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Lot 155
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Laurids de Thurah: Hafnia Hodierna. 1748. + Description of Bornholm, Amager, Saltholm and Samsøe. 1756-58. (2) Laurids de Thurah: Hafnia Hodierna. Or a detailed description of the Royal Residens- og Hoved-stad Copenhagen. Cph. 1748. Parallel-text in Danish, French, and German. Infect. With engraved frontispiece and 109 (of 110) engravings of buildings, squares, etc. Missing engravation of the stock exchange. Bound in cont. full calf, with gilt spine. Spine and edges corn. + Indestructible and trustworthy Description over the... Island of Bornholm. Cph. Nicolaus Møller. 1756. Bound with: Description over the small island of Amager, and ... Saltholm. Cph. Nicolaus Møller. 1758. And: Description of the island of Samsøe, and the small islands belonging thereto. Cph. Nicolaus Møller. 1758. Container folding maps of Bornholm, Christiansøe, Amager, Saltholm and Samsoe + numerous engraved views and prospects and folk costumes. Bound in corn full calf. (2) Provenance: Peder Westphal (1944]2024), map collector and forms vice-chairman of 'Danish Short History Society'. Thurah planned to make a description of all of Denmark in several volumes, but only these 3 books were published due to the author's sudden death in 1759. Spine and eggs corn. Minor tear in edge of map of Samsøe. Some moisture damage to last pages of Description of Island Samsøe.
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Laurids de Thurah: Hafnia Hodierna. 1748. + Description over Bornholm, Amager, Saltholm and Samsøe. 1756-58. (2)
Two-volume work: Laurids de Thurah's Hafnia Hodierna (1748) plus descriptions of Bornholm, Amager, Saltholm and Samsøe (1756-58), bound in contemporary full calf with gilt spine, parallel text in Danish, French and German, missing stock exchange engraving.
Sold26 Oct 2026
Final Price
563 €(4.200 kr.)
1 bid(s) placed
Lot Details
- Lot #
- 155
- Currency
- DKK
- Bids
- 1
- Location
- København, DK
- Lot Ends
- 26 Oct 2026, 19:51:20
- Auction Ends
- 1 Nov 2026, 01:00:00
- Auction Started
- 26 Oct 2026
- Lots in Auction
- 2073