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DAHLBERG, ERIK JÖNNSON, Count. Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna. 349 (of 354) engraved plates, many double-page or folding, comprising pictorial titles,

DAHLBERG, ERIK JÖNNSON, Count. Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna. 349 (of 354) engraved plates, many double-page or folding, comprising pictorial titles, 3 portraits, 2 maps of Scandinavia and the Baltic, and views of Swedish cities and towns, palaces, gardens, churches, tombs, etc. 13-page letterpress plate list at end. 3 volumes in one. Folio, 362x266 mm, contemporary calf, spine in 7 compartments, with red morocco lettering piece in one and ornamental tooling in the rest; generally clean internally with only infrequent marginal soiling or foxing, outer margin restored on plate 102 in Volume 1, vertical paper crack in center of plate 88 in Volume 3. Presentation inscription from Henricus Benzelius to Kilian Stobaeus dated November 1711. [Stockholm, late 17th-early 18th century]

  • Notes: monumental collection of swedish views, commissioned by the Swedish government and carried out almost entirely by Dahlberg (1625-1703), a military officer and architect. attractive copy, lacking only plates 94, 101, and 103 in Volume 1, and plates 10 and 12 in Volume 3. Berlin 2256; Hofer, Baroque Book Illustration 93; Millard III, 16 (also pages 37-38).

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