Search Results: Titles starting with M from Herman H. J. Lynge & Son

1822. Augustae Tavrinorum (Torino), Pomba et Filiorum, 1822-23. Large 8vo. Bound in 5 fine cont. full vellum, profusely gilt backs, title-and tomelabels in red and brown. Large copy on good paper.

1827. K., 1827-29. 4 samt.hldrbd. St.p.t. 420, 370, 370, 391 pp. 2 kapitæler lidt slidte. Indeholder overs. af berømte rejsebeskrivelser af Finlayson (Siam), King (Australien), Ancelot (Rusland), Carne (Ægypten, Syrien, Palæstina), Bullock (Mexico), Hall(Lutchu), Palaiologus (Tyrkiet).

1913. Kbhvn., 1913-43. Lex8vo. Med omsl.i 11 solide hshirtbd. Den store islandske Jordebog i originaltrykket.

1943. London, New York, Melbourne (printed in Great Britain), Published on behalf of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, (1943). 8vo. Stapled as issued. Title-page printed in red. Stapels with rust, slightly affecting surrounding paper. A very fine, near mint, copy. 16 pp. The scarce first printing of this hugely important publication, which constitutes one of the very first official reports on Holocaust and one of the most accurate accounts that had been presented to the West, changing their knowledge of what was actually going on. This seminal pamphlet consists of 1) Raczynski's account of the ongoing Holocaust, based among other reports, on the eye-witness-report by Jan Karski, a Polish Government emissary in occupied Poland, who bribed his way into a German concentration camp and witnessed the mass extermination of Jews, 2) the seminal "Joint Declaration" by members of the United Nations, in which "The above-mentioned Govenments and the French National Committee condemn in the strongest… Read More

1943. London, New York, Melbourne (printed in Great Britain), Published on behalf of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, (1943). 8vo. Stapled as issued. Title-page printed in red. Stapels with rust, slightly affecting surrounding paper. A very fine, near mint, copy. 16 pp. The scarce first printing of this hugely important publication, which constitutes one of the very first official reports on Holocaust and one of the most accurate accounts that had been presented to the West, changing their knowledge of what was actually going on. This seminal pamphlet consists of 1) Raczynski's account of the ongoing Holocaust, based among other reports, on the eye-witness-report by Jan Karski, a Polish Government emissary in occupied Poland, who bribed his way into a German concentration camp and witnessed the mass extermination of Jews, 2) the seminal "Joint Declaration" by members of the United Nations, in which "The above-mentioned Govenments and the French National Committee condemn in the strongest… Read More

1855. Paris, Mallet-Bachelier, 1855. 4to. Extract, bound in new full blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. A bit of brownspotting, otherwise a fine. [Babbage:] Pp. 557-560. [Entire issue: (3), 538-63 pp.]. Scarce first publication of Babbage's early report on the difference engine, which had been built by the Swedish printer Georg Scheutz and his son Edvard, based upon Babbage's own designs. "In 1854 Babbage's ideas came to the attention of George and Edvard Scheutz, a father and son from Sweden. After reading a description of the Difference Engine (by Babbage), they designed and built their own version. This machine was smaller and lighter than the engine conceived by Babbage. They used gears and levers that would have been suitable for the mechanism of a clock. In contrast, Babbage used technology that would have been appropriate for a steam engine. Babbage's engine, if completed, would have filled a room. The Scheutz engine sat nicely on a table and looked like a complicated music box.… Read More

1756. Bln., 1756. + Memoire Raisonné sur la Conduite des Cours de Vienne et de Saxe,et sur leurs Desseins dangereux contre Sa Majesté le Roi de Prusse,avec les Pie ces Originales ... No Place,1756. + Refutation de la Response... Bln., 1756. + Repose du Ministre du Roi...Bln., 1756. 4to. Cont.boards. 15,44,36,(10),31 pp.

1839. Hildesburghausen, 1839-4to. 4to.-oblong. One cont.hcalf.Gilt back. Text a little brownspotted. Plates generally good. 131,152 pp., 2 engr.titles and 93 steel-engr.plates(47 + 46).

1818. Hrsg.von einer Mutter. l.-2.Theil. Nürnb., Campe, 1818. Cont.full cloth. Gilt back. XIV,271,218 pp. a. 6 nice handcoloured engr.plates.

1936. N.Y., Macmillan Company, (1936). 4to. 2 orig. full cloth. XX,1245 pp., 16 colourplates a. 72 in b/w (by Francis L. Jaques). Light wear along edges, otherwise fine. Bookplate of Lorenz Ferdinand.

1860. Utrecht, Kemink en Zoon, 1860. 4to. Original printed clothbacked boards. Stamp on title-page. XII,(2),120 pp., 1 lithographed plate.

1859. Utrecht. L.E. Bosch en Zoon, 1859. 4to. Original printed clothbacked boards. Stamp on title-page. (6),80 pp., 5 folded tables.

1829. Kiøbenhavn, Reitzel, 1829-31. 8vo. Indbundet i 6 samtidige hldrbd. med rig rygforgyldning. Rygge og nogle kapitæler lidt slidte. Heri væsentlige anmeldelser af tidens litterærere og videnskabelige udgivelser.

1873. Kbhvn., 1873-82. Indbundet i 20 samtidige hldrbd. Enkelte false slidte. Disse første bind af Nationaløkonomisk Tidsskrift er sjældne.

1834. Kjøbenhavn, H.G. Brill, 1834. Samtidigt hldrbd. Rygforgyldning. Ryg lidt slidt. (4),232 pp., 6 kobberstukne plancher. Spredte brunpletter.

1813. Upsala, Stenhammar och Palmblad, 1813. 8vo. In the original printed wrappers. Ex-libris pasted on to verso of front-wrapper. From the library of Swedish crime author Henning Mankell. Light soiling to extremities and front wrapper partly detached, otherwise a fine and clean copy. (4), 106 pp. The rare first full transation of any of Shakespeare's works into Swedish. A translation of a scene from Coriolanus appeared in 1796, but Macbeth was the first of his plays to be printed in Swedish. From the libary of Swedish crime writer, children's author, and dramatist, Henning Mankell, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most noted creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander.

1876. London a. Copenhagen, Williams and Norgate, H.H.J. Lynge, 1876. 4to. Orig. printed wrappers. Wrappers with small tears. 27 pp., 2 plates of runic stones.

1816. Kiøbenhavn, Beekens Forlag, 1816. Nydeligt lidt senere hshirtbd. 125 pp.

1757. Stockholm, Grefing, 1757. Small 8vo. In the original blank wrappers. Dampstain to upper part of spine and upper part of back wrapper, affecting last blank leaf. Old owner's name to title-page. First blank leaf with comments in recent hand in pencil. From the library of Swedish crime author Henning Mankell. Text printed in two columns. Title-page with lovely engraved vignette, depicting a putti with a spyglass (symbolising the Enlightenment) and lovely woodcut vignettes. Untouched and unrestored in completely original condition. A magnificent copy. (16), 256 pp. Exceedingly scarce first edition of the first Scandinavian translation of Machiavelli's "Il Principe", namely the first Swedish translation. Through its Scandinavian translation, the work came to have an immense impact on Scandinavian politics and philosophy and was considered a breakthrough work of political thought, albeit highly controversial and not at all acceptable at the time. Even though antedating some other European versions… Read More

1735. Paris, chez Gabriel Martin, 1735. 4to (262 x 210 mm). Uniformly bound in seven nice contemporary full calf bindings with five raised bands and richly gilt spines. Light wear to extremities. Vol. 4 with lower compartment of spine missing part of the leather. Internally with light occassional marginal miscolouring. Vol. 5 with damp stain affecting lower outer corner of first 14 leaves. An overall fine complete set with all half titles and 433 plates (1-429, plus 105*, 177*, 329* and 2 additional plates numbered 341, but 197-8 on one sheet). Vol 1: VIII, (4), 215 pp + 67 folded plates. Vol 2: (4), V, (3), 192 pp + 73 folded plates (numbered 68 to 139)Vol 3: (4), V, (3), 205 pp. + 75 folded plates (numbered 140 to 214)Vol 4: (4), V, (3), 239 pp. + 81 folded plates (numbered 215 to 295). Vol 5: (4), V, (3), 173 pp. + 66 folded plates (numbered 296 to 360). Vol 6: (4), V, (3), 196, (35) pp. + 69 folded plates (numbered 361 to 429) First edition of this important and extensive work containing… Read More