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Caspar Danckwerth (b. 1605, d. 1672)

Caspar Danckwerth: Newe Landesbeschreibung der zwei Herzogthümer Schleswig und Holstein. Husum [Denmark] 1652. Folio. With engraved title + (8)+301+(3) pages plus 40 engraved maps by Johannes Mejer and engraved by N. and M. Petersen. Browning, soiling and repairs throughout. Numerous leaves restored at the edges, several of the maps very closely trimmed, some with loss to the edges. Previous owner's names annotated on flyleaf. Bound in modern half vellum. The atlas was bound and restored at The Royal Danish Library, April-June, 1942 by H.G. Svensson Bogbindermester, Kgl. Bibliotek.

First Danish atlas, depicting the two duchies of Schleswig and Holstein.

Graesse II,324. Bibl. Dan. III,653.

Auction

The 100th anniversary of the reunification, 15 June 2020

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