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Berlin, Joachim Pauli, 1784-93. Bound in 9 uniform cont. hcalf. with gilt backs. 2 tops of spines slightly frayed. Around 5.000 pp. and 60 folded engraved plates (all). Poggendorff I:1003.

Götingen, Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 1797. 4to. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on top of spine. Stamps on title-page. XX,573,(1) pp. Faint browning to a few leaves, otherwise clean and fine. First German edition of this milestone work in applied mathematics (Mecanique Analitique, 1788) in which Lagrange regarded mechanics as a geometry of four dimensions and here set down the principle of virtual velocities as applied to mechanics. The work can lay claim today to be "one of the outstanding landmarks in the history of both mathematics and mechanics" (Sarton)."This is the first textbook to treat theoretical mechanics in a purely analytic way. Its mathematical importence stems mainly from the application of Lagrange's new formalization of the calculus of variations, and its significance for rational mechanics from the fact that it summarizes, for the first time in a logically coherent way, the conformity the newtonian and continental mechanics of the 18th century on the basis of general variational principles."(Helmut Pulte in "Landmark Writings in Western mathematics 1640-1940).Horblit, 61 ("Discovery of the general equations of motions of any system of bodies"). - Dibner, 112 (French edition)

Paris, Lyon, Reinwald & Georg, 1885-87. Folio. All 5 parts uncut in orig. printed wrappers, unopened. XXXVI,93;226;134;284 pp., 2 color maps, 2 portraits and 144 plates (mostly tintet lithography, collotype and line-drawing). Many textillustrations in woodcut. Upper right corners of some of the last plates in vol. 4 water-stained. Otherwise absolutely clean and fine. (Plates numb. 1-6; 1-67 + 11 bis; 1-28 + 1 bis, 1-31).

Kiøbenhaffn, Henrich Kruse paa Henrich Waldkirchs Arffvingers Bekostning, 1634. 4to. Samtidigt helpergamentsbind. Forreste fals med revne i pergamentet, dog ikke løs. På forpermen et blindtrykt monogram hvor bogstaverne TZZ er adskilte af et blindtrykt stempel. Nederst i blindtryk 1635. Fællestitelbladet trykt i rødt og sort indenfor en bred røskenramme. De 4 deltitelblade alle med årstallet 1634 og alle med den trykte deltitel inden for en bred træskåren renæssanceramme. Nederst i rammen et portræt af forfatteren. Alle blade med en smal træskåren røskenramme. (14),320,(72) blade. Med 120 halv-sides illustrationer i træsnit signerede IM, MI eller HH. Fællestitelbladet repareret i kanter, ellers gennemgående i god stand. Af en bogtrykt etiket på indersiden af forpermen fremgår det, at geheimestatsminister Otto Thott har skænket bogen til Herlufsholm, og af en tilskrift (underskrevet Wad) fremgår det, at eksemplaret er udgået af Herlufsholms Bibliotek ved salg 8.12.1878 som dublet. Her foreligger originaltrykket i den version som på titelbladet angiver "Waldkirch Arffvingers bekostning" (den anden "Peder Anderssøns bekostning"). Bogen er Heldvads mest omfangsrigeste værk i hans litterære produktion og omfatter 4 dele som er særdeles rigt illustreret med motiver fra bibelhistorien. Denne "samling af hellige historier" indeholder Jesu Liv efter Evangelierne, apostlenes historie, Danmarks kirkehistorie og martyrberetninger.Bøger fra det Thottske bibliotek er yderst sjældne i privateje. Otto Thott var en af Danmark største bogsamlere og hans bibliotek bestod ved hans død af mere end 120.000 bind og overgik herved til det kongelige bibliotek. Ved sin død skænkede han til Kongens Håndbibliotek både hele sin manuskriptsamling på 4154 numre, og en kostbar samling af 6159 bøger, der var trykt før 1530. Ved auktionen efter hans død blev 60.000 bind købt til kongens bibliotek.Bibl. Dan. I,128. - Thesaurus II,479. - Birkelund, 42. - Christian IV og Europa, 1681.

Paris, Jombert, 1737-53. 4to. Bound in 4 uniform contemporary full sprinckled calf. Tome-and title-labels in leather on backs. Five raised bands and richly gilt compartments. Some wear to spine ends. Small cracks in leather at hinges along upper and lower compartment at three volumes. Corners bumped. Some minor scratches to covers. A little rubbed. Engraved portrait, 2 engraved frontispieces, 3 engraved title-vignettes. (8), XII, (4), 412; (6), XIV, (2), 412, (32); (8), 480, (40); VIII, 423, (1), XXVIII pp. and 219 (44+60+60+55) folded engraved plates. 3 plates a bit frayed in outer margin. A few scattered brownspots, but clean, with broad margins and printed on good paper. First edition of this pioneering work, a classic of engineering, which constitutes practically the first scientific text-books on engineering and the first to apply integral calculus to technical and practical problems. It became the international standard-work for nearly 100 years and proved invaluable to architects, builders and engineers as it covers engineering mechanics, civil construction, mills and waterwheels, pumps, harbours and sea work etc. According to Rosenthal (Litt. d. Technologie, p. 209) the work was reprinted 12 times and thus with the best impressions of the plates (the first edition) - "Un tresor de recherches et de machines que l'Histoire de l'Hydraulique doit toujours annonce et célébrer." (Montucla). - Poggendorff I:138 - Brunet I:740.

Dateret (med stempel) "25 NOV 1927". 28 x 22. 3 sider. Med tilføjelser og ændringer i Nielsens hånd. Alle tre ark foldet på midten og har et mærke efter en papirklips i øverste venstre hjørne. Tredje ark signeret af Nielsen selv.Three leaves. Original handwritten and signed manuscript in with additions and corrections in Carl Nielsen's own hand. All three leaves folded once in the middle. Third leaf signed by Nielsen. Brevet er en opfordring til københavnske musikelskere til at høre den berømte Wiener kvartet Kolisch-Kvartetten der skulle spille i byen den 29. november 1927. Nielsen skriver blandt andet: "Der forestaar det Kjøbenhavnske Musikpublikum en / sjælden Begivenhed! Det er virkelig lykkedes at faa / denne berømte Wiener-Kvartet til at optræde her / i byen." Nielsen er yderst begejstret for kvartettens musik og musikere, og om dem skriver han: "[...], så er det her fire besynderligt fanta= /stiske moderne Sjæle der usynligt farer ud og ind og ægger, kærtegner, bider og klapper vort Øre og / vort Sind, saa vi bestandigt er midt i en hel ny / Virkelighed".Kvartetten opførte blandt andet Nielsens egen Opus 44 (for stryger-kvartet). (Fellow, Carl Nielsen til sin samtid, P 140).Carl August Nielsen (1865 - 1931) er den mest betydelige og internationalt anerkendt danske komponist, og han er i dag bedst kendt for sine seks symfonier. Han var 62 da han skrev nærværende artikel, og havde på dette tidspunkt skåret kraftigt ned på sin musikalske aktivitet, som følge af et alvorligt hjerteanfald to år tidligere. Han forsatte dog med at komponere musik frem til sin død, og i 1927 udgav han sin selvbiografi Min Fynske Barndom, hvilket sammen med Kolisch-Kvartetten opførelse af sin strygekvartet i F-dur var det der optog ham mest i denne period. (brev fra Carl Nielsen til Emil Telmányi, 30.11.1927, (DK-Kk, C II, 10)).Kolisch-Kvartetten var i 1920erne en af de største og mest anerkendte ensembler på den klassiske musikscene især i Europa og USA men også i Asien, og de indspillede en lang rækker plader med hovedsageligt Schubert og Mozart.Et af kvartettens særtræk var at de ofte spillede koncerter uden brug af noder. Dette var ikke et forsøg på at fremstå overlegen men derimod et produkt af yderst ihærdig øvelse, hvilket overflødiggjorde noderne. Dette bevirkede at musikken i langt højere grad kom til at fremstå levende og dynamisk, hvilket også Carl Nielsen bemærker.___________________Carl Nielsen encourages the Danish music society to attend a concert with the famous Viennese quartet Kolisch Quartet. Carl Nielsen is today widely recognised as Denmark's greatest composer.

Franckfurt, Bencard, 1719. 8vo. Contemp. full vellum. A few small brownspots to covers. Large engraved titlevignette. (48),(40),408,(12) pp. 1 folded table (between p.48/49). Clean and fine. Extremely scarce first Latin edition of Leibniz's hugely influential work "Essais de Theodicée sur la Bonté de Dieu, la Liberté de L'Homme, et L'Origine du Mal" (1710). It is his importent treatise on the goodnes of God, the free will of man and the causes of evil in the world, The principal subject of the work being the problem of liberty and free will. It is the only larger philosophical work published by Leibnitz himself.The "Théodicée" was a response to skeptical Pierre Bayle, who wrote in his work Dictionnaire Historique et Critique that, after rejecting three attempts to solve it, he saw no rational solution to the problem of evil.The work was composed at the instigation of Sophia Charlotte, with whom Leibniz had conversed concerning the views of Bayle. In response to a request from Prince Eugene for an abstract of the Théodicée, Leibniz in 1714 wrote the "Principes de la nature et de la grâce fondées en raison and the Monadologie".It is often the case, that this Latin edition is followed by the small work "Causa Dei Asserta per Justitiam Ejus..." (32) pp. This work is not withbound here.Ravier "Bibliographie des Oeuvres de Leibniz", No 344. - PMM (1710-edition).

Amsterdam, By iacob Pietersz Wachter, 1643. 4to. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Spine rubbed and wear to spineends. (4),100 (A-N4) pp., 2 folded engraved maps (Zuyder deel van West-Indien and Noorder del van West-Indien). Maps shaved at bottom. With 4 large woodcut initials, yellow coloured. Lower margins occassionally cut close. Lower part of title-page lacks, but 3 last lines present with printing place and printer/year. A second part was published, but the parts were sold separately. The offered copy corresponds to Sabin,11607.

Paris, Iehan Petit, Venditur in vico diui Iacobi sub Leone Argenteo, 1507. Small 4to. Bound in a fine full calf pastiche-binding with five raised bands and blindtooled ornamentation to boards. Tile-page with large printers woodcut-device, verso of title-page a large wood-engraving showing the author seated in his study surrounded by books. Three small holes to first leaf, not affecting text, otherwise a good copy. 30 ff. Uncommon second edition of Bede’s influential treatise on the chronology of the six ages of the world, containing various aspects of chronology and issues regarding the Christian calendar being “the earliest comprehensive treatment of this subject”. Here Bede focuses on calculating the century old problem of the date of Easter. “For more than eight hundred years, Bede’s De temporum ratione was the standard textbook for performing these calculations” (Encyclopaedia Britannica). “For this book helped to establish the custom of counting years from the birth of Christ. When we say that Queen Elisabeth II was born in 1926 (not ‘in the 16th year of the reign of George V’, or ‘in the year 2678 after the foundation of Rome’, or in the year after the 481st Olympiad’), we are indebted to the Venerable Bede.” (PMM p. 16) In Anglo-Saxon England during the mid-7th century, there was a ambition to separate the timing of Easter from the Jewish Passover calendar and to ensure its observance on a Sunday. Following in the footsteps of Christian scholars before him who delved into the issue of determining the correct date for Easter, Bede, in 725, aimed to clarify the ecclesiastical rationale behind the Synod of Whitby's 664-decision, which favored Roman customs over Irish practices. “The Reckoning of Time is about measuring time and constructing a Christian calendar, or what later medieval writers called computus. It is the earliest comprehensive treatment of this subject, for though there was an abundant calendar literature before Bede’s day, it was both fragmentary and partisan in character. (…) Bede’s book is very different in form and content. Although he is also the partisan of one form of Paschal table – the Alexandrian 19-year cycle, as elaborated by Dionysius Exiguus – he sought to establish its credibility by making it the basis of a comprehensive manual of time reckoning. It was a gamble that paid of. So lucid, thorough and well organized was Bede’s exposition, so easy was it to teach from and learn from, that it can be said to have not only guaranteed the ultimate success of Dionysius’ system, but to have made computes into a science, with a coherent body of precept and a technical literature of its own.” (Faith Wallis. Bede the Reckoning of Time).’. The editio princeps was published in 1505.

Leipzig, Weidmannschen Buchhandlung, 1790-91. Bound in 5 contemp. hcalf. Volume 1 not quite uniform. Spines gilt and titlelabels with gilt lettering. Wear to spines., especially volume 2 where upper compartment lacks some leather. Vol. 3 having a tear in leather at upper compartment. Some gilding weak and worn. Stamp on titlepages. 5 engraved titlevignettes. Vol.1: XXVIII,579 pp., 6 (of 8 ?) engraved plates (numb. 1-4 a. 7-8), 7 plates of inscriptions (on 4). One plate with 2 tears, repaired without loss and one large folded engraved map:"Charte zu der dreyjaehrigen Reise Flotte Salomons". - Volume 2: VIII,710 pp. - Vol. 3: VI,757 pp., 3 engraved plates and one large folded map: "Charte von den Quellen des Nils" - Vol. 4: IV,734 pp., 3 engraved plans. - Vol. 5: (4),384 pp., 46 engraved plates (on 37) and one arge folded engraved map: "Charte von den Arabischen Meerbusen". The maps fine and clean, but internally with traces of use. First German edition. - If Captain Cook was the first truly modern "scientific" maritime explorer, James Bruce has some claim to be the first scientific continental explorer. When he set out in 1768, his object was to establish the position of the source of the Nile for the sake of advancing knowledge. He did reach the source of the Blue Nile and provided a wealth of other geographical, botanical and archeaeological information on Ethiopia and the Nile Valley as well as gaining a unique knowledge of the Ethiopians as a result of his close involvement with them for two years. Volume 5 is devoted to the zoology and botany of Egypt, Arabia, Abysinia and Nubia and illustrated with 46 engravings.

Berlin, Duncker und Humblot, 1826. 4to. Contemp. hcalf. Part of spine lacks, some of spine loose. IV,387,(1) pp. and 5 folded engraved plates. Wide margins, on good paper, light marginal browning, a few scattered brownspots. The whole volume of "Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik. Herausgegeben von A.L. Crelle" Erster Band. In 4 Heften. Mit 5 Kupfern. Abel's papers: pp. 11-15, pp. 65-84, pp. 159-60, pp. 185-221, pp. 311-339, pp. 153-160, pp. 117-136. First edition of all 7 papers, among these 3 of Abel's masterpieces: his attempt to demonstrate the impossibility of solving the quintic equation algebraically (Beweis der Unmöglichkeit...), one of the most celebrated theorems in mathematics and here offered as no. 2, the first direct use and solution of an integral equation (Auflösung einer mechanischen Aufgabe), here offered as no 6, and his investigations into the domaine of convergence of the binominal series (Untersuchungen über die Reihe...), here offered as no. 5."Crelle's Journal was the leading German mathematical periodical during the nineteenth century. The first volume alone contains seven papers by Abel and the following volumes contains many more, most of them of preeminent importence in the history of mathematics. Among the first is the expanded version of the proof of the impossibility of the solution of the general quintic equation by radicals. Here Abel developed the necessay algebraic backgriund, including a discussion of the algebraic field of extensions." (DSB)."All of Abel's works carry the imprint of an ingenuity and force of thought which is unusual and sometimes amazing, even if the youth of the author is not taken into consideration. One may say that he was able to penetrate all obstacles down to the very foundations of the problems, with a force which appeared irresistible; he attacked the problems with an extraordinary energy...all the difficulties seemed to vanish under the victorious onslaught of his genius..." (A.L. Crelle).Also contained in this volume is : "Über Gauss Methode, die Werthe der Integrale nährungsweise zu finden.", pp. 301-307.

Gotha, Julius Perthes, 1855-1874. 4to. Bound in 18 contemp. hcalf, some wear to the first 10 vols., some a bit rubbed. Some scattered brownspots to the first volumes. Gilt spines. Wear to top of spines. With a huge amount of original maps, plates, profiles etc., lithographed and engraved, large and folded and mainly in colour. This set does not include the "Ergänzungsbände". The first 19 (lacking vol. 14) volumes of this importent periodical from its "Golden Period". "Petermann's Mittheilungen" became the leading geographic publication of the world and remained so until World War I. All the new geographical discoveries, all the reports from the latest exploratory expeditions were published, and flowed into Petermann's Geographische Anstalt, and he took care to see that it was translated into cartographic form as quickly as possible. The maps soon came to have a reputation for containing the latest and the most accurate information available. Not only German, but international readers as well, came to see the 'Mitteilungen' as an indispensable organ for the world of geographical research.

(Amsterdam, 1584-1605). 34x51,5 cm. Kobberstukket søkort over Nordsøen og Kattegat (vandene omkring Skagen) med Nordjylland i midten, fra Skagen til Ålborg og Rinkkøbing. Med Læsø. Stor kompasrose, skibe i søen. Kortet er orienteret med syd øverst. Brede marginer, fin stand. Yderst sjældent søkort over danske farvande af "den første store søkorttegner af internationalt format" Det pragtfulde kort her er fra en fransk udgave (fransk tekst på bagsiden) af Waghenaer's berømte søkortatlas i lille folio "Spieghel der Zeewart" som udkom 1583-85.Kortet er gengivet hos Bramsen p. 61. - Nørlund: 32.

Kopenhagen, Nicolaus Möller, 1772. 4to. Later halcalf (around 1850). Gilt spine. Gilt lettering. Engraved titlevignette. XLVII,(1),431,(1) pp., 1 large folded map, handcoloured in outline (Terræ Yemen) and 24 engraved plates (of which 6 are charts, 2 handcoloured, many large folded). Printed on good paper. A few minor marginal brownspots. The folded map with faint dampstain in top of the map. First edition of Niebuhr's famous classical account of his Arabian travel, being the first scientific expedition to Arabia Felix. Having the famous map of Yemen (35x55 cm.) in outline colouring and the large folded map of the Arab Gulf (Mare Rubrum seu Sinus Arabicus), which is the first map at all to mention Kuwait."Niebuhr was one of the best scientific travellers that ever lived... His works have long been classical, and even noW must be consulted by any who desires to have the most trustworthy accounts,.." (Enc. Brit. 9th ed.).

Upsala, Joh. Henr. Werner, 1718. Indbundet UBESKÅRET i et smukt senere halvbind i pergament med forgyldt rygtitel i skind. Permer med overtræk af gammelt papir af klistermarmor. Titelbladet trykt i rød og sort. (2),70 pp. Lille hul nederst på sidste blads margin, en svaghed i papiret. Rent frisk eksemplar med brede marginer (ubeskåret !).Bound uncut in a very nice later half vellum binding w. gilt leather title-label. Old marbled paper over boards. Title-page printed in red and black. A small hole to the margin of final leaf, due to a weakness in the paper. A nice, clean copy with wide margins (uncut!). (2), 70 pp. Originaludgaven. Der findes mindst 5 varianter, som adskiller sig ved de anvendte citater , dels på titelbladet, dels på dennes bagside (se Gustav Rudbecks afhandling i Nordisk Tidsskrift för Bok-og Biblioteksväsen), hvor Rudbeck opstiller 5 varianter. Her antages de eksemplarer, som har citat af Ruffus Ephesius på titelbladet, at være blandt de første tryk. Vores eksemplar har følgende karakteristika: 1. Rufus-citatet på titelbladet - 2. Titelbladets verso har kun et stort trykkermærke (uden citater). Trykkermærket med stiliserede blade og fugl Phønix svævende over et bål belyst af solens stråler, og med et bånd hvorpå "Qui aluit Spero reseminabit". 3. Uden det senere trykte tillægsblad til siderne 15-16, men med det oprindelige "Tale" som fangord. 4. Bogen afsluttes med en i rødt trykt fugl Phønix. - At Rufus-trykket hører til de første varianter støttes endvidere af det faktum at ordet "Vederbörandes" er sat så højt på titelbladet at der ingen afstand er mellem dette og linjen ovenover. Sætningen af dette ord synes rettet i de senere tryk.Scarce first edition of the first handbook of Swedish anatomy. The importance of the work also lies in its introduction of several anatomical terms to Swedish.Roberg was the teacher of Carl Linné, and he taught medicine at Uppsala University from 1697 until 1740. He also founded the Nosocomium academicum, the later Uppsala Academy Hospital. There are at least five variant-printings of the first edition. Our copy seems to be the first, which is very scarce. The variants are difficult to determine, but the pointers are to be found in the quotations in the recto and verso of the title-page. According to Gustav Rudbeck's essay in "Nordisk Tidsskrift för Bok-og Biblioteksväsen", the copies with quotation of Ruffus Ephesius on the title-page are among the first issues. Our copy has the following pointers: 1. Rufus-quotation on the title-page, 2. The verso of the title-page only has the large printer's device (stylized leaves, and the bird Phoenix hovering above a fire, lit up by the rays of the sun, with a band with the words "Qui aluit Spero reseminabit") and no quotations. 3. Without the later printed addition to the pages 15-16, but with the original "Tale" as catch.word. 4. The last leaf ends with a Phoenix bird printed in red.That the Rufus-printings belong among the first, is further backed by the fact that the word "Vederbörandes" is placed so high on the title-page that there is no distance between that and the line above it. The placing of this word seems to be corrected in later issues.

Amsterdam, Ludwich Elzeviern, 1648. Folio. Cont. full vellum, richly blindtooled covers in Dutch style. remains of ties. Upper part of spine and block a bit compressed due to shrinking of spine-vellum. The engraved title depicting the author showing a geometrical drawing to William Prince of Orange. Engraved title. (6),475 pp. and 70 double-page engraved plates. Margin of title with old owners name. A small rubberstamp on title. A few leaves and a few plates with rather faint dampstaining, a few plates with small marginal tears (no loss of image) and 2 plates a bit soiled. 4 plates loose. First German edition. This was the largest work hitherto published on fortification, and it is specially interesting for containing 29 plans of European fortresses. It was originally published in Latin the year before and a French translation appeared the same year as this German edition."Magnifique publication, orné de 29 figures de fortifications et de 41 plans de villes, en tout 70 grandes planches hors texte. L Elzevier a tiré parti de ces planches en publiant dès l'année suivante des traductions de l'ouvrage en francais et en allemand." (Willems, Les Elzevier No 1064). - Sotheran Second Suppl. No 20981 (French edition) - Brunet II:788. - Klaus Jordan No 911. - Sloos, Warfare and the Age of Printing, 8029.

Neuchatel, (Aux frais de L'Auteur Imprimerie de Petitpierre, 1840 - (1845). Folio. Bound uncut in one later full blue cloth w. gilt back. A faint stamp to title-page. (6), II, 58 pp.; XXII, 141, (3) pp.; 143-230, (1) pp.; 231-287 pp., 105 lithographed plates with numerous figures. Internally fine, with only a few scattered brownspots and a bit of foxing to a few quires. The scarce first edition of Agassiz' important work on the fossil mollusks, which helped change the study of fossils and the understanding of natural history.The famous Swiss-American paleontologist and geologist, Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (1807-1873), counts as one of the most important contributors to the understanding of the natural history of the earth and the creatures on it. "By 1873, despite Darwin, Agassiz' name was synonymous with the study of natural history." (D.S.B. I:74).Agassiz was born in Fribourg in Switzerland in 1807. He originally studied medicine but went on to also study philosophy and biology at the universities of Zürich, Heidelberg and Munich. In Erlangen he received the doctorate of both philosophy (1829) and medicine (1830). After that, he moved to Paris, where he got personally acquainted with Humboldt and Cuvier, who put him on the track of geology and zoology, the two disciplines that later came to be so closely connected to his name. Initially, the study of ichthyology was that brought him worldwide fame. In 1846 Agassiz travelled to America in order to give a lecture at the Lowell Institute in Boston and in order to study the natural history and geology of North America. Agassiz ended up staying in America, where he was became professor at the University of Harvard. "Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz, a Swiss naturalist, was appointed in 1848 professor of zoology at Harvard University where he founded the museum of comparative Zoology and became one of the greatest teachers of biology and natural sciences of the nineteenth century." (Printing and the Mind of Man 309 (main reference: Agassiz' "Études sur les Glaciers, 1840).Agassiz was a hugely influential but later also controversial scientist. His discoveries in many branches of natural history, from that of mollusks and fish to that of glaciers were of groundbreaking character and they greatly influenced the biologists, zoologists and geologists of his time; however, he did not himself subscribe to the ideas that his discoveries prompted and he was later viewed quite critically as a supporter of radical racial theories, causing his work to be termed "scientific racism". "Ironically his many important discoveries provided much material for men such as Darwin and Lyell, while his conservative philosophical assumptions led him to resist dogmatically the great changes in the interpretation of nature that they were bringing about." (PMM 309). The present work constitutes an excellent example of Agassiz' amazing desire to record data and present it accurately and precisely described, which led him to become one of the most important naturalists of classical biology at a time when it faced the transition to evolutionary biology. "Agassiz (1807-1873) was born in Switzerland, and rose to distinction by his scientific work in Europe, but he went to the United States when he was still only forty-two years of age, and spent the last twenty-seven years of his life as an energetic and successful leader of science in his adopted home. His fame is thus both European and American, and the geologists of New England, not less than those of Switzerland, may claim him as one of their most distinguished worthies." (Archibald Geike in The Founders of Geology). Nissen ZBI:39 - BMC (NH) I:p.17.

Paris, Charles-Antoine Jambert, 1737-38. 4to. Bound in 2 cont. full mottled calf. 6 raised bands, richly gilt spines. Titlelabels with gilt lettering. Gilt borders on covers. A paperlabel pasted on upper compartment. Stamps on foot of title-pages. Engraved frontispiece (by Cochin), title ind red/black, (6) pp. (= dedication a Monsieur Turgot), XVI,198; VII,(3) ,180,(2 - errata) pp. Volume one having 44 fine engraved plates (42 double-or triple-page, 2 single-page) and 9 engraved head- and tail-pieces. Volume two having 108 fine engraved plates (numb. 1-98, nos. 23, 24, 99 lacks, no 25 omitted and 13 with double- or triple numbering) and 3 head- and tail-pieces. Most of the plates drawn and engraved by Blondel. All text-pages printed within a borderline. Light toning to inner margins in volume one.On good thick paper, fresh and clean. First edition, first issue (errata leaf and "Rue St. Jacques" for the printer on title) of Blondel's main architectural work, his monumental four-volume encyclopaedia of French buildings, which also constitutes his first work. The work is one of the most influential architectural treatises of the eighteenth century, as well as being one of the most comprehensive, beautiful and celebrated architectural works of the Rococco-period.Jacques-François Blondel (1705-74) is considered the most significant French architectural educator of the eighteenth century. After having produced his first work, the seminal "De la Distribution..." at the age of 33, Blodel was so admired that he was asked to produce engravings for the festival book commemorating the celebration of the wedding of Madame Elizabeth of France to Dom Philippe of Spain. In 1740 he opened the "Ecole des Arts" with his architectural courses and became one of the earliest founders of schools of architecture in France, for which he was distinguished by the French Academy. Both through these couses and his works, he greatly influenced many later architects, such as Brongniart, Chalgrin, Desprez, Rondelet, as well as many other Europeans, who took Neoclassicism back with them from Paris. In 1755 he was inducted into the Académie Archtecture and he was appointed architect to Louis XV. He also contributed to the great Éncyclopédie of Diderot and d'Alembert.The first volume of his main work deals with the design of houses, the second with exterior ornamentation and interior designs and lay-out of gardens. Brunet I:977; Cohen-Ricci: 156-57.

London, Taylor and Co./ J. Davies, 1790-1810 8vo. Bound in 31 contemp. uniform green hmorocco. Spines gilt. Binding a bit rubbed. Last volume loosening. A few inner hinges weakening. With 1950 fine handcoloured engraved plates (of 2232). The lacking plates distributed over the whole series. Each plate with descriptive text (3 plates with text in facsimile). A few plates with some brownspots, but nearly all plates fine and clean. First edition, being the first 31 volumes of 36 published.Pritzel 8789 - Nissen, 2225.

Kjøbenhavn [Copenhagen], 1843-1845. 8vo. Near contemporary half calf with richly gilt spine. Binding with very light wear. Front free end-paper with the ownership-inscription of Michael Bentzon and his acquisition date of 1855 (the same year that Kierkegaard died). Some brownspotting here and there and the first couple of leaves of "To opbyggelige Taler, 1844" with a damp stain. Neat underlinings in the text as well as several marginalia, mostly in pencil. A very good copy indeed. (IV), 52, 62, 84, 59, 70, 111pp. Complete with all the half-titles and the joint title-page (without the blank leaf after the preface of "To opbyggelige Taler, 1844" - which is not called for and hardly ever present). First edition of Kierkegaard's important Eighteen Upbuilding Discourses, which comprise his two, three, and four upbuilding discourses from the years 1843-45, with the joint title-page of all eighteen. The work constitutes Kierkegaard's religious works, which supplement his theological and philosophical ones.The first upbuilding discourses were published the same year as Either-Or, and it is interesting to note that in opposition to his major philosophical works, the religious upbuilding discourses actually bear the name of the author on the title-page, -a fact that was by no means incidental. While the pseudonymous works could make one doubt the religiousness of the author, the parallelly written religious discourses stress the fact that we are dealing with an author, who was religious from the very beginning, -a fact that Kierkegaard also wished to underline himself; in his journals he clearly states that the religious discourses bear as much significance for his work as a whole as do the larger pseudonymous works, "I began with "Either-Or" and two upbuilding discourses..." he says, and explains that he intended the upbuilding, the religious, to advance, and that he wanted to show "that the writer was not an esthetic author who in the course of time grew older and for that reason became religious" (Journals, IX A 227).The importance of the upbuilding discourses and the close relationship they have with the major works and Kierkegaard's philosophical development is also stressed by the fact that every pseudonymous work was accompanied by a little collection of "upbuilding discourses" until "Concluding Postscript" appeared.Himmelstrup 85.

København, Athenæum, 1943. 8vo. Uncut in the original printed wrappers. Illustration on front wrapper by Arne Ungermann. With dedication from the author to front free end-paper: "Niels Høst / Med venlig Hilsen / Tove Ditlevsen / 4-12-43". (i.e. English: "Niels Høst / With kind regards / Tove Ditlevsen / 4-12-43"). Bookseller-label pasted on to verso back-wrapper. Light miscolouring to spine, otherwise very fine and clean. First edition, with author’s presentation inscription, of Ditlevsen’s magnum opus, perhaps her most read and beloved book. Ditlevsen is considered one of the most important and unique voices in twentieth-century Danish literature and many of the themes she touches upon rings a universal bell. Her works are particularly valuable as they dramatize the consequences of locking women into marriage, into the roles of wife and mother. A main theme in Ditlevsen’s authorship is class, but despite the proletarian milieu, the theme in Barndommens Gade is more that of gender. “The narrator shows solidarity in her account of a working-class childhood, but she nevertheless lets the central character judge the milieu from the perspective of middle-class values. This is especially true of the outspoken and brutal attitude to sexuality – which the narrator calls “unclean” – on the street and in the backyard. “Rough hands grope the body and bare it to the fleeing gaze.” When menstruation sets in, the “uncleanliness” enters the child’s world: “one morning, the mothers’ bloody inheritance comes with shame and harm to the untouched”." (Lise Busk-Jensen, The Labyrinth of Memory) In 2021, The New York Times, The New Yorker and The Guardian elected Tove Ditlevesen's recently translated "The Copenhagen Trilogy” as book of the year and celebrated Ditlevsen as one of the most important authors in 20th century literature. The book was made into a film in 1986 under title “Early Spring”.

Paris, Moutard, Panckoucke, 1785. 4to. Extract from "Mémoires fe Mathematique et de Physique, Présentés à l'Academie des Sciences par divers Savans", Tome X. Withtitlepage to vol. X. Pp. 131-332 and 5 folded engraved plates. The memoir has also its own titlepage. Fine and clean. Wide-margined. First edition of this monumentalwork by which Coulomb CREATED THE SCIENCE OF FRICTION."1781 saw him win the Academy prize for his mémoir "Théorie des Machines Simples," in which the results of his experiments on the friction of different bodies slipping on one another (dry, or coated with greasy substances) were presented."(Timoshenko p. 48)."Coulomb’s most celebrated study, one that brought him immediate acclaim, was "Théorie des machines simples," his prize-winning friction study of 1781. He investigated both static and dynamic friction of sliding surfaces and friction in bending of cords and in rolling. From examination of many physical parameters, he developed a series of two-term equations, the first term a constant and the second term varying with time, normal force, velocity, or other parameters. In agreement with Amontons’s work of 1699, Coulomb showed that in general there is an approximately linear relationship between friction and normal force; but he extended the investigation considerably to show complex effects due to difference in load, materials, time of repose, lubrication, velocity, and other considerations. Coulomb’s work in friction remained a standard of theory and experiment for a century and a half, until the advent of molecular studies of friction in the twentieth century. To quote Kragelsky and Schedrov’s recent monograph (p. 52) on the history of friction: "Coulomb’s contributions to the science of friction were exceptionally great. Without exaggeration, one can say that he created this science."(DSB).Poggendorff I:487.,

Leipzig und Winterthur, 1775, 1776 u. 1778. Large 4to. Bound in 3 contemp. full mottled calf. Spines with raised bands. Richly gilt compartments. Titlelabels with gilt lettering. Light wear to spine-ends. Top of spine on volume 4 with loss of 2 small pieces of leather. Front inner joint on volume 1 weakening. On all upper covers the crowned gilt monogram of Count A.G. Moltke. 4 engraved titlevignettes. Vol.I: VIII,(12),272,(8) pp. and 60 engraved plates (of 62 ?) - Vol. II: (10),292,(8) pp. and 106 engraved plates. - Vol. IV: XII,490,(10) pp. and 62 plates. With around 350 larger and smaller textengravings. Engravings by Chodowiecki and others. Few scattered brownspots, mainly marginal to some plates. In general a clean wide-margined copy, printed on good paper. A small engraved bookplate with coat of arms on inside frontcovers "Ex Legato Petri Collett". A mall stamp on foot of title-pages "Univ. Bibl. Kristiania Dbl.". First edition. (Unfortunalely lacking volume III). In this famous work Lavater introduced the idea that physiognomy was related to the specific character traits of individuals."The fame of this book, which found admirers in France and England as well as Germany, rests largely upon the handsome style of publication and the accompanying illustrations. The two principal sources from which Lavater developed his physiognomical studies were the writings of the Italian polymath Giambattista della Porta, and the observations made by Sir Thomas Browne in his Religio Medici."

Halle-Saale, C.E.M. Pfeffer (Robert Stricker), 1891. 8vo. Nice contemporary red half cloth with gilt title and gilt lines to spine. A very nice, clean, and fresh copy. XVI, 324 (last p. errata) pp. The very rare first edition of Husserl's first major work, "The Philosophy of Arithmetic".Initially a student of mathematics, Husserl began attending Brentano's lectures on psychology and philosophy in Vienna and decided to devote himself primarily to philosophy. In 1887 he wrote "Über den Begriff der Zahl", on which his first proper scientific work which appeared four years later is based. In his "Philosophy of Arithmetic" he wishes to provide a sound foundation for mathematics by combining it with philosophy and psychology, here analyzing the psychological processes necessary for the concept of number, -a variant of the psychologism, he later came to criticize so severely. The book was met with instant positivity and received much warm praise, though one person criticized it to bits: Gottlob Frege. Frege who was one of the sharpest and most important logicians of the 19th century had shown that the sentences of arithmetic were analytical, and that arithmetic could be regarded as a branch of logic. He thus built the foundation of mathematical logistics. In spite of him being the chief logician of the 19th century, Frege was barely recognized in his lifetime, and he was barely read by his contemporaries. Husserl, however, did study him intensively, and we know for a fact that he knew all of Frege's works (at least until the year 1893), and it is likely that it was Frege who had inspired his interest in the relationship between the formalities of arithmetic and of logic. In this early work Husserl sharply attacks Frege and his anti-psychologism, and he sets out to define the natural numbers by counting with the methods of descriptive psychology (primarily Brentano's). It is to be noted, however, that the form of psychologism of logic and mathematics which he so sharply attacks in his logical investigations differs somewhat from the sort presented in his early work.The "Philosophy of Arithmetic" is also hugely interesting in the attempt to determine the philosophical development of the greatest philosopher of the very late 19th-20th century. He himself states that already before the work was published, he had changed his mind, and he had actually been in doubt as to psychologism from the very beginning. As opposed to what is frequently stated, Frege's attacks on Husserl's work is not fully justified, which Frege probably also recognized himself. Husserl actually does distinguish between subjective representation and objective representation, and objectivism is clearly stated in the "Philosophy of Arithmetic". Thus Husserl here actually, independent of Frege, reaches the same theory of sense and reference as him, and Frege also recognized this. Frege's attacks were probably to a large extent aimed at the current ideas of the foundations of arithmetics at the Berlin School of Weierstrass, but these differed from Husserl's point of view in a number of ways.Still, Husserl's notion of logic and mathematics must not be confused with Frege's; -for Frege Arithmetic can be derived from logic; for Husserl mathematics is the ontological correlate of logic, but the two cannot be reduced to one another. Husserl is now famous as the father of phenomenology, and he decisively influenced the likes of Heidegger, Sertre, Carnap, Merleau-Ponty, Levinas, Ricoeur, Derrida etc. etc.

Amsterdam, d'Estienne Roger, 1702-07. Small 8vo. (15,5 x 10,5 cm.). Bound in 7 contemp. full calf. Richly gilt spines, titlelabels with gilt lettering. 3 titlelabels gone. Slightly rubbed, a few repairs to top of spines. Stamp on title-page and verso of. 7 engraved frontispieces. Ca. 4500 pp., 69 engraved plates, mostly large folded maps and charts.