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PUFENDORF
PUFENDORF, PUFENDORF , , SAMUEL SAMUEL v vvon.
vvon.
on. De De rebus rebus a a Carolo Carolo Gusta
Gustavo Gusta o Sv
Sveciæ Sv eciæ rege gestis
commetariorum commetariorum libri libri septem.
septem.
Christopher Riegel, Nürnberg/Nuremberg 1696. Folio. (6)+626+53+(10) pages.
Engraved title + 12 engraved portraits + 115 engraved plates, of which many folding,
including a 450 cm long view of the funeral procession of Swedish king Carl X Gustav
in Stockholm (mounted in the back of the book with corresponding dent in verso of
back board. Contemporary full vellum. A most well-preserved copy: Book-block is
clean and crisp throughout, and the plates are all in sharp, fine impressions. Bookplate
on front pastedown. Dkk 85.000,00
* Warmholz 4840. Very attractive copy the first edition of Pufendorf’s famous account
on the Swedish king Carl X Gustav and his dramatic reign (1654-1660) with wars
against Poland and Denmark-Norway. The work was at first issued in Latin, followed
by editions in German and French in 1697. Thus, the plate material was at its best in
the first version. The book is renowned for the superb illustrations, of which most were
based on sketches by the Swedish officer Erik Dahlberg who was an eyewitness at most
of the events. Dahlberg was a talented artist and an excellent cartographer; thus his
pictures offer a unique source to how Sweden (mostly Stockholm) Poland (including
Warsaw) and Denmark appeared in the mid-17th century, besides being a fine source
to weaponry, uniforms and other details.
** Usædvanlig velbevaret eksemplar af den latinske førsteudgave af Samuel Pufendorfs
storværk om Carl X Gustavs dramatiske regeringstid - kulminationen af Sveriges rolle
som stormagt. Værket er især berømt for det enestående illustrationsmateriale, baseret
på tegninger af den ferme svenske generalkvartermester Erik Dahlberg, som gjorde
hele forløbet med ved sin konges side. Fra en dansk synsvinkel udgør værket en væsentlig
fremstilling af det mest katastrofale tidehverv i dansk historie, kulminerende dels
med Danmarks deling ved Roskilde-freden i februar 1659, dels med den fejlslagne
svenske storm på København i februar 1659, der resulterede i, at Danmark overhovedet
overlevede som selvstændig stat. Dahlbergs kort og billeder er en helt enestående
kilde til Danmarks
udseende i 1600-tallet.
Man kan således uden
problemer bruge hans
Københavnskort den
dag i dag, og hans
fremstilling af fredstaflet
på Frederiksborg i
marts 1658 er det eneste
pålidelige eksisterende
billede af Christian IV’s
fornemme interiør her.
Derudover får man
tillige uhyre detaljerede
prospekter af byer,
bygninger og mennesketyper.
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