Pufendorfs De rebus a Carolo Gustavo 1729
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PUFENDORF, SAMUEL. De rebus a Carolo Gustavo Sveciæ rege gestis commentariorum libri septem... cum triplici indice. (I-II.) Norimbergae (Nürnberg) (sumptibus Chr. Riegelii. Liber Bielingianis) 1729.
Folio. (10), (5), 6-362, (5), 368-626, (2), 3-53, (9, lacks last unpaginated leaf) pp. Engraved frontispiece, 12 engraved portraits (all), 115 engraved plates (including the funeral plate joined together, which gives 128 plates in all, minor foxing). Title with engraved vignette, some other engraved vignettes.
Near contemporary full vellum gilt, gilt spine, gilt gauffered and painted edges, later marbled inner doublures and endpapers. Bookplate of Carl-Gustaf Wrangel.
The first edition was published in latin 1696, and a second latin edition in 1729. In 1697 a German and French edition was also published.
The writing of this official history of the Swedish wars with Poland and Denmark from 1655 to 1660 was entrusted by king Charles XI to Samuel Pufendorf, a German historian and expert on international law, who held the first chair of history at the new university of Lund (1668-1676) and was the official Historiographer of the Realm from 1676 until 1689. (Sten G. Lindberg: Swedish Books 1280-1967.)
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Auktionsnummer:
6086
Date:
2015-12-15