PONTANUS, Johann Isaak. - Lot 119

PONTANUS, Johann Isaak. Rerum Danicarum historia, libris X unoq; tomo ad domum usq; Oldenburgicam deducta, ... Accedit chorographica regni Dainæ tractusq; eius universi borealis urbiumq... Amstelodami, sumptibus Joannis Janssonii, anno 1631 [at colophon] : Hardervici Gelrorum / Excudebat Nicolaus à Wieringen / anno M DC XXXI. In-folio (37 x 23 cm), (8) ff. including engraved title-frontispiece, 812 pp., (26) ff. 18th century speckled fawn basane, 6-rib spine, gilt title, coffered panels richly decorated with small gilt irons and fillets, double gilt fillet framing the boards, speckled edges (binding defects including missing headpieces, rubbing, and small wormhole on upper board, margins of maps short, browning, small wormholes, map of Iceland and Denmark missing). First edition. History of Denmark in 10 parts in one volume by Johann Isaak Pontanus, published tracing the evolution of the kingdom up to the House of Oldenburg. The work is completed by a chorographical description of the territory, its northern regions and cities. It consists of an engraved title page, three folding maps engraved on copper in black, 812 pp. of text and 26 unnumbered leaves containing detailed indexes, addenda and errata.