Braunschweig, Vieweg und Sohn, 1867. Uncut in original printed wrappers. Wrappers a bit soiled. (4),17 pp. With some faint marginal dampstains. On top of htitle the signature of ""Max Laue/ 22.1.1897"" in pencil.
First edition. Clausius established the second law of thermodynamics in papers fra 1850 and 1854, and coined the concept of ""entropy"" in 1865. In this paper he explains the consequences of entropy - ""Die Entropie der Welt strebt einem Maximum zu"" (p. 17).