‎BEETHOVEN‎
‎VARIATION‎

‎Priruchennyie zhivotnyie i vozdelannyie rasteniya [i.e. Russian ""The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication"". Translated from English with the consent and assistance of the author by V. Kovalevsky. Edited by I. M. Sechenov, botanical sect... - [THE VERY FIRST PUBLICATION OF DARWIN'S 'VARIATION UNDER DOMESTICATION' IN ANY LANGUAGE. ]‎

‎St. Petersburg, 1868 [but in fact 1867-1869]. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with renewed spine. Inner hindges with repairs and boards with soiling and a few marks and holes to volume 1. Light foxing throughout, primarily affecting margins and plates. Overall a good copy. IV, 443, (1): ill"" V.2: 462, (I)-VI pp.‎

‎The very first publication of Darwin's 'Variation under Domestication' in any language. The title-page states 1868 but they two volumes were in fact published, respectively in November 1867 and 1869.""In August, 1867, Darwin wrote to Lyell that he was visited by a young Russian ""who is translating my new book into Russian."". The book was the 'Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication', and the youngRussian was Vladimir Kovalevsky, who subsequently became a well-known evolutionary palaeontologist. At that time the 'Variation' was not yet published, and it seems most probably that the translation was made from a set of proofs given to Kovalevsky by Darwin. Thanks to Kovalevsky's rapid work, the first section of the Russian translation of the Variation was published several months prior to the publication of the English original."" (Glick, The Comparative Reception of Darwinism, p. 235)""The first Russian edition, which is dated 1868 on the volume title page, is of particular interest. It is the only work, in his lifetime, of which any part appeared in foreign translation before it appeared in English. Correspondence at Cambridge shows that the translator was sent copies of corrected proofs as they were ready. It was published in seven parts of which four, perhaps to the end of Chapter XV, appeared in 1867"" the next two appeared in 1868, and the last not until 1869, because he had been away in Russian Asia. The title is given in full, in English translation, under No. 925 and has been discussed above"" (Freeman).Vladimir Kovalevsky (1842-1883), the translator of this book, was a Russian biologist and the founder of evolutionary palaeontology. His own scientific works were printed between 1873 and 1877, and according to Henry Osborn (Osborn, H. The rise of Mammalia in North America // Proc. Amer. Assoc. Sci. 1894. vol. 42, pp. 189-227) they ''dare away'' all traditional and dry European paleontology. That was mainly because Kovalevsky was a devoted Darwinist and adapted Darwin's ideas to palaeontology. Luis Dollo, the Belgian palaeontologist, a contemporary of Kovalevsky's, described him thus: ''No palaeontologist embodies so perfectly our epoch, as the brilliant and miserable Vladimir Kovalevsky, friend and guest of the immortal Charles Darwin''. Indeed, Kovalevsky was a friend of Darwin's and they corresponded extensively. When visiting Darwin in 1877, the Russian botanist, Timiryazev, asked Darwin about his views on Russian science and Darwin surprised him with an answer that Vladimir Kovalevsky (little known at the time) was the bright hope of palaeontology.Kovalevsky was very eager to translate Darwin into Russian as soon as possible so he asked Darwin to send him the proofs of his book chapter by chapter as soon as Darwin finished them. Kovalevsky translated with great speed (the complete book contains 900 pages) and he began to print the chapters from July 1867 (the first English edition appeared on 30th January 1868). The chapters were printed one after another as the translation went on. It is unclear whether any part of it appeared before the English edition.Vladimir Kovalevsky translated another of Darwin's books, The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals [O vyrazhenii emotsyi u cheloveka I zhyvotnikh] that appeared the same year as the English edition (1872).Kovalevsky committed suicide at the age of forty after the breakdown of his marriage to the celebrated mathematician, Sophia Kovalevskaya who became the first female professor of mathematics in the world.OCLC finds only three complete copies worldwide (Cornell, American Philosophical Society (US) and Thomas Fisher Library, (Canada)). Freeman 925 ‎

‎LE COSMOS - REVUE DES SCIENCES ET DE LEURS APPLICATIONS N° 1459 - Les alignements astronomiques des mégalithes de la Grande-Bretagne, Le nombre des étoiles de chaque grandeur, L'ablation du sol aux Etats-Unis, Variation des latitudes et variation‎

‎BUREAUX DE LA REVUE. 9 JANVIER 1913. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. Paginé de 29 à 56. Texte en colonnes. Quelques illustrations en noir et blanc dans le texte. . . . Classification Dewey : 70.49-Presse illustrée, magazines, revues‎

‎Sommaire : Les alignements astronomiques des mégalithes de la Grande-Bretagne, Le nombre des étoiles de chaque grandeur, L'ablation du sol aux Etats-Unis, Variation des latitudes et variation du niveau des mers, Pressions des terrains et exploitations houillères Classification Dewey : 70.49-Presse illustrée, magazines, revues‎

‎LE VOYAGE D'HIVERSommaire : Variation première, Parabole, De Quelques obsessions, la fenêtre ouverte, variation dernière,...‎

‎SEUIL. 1961. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 156 Pages. . . . Classification Dewey : 904-Recueils de récits d'événements‎

‎Sommaire : Variation première, Parabole, De Quelques obsessions, la fenêtre ouverte, variation dernière,... Classification Dewey : 904-Recueils de récits d'événements‎

‎L'Art de naviguer perfectionné par la cognoissance de la variation de l'aimant. Ou Traicté de la variation de l'aiguille aimantée ou sont deduits cinq moyens de trouver de combien et de quel costé le compas manque en certains lieux à monstrer les veritables parties du Monde []‎

‎Dieppe, Nicolas du Buc, 1666. 1666 1 vol in-4° ( 205 x 155 mm) de: [4] ff. (titre, dédicace, privilége), 220 pp., [3] ff. (table, errata) et [4] ff. de tables insérés entre les p. 98 et 99, 6 figures gravées sur cuivre dans le texte p. 18, 72, 122, 167, 192 et 1 figure gravée sur bois in-fine; Les volvelles (pièces mobiles) des gravures des pp. 122, 167 et 192 sont complétées en fac-similé. Ex-libris manuscrit à l'encre brune "Jean-Baptiste Foche", ex-libris gravé en rouge "J.M.". traces de mouillures anciennes, trou en marge sup. des ff. fiinaux discrétement comblés. Plein veau brun de l'époque, dos à nerfs orné. (Coiffes arrasées, épidermures).‎

‎Edition originale de cet important traité de navigation consacré à la variation de laiguille aimantée, ouvrage dune grande rareté dont nous navons trouvé que quelques exemplaires conservés dans des bibliothèques européennes et aucun en Amérique du Nord. Originaire de Dieppe, Guillaume Denys (1624-1689) avait été ordonné prêtre en 1647 mais son grand intérêt envers l'univers de la navigation le porta à enseigner l'hydrographie, soutenu en cette vocation par le grand Colbert qui lui alloua une pension de 1200 livres et qui lui permit ainsi de fonder l'école d'hydrographie de Dieppe en 1664. L'école accueillit bientôt une centaine d'élèves parmi lesquels de futurs grands navigateurs comme Cauvette ou Corruble. Denys dédie son ouvrage à JB Colbert. Il est illustré de 6 figures gravées sur cuivre dans le texte, 1 figure gravée sur bois in-t. et 4 ff. de tables gravées. Les volvelles des pp. 122, 167 et 192, absentes de la pluprt des exemplaires, sont ici en fac-similé. Polak n°2513. ‎

‎Griffiths F. External differential systems and variation calculus. In Russian /‎

‎Griffiths F. External differential systems and variation calculus. In Russian /Griffits F. Vneshnie differentsialnye sistemy i variatsionnoe ischislenie. M. The World of 1986, a book by a major American mathematician that reflects the modern view of classical variation calculus. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalb5f43053811303ec5.‎