botanica suecana 2 för del IV-V. Denna svit med del I-II i den andra omarbetade och utökade upplagan från 1817-22. Första upplagan av dessa två delar utkom 1808-12. Denna stort anlagda lärobok utkom även i en rad tyska upplagor och var sin tids yppersta handbok i kemi och var enligt ”Dictionary of scientific biography” ”the most authoritative chemical text of its day”. Den blev även översatt till flera andra språk.

Visingsborg, J. Kankel, 1670. Folio. (7,2 blanka,2,1 blank),26,26-66,66-67,69-104,(1 blank),105-10,1-376,378-504,506-22,529,(1 blank,7) s. Med en helsides träsnittsillustration föreställande riksvapnet på det näst sista preliminärbladet. Med en inklistrad tryckt rättelselapp i marginalen på s. 108 i första pagineringsföljden. Samtida något solkigt men bra pergamentbd med spår av handskriven ryggtitel. Inledningsvis med en större ljusbrun fläck i yttermarginalen som snart avtar i storlek. I övrigt delvis med spridda fläckar, bruntonade blad och småveck. Äldre noteringar på sista blanka sidan, eftersättsblad och bakre pärmens insida. En kvist torkade blommor inlagd längst fram i volymen. Med Kilian Stobæus d.ä:s namnteckning på titelbladet, duplettstämpel från Lunds universitet på frampärmens insida tillsammans med gamla biblioteksanteckningar. Från Charlottenlund. Collijn Sveriges bibliografi 1600-talet 367-68. Warmholtz Bibliotheca historica Sueo-Gothica 2698. Almqvist Johann Kankel 6. Fiske Icelandic collection s. 539. Afzelius Svenska skrifter rörande Island s. 48. Rättelselappen nämns inte i den bibliografiska litteraturen, men finns i minst två olika sättningar, varav denna har mellanslag mellan ”raden/” och ”effter” samt stavningen ”affattat”. Översatt och utgiven av Jonas Rugman. Med förord av Daniel Gyldenstolpe respektive ”Hugonis Grotij företal på göthernes/ wänders och longobarders historia” som upptar över 100 sidor. Detta är den första tryckta utgåvan av Snorre Sturlassons ”Heimskringla”, vilken bekostades av Pehr Brahe d.y. och utfördes på hans privatboktryckeri på Visingsö. Exemplaret har tillhört Kilian Stobæus den äldre (1690-1742), framstående naturforskare, läkare och historiker som var verksam som professor vid Lunds universitet. Hans omfattande bibliotek finns till stora delar bevarat på Lunds universitetsbibliotek, men vissa arbeten har sålts på duplettauktioner, som detta. ”Svenskt biografiskt lexikon” skriver: ”På sin märkligt konstruerade professur arbetade S gärna med traditionell historia, genealogi, kungalängder, sagor m m.” Om Stobæus relation till Carl von Linné skriver samma källa: Linnés ”väg mot framgången kantas av beskyddare, som på betydelsefulla sätt främjar hans sak. Efter fadern o Johan Rothman fylldes denna uppgift av Kilian Stobæus, verksam som läkare i Lund o undervisare vid universitetet, innan han påföljande år skulle bli professor där i naturfilosofi o experimentalfysik. L bodde i Stobæus’ hem o mottog starka impulser av umgänget med denne såväl filosofiskt som medicinskt o naturalhistoriskt kunnige man”. Anteckningarna på slutet är av honom och rör olika fornnordiska och medeltida kungar samt deras släktförhållanden.

Köpenhamn, 1657. 12:o. Grav. porträtt,(15,1 blank),246,(1) s. + ALAN, HANS JENSØN. Catena methodica Salomonis. Det er: Salomon adspreedt/ samblet aff hans ordsprocker/ prædicker/ oc høysang effter Joseph Hals methodum udi tre gudelige konster. [...] Til guds ære/ oc danske mands nytte. Köpenhamn, H. Søde, 1667. 12:o. (24),239,(1) s. Litet elegant lackat spegelbd från 1700-talets första hälft med upphöjda bind, rikt guldornerade rygg- och pärmdekorationer, blindpräglade pärmkanter och sprängda snitt. Inlagorna genomgående lager- och småfläckiga. Det andra arbetet hårt skuret med en del bokstavsförluster på sina håll. Några rostfläckar på s. 78-80 och en fuktrand i övre hörn på s. 139-56, liksom bläckfläckar från s. 233 till slutet och ett par revor i texten på s. 233-36 i andra arbetet. Med Bent Juel-Jensens exlibris. Bibliotheca danica I:282 respektive 34. Originalet till det första arbetet, ”Enchiridion containing institutions devine and moral” utkom första gången 1640, dedicerades till ärkebiskop Usshers dotter, Elisabeth, och innehöll 300 sentenser. Andra upplagan, som utkom året efter var tillägnad prins Karl, sedermera Karl II, och hade utökats med ytterligare 100. Skriftens popularitet var stor och upplagorna utkom i rask följd, den sista så sent som 1856. Den lilla traktaten är en samling aforismer, ordspråksmässigt formulerade levnadsregler, med religiöst, etiskt, politiskt och ekonomiskt innehåll utan någon bestämd plan eller indelning. Det andra arbetet bygger på den engelska biskopens Joseph Halls skrift ”Salomons divine arts of 1. ethicks, 2. politicks, 3. oeconomicks, that is the government of 1. behaviour, 2. common-wealth, 3. familie”, som utkom första gången 1609. Det är en handbok, innehållande moralsentenser och meditationer, tagna uteslutande ur ”Ordspråksboken” och ”Predikaren”.

London, Sumfield & Jones, 1862. 8vo. XII,515 pp. & 1 large folding hand-coloured lithographed map. Uncut in original green blindstamped publisher’s cloth (with the binder’s label of Burn, London). Spine slightly darkened and head and tail a little bumped, extremities rubbed. Light marginal browning throughout with some occasional light soiling. Small stain to outer margin of p. 194. Neat closed tear in margin of map. With the author’s handwritten dedication to Alfred Forrester in the top margin of the title page and the armorial bookplate of John Apris. From the library of Gunnar Brusewitz. Ferguson Bibliography of Australia 11678 not mentioning the map. In 1819 Lloyd was just ten years old when he sailed with his uncle, Charles Jeffreys, from England to Van Diemen’s Land, as Tasmania was then called. After a life as a sheep farmer and importer of wines he died in Geelong in 1871. Notice of his death in the ”Geelong Advertiser” highlights how the genocidal Black War against the aboriginal Tasmanians had changed the island’s population in just a few decades: ”The changes that he saw during his lifetime were strange and wonderful to a degree. When he arrived, the Barabool tribes of natives numbered three hundred, and of white men there were not a score in Geelong. When he died there was only one native left, whilst on the other hand he left behind him a town containing 20000 of his fellow-countrymen, who lament the loss of an enterprising and good man”. The large folding map is entitled ”Emigration Map of the World” and shows the routes of British emigrants to Australia, North America, South Africa, India, and Hong Kong. The recipient of the book is possibly the English author and artist Alfred Henry Forrester (1804-1872).

Vorin enthalten Gemelter dieser HaubtSprache Uhrankunft, Uhralterthum, Reinlichkeit, Eigenschaft, Vermögen, Unvergleichlichkeit, ... Abgetheilet In Fünf Bücher. Braunschweig, Chistoff Friedrich Zillgern 1663. Engraved frontispiece, (32), 170, (2), 171-1466, (28) pages. Small 4:o. Contemporary, darkened full vellum. The frontispiece loose and smaller than the book. One portrait missing. Foxed, otherwise a nice copy.

Académie Royale de Belgique. (Extrait du Tome XXVI de Mém. Couronnés et Mém. Des Savants ètrangers) 1re Partie [1851]. 4to - pp. [1] - 176, with ten partly coloured lithographed plates. 2me Partie [1854]. 4to - pp. [1] - 205, with ten lithographed plates (numbered XI-XX). 3me Partie [1860-62]. 4to - pp. [1] - [4], with sixteen lithographed plates (numbered XXI-XXXVI). 8vo - pp. [1] - 10, with one lithographed plate. Bound in three contemporary half leather volumes with gold embossed decorated spines and black spine labels. Signature on front fly leaf in all volumes and small unknown black lacquer seal in all volumes. All volumes with scuffed edges and corners. Spines with minor wear, but volume I and III with two 5-10 mm holes, from scuffing of the spine leather De Ryckholt's publications on Cretaceous invertebrate faunas rank among the very first from western Europe and complete sets of the three books are very rare. Rosenberg & Petit (1987) only lists five sets available worldwide. Baron Philippe Louis Francois Joseph Adrien de Bounam de Ryckholt was an aristocratic amateur paleontologist, who during his final years of life devoted all his time to fossil collecting in southern Belgium, around his home town Tournai. Recently a large part of the de Ryckholt fossil collections were encountered within the historical paleontological collections of Liège University. They have long been considered lost! Rosenberg, Gary & Petit Richard, E. (1987) Ryckholt's Mélanges Paléontologiques, 1851 - 1862, with a new name for Tudicula H. & A. Adams, non Ryckholt. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 139: 53-64. Denayer, Julien et al. (2014) Rediscovery of the forgotten de Ryckholt collection (gastropods, bivalves, worms; Late Cretaceous, Belgium). Cretaceous Research 47; 66-71.

Stockholm, Pet. Momma, 1755-56. 23x19. Vol. 1: Graverat titelblad "BYGGNINGS KONSTEN" + IV+18 s. + 25 utvikbara graverade planscher + en utvikbar tabell; + supplement (Om Mur- och Tak-Tegelbruks Fördelaktiga inrättande med Nödiga Ritningar på Lerbråkor, Lador och Ugnar, m.m.): 32 s. + 3 utvikbara graverade planscher numrerade 25 A,B,C. Vol. 2: X (titel, dedikation och förord) + 42 s. + 26 utvikbara graverade planscher numrerade 26-51 + en utvikbar tabell; + bihang: 4 s. + utvikbar plansch no. 52; + bihang: 4 s. + utvikbara planscher no. 53 and 54. Bundna i en volym, ett fint halvskinnband från början av 1900-talet (Gust. Hedberg) med rikt förgylld rygg. Wijnblads viktigaste och mest omfattande publikation, båda delarna i första upplagan, med tre bihang. // First edition of this influential work with engraved architectural drawings and plans of 150 houses intended mainly for the nobility and gentry, and a number of pavilions, etc. Including a mass of practical advice, it served as a text-book and pattern book for master builders and masons, while bringing to a wider public the Nordic-Classic ideals of Tessin and Hårleman.

Stockholm, Pet. Momma, 1755-56. 25x20. Vol. 1: Graverat titelblad "BYGGNINGS KONSTEN" + IV+18 s. + 25 utvikbara graverade planscher + en utvikbar tabell; + supplement (Om Mur- och Tak-Tegelbruks Fördelaktiga inrättande med Nödiga Ritningar på Lerbråkor, Lador och Ugnar, m.m.): 32 s. + 3 utvikbara graverade planscher numrerade 25 A,B,C. Vol. 2: X (titel, dedikation och förord) + 42 s. + 26 utvikbara graverade planscher numrerade 26-51 + en utvikbar tabell. Bundna i ett samtida skinnband med ryggdekor, bakre pärmen något nött och övre ryggkapitäl något skadat. Små fläckar på några textblad, planscherna i fint skick med breda marginaler och överlag i skarpa, kraftfulla avdrag. Den fyrasidiga dedikationen bunden i början av första delen. Första upplagan av Wijnblads viktigaste och mest omfattande publikation. Detta exemplar innehåller det omfattande bihanget om Mur- och Taktegelbruk men inte de två andra, smärre bihangen.

Shanghai, A.S. Watson & Co., (ca 1920). 28x22. Title leaf + 30 leaves, each with one tipped-in photogravure plate. Sewn with visible satin string in printed brown card covers with mounted photogravure plate. A fine copy kept in original board portfolio with clasps, front label with printed lettering "GREETINGS". Inner joints of portfolio neatly strengthened. One of the rarest of the albums of Chinese photographs by Donald Mennie. Most likely of Scottish origin, Mennie arrived in China in 1899 and worked initially for the firm Mactavish & Lehman & Co., one of the first Shanghaiese producers of picture post-cards, before moving to the likewise Shanghai-based company of A.S. Watson & Co. Mennie became a managing director of the firm and a leading entrepreneur in China in the 1920s and 30s, but he also had a passion for photography, and used his position in Watson's to get his photographs published. The 'Glimpses of China' album includes street scenes of Chinese people (reminiscent of the street-photography of the early Scottish photographic pioneer in the Far East, John Thomson) including a magistrate being carried in a palanquin, a basket fair, trinket stall and bird fanciers, and views of temples and pavilions, village houses, waterways with boats, bridges, the Imperial Road, the old Mutu Road, etc.

Sthlm, J. G. Lange, 1785-87. 8:o. (6),272,(1) + (6),328 s. Båda delarna med grav. titelvinjetter, den senare inklistrad. Två häftade, oskurna och ouppskurna volymer i samtida gråpappomslag med dekorativt bindgarn i ryggarna. Lite gråpapper saknas allra högst upp på omslagsryggarna. I första delen smärre lagerfläckar, se t.ex. på titelbladet och s. 97 samt svaga fuktränder i marginalen på s. 145 och några andra ställen. Tillskrivna felaktiga årtal ”1780” på omslagen. Andra delen med några få lite bruntonade sidor, se t.ex. s. 112. Mycket fint och orört ex. Du Rietz Gastronomisk spegel 48. Blomqvist Mat och dryck i Sverige s. 286. En tysk översättning utkom 1792. Utgiven efter författarens död av Samuel Ödmann och med en stor mängd kompletterande noter av denne. Det separat utgivna registret till första delen, vilket sammanställdes av Carl Magnus Blom, saknas här. Förordet i första delen är skrivet av brodern Peter Jonas Bergius och i andra delen av Samuel Ödmann. Första delen behandlar läckerheter ur växtriket och andra delen ur djurriket. Bengt Bergius och Samuel Ödmann hämtade huvuddelen av uppgifterna om läckerheter från jordens alla hörn ur olika reseskildringar och visade prov på en ovanlig vidsynthet vad gäller främmande seder: ”gammalt salt kött och fläsk samt förlegad torr-fisk är ej för oss någon smakelig kost; men rarheten och moden kan göra sådant til det smakeligaste”.

Sthlm, Kongl. bok-tryckeriet respektive P. J. Nyström, 1740. Folio. Grav. porträtt,XLIV,748,449-50,751-923 s. + grav. porträtt,(2),708,1-151 s. Med en mängd grav. illustrationer och träsnitt i texten, varav en av dem är inklistrad som den ska på s. 684. Två något nötta praktfulla samtida skinnbd med upphöjda bind, rikt guldornerade ryggar och titeletiketter i pergament samt pärmar med slösande rikt guldornerade dubbla ramverk med krönta kronor kring mittpanel med guldpressat Karl XII-monogram på såväl främre som bakre pärmarna. Stämpeln med huvuddelen av monogrammet något hårt pressat mot pärmarna vilket gör att stämpelplattans kanter syns på skinnet. Monogrammets ”XII” utfört med två separata stämplar. Ciselerade guldsnitt och kantförgyllning. För- och eftersättspapperen av fint guldbrokadpapper. Banden med ytliga avskavningar, mestadels längs kanterna och på de bakre pärmarna. Första volymen med en ytlig spricka i inre främre fals. Karl XII-porträttet med ett litet veck i bildytan vilket gjort att trycket tagit dåligt där och något naggad yttermarginal. Inlagan med lager- och småfläckar, främst i marginalerna. Något större fläckar på s. 71, 146, 229, 274-78, 379-80 och 601-02, korta marginalrevor på s. 121 och 585, minimala hål i texten på s. 519 och 569 samt en liten ljus fuktfläck i övre marginalen på s. 653-700. Andra volymen mindre fläckad än den första. Försättsbladet med en gammal lagning i inre marginalen på baksidan, titelbladet med en ljus fuktfläck och minimalt hål i yttre marginalen i ägarnoteringen samt minimala hål i texten på s. 399-400 och 617-18. Första volymen med 14 och andra volymen med 8 sidor samtida handskrift på medbundna blad i slutet. Samtida ägarnotering Jacob Reich på titelbladet till del II med ”-eich” bleknat av fuktfläcken. Ryggarna med små äldre nummeretiketter nedtill. Titelbladet till del I och det graverade porträttet föreställande Nordberg i del II är hämtade ur ett annat exemplar och senare insatta. Warmholtz Bibliotheca historica Sueo-Gothica 5954. Hesse Svensk numismatisk litteratur 1408. Sista pagineringsföljden i del II består av ett detaljerat register. Båda porträtten är graverade av Eric Geringius. Prästen och skriftställaren Jöran A. Nordberg (1677-1744) hade tillfångatagits av ryssarna vid slaget vid Poltava och återkommit till Sverige först 1715. Han var bland annat Karl XII:s biktfader åren 1716-17. Två år senare blev han kyrkoherde i Klara församling i Stockholm som på den tiden även innefattade Olofs kapell, nuvarande Adolf Fredriks kyrka. 1731 fick han i uppdrag av Kanslikollegium att skriva Karl XII:s historia. Han hyste påtagliga antipatier gentemot Voltaires ”Histoire de Charles XII”, vilket föranledde honom att förse sitt verk med sarkastiska noter riktade mot dennes framställning. Nordberg har kommit att betraktas som den sista i raden av den svenska stormaktstidens rikshistoriografer. Warmholtz var emellertid måttligt imponerad av författaren då han skrev att denne ”var kanske en god theologus och predikant, men en mindre än medelmåttig historicus. Hans länge efterlängtade arbete emottogs med begärlighet, belöntes hederligen, men har icke wunnit kännares bifall”. Arbetet översattes till franska 1742 av Warmholtz själv och till tyska 1745-51 av J. H. Heubel. Handskriften i första volymen består först av en ”Lista på de zariske fångar” omfattande 34 höga militärer, toppad av Charles Eugène de Croÿ (”Duc de Croÿ”). Därefter följer rubriken ”Texter på takseielse dagen öfver wictorian vid Narwa” listande de bibelverser som lästes vid tacksägelsedagen den 25 februari 1701. Därefter ”Relation om general Otto Reinholdt Pattkuls arresterande uti Påhlen, staden Cassimir och dess utförande där ifrån till rettare plattsen den anno 1707”, vilken fortsätter i andra volymen efter en sida bestående av ”Annotation på alla mina böker a:o 1743” vilken listar 24 böcker där föreliggande verk utgör första numret; därefter följer bland annat Barclays ”Argenis”, Scrivers ”Postilla”, Fenelons ”Telemach”, några biblar och Henels ”Florerande Stockholm” från 1728. Handskriften rörande Johann Reinhold Patkuls avrättning är av allt att döma en översättning av regementspastorn Lorenz Hagens skrift ”Letzte Stunden Johann Reinhold Patkuls” (1714), vilken sedan utkom i en mängd upplagor och versioner. På svenska trycktes den först 1783, då med titeln ”Kort berättelse, om den werlds-kunnoge Johan Reinhold Pattkulls grufweliga död och påskyndade execution, samt huru han beredt sig dertil: Författad af dess tilförordnade bigt-fader magist. Lorentz Hagen”.

Newcastle, S. Hodgson, 1797 [but 1798]. 8vo. XXX,(2),335,(1) pp. With 117 wood engravings of birds and 91 tailpieces. + BEWICK, THOMAS. History of British Birds. The figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick. Vol. II. Containing the history and description of water birds. Newcastle, E. Walker, 1804. 8vo. XX,400 pp. With 101 wood engravings of birds and 136 tailpieces. + BEWICK, THOMAS. A Supplement to the History of British Birds. The figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick. Part I. Containing the history and description of land birds. Newcastle, E. Walker, 1821 [but 1822]. 8vo. 50,(2) pp. With wood engravings. + BEWICK, THOMAS. A Supplement to the History of British Birds. The figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick. Part II. Containing the history and description of water birds. Newcastle, E. Walker, 1821 [but 1822]. 8vo. 49,(3) pp. With wood engravings. Volumes I and II bound in handsome 19th-century full red morocco, ruled in gilt, spines in compartments with raised bands, tooled and lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, inner dentelles gilt. Endpapers foxed, some occasional light soiling and spotting, otherwise clean and fresh. Supplement uncut and bound in modern marbled boards. Some occasional light foxing and soiling. With the signature of H. S. Foljam dated 1803 on title page, and the signature of Gunnar Bruzewitz on front free endpaper of volume I. Tattersfield Thomas Bewick 1.14, 1.16. and 1.25. Roscoe Thomas Bewick a bibliography raisonné 15c and 17a, variant C, and 29c and 30c. Nissen Die illustrierten Vogelbücher 91. Zimmer Catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer ornithological library 57-58. An attractive mixed set of the second edition of ”Land Birds”, with the first edition of ”Water Birds” and the second edition of the ”Supplements”, dated 1821 but published in October 1822. Though never formally taught, Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) showed a talent for drawing from an early age. In 1767, when he was 14, he was apprenticed to Ralph Beilby, an engraver in Newcastle. In 1775 Bewick received a premium from the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce and became a partner in Beilby’s workshop the following year. ”A General History of Quadrupeds” was his first publication and appeared in 1790. By the late 18th century, the woodblock was the poor relation to steel or copper engravings. Bewick, unlike his predecessors, would carve in harder woods, notably boxwood, against the grain, using fine tools normally favoured by metal engravers. This proved to be far superior, and in so doing Bewick revolutionised the printing of illustrations using wood and brought the medium back to life and popularity. The success of ”A General History of Quadrupeds” encouraged Bewick to begin working on his most famous work ”History of British Birds”. Issued in two volumes, the ”History and Description of Land Birds” appeared in 1797, the volume devoted to water birds seven years later, in 1804. It was to be his tour de force with respect both to craftsmanship and creative imagination, and the work for which he will always be remembered. This time confining himself to only British species, he drew from live birds, specimens shot for him, or even from birds kept in his Newcastle garden for the express purpose of drawing them. Although criticised by some ornithologists for their lack of accuracy, his drawings nevertheless manage to seize the individual characters of the various birds. In addition, the work once again drew acclaim and was renowned for the many humorous and elaborate vignettes and tailpieces that so vividly capture English rural life. ”Land Birds” features 140 descriptions of birds, 117 figures and 91 vignettes and tailpieces. Bewick’s teacher Ralph Beilby (1744-1817) was an English engraver, working chiefly on silver and copper. As he had done for ”A General History of Quadrupeds”, Beilby once again wrote the descriptions for ”British Birds”, although by the time the second volume appeared Bewick had bought Beilby’s share of the partnership, and composed the letterpress himself. ”Water Birds” includes 144 descriptions, 100 figures and another 136 vignettes and tailpieces. These last are considered to be amongst his very best, and were certainly some of his own favourites. ”History of British Birds” went through various revisions and expansions. Roscoe provides a detailed account of the various states of both volumes. Though dated 1797, the present copy of the ”Land Birds” is in fact the second edition of 1798 as revealed by the price on the title page, and the images of the sea eagle and the magpie being in the second state. The infamous vignette at p. 285 appears here to be uncensored. The copy of the ”Water Birds” is variant C according to Roscoe. In 1821, and revised in 1822, Bewick published ”A Supplement to the History of British Birds”, which, although sometimes found bound with the seventh edition, was also published separately and bound together in one volume, as found here.

(London), J. & J. Boydell, 1791, 1791 a. 1798. Beautifully bound in 3 contemp. straight grained full morocco. On covers 4-double gilt line fillets with 4 large gilt floral cornerpieces. All compartments richly gilt with lines and small floral-like stamps. Titles with gilt lettering. Inside gilt borders. Edges of covers gilt. Edges gilt. All volumes with the printed paperlabel of the bookbinder "Bound by C. Smith, 108, Strand". All volumes with the gilt exlibris in leather of Dudley Coutts Majoribanks (1st Baron Tweedmouth). 2 engraved frontispieces. 3 engraved title-pages (vol. 3 with both engraved and printed title-page). (6),CXXII,311;(2),(311-) 607,(4);XXIII,380,(1, errata) pp. and with 136 engravings on plates and engraved vignettes. With the engraved dedication-plate. A clean fine copy, printed on good paper with occassionally a bit of offsettings from the plates. Bindings in near mint condition. First edition in an exquisite copy.

Amsterdam, Mortier, 1746. 8vo. Two parts bound in one nice contemporary Cambridge-style mirror binding with five raised bands and richly gilt spine. Nobel super ex-libris to front board. Light wear to extremities, a few small wormholes to board and upper capital with slight loss of leather, showing endbands. Internally very fine and clean, a nice copy. XXX, 265, (3), 292 pp- First edition of Condillac’s first, and arguably one of his most important, work in which he explores the ideas of the origins of human knowledge and the formation of concepts. It marks a radical departure from the dominant conception of the mind as a reservoir of innately given ideas. Descartes had argued that knowledge must rest on ideas, Condillac turned this upside down by arguing that speech and words are the origin of mental life and knowledge. He argues that all human knowledge ultimately arises from sensory experience and that the mind is initially passive, receiving impressions from external stimuli - he took his mentor John Locke's anti-Cartesian philosophy to a systematic extreme, claiming that even ideas of morality and theology could be derived from their supposed origin in sensation Étienne Bonnot de Condillac was an 18th-century French philosopher and epistemologist known for his work in the fields of philosophy of mind and epistemology. Condillac is often associated with the school of sensationalism, which emphasizes the role of sensory experiences in the formation of knowledge. Condillac was largely responsible for the systematic establishment in France of Lockian sensationalism and he became the "father of French philosophy in the 18th century." (C.Mallet, ”Nouvelle Biographie Générale”) and his work influenced many later philosophers, and also anticipated Wittgenstein's view of language and its relation to mind and thought. Barbier II 235 Tchemerzine III 474.

Cologne, Boetium, 1695. Folio (370 x 230 mm). I contemporary full sprinkled calf with five raised bands to spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spines. Bindings with considerable wear, worm holes to boards, leather detached from edges of boards making the wooden boards visible. Spine-ends with loss of leather, end-bands showing. With occassional browning throughout. Some papers creased. (50 - including the frontispiece), 740 (8), 276, (200) pp. (With the following errors in pagination in vol. 2: 1-84, 95-98, 199, 100-101, 202, 103-174, 171-172, 177-236, 235, 238, 237-268.). With many emblems (included in the pagination) throughout. Fifth Latin edition, rarely found complete with both volumes as here, of Picinello’s magnificent and highly popular encyclopaedia of emblems - a cornerstone of emblematic literature and an essential guide for understanding the allegorical language of the Baroque era. “Picinelli’s intention was to compile a collection of brief interpretations which he wanted to have close to hand, especially on his travels as a preacher. From this collection of emblems, originally covering only four pages, the full reference work developed.The author wants the book to be understood not only figuratively as a book of the world: for him it really is the world, it contains the world in all its reality and, conversely, the whole world can be derived from it. In this he follows the interpretation of Romans 1,20 that, since the creation of the world, the invisible secrets of God can be perceived by the understanding mind through His works.” (Olms Online) Filippo Picinelli (1604 – 1679) was an Augustinian munk. Picinelli was born in Milan, Italy in 1604 and joined the Augustinian Order in 1614. He studied philosophy and theology at Cremona and Piacenza and lived in Milan. (Landwehr 480 - Not listing this edition, 1681, 1687, 1694 and 1715)

London, Robert Baldwin, 1813 a. 1814. 8vo. 2 contemp. hcalf. Marbled boards. Spines lacks and boards detached. In: "Annals of Philosophy; or Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Mechanics... By Thomas Thomson". Vol. II and Vol. III. Entire volumes offered. Berzelius' papers: pp. 276-284, 357-368 (the first paper in vol. II), pp. 443-454 (vol. II) a. pp. 51-62, 93-106, 244-257 a. 353-364. (vol. III). Internally fine and clean. First printing of these milestone papers in the history of chemistry, where Berzelius introduced his famous chemical symbolism whereby an element is generally represented by the first letter of its Latin name, or, in the event of elements having the same first letter, by the first two letters. Even though his atomic symbols were introduced in 1813 (see the note on p. 359 in the first paper), it was quite a few years before Berzelius's symbols were adopted by the chemistry community. But once accepted, they became the new international language of chemistry.Berzelius "contributed more to the development of the atomic theory and to the setting up of accurate values of the atomic weights than did any other worker of the time. Of his contributions, moreover, to the development of the atomic theory and the advancement of chemical science, not the least valuable was the introduction of a chemical symbolism which, with slight modification, is in use at the present day. By giving his symbols a quantitative meaning - the symbol of an element representing one atomic proportion by weight - it was possible "to show briefly and clearly the number of elementary atoms in each compound and, after the determination of their relative weights, present the results of each analysis in a simple and easely retained manner". This symbolism was speedily adopted on the Continent but, in England, only after some considerable time."(Findlay "A Hundred Years of Chemistry", p. 14.).Parkinson "Breakthroughs", 1813 C. - Leicester & Klickstein "A Source Book in Chemistry", p. 258 ff. - Holmberg 1813:28 a. The volume contains other notable papers THOMAS THOMSON "On the Discovery of the Atomic Theory", pp. 329-338. and JOHN DALTON "Remarks on the Essay of Dr. Berzelius on the Cause of Chemical Proportions", pp. 174-180 (Vol. III).

Kjøbenhavn (Copenhagen), Gyldendal, 1872. 8vo. Contemporary brown half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Capitals worn and wear along edges. Internally a bit of light scattered brownspotting, but overall very nice. With numerous pencil-underlinings as well as pencil-markings, and -annotations, the latter in Høffding's hand (the underlinings possibly in Brandt's). With the ownership signature of Harald Høffding to front free end-paper and with a later presentation-inscription from Frithiof Brandt (signed F. B.) underneath. Recent ownership signature in pencil to foot of front free end-paper (1973). (2), VIII, 85, (1) pp. Scarce first edition of the first Danish translation of Mill’s seminal “Utilitarianism”, translated by the great Georg Brandes and with the most excellent provenance, namely that of the founder of the welfare principle, which laid the groundwork for the welfare state as we know it today, Harald Høffding, with his numerous handwritten notes, annotations, and markings, and later given to someone by Høffding’s pupil, the important Danish philosopher Frithiof Brandt. Mill’s “Utilitarianism” constitutes a classic within the field of moral and political thought and is considered "the most influential philosophical articulation of a liberal humanistic morality that was produced in the nineteenth century." (Encycl. Of Philosophy). Originally published as a series of three separate articles in 1861, it was collected and printed as a single work under the canonical title in 1863. This publication is now considered the classic exposition and defense of Utilitarianism in ethics, a revolution within moral philosophy. The work was translated into Danish by the immensely influential literary critic Georg Brandes, by many considered the greatest intellectual of his time. Brandes played a key role in introducing especially German and British thought to Scandinavia, most notably the works by such thinkers as Darwin and Nietzsche. He is also the first to translate Mill’s works and make them accessible to a Scandinavian readership. His translation of “Utilitarianism” appeared in 1872 and was responsible for spreading the utilitarian philosophy to a wider audience in the North, indirectly - through Høffding - contributing to the formation of the welfare state that the Scandinavian countries are so famous for. It was through the reading of primarily Mill and Bentham that Harald Høffding came to develop his welfare principle, a principle that he is the first in the world to work out, and the principle upon which the modern welfare state is founded. He is primarily inspired by Mill’s Utilitarianism, but comes to largely replace the conceptions of utility and happiness using instead the welfare principle as a specification of the yardstick that must be used to evaluate actions. “The object of the welfare-principle is not the individual or momentary inclination, rather the lasting vital necessities of the human race, and therefore it places the point of judgment at the effects of an action.” (Thyrring Andersen, p. 105). “In the abandonment of the Christian ethics, positivism had to try to give the grounds for a morality which does not seek refuge with a divine authority. The contribution of Harald Høffding lies in a continuation of the utilitarianism in Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mills, whose normative theories on ethics claim that the correct ethically is the one that compared to the other options produces the greatest amount of positive values. And that means that the ethical values of an action depend on its ability to increase the amount of happiness. The principle of utility is formulated this way: The greatest possible happiness for the greatest possible number of people. Among the problems in this ethics are how different forms of values can be compared, which yardstick they can be measured by, and how a just and/or fair distribution of boons can be based.” (Thyrring Andersen, p. 104). Høffding had his starting point in Utilitarianism, but he transcended the more narrow principle of happiness. His welfare principle does not identify the supreme good with the happiness of the individual, “but considers the utmost purpose of being as the appearance of men of sterling characters, who have a feeling of happiness in working for the common good. … a decisive precondition of this was the commandment concerning charity in the Gospels and the historical development of this in Christianity.” (Thyrring Andersen, p. 109). Georg Brandes was the leading intellectual of his time in Denmark and must be credited with bringing European thought to Scandinavia, not only through his incredibly popular and famous lectures, but also through his own writings and not least through his translations of the most important works of the period into Danish. In Denmark, Brandes was synonymous with “the modern breakthrough” and therefore, for most, also the symbol of democracy and what we today would call welfare-thinking. At a closer look, however, Brandes was also in many ways an anti-democrat and so influenced by the thoughts of Darwin and especially Nietzsche that his views came to be very much opposed to those of a society based on a welfare principle that Høffding came to develop. “[I]t was Høffding who was the first in the world to work out a welfare-principle, namely in his “Etik” (Ethics) in 1887. Today, Høffding is not widely known, but in his lifetime and up to the 1950ties he was an internationally famous philosopher, whose works were translated into many languages and who was several times nominated for the Nobel Prize.” (Andersen, A.T.: The Dialogic and Religious Theme of Welfare in Harald Høffding…, p. 104). His great work "Etik", in which he developed the welfare-principle, constitutes an ethical system. Here, Høffding discusses the principal questions in order to develop a scientific ethics, or a moral science if one will, analyzes the ethical principles that are expressed in ethical assessments, and on the basis hereof develops an individualistic and a social ethic that was way ahead of its time, but which found great resonance within the reading public. The book had an enormous impact. It appeared five times in Høffding’s life-time, sold extremely well, and was quickly translated into German and French – “Denmark had gotten its first internationally known and acknowledged philosopher, several decades before Kierkegaard had his breakthrough on the international scene.” (Koch, Dansk filosofi i positivisments tidsalder, p. 41 – translated from Danish). “Høffding became a mentor to many – not least because of the humanity that marks this book [i.e. Ethics] and because of the well-balanced treatment it gives of the social and political questions of the time, of the relationship between the sexes and between church and state, just to mention a few of the “important life conditions” it deals with. Students in personal crisis contacted him, and people in difficult circumstances wrote to him for advice. Not least because of his ethical view, he came to appear as the old, wise man of the nation… His influence in the neighboring countries was also great. For instance, his ethical considerations in the years around 1900 came to play a significant role for the young Swedish social democrats and for their conception of a coming welfare state.” (Koch, Dansk filosofi i positivisments tidsalder, p. 60 – translated from Danish). The opposing views of the two intellectual giants of late 19th century Denmark would develop into a public feud that is now known as “the great debate”, an acrimonious exchange between the two concerning the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche (running from August 1889 to April 1890). “The significance of the dispute is due largely to the fact that it constitutes the earliest public interpretation and evaluation of Nietzsche’s philosophy.” (William Banks: “The Great Debate”: Nietzsche, Culture, and the Scandinavian Welfare Society”, 2024, p. 133). The feud was begun by Brandes after having read Høffding’s “Ethics” from 1887, where he presented his welfare principle for the first time, a welfare principle he had developed under the influence of Mill’s Utilitarianism that Brandes had translated an published 15 years earlier. Brandes, ultimately, wholeheartedly joins the views of Nietzsche and dissociates himself not only from the welfare principle of Høffding, but also from the ideal of Utilitarianism. Frithiof Brandt (1892–1968) was a student and follower of Høffding. He succeeded Høffding as professor in philosophy and held the chair of professor of philosophy and psychology at the University of Copenhagen from 1922 to 1958. During his lifetime, Brandt was a significant figure in Danish philosophy and psychology, most notably with his works on Kierkegaard, and especially in Danish cultural life. “Harald Høffding, the Danish philosopher and historian of philosophy, was born in Copenhagen and lived there throughout his life. From 1883 to 1915 he was professor of philosophy at the University of Copenhagen. Høffding received a degree in divinity in 1865, but he had already decided not to take orders. A study of Søren Kierkegaard's works, and especially of his views on Christianity, had led to an intense religious crisis ending in a radical break with Christianity. Høffding sought in philosophy a new personal orientation and gradually developed into an extraordinarily many-sided liberal humanist. His philosophical development was influenced during a stay in Paris (1868–1869) by the study of French and English positivism… his activity as a scholar ranged over every branch of philosophy, including psychology. His works display a vast knowledge, a keen eye for essentials, and a critically balanced judgment. They were translated into many languages and widely used as textbooks. By the turn of the twentieth century Høffding's reputation was worldwide and he knew personally many leading thinkers. He was the outstanding Danish philosopher of his day, and in 1914 the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters assigned him the honorary residence of Gammel Carlsberg, where he lived to the end of his life. The residence later passed to the physicist Niels Bohr, a younger friend of Høffding.” (Frithiof Brandt, Encyclopaedia of Philosophy). “The Danish philosopher Harald Høffding was the first in the world to work out a welfare-principle. He expressed a dialogic and democratic standpoint, a fellowship and an ideal concerning equality, and consequently a distinct philosophical basis for the realization of the formation of the welfare state.” (Andersen, A.T.: The Dialogic and Religious Theme of Welfare in Harald Høffding…, p. (103).).

Berlin, 1954-59. Lex 8vo. All three in the original blue full cloth bindings, in excellent condition, in- as well as ex-ternally. Some light pencil-underlinings. 477, (3); 512, (1); 518, (1) pp. + Errata for vols. I+II laid loose in vol. With a five-line presentation-inscription to front free end-paper of volume 1, signed in full: "Herrn Gehrke/ in freundlicher Gesinnung/ mit besten Wünschen/ 30.VIII.54/ Ernst Bloch". The scarce first edition of all three volumes, with signed and dated presentation-inscription (in the year of appearance), of Bloch's magnum opus, his seminal "The Principle of Hope", which constitutes his philosophy of concrete utopia. The hugely influential German philosopher Ernst Bloch (1885-1977) was born as the son of Jewish parents in Ludwigshafen. He studied philosophy, physics, German and music in Munich and Würzburg and later became a main figure in Neomarxism. As his first book, "Geist der Utopie" was written while in exile in Switzerland during the First World War, this his main work was written while in exile in America during the Second World War, between 1938 and 1947, and it appeared for the first time in the DDR between 1954 and 1959. "The Principle of Hope" is considered a philosophical-political piece of art, which consideres in both philosophical-scientific and humanistic ways the possibilities for a utopia, at the same time as it traces throughout history man's strivings for utopia. The world is presented as open to man - open for man to make it the place that enables us to live like proper human beings. "Ernst Bloch's Principle of Hope is one of the key books of our century. Part philosophic speculation, part political treatise, part lyric vision, it is exercising a deepening influence on thought and on literature. . . . No political or theological appropriations of Bloch's leviathan can exhaust its visionary breadth." (editorial review by George Steiner, the 1986 English language edition). As his "Geist der Utopie" begins with the powerful words: "What now? It is enough. Now we have to begin. Life has been put in our hands. In itself it has already become empty long ago. It staggers senselessly around, but we stand firm, and thus we want to be its Faustus and its ends.", so his "Das Prinzip Hoffnung" begins with the equally powerful words: "Who are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going? What do we expect? What awaits us? Many feel as nothing but confused. The ground rocks, they do not know why and from what. This their state is fear, if it becomes more defined, it is fear. Once, someone set out to learn fear." (""Wer sind wir? Wo kommen wir her? Wohin gehen wir? Was erwarten wir? Was erwartet uns? Viele fühlen sich nur als verwirrt. Der Boden wankt, sie wissen nicht warum und von was. Dieser ihr Zustand ist Angst, wird er bestimmter, so ist er Furcht. Einmal zog einer aus, das Fürchten zu lernen."The conception of "Prinzip Hoffnung" has now, due to this work, become a frequently used saying, not only in Germany, but also in America and large parts of Europe, where "The Pronciple of Hope" is used in numerous political and economical discussions, most actually for instance in the climate debate. The influence of the work has been immense, and it has done much to re-create modern man's belief in the world today and our ability to do good.

Paris, Henault, 1627. Folio. In contemporary full calf with six raised bands and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Double gilt line to boarders of boards. Wear to extremities, corners bumped and boards with scratches. Missing small part of lather to capitals. Previous owner's name to title-page in contemporary hand (Ioachim Frederic Basse). Internally nice and clean. 824, (8) pp.; 28 pp. (portrait on p. 26). Later expanded edition of diplomat Arnaud d'Ossat’s letters to King Henri IV of France offering a fascinating glimpse into late 16th and early 17th century politics. Arnaud d'Ossat was a French diplomat and cardinal known for his diplomatic skills and served as the French ambassador to several European countries, including Spain and Rome. He played a significant role in negotiating diplomatic agreements and treaties during his career. D'Ossat was also appointed as a cardinal by Pope Paul V in 1604. His diplomatic efforts were instrumental in maintaining relations between France and other European powers during a tumultuous period in European history. Arnaud d'Ossat served as a trusted advisor and diplomat to King Henri IV of France. Henri IV, also known as Henri of Navarre, was the king of France from 1589 until his assassination in 1610. D'Ossat's diplomatic skills were highly valued by Henri IV, D'Ossat played a significant role in Henri IV's foreign policy, particularly in negotiating peace treaties and diplomatic agreements with other European powers. He was involved in delicate negotiations aimed at ending the conflicts and wars that plagued Europe during that time, including the French Wars of Religion and the broader struggle for power between Catholic and Protestant states. “Cardinal D’Ossat was Henri IV’s representative at Rome, and from a Roman Catholic point of view, a hero in the attempt to reunite Christendom and reconcile Henri with Spain and the Papacy. (…) the letters are gathered as a coherent historical narrative in a book ‘du tout utile & du tout public.’ a book which offers a course of instruction in civil prudence. They exemplify D’Ossat’s moral and political thought: ‘candeur &liberté’, ‘la parfaicte sagesse’, ‘la dexterité admirable qu’il avoit au maniment des affaires’. The reader will not find pages of ‘compliments’ and ‘flatteries’, but ‘un parfait modelle sur lequel tous les ministres des Princes de toute qualité se devront former, soit pour la facon de traitter les affaires de vive voix, ou de les faire entendre par escrit tels qu’ils sont’. They are also, then, literary or rhetorical models. Furthermore, the letters of men such as D’Ossat, men treating the affairs of great Princes, represent the most serious and noteworthy of their actions. These kinds of writing, in short, give ‘l’ame à l’histoire’.” (Jan Papy. "Self-presentation and Social Identification: The rhetoric and pragmatics of letter writing in early modern times").

London, Hodgson & Son, 1935. Royal 8vo. Volume 39 + 40 of "Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society. Second Series" bound together in a very nice contemporary blue full cloth binding with gilt lettering and gilt ex-libris ("Belford College. Univ. London") to spine. Minor bumping to extremities. Binding tight, and in excellent, very nice, clean, and fresh condition, in- as well as ex-ternally. Small circle-stamp to pasted-down front free end-papers and to title-page ("Bedford College for Women"). Discreet library-markings to upper margin of pasted-down front free end-papers. [Vol. 39:] pp. 249-271. [Entire volume: (Vol. 39:) (4), 546 pp. + (Vol. 40:) (4), 558 pp]. First publication of Hodge's seminal work on harmonic integrals.In the article Hodge showed that most of the elementary properties of harmonic functions could be extended to harmonic functional."Hodge is famous for his theory of harmonic integrals (or forms), which was described by Weyl as "one of the landmarks of twentieth century mathematics." [...] Hodge's work straddles the area between algebraic geometry, differential geometry, and complex analysis. It can be seen as a natural outgrowth of the theory of Riemann surfaces and the work of Lefschetz on the topology of algebraic varieties. It put the algebraic geometry on a modern analytic footing and prepared the ground for the spectacular breakthroughs of the postwar period of the 1950s and 1960s." (Gowers, The Princeton Companion to Mathematics, 2008).Hodge himself states in the introduction to the present work: "In two papers I have defined integrals, which I have called harmonic integrals, which are associated with an analytic variety to which a metric is attached, and have established an existence theorem for them. More recently I have applied the theory of these integrals to the Riemannian manifold of an algebraic surface with the topological invariants of the Manifold. There is reason to believe that this method of considering the Abelian integrals attached to an algebraic variety will prove a powerful one, and I have thought it advisable to set out in the following pages an account of the principles on which the method is based." In 1941 Hodge published the book "The theory and applications of harmonic integrals" which expanded and elaborated the ideas presented in the present article.

Lancaster, PA and Ithaca, NY, The American Physical Society, 1913. 8vo. In the original printed wrappers. In: "The Physical Review, Vol II, Second Series, No. 6". With new paper back-strip and white paper label ("Alle Zeit Wach 1842") pasted on to upper outer corner of front wrappers. Light wear to extremities, internally fine and clean. Pp. 409-430. [Entire volume: Pp. 409-536]. First appearance of Coolidge seminal paper in which he laid the foundation for all modern the basis for all modern X-ray tubes. The Coolidge tube, which also utilized a tungsten filament, was a major development in the then-nascent medical specialty of radiology and is widely regarded as being the single most important event in the progress of radiology. “While many clever designs were implemented to compensate for the technical limitations of early X-ray tubes, the true milestone--what some experts call ‘the single most important event in the progress of radiology’--did not occur until nearly 20 years later [after Röntgen’s discovery of the X-ray]. In 1913, William Coolidge, working in the General Electric Research Laboratory, developed the first so-called ‘hot’ X-ray tube, subsequently called the Coolidge tube. Based on his earlier research, Coolidge had figured out how to make the cathode out of the metal tungsten, which has the highest melting point of all metals. With a cathode made primarily of tungsten, cathode rays could be generated by running an electric current through the cathode and heating it; the more the cathode was heated, the more cathode rays it emitted. Thus, with cathode rays generated by heat rather than gas molecule collisions, the Coolidge tube could operate in a perfect vacuum. “By the mid-1920s, the Coolidge tube had essentially replaced the old gas-filled tubes. In addition, Coolidge later designed other innovations so that higher voltages could be used to produce higher frequency X-rays. This led to the development of so-called ‘deep therapy,’ in which X-rays are used to treat deeper tissues without excessively damaging outer layers of skin. Thanks to Coolidge’s milestone redesign of the X-ray tube, the use of X-rays in medicine--for both diagnostic and therapeutic applications--expanded widely throughout the world from the 1920s ad onward. Today, Coolidge’s ‘hot’ tube design is still the basis for all modern X-ray tubes” (Jon Queijo, Breakthrough! How the 10 Greatest Discoveries in Medicine Saved Millions and Changed Our View of the World).