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RESEN, Peder Hansen (1625-1688). Inscriptiones haffnienses. Copenhagen: typis Henrici Gordiani, 1668.
4° (180 x 135mm). 6 folding plates and 4 large woodcuts in the text. (Title strengthened at foremargin, light spotting, some contemporary annotation.) Contemporary calf, spine gilt (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: indistinct inscription to title.
FIRST EDITION of this collection of inscriptions from Copenhagen's official palaces and buildings. The illustrations include folding woodcuts of Uranienborg and Tyco Brahe's 'Globe of the sky', the text describing his life on the island of Hven. DSB II, p.404.
4° (180 x 135mm). 6 folding plates and 4 large woodcuts in the text. (Title strengthened at foremargin, light spotting, some contemporary annotation.) Contemporary calf, spine gilt (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: indistinct inscription to title.
FIRST EDITION of this collection of inscriptions from Copenhagen's official palaces and buildings. The illustrations include folding woodcuts of Uranienborg and Tyco Brahe's 'Globe of the sky', the text describing his life on the island of Hven. DSB II, p.404.
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