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Two parts [of five] in one binding. Ex officina Roberti Stephani [Estienne], Paris 1538. Folio. 158 + (96 pages of index) + 416 pages. Bound in a later [ca. 1700?] half vellum binding. No spine title. Some edgewear. First woodcut titleleaf with a restoration to the lower part [not affecting the woodcut] and two old stamps. Second woodcut titleleaf with a cut-out, restored with hand drawing in old hand, as well as various old name, one dated 1594 [Nicolaus Forssaeus Andelocen]. Small holes to the margin of the last leaf, not affecting text. * Two parts [of five] of Robert Estienne's great Cicero edition from 1538-39.

Verlag der Buchhandlung Walter König, Köln 2008. 395 pages. Original full gray cloth in dust wrapper. Spine very slightly cocked. Lower rear corner bumped. Wrappers with light creasing along edges. Very good-/very good wrappers. * An artist's book, built on several rules or concepts: The texts are a randomly generated mix of words from a magazine, the photograhic images of the wood and it's trees were sorted by composition, rather than by what they otherwise convey.

Nat Fleischer, New York 1929. 309 pages. Illustrated in b/w. Contemporary blue half leather. Extremely light wear to edges. Spine very slightly faded. Inside crisp and clean. Near fine. * The Ring Athletic Library - Book no. 5.**Author's Autograph Edition printed in 250 copies (this copy is no. 124). Each numbered and signed by Jack Dempsey and the author.

Illustré de dix-sept eaux-fortes originales par Frédéric Jacque. Ferroud/Benezit-Constant, Paris No date [1891]. 4to. (4)+164+(4) pages. Bound untrimmed in a contemporary black half marocco binding. Only slight traces of use. Interior is nice and clean, except for a darkening by a small paper strip that has been laid in between the verso of the half title and the verso of the frontespiece portrait. * * Number 260 of 500 copies printed on Papier de Hollande (of a total of 550 copies in all). Beautiful etchings.

3 volumes. Taschen, Köln 2007. Folio. 1008 pages. Richly illustrated in b/w and colour. Original light cloth with pastedowns in colour to all exterior boards. In original slipcase, clad in cloth with colour illustrations to sides. Lower spine ends and lower parts of slipcase with brown stains. Lower spine end of first volume with a little creasing. Light wear and rubbing to exterior. Insides fresh and clean. Slipcase with light wear. * Introduction by Owen Edwards. **Heavy item - extra shipping charges may apply.

Editions de Minuit, Paris, 1950. Folio. (12) + 132 pages (including 33 original litographs)+ 33 loose, original litographs. Loose, in the original wrapper in the original cardboard cover with cloth spine, in the original slipcase. Slipcase with some traces of use and spots. One bump to the lower left corner of the leaves. * Number 8 of only 10 copies printed on Vélin de Rives, with an entire extra run of the 33 litographs enclosed.

Trykt hos Johann Christoph Groth, København (1741). 4to. (8)+184 sider. Mangler de to kortplancher. Smukt pastiche-halvbind af brunt kalveskind med tidstypisk rygforgyldning.

Paa Forfatterens Forlag, København 1819. (6)+144+(2) sider. Trykt på skrivepapir. Samtidigt helbind af brunmarmoreret kalveskind med rygforgyldning og udvendige guldbordurer. Exlibris (Holger Gabrielsen). Ryggen og udvendige false med skrammer. * Med usædvanlig dedikation fra Baggesen på indersiden af forsatsbladet: To Miss Anne Nieven from the Author. ** Plesner, s. 163. Bogen, der blev Baggesens sidst udgivne bog på dansk, indeholder talrige hentydninger til hans strid med Oehlenschlæger.

B. T. Batsford, London 1960. 4to. XL+707 pages, Illustrations in b/w. Publisher's blue cloth with dust wrappers. Bookplate on front pastedown. Fine/near fine-.

Imprimerie Adolphe Reiff, Paris 1893. (4)+362 sider. Indbundet ubeskåret med orig. foromslag i et smukt halvbind af brunt kalveskind med rygforgyldning. Velbevaret eksemplar. * Dejligt eksemplar af originaludgaven. Bogen blev forbudt og efter evne beslaglagt i Danmark, Norge og Sverige på grund af sit utugtige indhold.

A Ioach. Camerario. Apud Ioannem Wechelum, sumptibus Nicolai Bassaei, Frankfurt 1593. 16mo [9 x 13 cm]. 848 pages. Contemporary full vellum binding with initials 'CVM' and '1603' as well as some ornaments and borders blindstamped to the boards. Titleleaf with old names. The first leaves somewhat dampstained. Corners to both binding and leves a bit worn. Overall condition: Very good. * Reprint of Joachim Camerarius the Elders acclaimed edition from 1552.

Bradbury & Evans, London 1848. 8vo. XVI+624+errata pages. Litographed frontispiece and title + 38 litographed plates. Contemporary red half morocco binding with spine neatly gilt and matching marbled side paper, edges and pastedowns. Three tears to the upper margin of p9. 69-74, not affecting the text, but affecting the page number 73/74 slightly. Plates with a bit of foxing (mostly to the margins), text leaves only with slight browning and foxing. Slight rubbing to the side paper. Bookplate inserted. * First book edition, first issue with the hook on the left hand on the frontespiece, the two-line errata and 'the Capatin' instead of Captain to the last line of p. 324.

1 side på fortrykt brevpapir (27,5 x 21 cm), dateret Hellerup 9. februar 1929. 40 linjer. Underskrevet i hånden, Hjertelig Hilsen, din hengivne Knud R.. Monteret på baggrund og indrammet bag glas og i ramme af forsølvede trælister. * Knud Rasmussen takker venligt nej til at skrive forord til en rejsebog af Ebbe Kornerup og fortæller detaljeret om vanskelighederne ved at få bøger ud i USA: I Amerika maa man paa en eller anden halsbrækkende Maade have henledt Opmærksomheden paa sig, før Ens Bøger bliver solgt, men kan man vinde en amerikansk Læsekreds, er den til Gengæld den største og den mest trofaste i Verden. Mig er det som sagt aldrig lykkedes.

Gyldendal, København 1844. Trykt hos Bianco Luno. Stor 8vo. Upagineret [ca. 120 tekstsider]. Illustreret med 96 håndkolorerede stik af planter og dyr [komplet]. Samtidigt halvbind af brunt kalveskind med tidstypisk rygforgyldning. Lidt læseskæv. Sider og plancher generelt lidt mørknede. Gl. navn på forsatsbladet (Haderslev lærde Skole). * Hæderligt eksemplar af dette fine lille plancheværk. ** Illustrated with 96 hand-coloured engravings depicting animals and plants.

Jacques-Francois Quillau, Paris 1747. XLVIII+528 pages + 5 foldable plates. Contemporary half calf binding. Spine richly gilt, but with a couple of old worm holes. Inscription to the inner board. Printed on good paper. * First edition of this French introduction to Newtons philosophie and mathematics.

8 bind. S. Paulsens Forlag, København 1793-1805. Samtidige halvlæderbind i flammet kalv. Titelfelterne slidte. Permer og sidepapir med brugsspor. Navnetræk på fribladene. Portræt af Tode på frontespiece i bind 1. Kobberstukne titelblade. * Det er sjældent at se alle otte bind sammen. Dette sæt afviger sågar fra beskrivelsen i Ehrencron-Müller ved at have smudstitelblade i bind 5-8, der viser den komplette nummerering fra 1-8.Indeholder 1: Fabler og Fortællinger (1793); 2: Viser og Selskabssange (1797); 3: Folkemedicin (1795); 4: Diætetiske Afhandlinger (1798); 5: Moralske og Satiriske Afhandlinger (1793); 6: Diætetiske Afhandlinger (1794); 7: Første Supplement: Kierligheds Nytte eller tre Dages Tildragelser (1803); 8: Andet Supplement: Smaafortællinger og Anekdoter (1805).

Pour Iacob Stoer [Genève] 1609. 16mo. 434+(20) leaves. Bound in a contemporary, charming half calf binding, spine richly gilt. Expertly restored and rebacked. Old name to the verso of the titleleaf [dated 1706]. Nice copy. * The main work of Guazzo [1530-1596], set up as a philosophical discussion between Hannibal and a knight.

Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. David McKay Company, Philadelphia 1929. 4to. 232 pages. Illustrated in b/w and 12 full colour plates. Bound untrimmed in the publisher's deluxe vellum binding. The spine has been restored with white cloth and the original vellum backstrip [with a couple of closed cracks] has been reattached, making it a solid and readable copy [unlike many others where the vellum is brittle and the hinges cracked]. Binding a bit rubbed and soiled and with slight edgewear. * Signed by Rackham. Number 21 of 200 numbered copies made for the US [of a total of 775 copies, with 575 copies for the UK].** Beautiful edition of Goldsmith's classic 18th century novel.

Two parts in one binding. Georg Ritter v. Mösle, Wien 1815. 244+438 pages + 27 foldable plates [complete]. Bound in a nice, contemporary half calf binding. Stamp to the titleleaf [sold from a Danish military library]. Near fine. * Nice and extensive work on military drills. Anton, Freyherrn von Zach [1747-1826] was born in Pest, and was part of the Austrian defeat against the French at the Battle of Marengo in 1800m, where he was captured by Napoleon. His further participation in the Napoleonic wars weren't exactly flashing, but he certainly could drill his soldiers!

Unter Mitwirkung des Professors Carl Ritter. Berlin, in der Nicolaischen Buchhandlung 1846. Folio. With 24 double paged handcoloured maps. With introduction (one leaf) and two large, foldable text leaves - printed on both sides. Bound in a contemporary half binding. Spine and corners professionally renew. Upper board with gilt title. A couple of maps with some foxing, but generally very nice and clean.

Carit Andersens Forlag, København u.å. 164 sider. Illustreret i s/h. Indbundne med originale omslag samt rygstriber i fire helbind af gedeskind [Venedig dog i pergament] i forskellige farver med monteret marmoreret papir [originale linoleumstryk af Jens-Juncker Jensen] på permerne. Bindene udført af Henning Jensen, der har vedlagt en håndskrevet julehilsen til Juncker-Jensen, hvis exlibris også sidder på inderpermerne. Pergamentbindet lidt nusset. * Mageløst indbundet sæt af Sadolins skattede bøger fra Italiens store kulturbyer.

In: Leitfaden zur Nordischen Alterthumskunde, herausgegeben von der königlichen Gesellschaft für Nordische Alterthumskunde, Copenhagen 1837 (p. 25-68). 8vo. (2)+108 pages. Woodcut illustrations. Publisher's printed wrappers. Untrimmed and uncut. Spine-strip with tear. * A fine copy of of this crucial archeological treatise: In his article, Christian Jürgensen Thomsen (1788-1865) for the first time establishes a cronological system to view the earliest part of history with a division into Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age. He established the system based on observations of items, not on reading. This fundamental work was published in Danish in 1836, but immediately translated into German by professor Christian Paulsen to have Thomsen's pioneering thesis known by an international audience. Besides establishing a system for archeology, Christian Jürgensen Thomsen became the founder of the Danish National Museum.

Fain, [Paris] 1809. 8vo. (8)+59+(1) pages. Bound with: [ANONYMOUS (BUTTURA, ANTONIO?) (transl.)] L'arte poétique de Boileau/L'arte poetica di Boileau. No printer or date (Paris c. 1810?). 136 pages. Bound in a fine contemporary binding of red morocco with richly gilt spine, outside and inside borders, all three edges gilt and endpapers of green silk (Lefevre). Lower corners slightly bumped. Slight foxing. * Fine binding from the Napoleonic era. An Italian tribute to Napoleon who then had been master of Italy since 1797.

2 volumes in one binding. Philibert, Copenhagen 1764-66. 142;382 pages + 14 foldable plates with a total of 148 plants. Contemporary full calf binding, spine richly gilt. Small parts of the top of the spine missing. Spine with superficial cracks. Some dampstaining to the first leaves, a section of leaves in the book, and to the last plates. * Scarce. Oeder [1728-91] wrote this book on Danish botany alongside publishing the most beautiful botanical work of Scandinavia, the renowed Flora Danica [1761-1883]. The plates for the present book are somewhat more modest, but are still called Flora Danica in the top corner.

2 volumes in 1. Verlag von Carl B. Lorck, Leipzig 1847. Engraved portrait on frontispiece. (5)+122+159 pages, including both titlepages as well as titlepages for 'Gesammelte Werke'. Publisher's redbrown cloth with richly gilt spine and blindtooled ornamentation on boards; gilt flower vignette on front boards. Bookplates on front pastedown. Slight foxing. * The first official autobiography by Hans Christian Andersen, which was published as part of a German edition of his collected works in 1847. A Danish edition of was not published until 1942; an English, however, already later in 1847. Prior to this autobiography, Andersen had written a private text for the family Collin in Copenhagen, his mentors and supporters through the first difficult years, first published in 1926. 'Das Märchen meines Lebens' for the first time links Andersen's entire production closely to the 'fairy tale' of his life and consolidated his European fame.