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Laurids de Thurah

Laurids de Thurah: Hafnia Hodierna [...]. Cph: Ernst Henrich Berling 1748. 4to. (14) + 368 pp. Copy on good paper. Minor foxing. Parallel-text in Danish, German and French. With engraved frontispiece and 110 engraved plates of buildings, squares, etc. Bound in cont. full calf. With signs of wear.

1st edition of one of the most inportant 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.

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Books, 16 April 2013

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