1825/​6032

Laurids de Thurah (b. Aarhus 1706, d. s.p. 1759)

Laurids de Thurah: Omstændelig og tilforladelig Beskrivelse over den i Øster-Søen liggende [...] Øe Bornholm, og den ei langt derfra anlagde fortreffelige Fæstning Christiansøe. Cph 1756. Large 4to. Illust. with 31 engraved plates, several folding. + Map of the island. Wide margins. Old book plate. Bound in cont. full calf.

Enclosed P.N. Skougaard: Beskrivelse over Bornholm. Første Del (all published). Cph: Seidelin 1804. 1st ed. Bound in cont. half calf. (2)

First edition of this central source to the history and the description of the islands in the Baltic Sea fully illustrated with 31 engraved plates.

Both works in Bibl. Danica II, 693.

Auction

Books and manuscripts, 19 June 2018

Category

Books & manuscripts

Estimate

6,000–8,000 DKK

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Price realised

11,500 DKK  

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