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. Some dampstaining and foxing. Weak inner hinges. Bound in contemporary full decorated red calf. Spines with weak hinges and wear. Boards with wear.
Enclosed third volume, which was only published in facsimile in the 20th century. Orig. boards. (3)
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 German engravers Michael Keyl and C.L. Wüst.
Bibl. Dan. II, 602; Graesse VII,153; Brunet V, 851.
Books, 16 April 2013
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