Nordberg, Leben Carl des zwölften, 1751 3 vol
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KARL XII. (NORDBERG, J. A.). (3). Leben Carl des Zwölften Königs in Schweden. I-III. Hamburg (J. G. Trausold) 1745-52.
Folio. (20, including engraved title), (3), 4-704, (4, including engraved title), (3), IV-XVI, (5), 6-768, (14, including engraved title), (I)-XX, (1)-882 pp. 3 engraved title leaves with vignettes, 5 engraved full-page portraits (all), 24 partly folding engraved maps and plates (all, name on verso of frontispiece portraits, engraved title with some slight foxing, some dampstaining to plates in vol. II, some foxing or staining, mostly to margin, 2 with tears, 1 loose), many fine engravings in the text, like 45 initials, 87 engravings, vignettes, and 215 engravings of coins.
Contemporary brown full calf, richly gilt spines in seven compartments with two title labels and speckled edges, partly worn and rubbed, corners bumped, inner joints partly split, last volume with later endpapers and doblures. Endpapers with some annotations. Text with some slight foxing or dampstaining, mostly to margins. Some slight worming to text in Index (pages 780 to the end) in vol. III. Engraved bookplate of Anders Anton von Stiernman. Stamp on title to vol. III "Odense Kathedral skoles bibliothek". 3 volumes.
Warmholtz 5954. Probably lacking printed titles.
First German edition, translated by J. H. Heubel. This German translation is much expanded compared to the Swedish original from 1740.
The portraits are engraved by Fritsch and depicts amongst others Charles XII, Gustav III and the author. One of the engraved vignettes is the oldest known Scandinavian picture of a working printing office.
Plates and maps from Hamburg, Riga, Stralsund, Thorn, Narva, Tönningen, Penemünde, Rügen, Tondern, Traustadt, Pultusk, Clissow, Warschau und Kalisch sowie Holstein und Norwegen.
Auktionsnummer:
6134
Date:
2016-06-21