Berlin Fred. D�mmler's 1850. 4to. In contemporary marbled paper covered boards. Spine loose and light wear to extremties internally fine and clean. 86 pp. � First edition of Grimm's important work which he considered one of the very earliest to introduce cremation to the modern western world. <br><br>Here Grimm traces cremation through the history of Western civilization and illustrated its aesthetic and ennobling benefits with a host of examples from various cultures which to him represented "stages in the refinement of humankind". <br>"While he described cremation as "progress in the mental education of the people". He dedicated the bulk of his speech to funerary rituals among ancient Greeks and Romans whom he revered. Grimm focused on ethnological descriptions of cremation practices but he also mentioned practical advantages like improvising hygiene saving space and making the transport of remains easier. To preempt potential objections about the Christian belief in resurrection he assured his audience that the physical product of incineration and decomposition were identical." Ameskamp On Fire - Cremation in Germany.<br><br>Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm 1785 - 1863 German philologist jurist and mythologist. He is best known as the discoverer of Grimm's Law the author of the monumental Deutsches W�rterbuch his Deutsche Mythologie and more popularly as one of the Brothers Grimm as the editor of Grimm's Fairy Tales hardcover
Dresden Arnoldischen Buchhandlung 1825-31. Bound in 8 uniform contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines. Title-and tomelabels with gilt lettering. Spines a bit rubbed. Stamps on title-pages. With 13 folded engraved plates. Volume 1 with a mild dampstain in upper part of leaves. A few scattered brownspots. Printed on good paper and in general clean. � First German edition of Berzelius main work contains many additions by the author not found in the swedish original. "Berzelius's work on the science of Chemistry in general is universally known. He mastered the whole of Chemistry as no one else has ever done since his time and he created something new in all the spheres in which he worked." unknown
Leipzig B. G. Teubner 1876. 8vo. Bound in recent full black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In "Mathematische Annalen" Volume 9. 1876. Entire volume offered. Library label pasted on to pasted down front free end-paper. Small library stamp to lower part of title title page and verso of title page. Very fine and clean. Pp.163-165 Entire volume: IV 575 pp. � First printing of L�roth's Theorem a celebrated case of rational variety within algebraic variety. "In 1876 he demonstrated the "Lueroth theorem" whereby each uni-rational curve in rational-Castelnuovo in 1895 proved the analogous but more difficul theorem for surfaces" DSB.<br><br>L�roth's problem concerns subextensions L of KX the rational functions in the single indeterminate X. Any such field is either equal to K or is also rational i.e. L = KF for some rational function F. In geometrical terms this states that a non-constant rational map from the projective line to a curve C can only occur when C also has genus 0. That fact can be read off geometrically from the Riemann-Hurwitz formula.<br><br>"In addition Lueroth worked in other areas of mathematics far removed from algebraic geometry. He obtained partial proof of the topological in variance of dimension proved in 1911 by L. Brouwer and following the work of Staudt did research in complex geometry. He was also involved in the logical researches of his friend Schroder and published two books in applied mathematics and mechanics. These were Grundriss der Meclumik in which he used the vector calculus for the first time and Vorlesungen Uber immerisches Rechnen. Lueroth collaborated in editing the collected works of Hesse and Grassmann." DSB hardcover
G�tersloh Bertelsmann 1898. Bound in two later full clothbindings. LXII 1312 pp. � Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm 1785 - 1863 German philologist jurist and mythologist. He is best known as the discoverer of Grimm's Law the author of the monumental Deutsches W�rterbuch his Deutsche Mythologie and more popularly as one of the Brothers Grimm as the editor of Grimm's Fairy Tales hardcover
Leipzig Grosse & Gleditsch 1695. 4to. Contemp. full vellum. Faint handwritten title on spine. A small stamp on titlepage and pasted library label to pasted down front free end-paper. In: "Acta Eruditorum Anno MDCXCV". 2 560 52 pp. 10 plates. As usual with various browning to leaves and plates. The entire volume offered. Leibniz's papers: pp. 145-57; 184-185; 310-316; 369-372; 493-495. Jacob Bernoulli's paper: pp. 537-553 one folding table; 65-66. Johann Bernoulli's: pp. 59-65; 374-376. � First printing of a series of influential papers by Leibniz Jacob Bernoulli and Johann Bernoulli.<br><br>First publication of Jakob Bernoulli's famous and influential "Bernoulli Equation". <br>In "Notatiuncula Constructiones Lineae" Bernoulli proposed a solution to non linear equations which today is one of the most common used solutions of the general fluid. Bernoulli equations are significant because they are nonlinear differential equations with known exact solutions. <br>In the "Specimen dynamicum" Leibniz presents a conception of body and force which distinct between primitive and derivative forces and between active and passive forces. This article is regarded as being the clearest exposition of Leibniz' dynamics. DSB VII 151b.<br><br>"The first attempt at a detailed account of the dynamics was a long dialogue the "Phoranomus seu de potentia et legibus naturae" written in July 1689 while Leibniz was in Rome. This was quickly followed be the composition of the massive Dynamica de potential et legibus naturae corporeae 1689-90 . Though it was written with the intention of publication and though Leibniz work at publishing it he never considered it entirely finished and it remained unpublished during his lifetime.<br>The later . he finally revealed some of the metaphysical foundations of the project in an essay the present paper." Garber Daniel. Leibniz: body substance monad. 2009. 132 p.<br><br>"Its title suggests a summary of or a selection from the earlier work . However it actually contains something in a way rather more interesting: a careful exposition of the metaphysical foundations of the new science something that is hard to find in the old Dynamica or any of the more Technical pieces." Garber Daniel. Leibniz: Body Substance Monad. 2009. 133 p. hardcover
Havni� H�ppfner 1793. Stort ubesk�ret eksemplar i orig. hollanderet papbd. Ryggen med lidt tab af papir. VIII476 pp. P� skrivepapir. Aldeles frisk uopsk�ret eksemplar. � Originaludgaven. Indeholder 26 latinske afhandlinger fra perioden 1764-89. - Bibl. Danica IV:151. unknown
Kopenhagen Matthias J�rgenssen 1663. 4to. Senere hshirtbd. Titelbladet er i besk�ret form p�klistret forpermen. 88 pp. Med talrige geometriske figurer og tr�snit en del helsides. Der mangler dedikationsbladet til Hans Schack auuff Meyelt�ndern og "Vorrede"anf�rt i Thesaurus II:711= fol 2-5.<br>The dedicationleaf and Vorrede = fol 2-5 lacks. Titlepage mounted on frontcover. � Bibl. Danica II:35. Meget tidlig dansk l�rebog i anvendt geometri. Hverken Bricka eller Ehrencron-M�ller anf�rer biografiske data men forfatteren kalder sig "Liebhaber des Ingenieurs-Kunst und Architect". Yderst sj�lden. - Extremely scarce Danish textbook in geometry lacking the introductory leafs. Richly illustrated with textfigures. - Thesaurus II:707 unknown
Leipzig Grosse & Gleditsch 1697. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Acta Eruditorum Anno MDCXCVII" No V May-issue. Pp. 193-240 entire issue offered. With titlepage to the volume 1697. Leibniz: pp. 201-205. Johann Bernoulli: pp. 206-211. Jacob Bernoulli: pp. 211-214. Newton: pp. 223-224. As usual some leaves with browning. � First appearance of the famous issue of Acta Eruditorum in which the 4 solutions by the 4 most eminent mathematicians at the time were printed together. There were in all 5 solutions to the posed problem and Newton's solution was first printed in the Philosophical Transactions January 1697 and reprinted here. The solution proposed by L'Hopital not printed here was not published until 1988.<br><br>The brachistochrone problem was posed by Johann Bernoulli in Acta Eruditorum in June 1696. He introduced the problem as follows: "I Johann Bernoulli address the most brilliant mathematicians in the world. Nothing is more attractive to intelligent people than an honest challenging problem whose possible solution will bestow fame and remain as a lasting monument. Following the example set by Pascal Fermat etc. I hope to gain the gratitude of the whole scientific community by placing before the finest mathematicians of our time a problem which will test their methods and the strength of their intellect. If someone communicates to me the solution of the proposed problem I shall publicly declare him worthy of praise."<br><br> Johann Bernoulli and Leibniz deliberately tempted Newton with this problem. It is not surprising given the dispute over the calculus that Johann Bernoulli had included these words in his challenge:- <br>."there are fewer who are likely to solve our excellent problems aye fewer even among the very mathematicians who boast that they. have wonderfully extended its bounds by means of the golden theorems which they thought were known to no one but which in fact had long previously been published by others."<br><br>According to Newton's biographer Conduitt he solved the problem in an evening after returning home from the Royal Mint. Newton: <br>. "in the midst of the hurry of the great recoinage did not come home till four in the afternoon from the Tower very much tired but did not sleep till he had solved it which was by four in the morning."<br><br>Newton send his solution to his friend Charles Montague and Montague published anonymously in the Transactions. Newton's solution presented here in the Acta is also anonymous. The episode did not please Newton as he later wrote: "I do not love to be dunned pestered and teased by foreigners about mathematical things ." <br><br>After the competition Johann Bernoulli said ". my elder brother made up the fourth of these after Leibniz himself and Newton that the three great nations Germany England and France each one of their own to unite with myself in such a beautiful search all finding the same truth."<br><br>Struik Edt. "A Source Book in Mathematics 1200-1800 pp. 391 ff. unknown
Amsterdam Hengst en Zoon 1816. 4to. No wrappers as issued. 468 pp. Offprint from "Koninklijk Nederlandsch Institut van Wetenschappen Letterkune." unknown
Weimar Landes=Industrie=Comptoirs 1815. Unbound but stitched. VI210 pp. and 1 large folded engraved map with some handcolouring "Charte derzwischen Schiraz und Constantinopel gelegenen L�nder.im Jahr 1801 verzeichnet sind." A bit of browning to leaves. � First German edition. Bibliothek der neuesten und wichtigsten Reisebeschreibungen.hrsg. von M.C. Sprengel 2. Bd.: 2.Theil. unknown
Milano P. Hugues 1822. Folio. 48x325 cm. Bound in one cont. hcalf richly gilt back and title-label with gilt lettering. Title-label a little torn. Lightly rubbed along edges and spine ends but good. Engraved ornamental title-page printed in brown. 6 engraved leaves with text and 4 plates with descendt-line skeletons etc. 17 printed leaves of text 25 engraved leaves with text Indices and text. And in all 89 fine stipple-engraved plates 4 separately numb. I-LXX I-XV. Plates with engraved frame and at bottom engraved text in Italian.<br>A large uncut copy with broad margins. Scattered marginal brownspots a few tears to margins images clean and bright. � Scarce title-issue of this important and perhaps the largest monograph on primates apes and monkeys from the 19th century by the French painter Nicholas Henri Jacob. The original issue was published in 2 parts 1812-14. This title-issue has a reset title-page a new dedication and the text beneath the image is in Italian. The illustrations in these splendid stipple-engravings are the same.<br>The plates depict apes monkeys and lemurs from the Old World and The New World in 5 Classes: 1. Genere; Orang; Pithecus. 2. Genere. Babbuino. 3. genere. Guenone; Cercopithecus. 4. Genere. Sapaj�; Cebus. 5. genere. Sapaj�-Sagoino; Callithrix.- Part II: Famiglia. I Maki; Lemures.<br>Wood p. 402. - BMC NH II:916 but with the year 1823 "This is the same as the original from 1812 except in the setting of the title-page of the dedication and of the translations of the introduction." - Nissen. 2080. unknown
Leipzig Johann Ambrosius Barth 1812. Without wrappers. In: "Annalen der Physik und der Physikalischen Chemie. Hrsg. Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert" Bd. 12 = Bd. 42 der Reihe Neuntes St�ck. Titlepage to vol. 12. Pp. 1-116 a. 1 engraved plate. The entire issue offered. Berzelius' paper: pp. 37-89. � First German edition of this classic paper in chemistry in which Berzelius presented his system of nomenclature to the scientific world. The paper was first preseted in French "Essay sur la nomenclature chimique" in Journal de Physique the year before 1811.<br><br>"Of his contributions moreover to the development of the atomic theory and the advancement of chemical science not the least valuable was the introduction of a chemical symbolism which with slight modifivcations is in use at the present day. By giving his symbols a quantitative meaning - the symbol of an element representing one atomic proportion by weight - it was possible "to show briefly and clearly the number of elementary atoms in each compound and after the determination of their relative weights present the results of each analysis in a si8mple and easely retained manner.". This symbolism was speedily adopted on the Continent but en England only after some considerable time."Findley "A Hundred Year of Chemistry" p. 14. - Holmberg Bibliografi �fver Berzelius 1812:7. unknown
Paris Crochard 1836. Berzelius's paper: pp. 146-151. Some browning to the first and last leaves. Some scattered brownspots. � First French edition of this importent paper in the history of chemistry in which Berzelius advanced the concept of 'Catalysis' and described inorganic reactions by way of metals and the biological reactions by enzymes. The paper on Catalysis was first published in his "�rsber�ttelse" Annual Survey in 1835. - Axel Holmberg 1836:14. - Partington IV pp. 263-64<br><br>"This is a new force in inorganic and organic nature bringing into being chemical activity and more widely distributed than has hitherto been thought the naure of which is completely concealed. If I all it a new force it is not my meaning that it is independent of the electrochemical relations of matter but on the contrary I can only assume that it is a special kind of manifestation of these. So long as its nature and relations are unknown it will be convenient to considerit a new force and to give it a name."Berzelius.<br>Parkinson "Breakthroughs" 1836 C.<br><br>The issue contains furthermore two importent papers by the founder of modern organic cemeistry Auguste Laurent "Sur l'Acide Naphtalique et ses Combinaisons" pp. 113-125 and "Th�orie des Combinaisons Organiques" pp. 125-151. And Avogadr: "Nouvelles recherches sur le Pouvoir Neutralisant de quelques Corps Simples. Extrait. Pp. 419-432.<br>Laurent: A founder of modern organic chemistry Laurent was one of the most important chemists of the nineteenth century. unknown
Amsterdam Petrus Schenk 1757-74. Large folio. 55 x 345 cm. A large uncut copy in contemp. marbled boards spine gone and later backed with buckram original corners in leather a bit bumped. Stamps on foot of first title-page. Halftitel title-pages in red/black with engraved vignettes. 22 engraved leafs with dedications 14;28 pp. and 25 24 large double-page or triple-page folded engraved plates 6 additional plates only sometimes present. With a total of 55 plates. On thick heavy paper wide-margined and internally fine and clean. � Second edition. "Tileman van der Horst and Jan Schenk produced the Theatrum Machinarium Univesale one of the most celebrated works on the construction of all those elements so necessary to keeping life dry in Amsterdam the place of the book�s publication. It was perhaps the most important work then produced on dikes sluices dams weirs canals and swing-bridges the very elements of existence in Holland. Jan Schenck was the engraver of this work which may also be the most accurate and the most sumptuously illustrated book of its type in Holland in the 18th century - the technical aspects of the rendering was just superb." - Brunet V1082 - Graesse VII 258. hardcover
Hauniae J.D. Qvist 1836. Orig. papbd. med overtr�k af lilla glanspapir. Ryg l�s og med en mangel nederst. 61102 pp. samt 2 store foldede litograferede plancher med talrige figurer visende operationsudstyr. Med dedikation p� fribladet "Herr Cand. chir. D. Scholten/ fungerende L�ge i Nyborg/ venskabeligst/ fra/ Forfatteren. � Originaltrykket af Bendz' disputats. unknown
London Robert Baldwin 1813. 8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Marbled boards. Spine lacks and boards loose. In: "Annals of Philosophy; or Magazine of Chemistry Mineralogy Mechanics. By Thomas Thomson". Vol. II. - VIII480 pp. a. 7 plates. Entire volume offered. Berzelius' paper: pp. 276-284 357-368. Some browning and brownspots to plates. � First printing of this milestone papers in the history of chemistry where Berzelius introduced his famous chemical symbolism the offered paper is the first on the subject - Leicester & Klickstein calls it the "Preliminary note whereby an element is generally represented by the first letter of its Latin name or in the event of elements having the same first letter by the first two letters. Even though his atomic symbols were introduced in 1813 see the note on p. 359 it was quite a few years before Berzelius's symbols were adopted by the chemistry community. But once accepted they became the new international language of chemistry. <br><br>Berzelius "contributed more to the development of the atomic theory and to the setting up of accurate values of the atomic weights than did any other worker of the time. Of his contributions moreover to the development of the atomic theory and the advancement of chemical science not the least valuable was the introduction of a chemical symbolism which with slight modification is in use at the present day. By giving his symbols a quantitative meaning - the symbol of an element representing one atomic proportion by weight - it was possible "to show briefly and clearly the number of elementary atoms in each compound and after the determination of their relative weights present the results of each analysis in a simple and easely retained manner". This symbolism was speedily adopted on the Continent but in England only after some considerable time."Findlay "A Hundred Years of Chemistry" p. 14.<br><br>Parkinson "Breakthroughs" 1813 C. - Leicester & Klickstein "A Source Book in Chemistry" p. 258 ff. - Holmberg 1813:28 a. hardcover
K�benhavn ca. 1805-08. 4to. Varierende bladst�rrelser. Trykflade ca. 20x15 cm. Med 59 kobberstukne og h�ndkolorerede dragtplancher samt 6 till�gsplancher i tusch og akvarel. Alle med dansk og tysk tekst under billedet. Indlagt i bog�ske af helshirt. � Af st�rste sj�ldenhed. Der udkom i alt 72 blade af denne Danmarks f�rste arbejde om vore nationaldragter men en komplet serie kendes kun i ganske f� eksemplarer - kun et eksemplar forefindes i offentlige biblioteker UB mens eksemplaret i KB ikke er fuldst�ndigt. Titlen kendes kun fra de 12 hefteomslag som medfulgte udgivelsen de er ikke til stede her. <br><br>Rieter og Senn som begge var f�dt og uddannet i Schweitz ankom til K�benhavn i 1804 de gjorde dragtstudier p� Sj�lland p� Vesterhavs�erne og i Holsten. Serien af dragtplancher er opdelt i 2 afdelinger den f�rste viser k�benhavnske med Amager og sj�llandske dragter mens den sidste gengiver s�nderjydske Holsten og de nordfrisiske �er. Denne sidste afdeling med ialt 37 plancher foreligger her komplet og blev genudgivet 1909 af Karl H�berlin i "Volkstrachten der nordfriesischen Inseln". Rieter forlod K�benhavn allerede i 1805 s�ledes m�tte Senn fuldf�re udgivelsen. Antageligt har Senn udf�rt de fleste af tegningerne. De medf�lgende 6 originale akvarel-plancher supplerer serien s�ledes at den omfatter ialt 65. Disse kopier fra Det 19.�rh. har flg. numre hos Krohn: 1317233234 og 35.<br><br>An extremely scarce series of the first Danish work on National Costumes only known in a few copies.<br>Bibl. Danica II: 1080 incomplete - Colas: 2557 only 56 plates. - Krohn: 873-944 unknown
T�bingen Johannis Georgii Cottae 1732. Folio. Bound in one contemp. full blindtooled pigskin. 5 raised bands. Remains of clasps. Engraved frontispiece. Engraved portrait. 14692;624121 pp. and 19 engraved heraldic plates depicting many coat of arms. Last plate with a little wormtract 6 folded genealogical tables. Some scattered brownspots. hardcover
Leipzig: Christoph Zunkel and Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf 1727-1739. Folio. 372x239mm. Two parts in one volume. Contemporary vellum two cuts in spine modern slip case. Provenance: Book plates of Arnaud de Vitry and Andras Gedeon. Stamps to half-title and title-page from Stadtbibliothek Augsburg - sold as duplicate. First part: 14 200 4 pp. and 45 plates numbered I-XLIII plate III with volvelle. Second part: 12 100 94 pp. and 40 plates on 36 sheets numbered I-XL. All plates intact. An exceptionally fine copy. � The scarce first edition of the of the eighth and tenth volumes each volume being a complete work in itself of Leupold's magnificent ten-volume "Theatrum Machinarum" - one of the first encyclopedias of technology being the most complete and the most extensively illustrated work on mechanical engineering published hitherto. Complete sets of Leupold's Theatrum are virtually never found and Ferguson stated in his bibliography of technology that he had never seen a complete set. <br><br>Each volume is complete in itself. The eighth volume is of particular interest in the history of computers as it deals mainly with calculating machines. This volume contains detailed descriptions of the calculating machines of Schott 1668 Grillet 1673 Leibniz 1674 Poleni 1709 and Leupold himself. <br><br>The tenth volume is a supplement to the series published after Leupold's death by Ernst Scheffler. It deals with odometers gyrometers step counters and other devices for the measurement of distances. This volume is furthermore of importance because it contains the 90 page general index to the entire series. <br><br>Hook & Norman: Origins of Cyberspace no. 6 volume 8 only.<br>Honeyman Sale lot 1997 volume 7 and 8.<br>Macclesfield Sale lot 1242 volume 8 only.<br>Ferguson: Bibliography of the History of Technology pp.45-46.<br>Wolf: A History of Science Technology & Philosophy in the 18th Century pp.657-8. hardcover
Ki�benhavn Gyldendal 1813. 2 samt. hldrbd. Rygge slidte. 4714;4580 pp. Indvendig frisk. � V�rket er afsluttet som udkommet i 2 bind men i 1829 udkom et till�gsbind som ikke er her. unknown
Kbhvn. G.L. Lahde 1805. Tv-folio. Smukt senere hldrbd. Anker Kyster med rig rygforgyldning og rhombeformet forgyldt skindtitel p� forperm. Beskrivende tekst p� dansk og tysk. Med 24 kobberstukne prospekter af danske Slotte fra Bruun's ikke fuldendte v�rk "Novus Atlas Danicus" som af Lahde i 1805 blev genoptrykt med de originale plader og for slottenes vedkommende samlet under denne titel. De sidste 4 med lidt brunpletter. unknown
Stockholm Henr. A. Nordstr�m 1820. Recent hcloth. 103022 pp. and 4 folded engraved plates. Very few brownspots. � First edition of Berzelius' important work on the Blowpipe through which it became the most importent instrument of the chemist. The following years it was translated into German English French and Russian. hardcover
Basel 1853. 8vo. A little later green hcloth w. simple handwritten paper title label to spine. Some leaves brownspotted. VII 1 512 pp. � First edition of the first publication of any of Burckhardt's books his fist major publication the important and influential "The Age of ConstantinE the Great".<br><br>Burckhardt's "The Age of Constantine the Great" was the first work to describe an "Age of Constantine". It was also the first work of a series of cultural histories that Burckhardt had planned. The series was supposed to begin with the age of Pericles and end with that of Raphael and that of Constantine became the first to appear. The work founded the basic structure of his other later cultural histories namely representing what he considered the three great powers: state religion and culture. Burckhardt eminently describes transitional periods and periods of crises and this work deals with the transition from late pagan Antiquity to early Christian Middle Ages.<br><br>The age of Constantine is here considered as the necessary transition from Antiquity to the Christian era and as such it is also understood as the basis of the culture of the Middle Ages. In opposition to the historians of his time Burckhardt portrayed the Emperor Constantine negatively as a calculating politician only concerned with preserving his own power whose turn toward Christianity was purely speculative and driven by politics. He is thus portrayed as wholly unreligious and as having the sole goal of dominion. <br><br>The work and the portrayal of Constantine caused the greatest controversies within religious and historical circles. The work became hugely influential and many later historians were inspired by both the controversial portrayal of Constantine which they applied to other historical figures as well as well as of Burckhardt's theories of the transition between the two eras. <br><br>The Swiss historian of art and culture Jacob Chrisoph Burckhardt 1818-1897 contributed seminally to the historiography of these two fields. He is considered the discoverer of the Renaissance and with his later main work "Die Cultur der Renaissance in Italien" he founded the study of thirteenth- to fifteenth-century Italy and thereby the historical study of the Renaissance the society of which he dealt with all aspects of. In general Burckhardt's works all constitute an original historical approach to the study of art culture social institutions etc. <br><br>As a highly respected scholar of Greek civilization Burckhardt with his original historiographical approach was highly admired by Nietzsche who also attended his lectures. The two kept in contact and corresponded frequently. Like Nietzsche Burckhardt was a great admirer of Schopenhauer and he greatly opposed the Hegelian interpretations of history.<br><br>"Outstanding among his Burckhardt's writings are besides the books on Italian art and civilization "The Age of Constantine the Great" 1853 in which he reinterpreted Gibbon and the two posthumously published books." PMM p. 210. hardcover
Dresden Arnoldischen Buchhandlung 1825. Cont. hcalf. Gilt back. Back slightly rubbed. Stamp on title. XVIII442 pp. and 3 folded engraved plates. Internally fine and clean printed on goos paper. � First German edition. The first part of Berzelius' famous "Lehrbuch". unknown
Leipzig Grosse & Gleditsch 1691. 4to. Contemp. full vellum. Faint handwritten title on spine. a small stamp on titlepage. In: "Acta Eruditorum Anno MDCLXXXXI". 85906 pp. and 13 of 15 folded engraved plates. The 2 first plates lacks but they do not belong to the papers listed.<br>Leibniz' papers: pp.277-281 a. 1 plate pp. 435-439. Johann Bernoulli: pp. 274-276 a. 1 plate. Huygens: pp. 281-282. - Jacob Bernoulli: pp. 282-290 a. 1 plate. � All papers first apperance. All 5 of extreme importence in the development of the Calculus. Leibniz' 2 papers on the catenary curve paper 1-2 offered here was written at the instigation of Jacques Bernoulli. Following the example of Blaise Pascal who had initiated in 1658 a contest for the construction of the cycloid Leibniz also provoked the geometers of his time by challenging them to submit at the fixed date of mid-1691 their geometric method for the construction of the catenary curve. Leibniz later provided the answer followed by Johann Bernoulli and Huygens.<br><br>'These two papers are a historical account of the origin of the study of this transcendental curve and at the same time the first physical-geometric construction showing the species-relationship between the catenary and the logarithmic curves as two companion curves; one arithmetic the other geometric. All of the differentials of the catenary curve are arithmetic means of corresponding differentials of the logarithmic curve; and all of the differentials of the logarithmic curve are geometric means of the catenary.'<br>"The Catenary is the form of a hanging fully flexible rope or chain the name comes from "catena" which means 'chain' suspended on two points. The interest in this curve originated with Galileo who thought that is was a parabola. Young Christiaan Huygens proved in 1646 that this cannot be the case. What the actual form was remained an open question till 1691 when Leibniz Johann Bernoulli and the then much older Huygens sent solutions to the problem to the "Acta" Jakob Bernoulli 1690 Johann Bernoulli 1691 Huygens 1691 and Leibniz 1691 - these 4 1691-papers offered here - in which the previous year Jakob Bernoulli had challenged mathematicians to solve it. As published the solutions did not reveal the methods but through later publications of manuscripts these methods have been known. Huygens applied with great paper 4 virtuosity the by then classical methods of 17th century infinitesimal mathematics and he needed all his ingenuity to reach a satisfactory solution. Leibniz the papers 1-2 and Bernoulli paper 3 applying the new Calculus found the solutions in a much direct way. In fact the catenary was a test-case between the old and the new style in the study of curves and only because the champion of the old style was a giant like Huygens the test-case can formally be considered as ending in a draw." Grattan-Guiness in "From the Calculus to Set Theory 1630-1910.".<br><br>The paper by JACOB BERNOULLI no. 5 offered here is a milestone papers as it marks the invention of the "SYSTEM OF POLAR COORDINATES" with points located by reference to a fixed point and a line through that point. Although newton had earlier also devised such a coordinate system in 1671 his work was not known so that the credit for the discovery generally goes to Bernoulli. Parkinson Breakthroughs 1691.<br><br>Further papers contained in this volume of Acta Eruditorum:<br>DENYS PAPIN: Mecanicorum de Viribus Motricibus sententia asserta a D. Papino adversius C.G.G. L. Leibniz objectiones. pp. 6-13. The plate lacks. - and Dion. Papini Observationes quaedam circa materias ad Hydraulicam spectantes. Pp. 208-213 a. 1 plate. This importent paper is part of the LEIBNIZ-PAPIN-CONTROVERSY.<br><br>JACOB BERNOULLI: Specimen Calculi Differentialis in dimensione Parabol� helicoidis ubi de flexuris curvarum in genere carundem evolutionibus. Pp. 13-22. The plate lacks. - and J.B. Demonstratio Centri Oscillationis ex Natura Vectis reperta occassione eorum qu� super hac materia in Historia Literaria Roterodamensi recensentur articulo.Pp.317-321.<br><br>LEIBNIZ: O.V.E. Additio ad Schediasma de Medii Resistentia publicatum in Actis mensis Febr. 1889. Pp. 177-178. and O.V.E. Quadratura Arithmetica Communis Sectionum Conicarum qu� centrum babent.Pp. 178-182 a. 1 plate.<br><br>TSCHIRNHAUS: Singularia Effecta Vitri Caustici bipedalis quod omnia magno sumtu hactenus constructa specula ustoria virtute superat per D.T. Pp. 517-520 hardcover
Stockholm Lars Salvius 1752-53 Folio. 33x22 cm Stor helt ubesk�ret eksemplar i orig. bl�dt blankt papbind. rester af titelskrift p� ryg. Kobberstukket frontispiece = planche I. 121008101-260. Med ialt 30 kobberstukne plancher Nummererede II-XXIX komplet og med det lille stik indsat ved p. 6 de fleste store dobbeltsidede. 2 kort hvor det sidste er kobberstukket gengivelse af 2 Ptolemaeus-kort fra 1513-udgaven planche XXIX. 33 x 43 cm. Indvendig aldeles frisk eksemplar uden pletter trykt p� skrivepapir. � Blandt planchernme kan n�vnes Kungsbacka Varberg Falkenberg Halmstad Laholm Vinbergs Holms og Getinge Kirker Skottorp etc.<br>Warmholtz 610: ""Lycka var at D�den ryckte pennan ur handen p� F�rfattaren eljest hade Kronan blifvit belastad med �nnu mera Maculatur" ! unknown
Paris Jean Boudot 1706. 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from "M�moires de l'Academie des Sciences. Ann�e 1705". Pp. 176-186 and 1 folded engraved plate. � First appearance of a founding paper in the theory of elastic curves. "Importent also is his last work on the resistance of elastic bodies 1705." DSB II p.49 s.<br><br>"During the last quarter of the seventeenth century and the beginning of the eighteenth centuries a rapid development of the infinitesimal calculus took place. Started on the Continent by Leibnitz.it progresssed principally by the work of Jacob and John Bernoulli. In trying to expand the field of application of this new mathematical tool they discussed several examples from mechanics and physics. One such example treated by Jacob Bernouilli.concerned the shape of the deflection curve of an elastic bar and in this way he began an importent chapter inthe mechanics of elastic bodies."Timoshenko "History of Strenght of Materials" p. 25-26. unknown
N�rnberg Auf Kosten des Verfassers 1805-15. Small 8vo. Bound in 3 nice cont. green boards gilt backs. Titlelabels on backs with gilt lettering. Edges and corners lightly rubbed otherwise fine. 4271;1273-279272;192 pp. and 76 folded engraved plates for the most part in beautifull original handcolouring. Plates as well as text printed on good paper only a few scattered brownspots. � First edition of the first 3 volumes of Sturm's well known work. These volumes on Beetles are the first 3 of part 5 of Sturm's work on Fauna Germanica which in all comprises 23 volumes the last published 1856 having a total of 424 plates. The general title is also present here: "Deutschlands Fauna in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. V. Abtheilung. Die Insecten. 1.-3. Band. K�fer." - Nissen ZBI No 4033. - Horn & Schenkling No 21700. hardcover
Upsala H�jerianis 1737. 4to. Later hvellum. 2011111 pp. Inner margin of title-page strenghtened. A few small tears to title-page no loss. A few scattered brownspots. hardcover
Leipzig Gross & Fritsch 1701. 4to. Contemporary full vellum. Handwritten title on spine. A small stamp to title page and page . Pasted library label to pasted down front free end-paper. In: "Nova Actorum Eruditorum Anno MDCCI". Pp 213-228 1 engraved plate. Entire volume: 2 581 pp. 8 engraved plates. � First publication of Jacob Bernoulli influential dissertation in which he published the first correct solution to the isoperimetric problem both Johann Bernoulli and Leibniz had been seeking without success. The paper influenced both Leonhard Euler in writing his first research paper and British mathematician Brook Taylor to begin a dispute which has later been referred to as Taylor versus Continental mathematicians. <br><br>"It the dissertation was considered as a prodigy of sagacity and invention: and indeed if the time be considered it will not be too much to assert that a more difficult problem never was solved." Bossut. A general history of mathematics. 341 p.<br>The isoperimetric problem is an ancient problem which dates back to antiquity and can be described as which curve if any maximizes or minimizes the area of its enclosed region<br>Euler who had been taught by Johann Bernoulli published his first paper in 1726 which was a note on the construction of isochronous curves in a resistant medium.<br><br>DSB II 48b.<br><br>The following papers by Johann Bernoulli are also contained in the present volume:<br>1. Disquisitio Catoptrico-Dioptrica exhibens Reflexionis et Refractionis naturam ex aequilibrii fundamento deductam. Pp 19-26.<br>2. Novaratio construendi radios osculi seu curvanturae in Curvis quibusvis etc. Pp. 136-40.<br>3. Multisectio Anguli vel Arcus duplici aequatione universali exhibita. Pp. 170-75. hardcover
Paris Chez J. Klostermann fils 1811-12. Bound in 6 contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines slightly rubbed. Wear to top of spines. In: "Annales de Chimie ou Recueil de M�moires concernant la Chemie" Tome 78 79 80 81 82 and 83. Entire volumes offered. The 14 parts: Tome 78: pp. 5-37 105-132 217-242. - Tome 79: pp. 113-142 233-264. - Tome 80: pp. 5-37 225-258. - Tome 81: pp. 5-36 278-303. - Tome 82: pp. 5-33 113-125 225-72. Tome 83: pp. 5-35 a. pp. 117-127. With in all 3 engraved plates. Some scattered brownspots. � The papers represents one of the first announcements of Berzelius' discovery of the fixed chemical proportions determining the weights and valencies of the various constituent elements in inorganic compounds. The papers were published at the same time in Swedish German both here in Annalen and in Schweiger's Journal and in French. By running many hundreds of analysis of chemical compounds he gave so many examples of the law of definite proportions that the world of chemistry could no longer doubt its validity and in so doing he gave experimental evidence to the atomic theory. He hereby laid a solid fundation for the further development of chemistry. A reprint is found in Ostwald's Klassiker der exakten Wissenschaften No. 35.<br><br>According to S�derbaum Jac. Berzelius 2 p.12 "It was a giant work one of the most importent in the history of chemistry which was here presented. One is even more impressed when one remembers that it was a pioneer undertaking in every sense of the term. Analytic and synthetic methods existed before Berzelius' time to be sure but there were no precise methods of the sort which he required. They all had to be elaborated at the cost of time and labour."J. Erik Jorpes "Jac. Berzelius" p.45.<br><br>"In general Berzelius's efforts were directed toward the consolidation and extension of the atomic theory. He improved chemical analysis and determined the composition of a large number of compounds thus verifying the laws of constant and multiple proportions and furnishing the most accurate equivalent weights then available. By ingenious methods he arrived at the correct atomic composition of most common substances and thus was enabled to draw up in 1826 a table of atomic weights very nearly identical with the modern one."Leicester & Klicktein "A Source Book in Chemistry" p. 258.<br><br>Parkinson "Breakthroughs" 1810-20 C. unknown
Stockholm 22. Apr. 1826. 4to. 6 lines. � The letter is Berzeliu's certificate for the examination of J.W. Helleday in the field of "Chemical pharmaceutica". Helleday passed the examination. unknown
Wittebergae Wittenberg Iohan Gorman 1607 - 1608. 4to. 4to. No binding but bound together. All 12 dissertations with own title-page and all with broad woodcut border. Unnumbered. 8 pp. The dissertations from 10-20 pp. each. Clean and fine. unknown
Hauniae Bianco Luno 1878. Folio. Ubesk�ret i materie frisk og n�rmest uber�rt. Portfolio med bindeb�nd. XII18322 pp. � Registerbindet til Langebeks store v�rk udkom mange �r efter v�rkets afslutning. - Bibl. Danica III:37. unknown
London Robert Baldwin 1813 a. 1814. 8vo. 2 contemp. hcalf. Marbled boards. Spines lacks and boards loose. In: "Annals of Philosophy; or Magazine of Chemistry Mineralogy Mechanics. By Thomas Thomson". Vol. II and Vol. III. Entire volumes offered. Berzelius' papers: pp. 276-284 357-368 the first paper in vol. II pp. 443-454 vol. II a. pp. 51-62 93-106 244-257 a. 353-364. vol. III. Internally fine and clean. � First printing of these milestone papers in the history of chemistry where Berzelius introduced his famous chemical symbolism whereby an element is generally represented by the first letter of its Latin name or in the event of elements having the same first letter by the first two letters. Even though his atomic symbols were introduced in 1813 see the note on p. 359 in the first paper it was quite a few years before Berzelius's symbols were adopted by the chemistry community. But once accepted they became the new international language of chemistry.<br><br>Berzelius "contributed more to the development of the atomic theory and to the setting up of accurate values of the atomic weights than did any other worker of the time. Of his contributions moreover to the development of the atomic theory and the advancement of chemical science not the least valuable was the introduction of a chemical symbolism which with slight modification is in use at the present day. By giving his symbols a quantitative meaning - the symbol of an element representing one atomic proportion by weight - it was possible "to show briefly and clearly the number of elementary atoms in each compound and after the determination of their relative weights present the results of each analysis in a simple and easely retained manner". This symbolism was speedily adopted on the Continent but in England only after some considerable time."Findlay "A Hundred Years of Chemistry" p. 14.<br>Parkinson "Breakthroughs" 1813 C. - Leicester & Klickstein "A Source Book in Chemistry" p. 258 ff. - Holmberg 1813:28 a. <br><br>The volume contains other notable papers THOMAS THOMSON "On the Discovery of the Atomic Theory" pp. 329-338. and <br>JOHN DALTON "Remarks on the Essay of Dr. Berzelius on the Cause of Chemical Proportions" pp. 174-180 Vol. III. hardcover
N�rnberg Schrag 1828. Cont. marbled boards. Gilt back. Gilt titlelabel. Lightly rubbed. XVI282 pp. and 4 folded engraved plates. Titlepage lacks and with a hole in pp. 1-2 loosing some words on p.2. A few leaves with marginal browning otherwise clean and printed on good paper. � Second German edition the first published 1821 translated from the Swedish original from 1820. The classic work on the blowpipe and its history. hardcover
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