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‎Darwinism [i.e. German: ""Wahrheit und Irrthum im Darwinismus""] - [FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST BOOK ON DARWINISM, PRINTED IN ISTANBUL. ]‎

‎Istanbul, Nietzsche Hayatý ve Felsefesi, 1329 [1913]. 8vo. In later embossed full cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine. Last 10 leaves with a brown spot. Frontiespiece repaired with tape, otherwise a fine and clean copy. 127, (1) pp. + portrait of Darwin.‎

‎Rare first edition of the first book on Darwinism, printed in Istanbul. The work in Ottoman language is a translation of ""Wahrheit und Irrthum im Darwinismus"" (The Truths and Mistakes of Darwinism) by Eduard von Hartmann (1842 - 1906), first published in 1875. The translator Memduh Süleyman, who also commented the book, considered the natural evolution the biggest mistake of the Darwinism. Memduh Süleyman (1889?-1920) was an important author and translator of the last years of the Ottoman Empire. His most famous work is a book on Nietzsche, ""Nietzsche Hayat? ve Felsefesi"", from 1912, which he co-wrote in together with Ahmet Nebil-Baha Tevfik-Memduh.The book was published amidst the Ottoman debate on the Darwinism. The first mentioning of the term was made in 1863 in a magazine Mecmua-i Fünun by Münif Pasha, who was at the time serving as a minister of education and did not believe, that the development of science would or should affect the religion. In the time of the publication of the present work, Darwin's works were not yet translated into Ottoman. The first translation of On the Origin of Species in the Muslim world, was only issued in Arabic in 1918 in Cairo. Translated were only the first six chapters. For more chapters were subsequently added in 1928.OCLC list three institutional examples (Leiden University Library, Library of Congress, Huntington Library, Art Museum, & Botanical Gardens).‎

‎"Convolute: The Books of Samuel or the First Two Books of Kings; the First Book "‎

‎"Convolute: The Books of Samuel or the First Two Books of Kings; the First Book of Kings or the Third Book of Kings; the Books of Chronicles Ezra Nehemiah and Esther among the Hebrews: the Chronicles; the Book of Job; the Book of Psalms or Psalms. In Russian (ask us if in doubt)/Konvolyut: Knigi Samuila ili Pervye dve Knigi Tsarstv; Pervaya Kniga Tsarey ili Tretya Kniga Tsarstv; Knigi Paralipomenon Ezdry Neemii i Esfir u evreev: letopisi.; Kniga Iova; Kniga Psalmov ili Psaltir.The Book of Proverbs of Solomon; the Book of the Prophet Isaiah; the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah; the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel; the Book of the Prophet Daniel; the Books of the Twelve Prophets. Translated from the Hebrew text. London. Society for the distribution of the Bible In BritaIn and other countries. 1866-1873 120 118 184 50 122 24 94 118 100 82 p. SKUalb0ab63bc8df44d751."‎

‎Videnskaben om Naturens Almindelige Love. Første Bind (alt som udkom). (The Science of the General Laws of Nature. First volume [all that was published]). - [GIFT-COPY OF OERSTED'S FIRST BOOK]‎

‎Kjøbenhavn (Copenhagen), Fr. Brummer, 1809. 8vo. Bound in a beautiful contemporary full dark green goatskin binding with reichly gilt spine, gilt ornamental borders to boards, gilt dentelles and all edges of boards gilt. Pink end-papers. All edges gilt. Printed on good paper. Clearly a gift-copy inteded as a present from the author.Old owner's name to front free end-paper: ""L. E. Jack/ 16/9 1933"". A bit of wear to extremities, but en excellent, very well preserved and completely unrestored copy. XXX,378 pp. and 11 folded engraved plates, with many figures on each.‎

‎A magnificent gift-copy of the scarce first edition of Hans Christian Oersted's first printed book (The Science of the General Laws of Nature), in which he outlays for the first time the basis of his philosophical and physical system that leads him to his discovery of electro-magnetism.Universally famous for his discovery of the Electro-Magnetism in 1820, it is actually in this his first printed book that Oersted proposes at least three of the most fundamental theses that he were to follow for the rest of his life and which came to be the foundation for his discovery of Electro-Magnetism, namely: the crucial role that experiments and thereby empiricism play in the perception of nature" the fact that each individual phenomenon in nature in accordance with the philosophy of nature must be understood as a whole" and that the laws of nature are the same everywhere, in the smallest as in the greatest parts of the universe. The sort of philosophy of nature that Oersted here develops aims to ""include and penetrate the entire nature, and to explain it in its full context"" (from ""Science of the General Laws of Nature"" - own translation), which is why this philosophy is also the science of the general laws of nature (that are the same everywhere). It thus not only includes the science of movement, but also that of electricity, magnetism, light, warmth, and chemical connections, such as they all follow directly from ordinary forces of nature. The path to Oested's breakthrough discovery in 1820 of the connection between magnetism and electricity, clearly stems directly from the general laws of nature that he develops in this his earliest book. ""He was an enthusiastic follower of the ""Naturphilosophie"" school in Germany, whose main object was the unification of physical forces, thus producing a monistic theory of the universe. It was to further this purpose that Oersted sought in actual phenomena the electro-magnetic identity of which he had already convinced himself on metaphysical grounds"" (Percy H. Muir in Printing and The Mind of Man). The work is rare in itself, but it is of the utmost scarcity in this condition. Very few gift- or presentation-copies of Oersted's earliest works are known, and this is a true rarity. ‎

‎Ekonomicheskie etyudy i stati. [i.e. Economic Studies and Essays]. - [LENIN'S FIRST BOOK]‎

‎S.-Petersburg, 1899 [recte October 1898]. 8vo. Bound in an excellent newer red half morocco in perfect contemporary style, with five raised bands and gilt author and year to spine. Marbled edges and beautiful marbled en-papers. Old owner's stamps to title-page (""Biblioteka Aleksandova, S. 1873 F."", ""Iz knig Avrutina M.V."", and the number ""21162""), otherwise also internally very nice and clean. (4), 290 pp.‎

‎Very rare first edition of Lenin's first published book, the seminal miscellany of his economic papers, which constitute the first outline of his revolutionary ideas. The work consists in five economic essays/studies, four of which are published here for the first time (""The Handicraft Census of 1894-95 in Perm Gubernia and General Problems of ""Handicraft"" Industry"""" ""Gems of Narodnik Project-Mongering"""" ""The Heritage We Renounce"" - all three written in exile in 1897 - and ""On the Question of Our Factory Statistics"", written in 1898), and one of which (""A Characterisation of Economic Romanticism"") had been published the previous year, in installments, in the magazine Novoye Slovo, April-July 1897. Before the present publication, only very few of Lenin's papers and articles had been published, and none of them in book form. The present publication brings to light Lenin's elaboration of the tasks of the Russian Marxists (both as to their programme, their tactics, and the organization as such) (""The Heritage We Renounce"") and gives us the basis for his take on Marxism. Much of the original material published here was used by Lenin, both directly (e.g. the ""Handicraft Census"") and indirectly (forming a basis for the work) in his later published book ""The Development of Capitalim in Russia"" (1899), which established his reputation as a Marxist theorist. Furthermore, the present publication constitutes Lenin's earliest economic writings directed against the Narodniks. As a whole, the present publication gives us the first rounded picture of Leninist thought and provides us with the basis for Leninist economics and politics. That which Lenin develops in the present studies and essays forms the basis for the capitalist and Marxist thought that he is later to present and which becomes the standard introduction to the Russian economy for later generations of Marxists. The work is of great scarcity and was presumably printed in very small numbers. ‎

‎"Khodasevich Vladislav. Convolute: Youth. First book of poems; Happy House. Secon"‎

‎"Khodasevich Vladislav. Convolute: Youth. First book of poems; Happy House. Second book of poems; Through the grain. Third book of poems; Heavy lira. Fourth book of poems 1920-1922. In Russian (ask us if in doubt)/Khodasevich Vladislav. Konvolyut: MolKhodasevich Vladislav. Convolute: Youth. First book of poems; Happy House. Second book of poems; Through the grain. Third book of poems; Heavy lira. Fourth book of poems 1920-1922. In Russian (ask us if in doubt)/Khodasevich Vladislav. Konvolyut: Molodost. Pervaya kniga stikhov; Schastlivyy domik. Vtoraya kniga stikhov; Putem zerna. Tretya kniga stikhov; Tyazhelaya lira. Chetvertaya kniga stikhov 1920-1922.Moscow; Berlin-S-Pb.-M.; Petrograd; Moscow-Pg. Kgigoizd. Grif; Publishing House Z.I. Grzhebina; Type. Svetoch; Gosizdat. 1908; 1922; 1921; 1922.62.6 and 74 ports and 62.2 and 60 s. 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. SKUalb90219b17b32430f6"‎