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75 2201 Darwin C 75 2201 Darwin C
75 2201 Darwin C 75 2201 Darwin C
75/2201 Darwin, C. On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects, and on the Good Effect of Intercrossing. London, J. Murray, 1862, 1st. ed., VI,365,(1),32(advert)p., 1 fold. woodcut plate, ills., orig. gilt blindst. and dec. cl.

- Entry in pen and ink on title; w. blindst. mark of the Sunderland Library on first fold. plate; bookblock broken. Rebacked w. cloth; cloth over edges partly worn off, incl. corners.

= Freeman 800, publisher's advertisements dated December 1861.

€ (600-800) 600
75 2202 Darwin C 75 2202 Darwin C
75/2202 Darwin, C. L'Origine des Espèces au moyen de la Sélection Naturelle ou la lutte pour l'existence dans la nature. Traduit (...) sur les cinqième et sixième éditions Anglaises augmentées d'un nouveau chapitre et de nombreuses notes et additions de l'auteur par J.-J. Moulinié. Paris, C. Reinwald et Cie., 1873, XX,612p., fold. table, sl. later hmor.

- Table bound upside down. = Freeman 660. The 6th French language edition.

€ (50-70) 50
75 2203 Darwin C 75 2203 Darwin C
75/2203 Darwin, C. L'Origine des Espèces au moyen de la Sélection Naturelle ou la lutte pour l'existence dans la nature. Traduit sur la sixième édition Anglaise par Ed. Barbier. Paris, C. Reinwald et Cie., 1876, (2),XIX,(1),604p., contemp. gilt cl.

- Partly foxed.

= Freeman 661. The 7th French language edition and the 1st in translation by E. Barbier. "There were also difficulties with the first French [translation]. (...) He [Darwin] was not really happy until the third translation by Édouard Barbier appeared in 1876" (Freeman p.84).

€ (70-90) 70
75 2204 Darwin C 75 2204 Darwin C
75/2204 Darwin, C. The Power of Movement in Plants. London, J. Murray, 1880, 1st ed., 1st issue, X,592,(32 advert)p., orig. giltlettered blindst. cl.

- Sm. bookseller's ticket on upper pastedown; owner's entry in pen and ink on title; hinges broken; bookblock broken. Spine-ends and corners rubbed.

= Freeman 1325, publisher's advertisements dated May 1878. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XC.

€ (700-900) 700
75 2205 Desaguliers J T 75 2205 Desaguliers J T
75 2205 Desaguliers J T 75 2205 Desaguliers J T
75/2205 Desaguliers, J.T. De natuurkunde uit ondervindingen opgemaakt. Amst., I. Tirion, 1746-1751, 3 vols., (26),483,(25); (16),510,(2); (8),250,(66)p., 114 fold. engr. plates, contemp. unif. gilt calf w. mor. letterpiece, 4to.

- Final two text lvs. vol. 1. loose. Corners showing.

= John Théophilus Desaguliers (1683-1744), from Huguenot parents who settled in England. Bierens de Haan 1178-1180. "Desaguliers continued to furnish the society with experiments until his death. (...) between 1716 and 1742 he contributed no fewer than fifty-two papers to the Philosophical Transactions, the earlier ones chiefly on optics and mechanics, the later ones on electricity." (DSB). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XC.

€ (500-700) 550
75 2206 Desaguliers J T 75 2206 Desaguliers J T
75 2206 Desaguliers J T 75 2206 Desaguliers J T
75 2206 Desaguliers J T 75 2206 Desaguliers J T
75 2206 Desaguliers J T 75 2206 Desaguliers J T
75/2206 Desaguliers, J.T. De natuurkunde uit ondervindingen opgemaakt. Amst., I. Tirion, 1751, 3 vols., (26),483,(25); (16),510,(2); (8),250,(66)p., 114 fold. engr. plates, contemp. unif. mottled calf w. richly gilt spine, gilt boardedges, 4to.

- Volume 1 and 2 reissues from eds. 1736 and 1746. All vols. w. owner's entry in pen and ink on first blank. Binding worn, joints occas. starting/ splitting.

= John Théophilus Desaguliers (1683-1744), from Huguenot parents who settled in England. Bierens de Haan 1178-1180. "Desaguliers continued to furnish the society with experiments until his death. (...) between 1716 and 1742 he contributed no fewer than fifty-two papers to the Philosophical Transactions, the earlier ones chiefly on optics and mechanics, the later ones on electricity." (DSB). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCI.

€ (500-700)
75 2207 Dictionary of Scientific Biography Ed C C Gillispie 75 2207 Dictionary of Scientific Biography Ed C C Gillispie
75/2207 Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Ed. C.C. Gillispie. New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1970-1980, 1st ed., 16 vols., orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr., 4to. - WITH: Concise Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Ibid., idem, 1981, 1st ed., (10),773p., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to.
€ (100-150)
75 2208 Diderot D and d'Alembert J 75 2208 Diderot D and d'Alembert J
75 2208 Diderot D and d'Alembert J 75 2208 Diderot D and d'Alembert J
75/2208 Diderot, D. and d'Alembert, J. Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les arts libéraux, et les arts méchaniques, avec leur explication. Vol. 2, 5 and 8. Livorno, De l'imprimerie des Éditeurs, 1772-1776, 3rd ed., 3 parts in 4 vols., 849 (fold.) engr. plates w. accomp. textp., contemp. unif. vellum, folio.

- Double-p. plates are counted as 2 plates. Lacks 5 plates (from the drawing section). Vol. 5 partly (water)stained in upper mostly outer corner. All vols. binding worn and dam. along extremities (corners showing).

= PMM 200; Graesse II, p.389. The plates to the famous Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers, first published 1751-1765, covering all aspects of science, industries and arts. Contains plates of i.a. the following series: "Chymie", "Chirurgie", "Chasses", "Arts mechaniques", "Machines hydrauliques", "Pêches", "Potier de Terre" and "Sculpture en tous genres".

€ (1.000-1.500) 1100
75 2209 Dirac P A M 75 2209 Dirac P A M
75 2209 Dirac P A M 75 2209 Dirac P A M
75/2209 Dirac, P.A.M. Die Prinzipien der Quantenmechanik. German transl. by W. Bloch. Leipsic, S. Hirzel, 1930, 1st German ed., XI,(1),274,(2 advert)p., orig. giltlettered cl.

- Sm. bookseller's ticket on upper pastedown. Cloth sl. rubbed at spine-ends.

€ (100-150) 100
75 2210 Dogs  Bylandt H A van 75 2210 Dogs Bylandt H A van
75/2210 [Dogs]. Bylandt, H.A. van. Les Races de Chiens. Leurs Origines, Points, Descriptions, Types, Qualités, Aptitudes et Défauts. Brussels, Vanbuggenhoudt Frères, 1897, 4 parts in 1 vol., 1160p., 1392 plates/ ills., contemp. hmor., sm. folio.

- Occas. sl. foxed (incl. endpapers). Covers sl. rubbed; spine sunned. Good/ fine copy.

= Thiébaud p.142.

€ (70-90)
75/2211 Dogs  Le Chien Description des races croisements élevage dressage maladies et leur traitement D'après les ouvrages les plus récents de Stonehenge Youatt Mayhew Bouley Hamilton Smit75/2211 Dogs Le Chien Description des races croisements élevage dressage maladies et leur traitement D'après les ouvrages les plus récents de Stonehenge Youatt Mayhew Bouley Hamilton Smit
75/2211 [Dogs]. Le Chien. Description des races, croisements, élevage, dressage, maladies et leur traitement. D'après les ouvrages les plus récents de Stonehenge, Youatt, Mayhew, Bouley, Hamilton Smith etc. Paris, J. Rothschild, 1876, (6),345,(29 publ. cat.)p., 100 (full-p.) woodengr. ills., orig. boards, sm. 8vo.

- Trifle foxed. Backstrip dam. at foot; joints splitting. = Thiébaud p.201; Souhart p.626.

€ (40-60)
75/2212 Dynamite  Die Nitroglycerinpulver Dynamit von Alfred Nobel & Comp und die Zündung durch Electrizität 75/2212 Dynamite Die Nitroglycerinpulver Dynamit von Alfred Nobel & Comp und die Zündung durch Electrizität
75/2212 [Dynamite]. Die Nitroglycerinpulver Dynamit von Alfred Nobel & Comp. und die Zündung durch Electrizität. Hamb., A. Nobel & Comp., 1875, 59p., woodengr. ills., orig. wr.

- Sl. foxed; some scattered stamps and pencil annots. Rebacked w. cloth.

= Very rare. No copy traced.

€ (70-90) 70
75 2213 Dynamite  Nobel A  Roux L  Sarrau É a o 75 2213 Dynamite Nobel A Roux L Sarrau É a o
75 2213 Dynamite  Nobel A  Roux L  Sarrau É a o 75 2213 Dynamite Nobel A Roux L Sarrau É a o
75/2213 [Dynamite]. Nobel, A., Roux, L., Sarrau, É. a.o. Les explosifs modernes. Mémoires. Paris, Typographie Lahure, 1876, 235,(5)p., contemp. gilt hmor., 12mo.

- A few quires at the beginning misbound, but complete. Joints rubbed. = Very rare.

Champion, P. La dynamite et la nitroglycérine. Ibid., J. Baudry, 1872, VIII,249,(3)p., woodengr. ills., contemp. gilt hmor. - BOUND WITH: Catalogue de J. Baudry éditeur. Ibid., idem, 1871, XII,59p.

- Trifle foxed. Two paper tickets on frontcover.

€ (150-250) 150
75 2214 Ehrenfest P  Collection of ±240 offprints in 8 volumes from the collection of P EHRENFEST 75 2214 Ehrenfest P Collection of ±240 offprints in 8 volumes from the collection of P EHRENFEST
75/2214 [Ehrenfest, P.]. Collection of ±240 offprints in 8 volumes from the collection of P. EHRENFEST, w. German, English, French, Russian and Dutch text, 28x w. owner's entry of P. Ehrenfest and occas. w. a few of his ms. annots./ remarks, publ. between ±1882-1928, i.a. from Annalen der Physik, Physikalische Zeitschrift, Jahrbuch der Radioaktivität und Elektronik, Zeitschrift für Anorganische Chemie and Sonderabdruck aus der Zeitschrift für Physik, various authors, various publishers, comprises i.a.: 70 offprints by M. von Laue (3x w. owner's entry), 24 offprints by M. Borne, 18 offprints by P. Hertz (2x owner's entry; 2x autograph dedication), 50 offprints by A. Sommerfeld (12x w. owner's entry; 1x w. autograph dedication; bound w. 2 manuscript pages w. annotations/ remarks by Ehrenfest), 1 offprint by F. Pauer (w. owner's entry), 2 offprints by K. Glitscher (both w. owner's entry), 1 offprint by W. Pauli Jr. (owner's entry) and 75 offprints by H.H. Lorentz (6x w. owner's entry; bound w. handwritten note to H.W. Kamp, secretary of the physics society in Middelburg, in which Ehrenfest apologises for not being able to give a lecture, not signed; and 1 page w. annotations/ remarks), contemp. (almost unif.) hcl., a few times orig. wr. pres., sm. 4to. - ADDED: a typescript essay by Ehrenfest titled ''H.A. Lorentz als onderzoeker'' (8 loose (carbon copy) lvs., SIGNED and w. AUTOGRAPH corrections); 7 lvs. w. remarks/ annots. concerning the paper ''Verzweigte Potentiale im Raum. A. von Sommerfeld'' by A. SOMMERFELD, from ''Proc. Lond. Math. Soc. V. XXVIII 1896-98''.

- Some lvs. occas. sl. soiled/ creased; a few sl. frayed, overall in good condition; w. occas. annots./ remarks in pencil by former owner L. Reerink. Backstrips of 5 vols. loosening/ sl. dam.

= ''Paul Ehrenfest (1880-1933) (...) studied theoretical physics at Vienna, where he received his doctorate in 1904 for a dissertation on the extension of Hertz's mechanics to problems in hydrodynamics. (...) In 1912, when Ehrenfest was appointed to the chair of theoretical physics at Leiden as the successor to H.A. Lorentz, to whom he became deeply attached. (...). As a teacher Ehrenfest was unique. Albert Einstein described him as ''peerless'' and ''the best teacher in our profession whom I have ever known''. (...) Ehrenfes's special gift as a theoretical physicist was his critical ability, rather than his creative power or his calculational skill. (...) The critical approach also led Ehrenfest to his greatest positive contribution to physics: the adiabatic principle. Ehrenfest was one of the first to try to understand the significance of the strange new concept of energy quanta that Max Planck had introduced into physics in 1900 in his theory of blackbody radiation'' (DSB 3/4, p. 292-294). The lot contains i.a. the following titles:

H.A. LORENTZ, Theorie der magneto-optischen Phänomene (n.d. (1909), (1),200-281p.); Idem, Le partage de l'énergie entre la matière pondérable et l'éther (n.d. (1909), (1),146-165p.); Idem, De aberratie theorie van Stokes in de onderstelling van een aether, die niet overal dezelfde dichtheid heeft (1899, 7p.); Idem, On the theory of the Zeeman-effect in a direction inclined to the lines of force (n.d. (1909), 321-340p.); Idem, Over de zichtbaarheid van kleine deeltjes (1910, 7p.); Idem, The Theory of Radiation and the Second Law of Thermodynamics (1901, 436-450p.); Idem, Considerations of gravitation (1900, 559-574p.); Idem, The Motion of Electrons in metallic Bodies I-III (1905, 438-453; 585-593; 684-691p.).

A. SOMMERFELD, Die Willkürlichen Functionen in Der Mathematischen Physik, no.8 (n.d. (1906), 75,(5)p.); Idem, Die Drudesche Dispersionstheorie vom Standpunkte des Bohrschen Modelles und die Konstitution (1917, 498-550p.); Idem, Über die Bewegung der Elektronen (n.d., 155-171p.); Idem, Über die Zusammenstezung der Geschwindigkeiten in der Relativtheorie (1909, 577-582p.); Idem, Über die Beugung der Röntgenstrahlen (1912, 473-506p.); Idem, Die allgemeine Dispersionsformel nach dem Bohrschen Modell (n.d. (1910), 549-584p.).

P. HERTZ, Untersuchungen über unstetige Bewegungen eines Elektrons (1904, (6),80,(2)p.); Idem, Die Bewegung eines Elektrons unter dem Einflusse einer Longitudinal wirkenden Kraft (1906, 229-268p.); Idem, Ueber die kanonische Gesamtheit (1911, 824-848p.).

M. BORN, Untersuchungen Über Die Stabilität Der Elastischen Linie in Ebene Und Raum: Unter Verschiedenen Grenzbedingungen (1906, 101p., 13 tables, 7 photogr. ills.); Idem and E. Oettinger, Variationsprinzipe der Wärmetheorie (1907, 9p.); Idem, Die träge Masse und das Relativitätsprinzip (1909, 571-584p.); Idem, Dem Andenken Hermann Minkowski's Gewidmet (1909, 56p.); Idem, Zur Kinematik des starren Körpers im System des Relativitätsprinzips (1910, 19p.); Idem und R. Ladenburg, Über das Verhältnis von Emissions- und Absorptionsvermögen bei stark absorbierenden Körpern (1911, 5p.); Idem und Th. v. Kárman, Über Schwingungen im Raumgittern (1912, 13p.).

M. VON LAUE, Die Einsteinschen Energieschwankungen (1915, 198-202p.); Idem, Ein Satz der Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung und seine Anwendung auf die Strahlungstheorie (1915, 853-878p.); Idem, Über die Symmetrie der Kristall-Röntgenogramme (1916, 433-446p.); Idem, Mathematische Betrachtungen über die Beugungserscheinungen an vielen unregelmäßig verstreuten Teilchen (1916, 91-102p.); Idem, Die Nordströmische Gravitationstheorie (Bericht) (1917, 264-313p., w. AUTOGRAPH DEDICATION); Idem, Bandenspektrum und molekulare Quantendrehungen. Sonderabdruck aus den Verhandlung der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft (1918, 130-138p.); Idem, Interferenzerscheinungen bei Röntgenstrahlen (1912, 304-322p.); Idem, Die interferenzerscheinungen an Rontgenstrahlen hervorgerufen durch das Raumgitter der Kristalle (1914, 43p.); Idem and J. Steph van der Lingen, Experimentelle Untersuchungen über den Debyeeffekt (1914, 2p.).

K. GLITSCHER, Über die Intensitätsverteilung im Viellinenspektrum des Wasserstoffs (1916, 125-130p.); Idem, Spektroskopischer Vergleich zwischen den Theorien des starren und des deformierbaren Elektrons (1917, 32p.).

F. PAUER, Magnetische Drehung der Polarisationsebene des Lichtes in einem Gase Bohrscher Moleküle (1918, 64p.).

W. PAULI Jr., Theoretische Bemerkungen über den Diamagnetismus einatomiger Gase (1920, 201-205p.).

Complete list of titles available on request. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCI.

€ (20.000-30.000)
75 2215 Einstein A 75 2215 Einstein A
75/2215 Einstein, A. Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie. Berlin, J.P. Barth, 1916 [= 1919], 62[of 64]p., orig. wr.

- Lacks title-p.; contents loose. Covers loose/ sl. frayed/ chipped.

= Early reprint edition of the first separate edition, published before in Annalen der Physik, Vierte Folge, vol. 49, p.769-822. Imprint on backwrapper is "Metzger & Wittig, Leipzig. 285" and some of the books advertised on backwrapper have the date "1919". Boni 78.1; Weil 80a; PMM 408; Norman Library 696 and cf. 695: "The theory's impact upon twentieth-century science and thought can hardly be overstated."

€ (50-70) 200
75 2216 Einstein A 75 2216 Einstein A
75/2216 Einstein, A. Ideas and Opinions. New York, Crown, 1954, 1st ed., (6),377p., orig. cl. w. dustwr.

- Owner's entry on first free endpaper. Dustwr. occas. chipped and w. marginal tears.

= First edition of a collection of essays on subjects ranging from atomic energy, relativity, and religion to human rights, government, and economics.

€ (80-100) 80
75 2217 Einstein A 75 2217 Einstein A
75/2217 Einstein, A. Vier Vorlesungen über Relativitätstheorie gehalten im Mai an der Universität Princeton. Braunschweig, F. Vieweg & Sohn, 1922, 1st ed., (4),70,(2 advert.)p., 4 ills., orig. wr.

- Owner's stamp and entry on title-p. Owner's stamp on frontcover; covers sl. browned and w. one sm. tear; backwr. reattached.

= First edition. Weil 124; Norman 697.

€ (100-150)
75 2218 Einstein A 75 2218 Einstein A
75/2218 Einstein, A. Vier Vorlesungen über Relativitätstheorie gehalten im Mai an der Universität Princeton. Braunschweig, F. Vieweg & Sohn, 1922, 1st ed., (4),70,(2 advert.)p., 4 ills., orig. wr.

- Wrappers and first 2 lvs. detached. = Weil 124; Norman 697.

Idem. L'Éther et la théorie de la relativité. Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1921, 1st French ed., 15,(1)p., orig. wr.

- Wrappers detached and dam.

€ (70-90)
75 2219 Electricity  Ronalds F 75 2219 Electricity Ronalds F
75/2219 [Electricity]. Ronalds, F. Descriptions of an Electrical Telegraph, and of some other electrical apparatus. London, R. Hunter, 1823, 1st ed., (4),83p., 8 (1x fold.) engr. plates (1x letterpress) by W. LOWRY after F. RONALDS, contemp. cl. w. red mor. letterpiece.

- Occas. trifle foxed; errata leaf present in facsimile and loosely inserted. Frontcover and first 2 lvs. detached; covers soiled.

= Mottelay p.438; Bakken p. 292: "Reports the invention of the first electric telegraph as well as other electrical devices." Ronalds is not listed in the DSB. Rare.

€ (200-300)
75 2220 Entomology  Réaumur  R A F  de 75 2220 Entomology Réaumur R A F de
75 2220 Entomology  Réaumur  R A F  de 75 2220 Entomology Réaumur R A F de
75/2220 [Entomology]. Réaumur, (R.A.F.) de. Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des insectes. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1734-1742, 6 vols., 267 fold. engr. plates, contemp. unif. gilt calf w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces, 4to.

- Partly (sl.) yellowed/ browned; all vols. w. old owner's entry ("Jean de Brignoli") on title-p. Bindings w. minor imperfections and sm. restored spots.

= Nissen, ZBI 3315; Hagen II, p.64; Horn/ Schenkling p.975. Main work by de Réaumur, depicting in great detail all kinds of insects. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XC.

€ (600-800) 700