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Laurids de Thurah

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. 1st ed. Large folio. Complete with engraved frontispiece and 281 engraved plates. Old book plates on inner end papers. Minor soling to a few plates. Bound in cont. full calf (19th century), bindings with wear. Spines with scratches and tears. (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. Danica II, 602.

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Books and manuscripts, 1 April 2014

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12,000–15,000 DKK

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11,500 DKK  

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