History of Science

Auer, A.,

Die Entdeckung des Naturselbstdruckes oder die Erfindung ganzen Herbarien, Stoffen, Spitzen, Stickereien und überhaupt allen Originalien und Copien... als auch mit natürlichen Farben auf weissem Papiere Abdrücke, dem Originale identisch gleich, gewinnen kann,.. bedarf. Vorgelesen in der mathem. naturw. Classe der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Wien. (Privilegirt am 12. October 1852, Z. 7698).

Wien, K.K. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1854. 4to (33.0 x 25.8 cm). 75 pp. of text in double column in four languages; German, English, Italian and French. With 15 (of 19) nature printed plates and four lithographed facsimile letters at the end. Later blind black morocco over green cloth boards.

€1,250.00

Rare first edition of Auer's most famous publication

Becquerel, H.

Collection of six early papers on radioactivity, from "comptes rendus... de l'academie des sciences", 1896-1901.

Paris, Académie des Sciences, 1896-1901. Six papers in one. 4to (26.6 x 20.3 cm). 30 pp. Old style blue stiff paper boards. Two title pages of the Comptes Rendus (for 1896 and 1899) bound in.

€950.00

A collection of rare, early papers on radio activity

Chevreul, [M.] E.

D'une erreur de raisonnement très-fréquente dans les sciences du ressort de la philosophie naturelle qui concernent le concret, expliquée par les derniers écrits de M. E. Chevreul. [AND] Études des procédés de l'esprit humain dans la recherche de l'inconnu à l'aide de l'observation et de l'expérience, et du moyen de savoir s'il a trouvé l'erreur ou la verité, composé de trois mémoires. Premier mémoire. - La science devant la grammaire. Deuxième mémoire. - L'enseignement devant l'étude de la vision, avec deux planches. Troisième mémoire. - Explication de nombreux phénomènes qui sont une conséquence de la veillesse. [AND] Résumé d'une histoire de la matière depuis des philosophes grecs jusq'à Loivoisier inclusivement, avec quatorze planches, accompagnées de légendes.

Paris, Firmin-Didot [For the Académie des Sciences de l'Institut de France], 1878. Large 4to (28.2 x 22.5 cm). 802 pp. [3-102; 1-327; 321-702]; 16 plates of which several coloured. Original blue printed boards.

€500.00

Important thoughts of a nonagenarian

Clairaut, J. B., a.o.

Miscellanea Berolinensia ad incrementum scientiarum ex scriptis Societati Regiae Scientiarum exhibitis. Edita, continuatio III, sive Tomus IV. Cum figuris et indice materiarum.

Berolini, Johann Andreas Rüdiger, 1734. Small 4to (20.5 x 16.0 cm). vi, 405 pp.; 11 mostly folded engraved plates. Contemporary full mottled calf. Spine with five raised, gilt-ornamented bands; compartments rich gilt, red morocco label with gilt title. Edges speckled red.

€1,250.00

A fine collection of astronomical, geographical, mathematical and other researches

Einstein, A.

Über die Möglichkeit einer neuen Prüfung des Relativitätsprinzips [AND] Bemerkungen zu der Notiz von Hrn. Paul Ehrenfest: "Die Translation deformierbarer Elektronen und der Flächensatz" [AND] Über die vom Relativitätsprinzip geforderte Trägheit der Energie.

Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1907. 8vo (21.0 x 13.8 cm). pp. 197-198, 206-208, 371-384, in: Annalen der Physik, 4e Folge, Band 23(6-7), viii, 1,000 pp., several plates. Later black half cloth over marbled boards, spine with handwritten paper label.

€850.00

Three important original papers by Albert Einstein

Fuhlrott, [J.] C.

Menschliche Ueberreste aus einer Felsengrotte des Düsselthals. Ein Beitrag zur Frage über die Existenz fossiler Menschen. Nebst Tafel I.

Bonn, Henry & Cohen, 1859. 8vo (21.5 x 13.3 cm). 23 pp. One fine, lithographed plate. Contemporary grained half cloth over marbled boards. Spine with gilt title.

€1,750.00

PMM 342: the birth of the Neanderthal

Gill, D.

A history and description of the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope.

London, His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1913. Folio (36.5 x 27.5 cm). cxc, 136 pp. Frontispiece with two photos, 58 [11, 16, 23, 5, 3] plates (line drawings and photos; sometimes several "plates" on one sheet), 19 text figures. Folded two-colour sheet of the plan of the observatory, and large folded diagram (i.e. map) of the geodetic triangulation of South Africa and adjacent countries. Original blue embossed cloth. Spine with gilt title.

€1,250.00

Very rare history of South African astronomy

Hahn, O. and L. Meitner and F. Strassmann

Ueber die künstliche Umwandlung des Urans durch Neutronen I-II. [AND] ten other original papers describing the experiments leading to the first successful nuclear fission.

Berlin, Julius Springer, 1935-1939. In three volumes. 4to (26.0 x 19.0 cm). Uniform black polished half calf over grey cloth boards. Gilt title and vignette on the spines.

€950.00

First editions of 12 original papers leading to the first successful nuclear fission

Leibniz, G. W.

G. G. Leibnitii Responsio ad Dn. Nic. Fatii Duillerii imputationes. Accessit nova Artis Analyticae promotio specimine indicata, dum designatione per numeros assumtitios loco literarum, Algebra ex Combinatoria Arte lucem capit. (Pages 198-208, in: Acta Eruditorum).

Lipsiae, J. Grossius, 1700. Small 4to (19.6 x 15.8 cm). pp. 198-208, in the complete volume for the year 1700, containing a total of 586 pp., and ten plates. Contemporary vellum binding with leather title label and gilt lettering.

€1,800.00

The Leibniz versus Newton controversy over the invention of calculus

[Leibniz] Grotefend, C. L.

Leibniz-Album aus den Handschriften der Königlichen Bibliothek zu Hannover.

Hannover, Hahn, 1846. Folio (45.3 x 29.5 cm). [vi], 28 pp. with a nice engraved portrait of Leibniz and one wood-engraving of his house in Hannover. Very nice and highly unusual red velvet binding with elaborate, gilt decorated, embossed decorations and letterings.

€500.00

Rare, early memorial work on Leibniz, in a fantastic binding

Lorentz, H. A.

De electrische stroom. Oude en nieuwe denkbeelden. In: Herdenking van het 150-jarige bestaan van het Bataafsch Genootschap der Proefondervindelijke Wijsbegeerte te Rotterdam. 1769 - 17 augustus - 1919.

Rotterdam, Bataafsch Genootschap der Proefondervindelijke Wijsbegeerte te Rotterdam, 1919. 4to (26.0 x 22.0 cm). 25 [49] pp., 12 text figures. Later quarter cloth over original printed wrappers (society's logo printed on rear wrapper).

€450.00

A rare and little-known paper by Hendrik Lorentz

Morveau [L. B. G.] De, [A.] Lavoisier, et al.

Annales de Chimie; ou recueil de mémoires concernant la chimie et les arts qui en dépendent. Volumes I-XI.

Paris, Hôtel Serpente, 1789-1791. Eleven volumes in eleven. 8vo (19.3 x 12.7 cm). Over 3,000 pp., several engraved plates and tables. Uniform original boards with multi-coloured stamped paper spines and labels with handwritten titles.

€1,000.00

The start, in nice and peculiar bindings

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