A MASTERPIECE IN DANISH HISTORICAL LITERATURE

SLANGE, NIELS.

Den stormægtigste konges Christian den fierdes konges til Danmark og Norge, de venders og gothers, hertugs til Slesvig, Holsten, Stormarn og Ditmersken, greves til Oldenborg og Delmenhorst, historie, sammenskrevet af Niels Slange. 4 parts (all).

København, Hans Kongel. Majests. privilegerede Bogtrykkerie, 1749.

Folio (265 x 400 mm) Four parts uniformly bound in two full calf bindings with seven raised bands and richly gilt spines. Light wear to extremities, some scratches to boards and some of the gilt ornamentation to spine worn off. Lower compartment on spine of vol. 1 with repair. Top of title-page in vol. 1 with annotations in contemporary hand and small part of upper outer corner on title-page cut out, far from affecting text. A few leaves with contemporary marginal annotations, but an overall nice, clean and widemargined copy. (4), 10, 676; 677-1534, (1) pp. + 2 engraved frontispieces depicting Christian IV and Niels Slange. 

First edition of Niels Slange’s famous biography of Denmark’s arguably most renowned and legendary King, Christian IV – the work is in all aspects a masterpiece in Danish historical literature.

Order-nr.: 60304