Laurids de Thurah: Le Vitruve Danois/ Den Danske Vitruvius. Indeholder Grundtegninger, Opstalter, og Giennemsnitter af de merkværdigste Bygninger i Kongeriget Dannemark. 2 vols. Cph 1746–49. Large folio. Complete with engraved frontispiece and 281 engraved plates. Minor soling to a few plates. One plate (#1) with minor tear, one plate with half of leaf loose from margin. Library stamp on both title leaves and gilt mark on both frontboards from Handels- og Kontoristforeningen, Kjøbenhavn. Bound in cont. full calf (19th century), bindings with wear. (2)
Laurids de Thurah (1706–59) was the principal representative of Baroque architecture in Denmark. This is his monumental masterwork on Danish architecture, complete with 281 engraved plates by the Germans Michael Keyl and C.L. Wüst.
Bibl. Dan. II, 602; Graesse VII,153; Brunet V, 851.
Books and manuscripts, 12 February 2013
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