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London, B. Haite and Sold by most Booksellers etc., 1682, 1677. Lille 8vo. (15,7 x 9,4 cm.). Indbundet i 4, helt ensartede helbind i rødt maroquin med 4 ophøjede bind på rygge. Rig rygforgyldning, titel-og tomefelter forgyldte. Bindsiderne med dobbeltramme adskilt af to tredobbelte forgyldte linier. I inderste ramme med udadvendte florale hjørnestempler. I midtfelterne Frederik Walters superexlibris i guld (amorin med tre tordenkiler i højre hånd og med venstre støttende sig til et skjold med et ansigt på). Indvendig bordure i guld. Permerne med kantforgyldning. Helt guldsnit. Forsatse i marmoreret papir. Alle 4 bind i fin velbevaret stand, dog foreligger en lille reparation på nederste rygfelt på et bind. Walters signatur "W" på 3 titelblade. Walter-bind er nu yderst sjældent på markedet. "I Forhold til Tidens øvrige danske privatsamlinger har Walters bibliotek faaet sit særlige Præg paa grund af Eksemplarernes Udsøgthed og luksuøse Indbinding. de bøger fra hans samling, som endnu er kendt, foreligger gennemgaaende i usædvanlig velholdte Eksemplarer, rene og uberørte, som var de lige udgået fra Trykpressen.... (Lauritz Nielsen, Danske privatbiblioteker gennem Tiderne, p. 211-12)."Frederik Walter, født 1649, død 1718. Han var Hofmand, ledsagede Frederik IV paa hans Reise til Italien 1708-1709 og døde som Geheimeraad og hvid Ridder. En vinget amor, som i den høire Haand holder en Lynstraale og støtter den venstre Haand paa et Skjold, hvori man ser et Ansigt. jeg har set vel et halvt Hundrede Bøger, som ere mærkede paa denne Maade; de ere indbundne i rødt Maroquin (ganske undtagelsesviis i bruungult eller sort); paa Bindenes Sider er yderst en Ramme af tre Linier og indenfor den en Ramme, ligeledes af tre Linier, med Stempler paa Hjørnerne; paa Ryggen staar Bogens Titel, og de andre felter ere prydede med Stempler; Snittet har undertiden været marmoreret inden det blev forgyldt; Forsatsen er almindeligviis Kammarmor..... Hans Bibliotek (det talte henved 1000 Bind) bestod især af græske og romerske Forfattere (mange Oversættelser paa Fransk og Italiensk) og nyere skjøn Litteratur, især italiensk og fransk, men ogsaa noget spansk og engelsk; naturligvis fandtes der ogsaa Bøger til Historie og andre Videnskaber, men meget faa danske og tyske Bøger..." (Carl Elberling, Breve fra en Bogelsker, pp. 118-19).

Berlin, J. Springer, 1932-33. 8vo. Volume 77 and 78 bound in two uniform contemporary half cloth bindings with gilt lettering to spine. Volume 30 in a contemporary full cloth binding with black leather title-label to spine. Volume 78 and 78 with minor wear to spine, internally two very nice and clean copies. Volume 80 with wear to spine and minor overall soiling to extremities. Ex-library copy with library stamp [Bedford College] to pasted down front free end-paper and title page. Internally a clean copy. [Über den Bau der Atomkernen I, Vol. 77:] Pp. 1-11. [Über den Bau der Atomkernen II, Vol. 78:] Pp. 156-164. [Über den Bau der Atomkernen III, Vol. 80:] Pp. 587-596. [Entire volumes: VIII, 837 pp.; VIII, 857 pp.; VIII, 844 pp.]. First printing of Heisenberg's groundbreaking neutron-proton model. The three papers "mark the transition to the modern view on nuclear forces." (Pais. Inward Bound. P. 413). Shortly after Chadwick discovered the neutron in 1932, Heisenberg developed a theory suggesting that atomic nuclei are composed of protons and neutrons. This introduced the concept of the nuclear exchange force and isotopic spin."Soon after the discovery of the neutron in 1932 [By Chadwick], Heisenberg developed a neutron-proton model of the nucleus by introducing the concept of the nuclear exchange force and the formalism of isotopic spin. Nonrelativistic quantum mechanics could be applied to the nucleus, Heisenberg showed, as long as long as on did not consider the structure of nucleons. Heisenberg's work served as the basis for contemporary nuclear physics, of fields. In 1935 Heisenberg and his assistants, especially Weizsäcker. Heisenberg preferred to continue the search for a consistent quantum physics, much of which was pursued by his assistant Hans Euler discovered that nonlinear interactions in positron theory, which yielded photonphoton scattering, could be represented by treating the electron as possessing a minimum size, below which the interferences predominated." (DSB).Heisenberg played an important role in the unsuccessful attempt German attempt to build a nuclear reactor.The three volumes contain numerous important contributions by contemporary physicians.

London, Taylor and Francis, 1924. Later full buckram, gilt lettering to spine. In: Philosophical Magazine conducted by Oliver Joseph Lodge etc.", Vol. 47. - Sixth Series. VIII,1168 pp. and 8 plates. (Entire volume offered). De Broglie's paper: pp. 446-458. Internally clean and fine. First English version of the papers which ESTABLISHED A NEW ERA IN PHYSICS by introducing the epochal new principle that particle-wave duality should apply not only to radiation but also to matter and thus CREATING QUANTUM MECHANICS. The English paper is a translation of de Broglie's 3 "Notes " which he published in "Comptes Rendus" in September and October 1923 (Ondes et quanta. - Quanta de lumière, diffraction et interférences. - Les quanta, la théorie cinétique des gaz et le principe de Fermat). These 3 papers were extended to form his doctoral thesis of 1924 "Recherches sur la Théorie des Quanta." - This English edition (of the papers) was published before his thesis of 1924 as the paper is dated October 1, 1923, and published here in the Februar issue of Philosophical Magazine, months before the thesis.The English version contains furthermore an addition, a postscript, which contains a generalization of the theory which is consistent with the special theory of relativity, and NOT published in "Comptes Rendues" in 1923.With the three communications to the Academy of Sciences (the 3 Comptes Rendus papers) in the fall of 1923 de Broglie had presented the main ideas of his unified dynamics of light quanta and atoms. He was confident enough about his results that he submitted them also in English in the offered paper. At the end of the paper he summarized his results. De Broglie relates "After long reflection in solitude and meditation, I suddenly had the idea, during the year 1923, that the discovery made by Einstein in 1905 should be generalized by extending it to all material particles and notably to electrons" (Preface to his PhD thesis 1924)."He made the leap in his September 10, 1923, paper: E=hv should hold not only for photons but also for electrons, to which he assigns a 'fictitious associated wave'. In his September 24 paper, he indicated the direction in which one 'should seek experimental confirmations of our ideas': a stream of electrons traversing an aperture whose dimensions are small compared with the wavelenght of the electron waves 'should show diffraction phenomena' ."(Pais "Subtle is the Lord", pp. 425-436).In the third paper (October 8) he discusses "The interplay between the propagation of the particle and of the waves could be expressed in more formal terms as an identity between the fundamental variational principles of Pierre de Fermat (rays), and Pierre Louis Maupertuis (particles) as de Broglie discussed it further in his last communication . Therein he also considered some thermodynamic consequences of his generalized wave-particle duality. He showed in particular how one could, using Lord Rayleigh’s 1900 formula for the number of stationary modes for phase waves, obtain Planck’s division of the mechanical phase space into quantum cells.Louis de Broglie achieved a worldwide reputation for his discovery of the wave theory of matter, for which he received the Nobel Prize for physics in 1929. His work was extended into a full-fledged wave mechanics by Erwin Schrödinger and thus contributed to the creation of quantum mechanics. After an early attempt to propose a deterministic interpretation of his theory, de Broglie joined the Copenhagen school’s mainstream noncausal interpretation of the quantum theory."(DSB)."This idea [i.e. de Broglie's that matter might behave as waves] was tested and confirmed by Davisson and Germer in 1927... Thus the duality of both light and matter had been established, and physicists had to come to terms with fundamental particles which defied simple theories and demanded two sets of 'complementary' descriptions, each applicable under certain circumstances, but incompatible with one another." (Printing and the Mind of Man, 417).This volume of Philosophical Magazine contains another importent paper in the history of Quantum Mechanics": "The Quantum Theory of Radiation" by BOHR, KRAMERS AND SLATER, pp. 785-802. "After Kramers had succeeded in extending the scope of the correspondence argument to the theory of optical dispersion "thus rounding off a treatment of the interaction of atomic systems with radiation that accounted for all emission, absorption, and scattering processes" Bohr ventured to propose a systematic formulation of the whole theory, in which what he called the virtual character of the classical model was emphasized. In this he was aided by Kramers and a young American visitor, J. C. Slater, and the new theory was published in 1924 under the authorship of all three. The most striking feature of this remarkable paper, "The Quantum Theory of Radiation," was the renunciation of the classical form of causality in favor of a purely statistical description. Even the distribution of energy and momentum between the radiation field and the "virtual oscillators" constituting the atomic systems was assumed to be statistical, the conservation laws being fulfilled only on the average. This was going too far: the paper was hardly in print before A. H. Compton and A. W. Simon had established by direct experiment the strict conservation of energy and momentum in an individual process of interaction between atom and radiation. Nevertheless, this short-lived attempt exerted a profound influence on the course of events; what remained after its failure was the conviction that the classical mode of description of the atomic processes had to be entirely relinquished." (DSB).

(København, 1862). Folio. (52,5 x 36,5 cm.). Samtidigt hldrbd. Ryg slidt og revner i skindet ved kapitæler. Indeholder 16 Sectioner med ialt 65 kortplaner i dobbelt-folio, enkelte endnu større, alle litograferede og med sektionstitler. De fleste med signaturer i farver og kolorerede efter signaturerne, som omfatter linieføring, veje, broer, amts-sogne-by etc. - skel, veje, broer, niveauer, viadukter etc. etc. og med indtegning og angivelse af samtlige berørte matrikler, skove, vandløb, søer etc.Sectionerne har overskrifterne "Jydske Jernbane 1ste - 10 + (11.-16.) Section": 1. Aarhus-Randers. - 2. Langaa-Viborg. - 3. Viborg-Skive-Struer. - 3A. Viborg-Skive-Struer II. - 4. Struer-Holstebro. - 5. Nyborg-Odense-Lille Belt. - 5A. Nyborg-Odense-Lille Belt II. - 6. Vamdrup-Kolding-Fredericia. - 7. Fredericia-Veile. - 8. Veile-Horsens-Aarhus. - 8A. veile-Horsens-Aarhus II. - 9. Randers-Hobro. - 10. Hobro-Aalborg. - 11. Skanderborg-Silkeborg. - 12. Nörre-Sundby-Hjörring. - 13. Hjörring-Frederikshavn. - 14. Esbjerg-Lunderskov. - 15. Bramminge-Ribe. - 16. Randers-Grenaa. Givetvis kun litograferet i et meget begrænset antal, antageligt til brug for tilbudsgivere og som angivelse af indholdet af det omfang m.h.t. til linieføringen som beskrevet i anlægsloven af 1861. Arbejderne blev udført 1862-69.Kort efter vedtagelse af 1861-loven sendte staten to mand fra hærens ingeniørkorps til området mellem Vejle og Århus samt Midtjylland for at undersøge terrænet. Ingeniør Niels Henrik Holst (senere driftsbestyrer for de jysk-fynske statsbaner) og Anton Hoffmann undersøgte otte mulige linier, heraf gik de seks gennem Horsens, mens de to sidste løb længere mod vest med en sidebane til Horsens. Flere af de foreslåede linier gik vest om Mossø og via Ry, da man herved opnåede to ting. Dels undgik man det vanskelig terræn nær den jyske østkyst, og dels fik banen forbindelse til Silkeborgsøerne og Gudenåen. Holst og Hoffmann understregede dog i deres rapport, at banen burde føres gennem Horsens, og forbindelsen til Gudenåen kunne i stedet skabes ved trafik med dampskibe ad en vandvej, dvs. en kombination af gravede kanaler og søerne, fra Skanderborg sø eller Fuldbro Mølle (nær Tåning) ved Mossø, 6 km vest for Skanderborg. En linieføring vest om Mossø samt sidebanen til Horsens blev opgivet, da man ønskede en kortere linie Vejle-Århus. Loven om strækningen Vejle-Horsens-Fuldbro Mølle-Stilling-Århus blev vedtaget i januar 1863.

London, Printed by J. Macock for Luke Favvne, 1651. 4to. In contemporary full calf with four raised bands. Wear to extremities. Pp. 541-606 with worm-tract in inner margin, not affecting text. Last leaves with marginal miscolouring, but generally a good copy. (18), 624 pp. First edition of Manton’s commentary on James which not only is regarded as being his finest work but also as being “one of the best expositions ever written on James”. (Beeke, Meet the Puritans). Thomas Manton, born on March 31, 1620, in Lydeard St. Lawrence. Thomas received his early education at the free school in Tiverton, Devon. At the age of sixteen, he enrolled at Wadham College, Oxford, where he pursued his studies. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1639, followed by a Bachelor of Divinity degree in 1654, and finally, a Doctorate of Divinity degree in 1660, all from Oxford University. Ordained to the diaconate at the age of twenty in 1640 by Joseph Hall, Manton served as a lecturer at the parish church of Sowton near Exeter, Devonshire, for three years. Manton quickly rose to prominence as a leading Presbyterian figure in London, leveraging his influence to advocate for the establishment of Presbyterian church governance and to promote public peace during turbulent periods. He played a significant role in the Westminster Assembly, where he was appointed one of three clerks, and delivered numerous sermons before Parliament during the Commonwealth era. “Manton was remembered at his funeral as “the king of preachers.” Bates said that he never heard him deliver a poor sermon and commended his ability to “represent the inseparable connection between Christian duties and privileges.” Archbishop James Ussher described Manton as “a voluminous preacher” and “one of the best in England.” That is certainly evident from Manton’s many writings, most of which are sermons.” (Beeke, Meet the Puritans).

London, Robert Young, 1633. Folio. In contemporary full calf with five raised bands. Small paper-label pasted on to upper part of spine. Wear to extremities. Boards with scratches and a few wormholes, corners bumped and capitals chipped. Missing small part of leather on lower compartment. Vague dampstaining throughout and a few worm-tracts. Engraved title-page. (30), 345, (1), 351-416, 415-657, (1) + frontispiece. ‎Rare later English translation of Du Bartas exceptionally popular "La Semaine" and "Seconde semaine" and several miner poems. La Semaine became immensely popular and was quickly translated into most European languages. Du Bartas was extremely popular in early modern England, and was still being read widely in the later seventeenth century even as his reputation in France began to decline. La Semaine was first translated into English in 1598 (“No perfect copy know” Lowndes) and the present folio-edition which include several of his lesser popular work, was first published in 1605 and was reprinted six times up until 1641. All editions are scarce and are rarely found in the trade. “No other poem (besides those in the Bible itself) was read as widely as the Semaines were across early modern English and Scottish society. Based on references to Sylvester in print, Snyder believed that ‘Clearly everyone in pre-Restoration England who had received a literary education read the ‘Weekes’ ande almost all…. Admired it’. According to Gordon Braden, it was ‘probably the most popular vernacular poem in translation in early modern England’.” (Auger, Du Bartas' Legacy in England and Scotland). Lowndes II, p. 679

Paris, Billaine, 1669. 12mo. Uniformly bound in 15 contemporary full calf bindings with five raised bands and richly gilt spines. Edges of boards gilt. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Light wear to extremities, parts og gilting worn off and a few of the bindings with minor loss of leather to spine-ends. Vague dampstain in vol. 6, otherwise internally fine and clean. Nice set of the collected works of François de La Mothe Le Vayer, a French writer and philosopher. He was known for his skepticism and criticism of dogmatism in various fields, including religion, philosophy, and science. Le Vayer served as the tutor to the future King Louis XIV of France. Brunet III, 800

Paris, Firmin Didot Frères, (1830) 1831. 4to. Contemp. hcalf. Richly gilt spine. A paperlabel pasted on top of spine. (4),XXIV,258 pp. and 1 folded engraved plate. A few minor brownspots. A fine, wide-margined copy. Scarce first edition (with the reprinted titlepage 1831 instead of 1830).Fourier's "Analyse des equations determines" constitutes a highly important work on the theory of equations, a work which occupied Fourier throughout his life and the last thing that he wrote. The work contains numerous theories that had not previously been published, e.g. his method of solution and applications of linear qualities, due to which he actually anticipated linear programming.The work was of great importance to Fourier himself, who had attempted to publish some of his important results on the subject as early as 1789 and who later ended up in a priority-dispute due to the much delayed publication of one of these results (the Fourier-Budan theorem). His final opus constitutes his final preparation of the Fourier-theorem as well as many other important theories and results connected to his theory of equations, and it thus presents us with his final views on this important science. "[H]e had almost finished only the first two of its seven "livres". His friend Navier edited it for publication in 1831, inserting an introduction to establish from attested documents (including the delayed 1789 paper) Fourier's priority on results which had by then become famous. Perhaps Fourier was aware that he would not live to finish the work, for he wrote a synopsis of the complete book which also appeared in this edition. The synopsis indicated his wide interests in the subject, of which the most important not yet mentioned were various means of distinguishing between real and imaginary roots, refinements of the Newton-Raphson method of approximating to the root of an equation, extensions to Daniel Bernoulli's rule for the limiting value of the ratio of successive terms of a recurrent series, and the method of solution and applications of linear inequalities. Fourier's remarkable understanding of the last subject makes him the great anticipator of linear programming." (D.S.B., V:98). - Honeyman IV:1361.

London, Nature, 1932 a.1939. 4to. Blank wrappers. All 4 extracted from "Nature" Nos. 3252 (Febr. 1932), 3615 (Febr.1939), 3616 ( Febr. 1939) and 3620 (March 1939). All four papers in first edition. In 1932 James Chadwich proved the existence of th atomic particles carrying no electric charge which, for this reason, he called 'neutrons' (the first item offered here). "In 1934 Senator Corbino, head of the physics department at the University of Rome, urged Enrico Fermi and his collaborators, among whom was Brune Pontecorvo, to patent a proces they had perfected for the production of artificial radio-activity by slow neutron bombardement. This process was a by-product of repetitions and enlargements of a discovery by Irene Curie and her husband Fredeic Joliot that the bombardment of certain light elements with alpha particles induced radio-activity. Further experiments conducted in 1938 at Berlin by Hahn and Strassmann were reported by Lise Meitner...She and her nephew, O.R. Frisch, working with Niels Bohr's laboratory, found the true explanation of these phenomena. The interpolation of a neutron into the nucleus of a uranium atom caused it to divide into two parts and to release energy amounting to about 200,000,000 electron volts. This process bore such a close similarity to the division of a living cell that Frisch suggested the use of the term 'fission' to describe it.....Halban, Jolio and Kowarski established the theoretical possibility of a self-perpetuating reaction..." (Carter/Muir). - Printing and the Mind of Man No. 422,b,c and d.

London, John Pine, 1733-37. Royal 8vo. Bound in 2 cont. uniform red full morocco (bound by Derome ?) Spine with raised bands, profusely gilt compartments. Tome-and titlelabels with gilt lettering. Large gilt crowned arms on all covers. Covers with 3 line gilt borders. Broad inside gilt borders. All edges gilt. Some repairs to upper and lower compartments and hinges. A bit rubbed along edges. A large fine copy on good paper. First editon, first issue ("post est Caesar" in sted of "potest Caesar" on medal p. 108, vol II) with the first impressions. This beautiful work, said to be the finest illustrated English book of the 18th century, became a main inspiration for the art of bookillustration. "This edition is much esteemed by the curious. The text is ENGRAVED as well as the numerous and beautiful vignettes which accompany it: of these vignettes, the copies which contain the FIRST IMPRESSIONS are valuable and much sought after." (Dibdin II: 108).

London, for Tho. Collins and John Ford in Fleet-Street, and Will. Cademan and Th. Popes Head New-Exchange Strand, 1673. 8vo. In contemporary full sprinkled calf with five raised bands and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Previous owner's name in contemporary hand to lower margin of title-page. Light occassional marginal browning and worm-tract to last 4 leaves. Overall a good copy. (6), 185 pp. With numerous typographical errors in pagination, but complete. Often referred to as the second edition of this rare collection of poems. No poet is listed by name, but John Sheffield, Marquis of Normanby, Charles Sedley, George Etherege, and Aphra Behn have been identified as authors. A shorter version in two parts had appeared the year before, so all though technically being a second edition, this version contains new material. These authors are all associated with the period of English literature known as the "Restoration Era" (1660-1700) and were influential figures in the literary and theatrical scene of late 17th century England.The period was marked by a resurgence of the arts, theater, and literature characterized by wit, satire, and exploration of social norms.

s'Gravenhage u. Dordrecht (vol. 4), Bouequet, Scheurleer, Blussé en Zoon, 1729-69. 4to. Bound in 4 contemporary half calf. Gilt backs. Engraved frontispiece, 2 engraved folded portraits, 41 fine engraved plates by Houbraken. Numerous engraved vignettes and other engravings in the text (R. Vinkeles, B. Picart etc.) Printed on good thick paper. This fine work exhibits the roccocco-style in all is aspects, both by is portraits by Houbraken but also in its numerous vignettes and textengravings by other famous artists.

Nurnberg, Sturmer Verlag, 1936. 8vo-oblong (248 x 200 mm). In the original half cloth binding with coloured pictorial paper covered boards. All edges red. Light wear to extremities, an overall very nice and clean copy. (44) pp. 21 full page anti-Semitic color drawings by Philipp Rupprecht, included in the pagination. Rare first edition of one of the most infamous documents of National Socialist propaganda aimed at children. Widely condemned for its content and intent, this book represents a grotesque distortion of children’s literature, using colourful illustrations and simplistic language to convey deeply antisemitic ideology. As Hürlimann writes, it is "Das grauenhafteste Dokument, das menschlicher Sadismus je in Bilderbuchform hervorgebracht hat." (Hurlimann 140). (i.e. English: “the most horrifying document that human sadism has ever produced in picture-book form”) Published by Stürmer-Verlag, this was the first of three children’s books produced under Julius Streicher’s direction - each aimed at spreading Nazi racial ideology among young readers. These books are among the most disturbing examples of propaganda from the Third Reich: deliberately designed to appear innocent, yet filled with messages of hate and dehumanization. Disguised as educational material, the book taught children the supposed “proper roles” of Aryans and Jews in Nazi Germany, planting the regime’s most harmful ideas in the minds of the young. Today it stands as a chilling reminder of how totalitarian regimes can use even children’s literature to spread their ideology.

Dresden et Leipzig, Frederik Hekelius, 1734. Folio. Contemp. full mottled calf. Upper half of spine rebacked. Raised bands. Lower part of spine gilt. A crack to leather at lower part of fronthinge, cover not loose. Engraved portrait. (16),452 pp. and 28 engraved plates on 26 sheets. A dampstain in upper part of inner margins throughout, otherwise clean and wide-margined. The plates with some browning. Scarce first edition of Swedenborg's main scientific work. The volume also form part one of his "Opera Philosophica et Mineralia"."In his Principia rerum naturalium (Leipzig, 1734), probably conceived as a counterpart to Newton’s Principia, he sought a comprehensive physical explanation of the world based on mathematical and mechanical principles. While remaining faithful to the general principles of Cartesian natural philosophy, which he had learned while studying at Uppsala, Swedenborg elaborated upon them. According to his cosmogony the physical reality has developed from the mathematical point, which was an entity between infinite and finite. Through a vortical movement implanted on the point, a series of material particles developed (the "first finiata, "the second finita",and so on) that eventually led to the cosmos in its present state. In contrast to Descartes, Swedenborg believed that the planets had developed from the chaotic solar mass through expansion of its surrounding shell, which finally joined to form a belt along the equatorial plane of the sun. It then exploded, forming the planets and the satellites. Although the basic construction of Swedenborg’s thought heralded the later planetary theories of Buffon, Kant, and Laplace, there is nothing to indicate that it exerted any direct influence on posterity." (DSB).In 1738, Swedenborg's magnum opus was placed on the "Index Librorum Prohibitorum".

London, N. Gibson, 1756. 8vo. Contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Blindtooling to covers. A neath repair at upper compartment. Spine slightly rubbed. VIII,476,(4) pp. A very faint dampstain to lower right corners. A few scattered brownspots. Printed on good paper. Very scarce first edition in English, a translation of the relevant part of Chr. V's Danske Lov (1683) relating to the Danish West Indies. All laws and regulations on St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. John were based on this lawcomplex in the period of the Danish possession of these islands.Sabin No 18501.

(Paris, Lemercier, 1853-66). Folio. (49x40 cm.). Indbundet i et velbevaret samtidigt hldrbd., bred ryg of store hjørner. Ophøjede bind på ryggen. Rygforgyldning. Den forgyldte rygtitel: "C.J. Billmark. Aquarell-Lithographier". Der foreligger ikke noget titeblad. Indeholder 30 smukke farvelitografier af Billmark, (Imp. Lemercier, Paris). Nogle spredte brunpletter i marginer, 2 af plancerne fra Upsala med lidt flere brunpletter, men også marginale. Stockholm-plancherne i fin stand. Samlingen indeholder GRIPSHOLM (exteriører og interiører) 12 farvelitograferede plancher - UPSALA OCH SIGTUNA, 12 farvelitograferede plancher (1. Uppsala (prospekt). 2. Chorsidan af Domkyrkan, Uppsala. 3. Domkyrkans södera sidoport. Uppsala. 4. Domkyrkans nörra sidoport, Upsala. 5. Domkyrkan från norra sidan, Uppsala. 6. Domkyrkans stora skepp, Upsala. 7. Konung Gustaf I:s grafvård, Upsala. 8. Domkyrkans tvärskepp, Upsala. 9. Gamla Upsala högar (prospekt). 10. Sigtuna (prospekt). 11. Sankt Lars, Sigtuna. 12. Sankt Olof, Sigtuna. 12.) - STOCKHOLM, 6 farvelitograferede plancher. (1.Yttre Borggården, Stockholm. 2. Norrbro, Stockholm (prospekt). 3. Mynttorget, Stockholm (prospekt). 4. Skeppsbron, Stockholm (prospekt). 5. Storkyrkobrinken, Gusraf Wasas Staty, Stockholm (prospekt). 6. Carl Johans Torg, Stockholm (prospekt).

Berlin, August Hirschwald, 1895. 8vo. In contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In: "Verhandlungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Chirugie, Vierundzwanzigster Congress abgehalten zu Berlin, 17. - 20. April 1895". A few occassional underlignings i margin, otherwise fine and clean. Pp. 211-217. [Entire volume:] XXXIII, (3), 171, (3), 767 pp + 7 folded coloured plates. First edition of Czerny's landmark paper containing the very first account of a breast augmentation, or breast enhancement surgery, by moving a patient's benign fat-based tumor, known as a lipoma, into the breast to correct asymmetry - a surgery which earned him the title of being "The Father of Plastic Surgery'. "Czerny's patient was a forty-one-year-old singer who reported swelling and pain in her left breast, which had prompted her to seek medical attention. Czerny discovered that a tumor was causing the symptoms in her breast, which he had attributed to a constant, lingering infection of the breast tissue. After repeated consultations with Czerny and another surgeon, the woman agreed to the removal of her left breast. However, because the singer had very large breasts, the removal of one would result in significant asymmetry of her body. Upon further examination, Czerny discovered that the woman also had a fist sized growth on the right side of her lower back. During the operation, Czerny removed both the tumor in the woman's breast and the tumor on her back, and then used tissue from the tumor on her back to reconstruct her left breast. Half a year later, the woman still had tenderness around the operation site on her breast. By December 1894, about one year later, the patient had reported no more tenderness in her breast, and while her reconstructed breast was well-formed, she did note it was slightly smaller and firmer than her right breast. Czerny published his results in 1895." (Zheng, Vincenz Czerny) "He has been called the "Father of Plastic Surgery" for performing the first breast reconstruction. In this work, Czerny discusses the removal of a lipoma (benign fat cell tumor) and transferring it to a woman who had previously undergone a mastectomy. Czerny realized that personal appearance, not just organ reconstruction, was important in motivating a surgeon to operate upon a patient. This is a basic tenet still held and practiced today" (Grolier, The History of Plastic Surgery, no. 55).

Paris, Michel Lévy Frères, 1863. 8vo. Orig. green hcloth w. gilt spine. Upper back hinge cracked and spine a bit crooked. Corners a bit bumped. A very nice copy w. only occasional minor brownspotting. Old owner's inscription to title-page. W. half-title ("Histoire des Origines du Christianisme. Livre premier"). (4), LIX, (1), 462, (2) pp. True first edition of this seminal classic on the life of Jesus, which caused an immediate scandal when it appeared. Renan's masterpiece, which constitutes the first attempt to write a biography of Jesus the man and strongly puts forth the notion that the Bible too can be subject to historical investigation and critical scrutiny. The work enraged the Roman Catholic Church but was an immediate success in most of Europe. "In six months sixty thousand copies of the French edition had been sold and edition succeeded edition. Renan regarded the book as the first of a series on the "Origins of Christianity", which he continued with "The Apostles" (1866), "Saint Paul" (1869), "The Anti-Christ" (1873), "The Gospels" (1877), "The Christian Church" (1879) and "Marcus Aurelius" (1881) but none of these emulated the success of the "Life of Jesus"... Immediate success was partly a "succès de scandale" but this would not have kept the book alive. It is Renan's approach to the subject and his beautiful prose that gave it lasting eminence." (PMM 352). This groundbreaking work analyses the personality of the man Jesus, -a figure created by Renan out of his mind, but based on historical sources. "It is a pastoral idyll with the central figure a gentle, albeit oracular visionary, his power to work miracles a part of his unique personality -the son of man, but not the Son of God... In this great work it seems clear that the audience he has found was the one he sought: the general reading public rather than the limited coterie of scholars; and there is no doubt of the fact or the degree of his success." (PMM 352). "C'est le livre plus célèbre d'Ernest Renan (1823-1892) et le premier volume de l'Hisoire des origines du Christianisme"... on peut considérer cette "Vie de Jésus" comme une oeuvre de vulgarisation: l'auteur cherche à déterminer ce qui, au point de vue "scientifique", est de créance dans la vie du Nazaréen?" (Laffont-Bompiani IV:681). Apart from causing a world-wide scandal, the work was also a world-wide success, and no matter how many harsh words can be said about the historical and religious contents of the work, there is no doubt about the fact that it influenced the destiny of Catholicism decisively and that it is a masterpiece of 19th century French literature. It is very elegantly written and is renowned for its description of the historical setting, charming descriptions of sceneries, its penetrating psychological analysis and its overall style and class. "Il faut ajouter que la "Vie de Jésus" compte au nombre des livres les mieux écrits de son temps; le charme de la peinture des paysages, le pittoresque géneralement exact des évocations historiques, l'analyse pénétrante de l'âme des personnages, des seductions du style enfin, n'ont pas été pour rien dans le succès universel de cette oeuvre." (Laffont-Bompiani IV:681). Ernest Renan (1823-1892) was a French philologist, philosopher and historian. His father died when he was aged five, and his mother wanted him to become a priest. Until he was about 16 years old, he was trained by the Church, but due to his investigative and truth-seeking nature as well as his studies (e.g. Hebrew), he was in doubt as to the historical truth of the Scriptures, and with the help of his sister he chose his own path in life. "He studied intensively the languages of the Bible and filled a number of minor academic positions, frequently encountering difficulties because of the heterodoxy and outspokenness of his religious opinions." (Printing and the Mind of Man 352). In 1840 he began studying philosophy and later philology, in 1847 he took his degree as Agrégé de Philosophie and became master at the Lycée of Vendome. After having returned from a mission to Italy in the year 1850 where he gathered material for his historical-philosophical masterpiece, "Averroës et l'Averroisme", he was offered employment at the "Bibliothèque Nationale" (at the manuscript department). In 1861 he was chosen to become professor of Hebrew at the Collège de France, but because the emperor refused to ratify the appointment (inspired by the Clerical party), he was not established in the chair untill 1870. In 1878 he was elected for the Academy. Renan is considered a scholar of the greatest excellence and an impressive writer.

Paris, Thierry und Barbin, 1681. 8vo. Uniformly bound in two contemporary full calf bindings with five raised bands and richly gilt spines. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spines indicating the inventory number in an estate library. Some wear to extremities, otherwise a very nice set. (6), 510 pp. + 1 folded map and 1 folded plates; 442, (50) pp. + folded plate. Rare first edition of Guillet de Saint-George’s work on Mehmed II, twice the sultan of the Ottoman Empire, famous for having conquered Constantinople in 1453. Georges Guillet (1624 - April 6, 1705) was a French scholar, writer, and actor, adopting the stage name Guillet de Saint-George in 1661. Born in Thiers, he holds the distinction of being the initial author to document the history of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. Additionally, he published travel narratives about his journeys to the Levant under the pseudonym "Sieur de La Guilletière." Cioranescu 34495 Goldsmith G 957

(København, Tyge Nielsen), 1638 + Kiøbenhafn, Tyge Nielssøn, 1639. Lille 8vo. Indbundet sammen i et samtidigt helpergamentsbind. Permer med enkel blindtrykt rammedekoration. Bindet gulnet og kanter ved false med krakeleringer og sprækker. I: Her MANGLER fællestitelbladet. De 5 deltitelblade tilstede med trykåret 1638. (22),323,(9) pp. 8 blade omkantede. Nogle skjolder, brunpletter og brugsspor. - II: 221 pp. Sidste læg med rod i pagineringen. Sidste 8 blade omkantede. En del blade lettere kantflossede. Brugsspor. Lægebogen foreligger her i komplet stand undtagen fællestitelbladet. Den må betegnes som 3. udgaven, men er et nøjagtigt optryk af af udgaven fra 1635. - Bibl. Danica I,800. - Thesaurus II,741.Husholdningskalenderen foreligger her i komplet stand og er her stærkt forøget i forhold til udgaven fra 1633. Yderst sjælden i komplet stand. (Originaludgaven fra 1622 er gået tabt, der kendes kun et eksemplar af 2. udgaven fra 1631). Værket betegnes som den første vejledning i havebrug og landbrug af en dansk forfatter. - Bibl. Danica II,257. - Thesaurus II,739.Tyge Nielsen blev Norges første bogtrykker idet han 1643 flyttede trykkeriet til Christiania.

Bln., 1909-84. 4to. Vol. l-38 bound in hcloth, rest in parts (lacks l issue: Bd. 53:No.1).

(Paris, Gauthier-Villars), 1885 a. 1886. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 101 (No. 17), 102 (No. 9 + 15) a. 103. (No. 18). Titlepages to vol. 101, 102 a. 103. Pp. (765-) 848, (459-529), (835-) 886, (777-) 840. (Four entire issues offered). Pasteur's papers: pp. 765-772, 459-469, 835-838 a. 777-785.. A stamp to verso of titlepages. First printing of these groundbreaking papers in Immunology where Pasteur describes his rabies vaccine and the results he attained with it gave further proof of the value of attenuated virus as a protective inoculum against infective diseases in man and animals. THIS IS CONSIDERED PASTEUR'S GREATEST TRIUMPH (Garrison & Morton No. 2541)."The central problem in establishing a science of immunology was to discover methods of lowering the pathogenicity of the antigens while preserving their immunogenicity. In the case of smallpox (Jenner) this was done, according to the accepted interpretation, by utilizing strains accidentally attenuated through animal passage. In the present paper famous paper (the first paper offered), Pasteur shows how, for a disease of wide distribution among mammals, attenuation may be accomplished artificially."(Hall "A Source Book in animal Biology", pp. 528 ff.)."Pasteur revealed the enormous medical and economic potential of experimental biology. He himself developed only one treatment directly applicable to a human disease - his treatment for rabies - but his widely publicized and highly successful efforts on behalf of the germ theory were immediately credited with saving much money and many lives. It is for this reason above all that he was recognized and honored during his lifetime and that his name remains a household word." (DSB).Garrison & Morton No. 2541. - Parkinson "Breakthroughs" 1885 H.

Paris, Delatour, 1730 - 1731. 8vo. In contemporary half calf over floral embossed paper. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Previous owner's name (Peter Otto Rosenørn - owner of Hersomgård) to front free end-paper. Light wear to extremities and spine miscoloured. Internally nice and clean. 52, (2), 67, (1) pp. Exceedingly rare first edition of these three plays by Romagnesi, French playwright, librettist and actor. He was born in Namur, in present-day Belgium, and moved to Paris where he became involved in the world of theater during the early 18th century. Romagnesi was known for his parodies, bouffonneries and harlequinades of which these three plays are fine examples. We have not been able to trace a single copy in the trade.Not in Brunet, Graesse or Tchemerzine.

Paris, J.B. Delaval, (1796/97). Folio-oblong. (40 x 55 cm.). Contemp. modest hcalf. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spine. Marbled paper on covers. A stamp on title-page. Engraved title-page and engraved Tableau (dated AN V). With 67 engraved maps (incl. Tableau, numb. (1)-65 + 53 bis and 58 bis). On title-page the name P.G. Chanlaire is erased. Engraved title-page slightly soiled, Tableau, the first and last map a bit brownspotted and last map with a closed marginal tear, otherwise clean. The atlas is based on the survey carried out by Count Joseph Ferraris in the late 1760s. On the "Tableau d'Assemblage" the last map concerning Belgium is no. 65 (Luxembourg) and also the last map here, not in accordance with the mentioning of 69 on the title-page.According to Shirley "Maps in the Atlases of the British Library" (T.CAP-1a) the atlas should include 4 sheets covering Belgium on a smaller scale (numb. 66-69), they are not present here, but having all the regional maps.

(København), 1709. Folio. (53x36,5 cm.). Nyere smukt helldrbd. i lysebrun kalv. Ryg med 5 ophøjede bind. Forgyldt skindtitel på ryg. Stregforgyldninger på permer samt stor oval med forgyldt titel på forpermen. Indvendige false i skind. I matchende kassette med kanter i skind. 19 kobberstukne folioblade. Trykt på svært skrivepapir. Velbevaret eksemplar. Genoptrykket (eller måske mere korrekt: andet oplag eller re-issue !) af den danske Enevældes Grundlov, Kongeloven, som først blev udgivet 44 år efter udstedelsen (1665). Her foreligger loven som genudgivelsen fra ca. 1880, men trykt med de originale kobberplader, således at den kun adskiller sig fra det oprindelige tryk ved papirets alder og kvalitet. Teksten blev udfærdiget i kobberstik udelukkende for at afskære muligheden for eftertryk, en fremgangsmåde, som er enestående i Danmark. Frederik Rostgaard stod for udfærdigelsen, og det skyldes ham, at værket er blevet et af højdepunkterne i dansk bogkunst.Second issue (around 1880, printed with the original copper-plates) of this monumental work in Danish bookproduction. The Royal Law established the absolute right of the Monarch to rule and defined the line of royal succession, and was more rigorous than other monarchal laws of Europe at the time. The titles and the text are engraved throughout by Michael Røg.