‎Dissertatio de Actione Menstruorum Chymicorum in Genere. (Considerations of the Action of chemical Solvents).‎

‎(Petropoli (St. Petersbourg), 1750). 4to. Uncut, without wrappers. Extracted from ""Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae"", Tom. I. ad Annum 1747 et 1748. Pp. 245-266 a. 1 engraved plate (ad. p. 251). Clean and fine.‎

‎First appearance of a groundbreaking paper in chemistry in which Lomonosov describes his discovery of the transition of a metal into passive state, and this is the first scientific description of this phenomena. He observed and described fast termination of the dissolution of iron in concentrated nitric acid, and attributed this to a change in the solvent properties.""Lomonosov employed corpuscular mechanics in chemical explanations more extensively than Boyle had done. Treating chemical compounds as particles in adhesion, he held that ""adhesion is eliminated and renewed by means of motion.....since no change in a body can take place withouy motion"". He attempted to apply these theories to chemical phenomena - although he was limited to speculation- in papers on the action of chemical solvents in general..""(DSB VIII, p. 469).""Lomonosov was founder of Russian science, and he would be universally recognized as a great pioneer of science had he been born a West European. He was famous also for his literary works, including poems and dramas. In 1755 he wrote a Russian Grammar that reformed the language and in the same year he helped found the University of Moscow. In 1760 he published the first history of Russia.""(Isaac Asimov).‎

‎The Poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. ‎

‎ London Frederick Warne and Co and New York. Sans date (autour de 1900). Fort in 8 reliure demi chagrin crème à coins, dos à nerfs, pièce de titre et d'auteur, petit fer doré dans les entre nezrfs, tranches jaspées, portrait en frontispice - fine aquateinte. (X, 630 pp), légères traces sur la reliure, coiffe de tête légèrement frottée, petit manque sur la pièce de titre,& bel état intérieur. Bon exemplaire. With explanatory notes. En anglais.‎

‎THE CONTRIBUTION OF LIGHT SCATTERING TO THE EXTINCTION OF PROTEINS ( DE BIJDRAGE VAN DE LICHTVERSTROOIING TOT DE EXTINCTIE DER PROTEINEN ),‎

‎Brussel, Paleis der Academien, 1951 Gebrocheerd, papieromslag, 180 x 260mm., 14pp.‎

‎Mededelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van Belgie. Klasse der Wetenschappen. Jaargang XIIII N? 1. In goede staat.‎

‎DISQUE MAXI 45 T COMME UNE AVENTURE HOMMAGE AU VOL DE NUIT DE ST EXUPERY.‎

‎CBS DISQUES. 1988. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. Photo du groupe en couverture.. . . . Classification : 410-33 Tours‎

‎ Classification : 410-33 Tours‎

‎The Lords (Beat Music Gruppe der 60er Jahre): Autogrammkarte mit original Unterschriften.‎

‎ 9.5 x 14.5 cm. ‎

‎ Image disp.‎

‎Ueber die Beziehung zwischen der Fortpflanzungsgeschwindigkeit des Lichtes und der Körperdichte" Von H.A. Lorentz. (+) Ueber die Refractionsconstante" von L. Lorenz. (2 Papers).‎

‎Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1880. Without wrappers as issued in ""Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg.von G. Wiedemann."", Neue Folge Band IX, Heft 4. Titlepage to Bd. 9. Pp. 513-680 a. 1 folded engraved plate. + Neue Folge Band XI, Heft 9. Titlepage to Bd. 11. Pp. 1-176 a. 2 folded plates. Lorentz's paper"" pp. 641-665 (of Heft 4). Lorenz's paper: pp. 70-103. (2 entire issues offered). A stamp on titlepapges and verso. Both clean and fine.‎

‎First printing of these two fundamental papers, revealing a lasting result in the history of physics, as both authors INDEPENDENTLY OF EACH OTHER, discovered the mathematical formula for the dependence of refraction of light upon specific gravity. It is very interesting that they found the formula - now called the Lorenz-Lorentz Equation or Formula - with altogether different ways and methods. They both discovered the formula before 1880, L.V. Lorenz first, but, also independently, published their final versions in the same periodical, and in the same year (the 2 papers offered). - Parkinson ""Breakthroughs"" 1880 P.‎

‎Sur la Théorie moléculaire des Dissolutions diluées.‎

‎Harlem, Les Heritieres Loosjes, 1891. Lex8vo. Orig. printed wrappers. In ""Archives Néerlandaises des Science Exactes et Naturelles. Redigée par J. Bosschar"", Tome XXV, 2me Livraison. Pp. (101-) 226 (entire issue offered). Lorentz's paper: pp. 107-130. A faint stamp to frontwrapper and to the first page.‎

‎First edition. In this paper Lorentz applies statistical methods to his molecular theory of dlute solutions, discussing the phenomena of osmosis (van't Hoff's law of pressure) in this context and Boltzmann's theorem.‎

‎De L'Influence du Mouvement de la Terre sur les Phénomènes Lumineux.‎

‎Harlem, Les Heritieres Loosjes, 1887. Lex8vo.Orig. printed wrappers. Wrappers a bit frayed at edges. Upper right corner of frontwrapper gone. A faint stamp on wrapper and on titlepage. In ""Archives Néerlandaises des Science Exactes et Naturelles. Redigée par J. Bosscha"", Tome XXI. VI,492 pp. a. 8 plates (2 in chromolithography, 2 with 8 mounted photographs (photottypie)). Uncut and unopened, clean and fine.(The entire volume offered). Lorentz's paper pp. 103-176.‎

‎First appearance of an importent paper on the aberration of light ""in which he concluded that Fresnel's view of the luminiferous ether was superior to Stokes's. Unlike Stokes, Fresnel in his theory of aberration assumed that the ether near yhe earth did not participate in its motion. Lorentz thought that the hypothesis of the complete transparancy of matter to the ether was implicit in Fresnel's whole theory.""(DSB VIII, p.493). Lorentz further shows that the results of the Michelson-Morley experiments did not vindicate the theory of Stokes as Michelson thought, and he demonstrates that the results can be explained by his own theory as a combination of Fresnel's and Stokes's theories.‎

‎Om Identiteten af Lyssvingninger og elektriske Strømme. Meddelt den 25. Jan. 1866. (On the Identity of light- vibrations and electrical Currents - Ueber die Identität der Schwingungen des Lichts mit den elektrischen Strömen - Sur l'identité des vibrat...‎

‎Kjöbenhavn, Bianco Luno, 1867. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine with gilt lettering. In: ""Oversigt over det Kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger... i Aaret 1867"". X,273,49,(3) pp., textillustrations and plates. (Entire volume offered). Lorenz's paper: pp. 26-45 and pp. 9-16 (Resumé en Francais). Clean and fine.‎

‎Scarce first edition of Lorenz' landmark paper, which contains his important studies on the electromagnetic theory of light in which he - less than two years after, but independently of, Maxwell - found that LIGHT MIGHT BE INTERPRETED AS ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES, and that his equations lead to the CORRECT VALUE FOR THE VELOCITY OF LIGHT. ""The procedure which Lorenz followed was that of which Riemann had suggested in 1858, namely, to modify the accepted formula of electrodynamics by introducing terms which, though too small to be appreciable in ordinary laboratory experiments, would be capable of accounting for the propagation of electrical effects through space with a finite velocity...The (Lorenz-) equations are, however, the fundamental equations of Maxwell's theory"" and therefore the theory of L. Lorenz is practically equivalent to that of Maxwell, so far as concerns the propagation of electromagnetic disturbances through free aether.....he suggested that ALL LUMINOUS VIBRATIONS MIGHT BE CONSTITUTED BY ELECTRIC CURRENTS, and hence that there was 'no longer any reason for maintaining the hypothesis of an aether, since we can admit that space contains sufficient ponderable matter to enable the disturbance to be propagated"" (Edmund Whittaker in ""A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity I"", p. 267-70).‎

‎Experimentale og teoretiske Undersøgelser over Legemernes Brydningsforhold. (Experimental and theoretical investigations on the refractions in matter).‎

‎Kjøbenhavn (Copenhagen), Bianco Luno,1869. 4to. Uncut and unopened in orig. printed wrappers. [Off-print from: Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., 5 Række, naturvidenskabelig og matematisk Afd., 8 Bd. V.]. Pp. (203-)248. A mint copy.‎

‎First printing, off-print in original printed wrappers of this groundbreaking paper.""A further remarkable result of Lorenz' optical researches on the basis of his fundamental wave equation was the well-known formula (Lorents-Lorenz formula) for the refraction constant R... His first paper on the refraction constant, in which he also gave an experimental verification of his formula in the case of water, dates from 1869. In 1870 H. A. Lorentz arrived at the same result, independently of Lorenz."" (D.S.B. VIII:501).‎

‎Picturesque tour through the Oberland in the canton of Berne, in Switzerland. Illustrated by seventeen coloured engravings and a map showing the principal mountains and glaciers.‎

‎London, published at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand (printed by: William Clowes), 1823, in-4to, VIII + 120 p. + 17 plates with views all hand-coloured + 1 map, some stains on the free endpapers only, book contents and plates exceptionally clean, some dust stains mainly in the margins, handwritten on first flyleaf - E.W.P. Bonnet July 1854 - , bound in original light brown clothbound, covers blindpressed, spine with title and ornaments gilt, top of spine with small restoration, in all a fine copy in original publishers cloth. Rare.‎

‎Première édition anglaise. Un bel album d’estampes sur l’Oberland. Très rare et très recherché. (cf. Perret sous Weibel). Perret mentionne sous Lory, n° 2696: ‘Souvenirs de la Suisse...pour faire suite au Voyage Pittoresque dans l’Oberland Bernois’, sans pour autant mentionner ‘le Voyage Pittoresque’, lui-même de 1822 (éd. de Paris), et il confond, selon moi, 2 éditions différentes .First English edition in a beautiful publisher’s binding. Seventeen hand-coloured aquatint views without signatures. The work is considered to be an English version of the work by Phil. Alb. Stapfer «Voyage pittoresque de l'Oberland ou Description ...» published in Paris, in- folio,1812, with 1 frontispice by Duncker and 14 coloured plates after G. Lory by S. Weibel which was also published in 1822 in Paris and Strasbourg. In this edition 11 views are by J.S. Weibel & 6 by F. Schmid, F. Schutz, M. Wocher & G. Lory. But ‘Some of the plates in Ackermann’s book, judging by the titles, do not correspond with any in the Voyage Pittoresque done in Paris. (Abbey Travel). These fine coloured views of Swiss lakes, mountains, glaciers & towns, all in typical warm, summerly English colours, are showing: 1 - ‘Bern’, 2 - ‘View near Thun’, 3 - ‘View of Thun’, 4 - ‘View of the Lake of Thun. From upper Island’, 5 - The environs of Thun’, 6 - ‘View of the Castle of Spiez’, 7 - ‘View of the Cavern of St. Beat, near the Lake of Thun’, 8 - ‘View of Unterseen’, 9 - ‘View of Interlaken’,10 - ‘Fall of the Staubbach’, 11 - ‘A View of the Jungfrau’, 12 - ‘View of the Glaciers of Grindelwald’, 13 - ‘View of the Glaciers of Roselouvi’, 14 - ‘Meyringen’, 15 - ‘The Fall of Olstenbach & the Bridge of Wyler, 16 - ‘View of the village of Brienz’, 17 - ‘View of the Castle of Rinkenberg’. The map of the ‘Glaciers of the canton of Berne’ is bound at the beginning as a frontispice. Waber, BSL III/135, cf. III/133; Abbey, Travel 57; vgl. Mandach, Les Lory, p. 137; Perret 4534. (error of date 1923!); Tooley, English Books with coloured Plates. Image disp.‎

‎Fleurs d'Alsace-Lorraine-Franche-Comté‎

‎ARTEMIS 2018 11x18 5x1cm. 2018. Broché.‎

‎Comme neuf - livre issu de destockage - pouvant présenter d'infimes traces de stockage - Expédié soigneusement dans emballage adapté‎

‎The Seventeenth Century 1600-1715 [ Signed by the author to Jean Mesnard ]‎

‎1 vol. in-8 br., Sources in Western Civilization, Herbert Rowen, The Free-Press, New York, 1967, 359 pp.‎

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‎Very good copy, signed by the author to the famous professor Jean Mesnard. De la bibliothèque de Jean Mesnard (1921-2016), l'éminent spécialiste de Pascal et de la littérature du XVIIe siècle, normalien, agrégé de lettres, professeur à la Sorbonne et doyen de l'Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques.‎

‎Ghent Altarpiece and the Art of Jan van Eyck : For My Husband Otto H. Forster‎

‎Princeton, University Press, 1980 Illustrated cardboard cover, 255 x 190 x 20 mm., 255pp., 212 b/w plates. ISBN 0691038708.‎

‎The Altarpiece reconstructed - The Quatrain - The Iconography of the Altarpiece - Towards Criteria for judging Eyckian Works - The Ghant Altarpice in Northern Altar Painting - In good condition.‎

‎DISQUE VINYLE 33T MA JAMAICAINE / KINGSTON KINGSTON / CETTE FILLE LA / C'EST PAS NOEL / LES DIAMANTS DU RUTZ J'LES COMPTE SUR UN DE MES DOIGTS / CA SWINGUE UN MAX / ROXY.‎

‎VOGUE. 1979. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. Phtos du groupe sur la couverture et dans la pochette par RKM. Petit accroc d'enviorn 3 cm sur la tranche de la couverture.. . . . Classification : 410-33 Tours‎

‎ Classification : 410-33 Tours‎

‎Etrange fruit. ‎

‎, Les humanoides associés , 1991; in-4, 44 pp., cartonnage de l'éditeur. eo.‎

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‎Le centaure tatoué. ‎

‎, Les humanoides associés , 1992; in-4, 51 pp., cartonnage de l'éditeur.‎

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‎DISQUE VINYLE 33T AIN'T GONNA GIVE NOBODY NONE OF MY JELLY ROLL, FRANKIE AND JOHNNY, DROP THAT SACK, JELLY ROLL BLUES, OLD KENTUCKY HOME, CHIMES BLUES, SAINT JAMES INFIRMARY, I WANT A BIG BUTTER AND EGG MAN, I AIN'T GOT NOBODY, PANAMA, DR.JAZZ....‎

‎GUILDE INTERNATIONAL DU DISQUE. non daté. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. Pochette en noir, blanc et jaune, biographie de PHILIPPE KOECHLIN dérrière la pochette.. . . . Classification : 410-33 Tours‎

‎Disque n° SJS-1262 Classification : 410-33 Tours‎

‎Etude Historique sur Matthieu de Merle, baron de Lagorce et de Salavas, et de sa Famille. Thèse présentée à la Faculté de Théologie Prof.te de Paris et soutenue publiquement le 19 juin 1891 ‎

‎ grand in-8 broché - 1891 - 94 pages - dédicacé - Ed. Privas, Imprimerie J.-J. Roux‎

‎assez bon état (quelques pages cornées, petits manques au dos et premier plat) ‎

‎Les MERVEILLES de l'INDUSTRIE ou DESCRIPTION des PRINCIPALES INDUSTRIES MODERNES‎

‎4 volumes de 762, 731, 684 et 739 pages, format 205 x 290 mm, illustrés, reliés cartonnage dos cuir, s.d. (fin du XIXe-début du XXe siècle), Furne, Jouvet et Cie Editeurs (Paris)‎

‎Tome I : Industries chimiques : verre et cristal ; poteries, faïences, porcelaines ; savon ; soudes et potasses ; sel ; soufre et acide sulfurique. Tome II : Industries chimiques : Sucre ; papier ; papiers peints ; cuirs et peaux ; caoutchouc et gutta-percha ; teinture Tome III : Industries chimiques : Eau ; boissons gazeuses ; blanchiment et blanchissage ; phosphore et allumettes chimiques ; froid artificiel ; asphalte et bitume Tome IV : Industries agricoles et alimentaires : Pain et farines ; Fécules et pates alimentaires ; lait, beurre et fromages ; vin ; cidre ; bière ; alcool et distillation ; vinaigre ; huiles ; conserves alimentaires ; café et thé‎

‎Bréviaire tiré du romain, accomodé à l'usage des religieuses Ursulines... rare livre illustré.‎

‎ 1714 Paris : Louis Josse, 1714- In-8,reliure pleine basane usée époque,titre au dos usé,2 fermoirs metal, tranches rouges,texte latin- français, rubriqué noir et rouge, gr.- Collation: Complete with all pages: [28], 556 (i.e. -484), clvi,32p.- 14 gravures ht - titre gravé + 13 gravures paginées dans le texte, etat correct- rare livre illustré.Texte en latin, rubriques en français. Les hymnes sont pré-Urban VIII. Une note au début indique que ce bréviaire a été imprimé sans les offices de la Semaine Sainte et l'octave pascale, et sans le petit office de Notre-Dame et l'office des morts. Après p. 174 la pagination revient à la p. 171, puis après la deuxième p. 173 passe à la p. 246, mais aucune page ne manque; fautes identiques à l'édition originale de 1687 , calendrier. pagination : (xxvi), 177, 246-556, clvi,32p. ‎

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‎URSULINE Sisters Catholic Breviary Roman Missal Monastic Nuns Illustrated ‎

‎Centre de recherches agronomiques de Bingerville- La nutrition minérale du Caféier en côte d'Ivoire‎

‎Gouvernement général de l'A.O.P.. Mars 1957. In-4. Relié. Bon état, Coins frottés, Dos satisfaisant, Papier jauni. 191 pages. Nombreuses rousseurs. Titre et auteur en doré au dos+ 4 nerfs. Quelques planches.. . . . Classification Dewey : 633.7-Plantes alcaloïdes (tabac, thé, cacao, café, pavot)‎

‎ Classification Dewey : 633.7-Plantes alcaloïdes (tabac, thé, cacao, café, pavot)‎

‎THE BRITISH MUSEUM CHRISTIAN ART,‎

‎London, The British Museum Press, 2007 Bound, red cloth, illustrated dustjacket in colour, 185 x 250mm., 248pp., profound colour illustration. ISBN 9780714150536.‎

‎What makes a work of art Christian? Is it in the eye of the artist or the viewer? Can its meaning be understood by an individual artist or patron, or only within a Christian community? How was Christian art created and sustained over two millennia? How has it influenced and responded to the art of other great world religions? What is its function in post-Christian societies? This innovative book liberates Christian art from its traditional chronological framework and treats it as a response to universal human themes: relationships between women and men, food as an expression of friendship, refugees seeking asylum, coping with old age. New condition. ‎

‎Le centaure tatoué. ‎

‎, Les humanoides associés , 1992; in-4, 51 pp., cartonnage de l'éditeur.‎

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‎Ars Lyrica 15 (2005-2006) - Journal of the Lyrica Society for Word-Music Relations,‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 2008 Paperback, IV+136 p., 160 x 240 mm. ISBN 9782503525686.‎

‎Candelas Galas, 'Don Giovanni: Models and Reproductions'; Brad Eden, 'Strains of Elvish Songs and Voices: Victorian Medievalism, Music, and Tolkien'; Lisa Wersal, 'Rich in Love: Images and Perspectives in the Songs of David Roth'; Anne Berthelot, 'From Purcell to Albeniz: Merlin at the Opera'; Robert S. Haller, 'Mallory Meets Wagner in Madrid: Albeniz's Merlin and the Mythologizing of Arthur'; Edward Green, 'Marcabru and the foundations of Modern Song'; Angelica Minero Escobar, 'Anywhere out of the World: Escapism in Baudelaire-Duparc's L'invitation au voyage'. New.‎