Laurids de Thurah (f. Aarhus 1706, d. sst. 1759)
Laurids de Thurah: Den danske Vitruvius, indeholder grundtegninger, opstalter, og giennemsnitter af de merkværdigste bygninger i Kongeriget Dannemark [...] / Le Vitruve danois; contient les plans, les élévations et les profils des principaux bâtiments du Roiaume de Dannemarc [...] /Der dänische Vitruvius; enthält die Grundrisse, Aufrisse und Durchschnitte derer merkwürdigste Gebäude des Königreichs Dännemark, und der könglichen teutschen Provintzen [...]. 2 vols. Cph: Ernst Henrich Berling 1746–49. Folio. Danish, French and German text. Complete with 281 full-page engraved plates of prospects, designs and drawings incl. the royal castles, a few folded. Vol. I with occasional foxing to preliminary leaves, dampstaining to upper part of some of the leaves. Most plates clean. Bound in full calf, wear to upper and lower headbands. No repairs. Labels on spines in red and green morooco, all edges red. (2)
Laurids de Thurah (1706–59) is 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. Dan. II, 602; Graesse VII,153; Brunet V, 851.
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Malerier & bøger, 19. september 2017