1506/​6064

Erik Pontoppidan

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. Old book plate. Bound in cont. full calf. Wear due to age.

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.

Auction

Books and manuscripts, 3 February 2015

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