Laurids de Thurah: Hafnia Hodierna [...]. Cph: Ernst Henrich Berling 1748. Large 4to. Frontispiece + (14) + 368 pp. Parallel-text in Danish, German and French. With engraved frontispiece and 110 engraved plates of buildings, squares, etc. Frontispiece with minor holes. Last 10 leaves with minor holes. Folding plate with minor taping. Old book plate on inner end paper. Inscribed on front free end paper. Bound in later full calf, front hinge loose, frontbard detached to upper part (5–6 cm).
1st edition of one of the most important eighteenth-century descriptions of Copenhagen. Richly illustrated with architectural plans of all the principal buildings in Copenhagen, including the three Royal Palaces, other government and public buildings, the townhouses of the aristocracy, and the city's numerous churches.
Books and manuscripts, 26 November 2013
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