Klubbat för:

4000 SEK

Estimate

5 000-7 000 SEK

Description

KARL XII. (3). (NORDBERG, J. A.). 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 (2 dampstained), 5 engraved full-page portraits (all, the portrait of Charles XII cut to platemark and mounted, browned, 2 somewhat dampstained), 24 partly folding engraved maps and plates (all, 4 plates dampstained, some plates partly browned, otherwise some foxing or spotting), many fine engravings in the text, like 45 initials, 87 engravings, vignettes, and 215 engravings of coins.
Contemporary full vellum, somewhat worn and spotted. Vol. I with some damages from damp in lower outer corner, some leaves at end also mended in outer lower corner or with worming, some minor marginal dampstaining, vol. II-III partly dampstained, mostly in the beginning and end, some foxing or spotting. Bookplate of Kristofer Enckell. 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.

Sold as a lot, not subject to return.

Auktionsnummer:

6097

Date:

2019-12-11