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[HOLBERG, Ludvig (1684-1754)]. Nicolai Klimii Iter subterraneum novam telluris theoriam ac historiam quintae monarchiae adhuc nobis incognitae exhibens e bibliotheca B. Abelini. Copenhagen and Leipzig: Christian Gottlob Mengele, 1745. 8°. Engraved portrait, title, folding plan and 4 plates, with the final advertisement leaf (plates cut close to the margin, some browning and staining). Contemporary calf, gilt spine (slightly worn). Second edition of this imaginary voyage comprising a 'series of satirical imaginary societies exposing follies and prejudices, in the tradition of Lucian, Hall and Swift', Gibson.
[HOLBERG, Ludvig]. Nicolai Klimii Iter subterraneum. Copenhagen and Leipzig: Friedrich Christian Pelt, 1754. 8°. Engraved portrait, title, folding plan and 6 plates (worming from Y6 to the end, repaired but with slight loss of text, several wormholes in the margins in the second half of the book, browned throughout). Contemporary vellum, contrasting labels on spine, decorative coloured edges. Third edition. (2)
[HOLBERG, Ludvig]. Nicolai Klimii Iter subterraneum. Copenhagen and Leipzig: Friedrich Christian Pelt, 1754. 8°. Engraved portrait, title, folding plan and 6 plates (worming from Y6 to the end, repaired but with slight loss of text, several wormholes in the margins in the second half of the book, browned throughout). Contemporary vellum, contrasting labels on spine, decorative coloured edges. Third edition. (2)
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