‎Histoire‎

‎"PONTOPPIDAN, ERIC (ERIK).‎

‎Theatrum Daniæ veteris et modernæ. Oder: Schau=Bühne Des alten und jetzigen Dännemarcks, Enthaltend I. Eine ausführliche Chorographische, Antiquarische, Historische und Physicalische beschreibung dieses uhralten Königreichs....II. Eine Politische Besc...‎

‎Bremen, Hermann Jäger, 1730. 4to. Samt. velbevaret helpergamentsbd. Titelblad trykt i rød/sort. (32),454,200,(16) pp. samt 35 kobberstukne plancher, heraf det store Danmarkskort og grundtegningen af København. Kortene med et par smårifter, uden tab. Stort godt eksemplar.‎

‎"PONTOPPIDAN, ERIK.‎

‎Marmora Danica selectiora sive Inscriptionum, qvotqvot fatorum injuriis per Daniam supersunt, vel ævo, vel elegantia, vel rei momento Fasciculus,...Tomus I (af 2).‎

‎Hafniæ, 1739. Folio. Gl. hldrbd. Ryg slidt, permer løse. (8),276 pp. Marginale svage skjolder. Brugsspor. Gl. ejernavn på titel ""Colbiørnsen"".‎

‎"PRIDEAUX, (HUMPHREY).‎

‎Histoire des Juifs et des Voisins. Depuis la décadence des Royaumes d'Israël & de Juda jusqu'a la mort de Jesus-Christ. Traduit de l'Anglois. 5 Vols. (Vol. 5 with ""Table Chronologique"" a. ""Table des matieres"").‎

‎Amsterdam, Henri du Sauzet, 1732 8vo. Bound in 5 uniform contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Titlelabels with gilt lettering. Richly gilt spines. Spines slightly rubbed. Titlepages printed in red/black. 5 engraved frontispieces. 5 engraved titlevignettes. 6 large folded engraved maps, 8 engraved plates (mostly folded), 1 folded table. In all ca. 2500 pp.‎

‎"PUFENDORF, SAMUEL.‎

‎Sieben Bücher von den Thaten Carl Gustavs Königs in Schweden, Mit Vortrefflichen Kupffern ausgezieret und mit nöthigen Registern versehen aus dem Lateinischen ins Hoch=Teutsche übersetzet von S.R.‎

‎Nürnberg, Christoph Riegels, 1697. Folio. Bound in a nice (a bit later, ca. 1740) full calf. Raised bands. Richly gilt compartments. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Gilt borders on covers. Covers richly blindtooled with a curved decoration of rococco-stamps. Large goldstamped cornerpieces. Edges of covers gilt. a stamp on htitle and title-page.(10),734,(66) pp. Having 1 engraved portrait (Carolus XI), many engraved vignettes. Fine and clean, but WITHOUT THE PLATES.‎

‎"PUFENDORF, SAMUEL.‎

‎Sieben Bücher von den Thaten Carl Gustavs Königs in Schweden, Mit Vortrefflichen Kupffern ausgezieret und mit nöthigen Registern versehen aus dem Lateinischen ins Hoch=Teutsche übersetzet von S.R. - [THE MAGNIFICENT ILLUSTRATION OF THE SWEDISH WARS 1655-60]‎

‎Nürnberg, Christoph Riegels, 1697. Folio (355 x 250 mm). In a contemporary full calf binding with six raised bands and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine, edges of boards gilt. Light wear to extremeties, corner's bumped and some of gilting worn of. Small paper-label to upper compartment of spine (catalogue-number in an estate-library). The large plate depicting the funeral procession with a few repairs and tears as usual. Plates with light occassional marginal brownspotting but overall a very good copy. Engraved titlepage (Boulanger Sculp.). 4 leaves (incl. printed title), 734, (66), 24 pp. 10 engraved portraits and 114 fine double-page engraved plates (1 triple-page), including the 4,5 m. long funeral procession of King Carl X Gustaf, folded 14 times and composed of 7 plates.‎

‎Scarce first German edition, second overall (the first being in Latin published in 1696), of this profusely illustrated work on the Swedish Wars.The writing of this official history of the Swedish Wars with Poland and Denmark from 1655 to 1660 was entrusted by the King Charles XI to Samuel Pufendorf, the famous and important German jurist, political philosopher, economist, statesman and historian, who was made a baron in 1694, shortly before he died. He has played a great role in the development of the philosophy of law and political history. His famous work on the Swedish Wars is also famed for its impressive and excellent illustrations, -not least the 450 cm. long procession-plate. To illustrate the history, use was made of the original drawings by Erik Dahlberg, the Quarter-Master general of the Swedish Army, who was an eye-witness. The drawings were engraved by the same artists that Dahlbergh employed in Paris and later in Sweden for his ""Suecia Antiqua"", e.g. Boulanger, Cochin, Jean le Pautre, Perelle etc. etc. It includes views from Poland, Denmark, Germany and Norway. It is easy to trace the influence of Callot, as well as of Rubens in these splendid Cavalry scenes. Swedish Books No 38 Warmholtz: 4840Graesse V, 504‎

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‎"REDERN, LE COMTE (SIGISMUND EHRENREICH). - HISTORY OF OPTICS.‎

‎Observations sur L'État présent de la Dioptrique, sur les moins de perfectionner les Lunettes a Réfraction, et sur la Découverte qu'on annoce d'un nouveau Genre d'Objectifs qui les porte au plus haut Degré de perfection.‎

‎(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1766). 4to. No wrappers as issued in ""Mémoires de L'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres"", tome XV, pp. 89-184 and 1 folded engraved plate.‎

‎First edition. Redern, curator to the Berlin Academy presents here an historical account of the development in Optics, from Kepler to Euler, together with its mathematical theory.Poggendorff II:582-83.‎

Référence libraire : 46594

‎"RIETER, JACOB og JOHANNES SENN.‎

‎Danske Nationale Klædedragter - Dänische National Kleidertrachten. - [FIRST DANISH WORK ON NATIONAL COSTUMES]‎

‎(København, ca. 1805-08). 4to. Varierende bladstørrelser. Trykflade ca. 20x15 cm. Med 59 kobberstukne og håndkolorerede dragtplancher samt 6 tillægsplancher i tusch og akvarel. Alle med dansk og tysk tekst under billedet. Indlagt i bogæske af helshirt.‎

‎"ROCHA PITTA. (SEBASTIAO DA)‎

‎Historia da America portugueza, desde o anno de mil e quinhentos do seu descobrimento, atá o de mil e setecentos e vinte e quatro. - [THE FIRST GENERAL HISTORY OF BRAZIL]‎

‎Lisboa Occidental, na Officina de Joseph Antonio da Sylva, 1730. Folio (29 x 195 mm). In recent green half calf with five raised bands and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Title-page mounted and with repair to outer margin, no loss of text. Last leaf with repair to lower outer corner, also with no loss of text. First and least few leaves with brownspotting. Very light browning in margins throughout. Title printed in red and black, woodcut initials and head-pieces. A fine and clean copy. (14), 716 pp. (Here with the often missing half title, but wanting the final blank).‎

‎"ROSENBERG, ALFRED.‎

‎Der Sumpf. Querschnitte durch das ""Geistes""= Leben der November=Demokratie.‎

‎München, Frz. Eher Nach f., 1930. Orig. printed wrappers. A faint shadow from a removed paperlabel on upper part of spine. 237 pp. Clean and fine.‎

‎"ROUSSEAU, JEAN-JACQUES.‎

‎Original handwritten manuscript-leaf in Rousseau's hand concerning Rome, the mother of Romulus and Remus, taken from Dionysos Halicarnassos. - [HANDWRITTEN NOTES BY ROUSSEAU FROM DIONYS HALICARNASSOS' WORK ON THE HISTORY OF ANTIQUITY]‎

‎(Unsigned, and no date, but penned between 1746 and 1751). 1 leaf 4to (25,5 x 19 cm), off-white paper in fine condition. Penned on both recto (21 lines) and verso (6 lines) in columns taking up half the pages.‎

‎This magnificent manuscript leaf in Rousseau's hand constitutes notes taken from the seminal work of Dionysos Halicarnassos, on the foundation of Rome, more particularly on the story of Rome herself, the alleged mother of Romulus and Remus and how they named the city after their mother. This manuscript leaf is part of a grandiose project that Rousseau was working on with his employer Madame Dupin during his years as her secretary. The project was that of writing the history of womankind. With its focus on gender equality, the work is nothing less than pioneering and would no doubt have been a work of seminal importance in the history of feminism and women's rights, had it ever been published. The manuscript ended up comprising more than 2.000 pages, but was never printed. Louise Marie Madeline Fontaine Dupin (1706-1799) was one of the most famous salonnieres of the 18th century, renowned for the beauty as well as her intelligence. Rousseu met her in 1743 and took an instant liking to her. In 1745, she offered him the position as her private secretary and tutor to her son. During his six years in her employment, he spent most of the time working on the grandiose project of the history of women, until it was abandoned in 1751. ""In the years between 1745 and 1749 Jean Jacques Rousseau was employed by Louise Marie Madeline Dupin as a research assistant on her ambitious project to delineate in print the history of women. After years of labor by Rousseau and Madame Dupin her ""Ouvrage sur les Femmes"" was shelved, unfinished. The research notes, drafts, and fair copies written by Rousseau and his employer were stored at the chateau of Chenonceaux, essentially forgotten, until their sale at a series of auctions held between 1951 and 1958."" (Harry Ranson Center, University of Texas)‎

Référence libraire : 60377

‎"SAINT-GENOIS, COMTE JOSEPH de.‎

‎Inventaires des Contracts de Mariage, Testamens et Aditions D'Heritage, deposés a la Table du Droit du Pays de la Basse-Autrice à Vienne...Suivis d'une Dictionnaire chronologique et historiques des Noms repris dans L'Inventaire.‎

‎Vienne, Imprimerie Gay, 1788. Folio. Later blank boards. A rubber-stamp on title. (6),94 pp. 3 engraved plates depicting 60 medals/coins with coat of arms, large folded engraved ""Plan des Jardins de Grandbreucq"", other textengravings of armorial character.‎

‎"SALMON, THOMAS.‎

‎Modern History: or, the Present State of all Nations. Describing their respective Situations, Persons, Habits, Buildings (...) Vol. 11. France.‎

‎London, Crokatt, 1730. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with five raised bands and richly gilt spine. Gilt boarders to boards. Paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Parts of gilting to spine worn off. Ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Internally very fine and clean. (8), 462, (18) pp. + 1 folded map (by Moll) and 3 engraved plates.‎

‎Third edition of vol. 11 of Salmon's extensive 'Modern History' containing information and maps on France. Salmon’s ""Modern History” is an ambitious attempt to provide a comprehensive account of the world’s countries, their histories, and their contemporary states during Salmon’s time and stands as a monumental achievement in the history of 18th-century historiography. His work is a fine example of the Enlightenment's goal for cataloging and comprehending the world, offering a unique snapshot of global perspectives as understood by Europeans in the early modern period. It represents one of the earliest comprehensive attempts to document and analyze the state of nations worldwide.‎

Référence libraire : 61296

‎"SALMON, THOMAS.‎

‎Modern History: or, the Present State of all Nations. Describing their respective Situations, Persons, Habits, Buildings (...) Vol. 8. Is a Continuation of the State of the German Empire: Containing a Description of the the North Part of the Circle of...‎

‎London, Crokatt, 1728. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with five raised bands and richly gilt spine. Gilt boarders to boards. Paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Parts of gilting to spine worn off. Ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Internally very fine and clean. (8), 457, (23) pp. + 2 maps and 4 plates.‎

‎Third edition of vol. 8 of Salmon's extensive 'Modern History' containing information and depictions of the German Empire Salmon’s ""Modern History” is an ambitious attempt to provide a comprehensive account of the world’s countries, their histories, and their contemporary states during Salmon’s time and stands as a monumental achievement in the history of 18th-century historiography. His work is a fine example of the Enlightenment's goal for cataloging and comprehending the world, offering a unique snapshot of global perspectives as understood by Europeans in the early modern period. It represents one of the earliest comprehensive attempts to document and analyze the state of nations worldwide.‎

Référence libraire : 61299

‎"SALMON, THOMAS.‎

‎Modern History: or, the Present State of all Nations. Describing their respective Situations, Persons, Habits, Buildings (...) Vol. 6. Russian, Greenland, Denmark, Sweden and Norway.‎

‎London, Crokatt, 1728. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with five raised bands and richly gilt spine. Gilt boarders to boards. Paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Parts of gilting to spine worn off. Ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Internally very fine and clean. (8), 461, (18) pp. + 4 folded map (by Moll) and 3 engraved plates.‎

‎Second edition of vol. 6 of Salmon's extensive 'Modern History' containing information and maps on Russian, Greenland, Denmark, Sweden and Norway. Salmon’s ""Modern History” is an ambitious attempt to provide a comprehensive account of the world’s countries, their histories, and their contemporary states during Salmon’s time and stands as a monumental achievement in the history of 18th-century historiography. His work is a fine example of the Enlightenment's goal for cataloging and comprehending the world, offering a unique snapshot of global perspectives as understood by Europeans in the early modern period. It represents one of the earliest comprehensive attempts to document and analyze the state of nations worldwide.‎

Référence libraire : 62070

‎"SAXO GRAMMATICUS.‎

‎Den Danske Krønicke som Saxo Grammaticus screff, hallfierde hundrede Aar forleden: Nu først aff Latinen udsæt, flittelige offuerseet oc forbedret, Aff Anders Søffrinssøn Vedel. - [FIRST DANISH TRANSLATION OF THE NARRATIVE OF HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK]‎

‎Kiøbenhaffn, Hans Støckelman oc Andreas Gutterwitz, 1575. Folio. Bound in a very nice mid 19th century brown half calf with five raised bands and gilt ornamentations to spine. Title-page printed in red and black and with large woodcut, verso with full-page woodcut portrait of King Frederik II. Small repaired cut-out to top of title-page and an old owner's annotation. Neat marginal annotations to some leaves and early annotations to back fly-leaf. Occasional light brownspotting, but overall an unusually well kept and fresh copy, printed on good paper. (36), 547, (33) pp.‎

‎The very rare first translation into any language, being the seminal first Danish translation, of the first preserved full history of Denmark - to this day the most important of all Danish historical publications and a main work of European Medieval literature. This magnificent work furthermore contains the first known written narrative of the legend of Hamlet and served as the basis for Shakespeare's play. """"Hamlet"" is based on a Norse legend composed by Saxo Grammaticus in Latin around 1200 AD. The sixteen books that comprise Saxo Grammaticus' ""Gesta Danorum"", or ""History of the Danes"", tell of the rise and fall of the great rulers of Denmark, and the tale of Amleth, Saxo's Hamlet, is recounted in books three and four. In Saxo's version, King Rorik of the Danes places his trust in two brothers, Orvendil and Fengi. The brothers are appointed to rule over Jutland, and Orvendil weds the king's beautiful daughter, Geruth. They have a son, Amleth. But Fengi, lusting after Orvendil's new bride and longing to become the sole ruler of Jutland, kills his brother, marries Geruth, and declares himself king over the land. Amleth is desperately afraid, and feigns madness to keep from getting murdered. He plans revenge against his uncle and becomes the new and rightful king of Jutland."" (""Shakespeare's Sources for ""Hamlet"" "" - Shakespeare-on-line). The patriotic ""Danish Chronicle"" (i.e. Gesta Danorum) by Saxo Grammaticus is without comparison the most ambitious literary production of medieval Denmark and the most important source for the early history of the nation, also being one of the oldest known written documents about the history of Estonia and Latvia. Its sixteen books describe the history of Denmark and the Danes as well as Scandinavian history in general, from prehistory until Saxo's own time (12th century). It offers crucial reflections on European affairs of the High Middle Ages, from a unique Scandinavian perspective, and constitutes a significant supplement to other Western and Southern European sources. Saxo Grammaticus (ab. 1150-1220) was probably a secular clerk or secretary to Absalon, Archbishop of Lund, the great Danish churchman, statesman and warrior. Saxo is remembered today as the author of the first full history of Denmark, in which he modelled himself upon the classical authors (e.g. Virgil, Plato, Cicero) in order to glorify his fatherland. The work dates from the end of the 12th century and was first printed, in Latin, in Paris in 1514 with 16th century re-issues following in 1534 (Basel) and 1576 (Frankfurt). In 1575, the very first translation of the work appeared, that into Danish, which came to play a significant role in the history of both the legends presented in the work and in Danish language and culture. This groundbreaking first printed translation of Saxo's chronicle was prepared by the Danish historian and philologist Anders Sørensen Vedel (1542-1616). Vedel was also the tutor of Tycho Brahe and his companion on Brahe's grand tour of Europe, where the two formed a lasting bond of friendship. Previous attempts had been made at translating Saxo's magnificent work (one by Christiern Pedersen, one by Jon Tursen), but none of them were printed and the manuscripts have also not survived"" Vedel's translation is the only one that was finished and made it to print. Prompted by Absalon, Vedel began his translation in 1570, and it took him five years to finish the task of both translating and rewriting the original Latin text. While working on this grandiose production, he was given the income of a canon at Ribe Cathedral. Vedel's translation is one of tone of the most important Renaissance contributions to Danish literature and to the development of the Danish language. Vedel's work is not merely a translation, but a magnificent rewriting that should be considered a literary masterpiece in its own right. After Vedel's translation, Saxo remained the indispensable classic that overshadowed all other historical works, both as a source to the earliest history of Denmark and the Danes and as a source of the Nordic myths. Vedel's seminal translation predates the first English translation by more than 300 years and remained the only vernacular version of the text for centuries. The work consists of sixteen books that cover the time from the founders of the Danish people (Dan I of Denmark) till Saxo's own time, ending around 1185 (with the submission of Pomerania), when the last part is supposedly written. The work thus covers the entire history of Denmark until Saxo's own time, seen under a somewhat glorified perspective, from heathen times with tales of Odin and the gods of Valhalla to the times of Absalon, who probably directly influenced the sections on the history of his own time, working closely with Saxo himself. The work also contains the first known written narrative of the legend of Hamlet (Amleth, the son who took revenge for his murdered father). It is this narrative of Saxo's, which he based on an oral tale, that forms the basis for Shakespeare's ""Hamlet"", which takes place in Helsinore in Denmark. There is fairly certain evidence that Shakespeare knew Saxo's work on the History of Denmark and thus the legend of Amleth. ""This is the old, Norse folk-tale of Amleth, a literary ancestor of Shakespeare's ""Hamlet"". The Scandinavian legend was recorded in Latin around 1200 by the Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus and first printed in Paris in this beautiful 1514 edition. It is part of the collection of tales known as Gesta Danorum - a partly mythical history of the Danes. Saxo's Amleth story - a summaryKing Rørik of Denmark appoints two brothers, Horwendil and Fengo, as the rulers of Jutland. Horwendil slays the King of Norway, marries King Rørik's daughter Gerutha, and they have a son named Amleth. Consumed by envy of his brother, Fengo murders Horwendil and marries his wife Gerutha. Amleth then feigns madness, clothing himself in rags and spouting nonsense, to shield himself from his uncle's violence. In fact, the name 'Amleth' itself means 'stupid'.Yet Amleth's behaviour attracts suspicion, and the King attempts to trap him into admitting he has plans for revenge. First, a beautiful woman is used to lure him into betraying himself, but she proves loyal to Amleth. Then a spy is planted to eavesdrop on Amleth's conversation with his mother, in which she repents and he confesses his plans for revenge. Amleth detects the spy, kills him in a mad frenzy, throws his mutilated body in a sewer, and leaves it to be eaten by pigs. Fengo then deports Amleth to England with two escorts carrying a letter directing the King there to execute him. Amleth switches the letter with another one, which orders the death of the escorts and asks for the hand of the English Princess in marriage.Returning to Denmark, Amleth arrives disguised, in the midst of his own funeral, burns down the hall and hunts down his sleeping uncle. Because Amleth had wounded himself on his sword, attendants had made it harmless by nailing it to the scabbard (the sheath used to hold it). Amleth swaps this useless sword with Fengo's, succeeds in killing his uncle and next day is hailed as the King....Saxo's account has many of the defining features of Shakespeare's drama: a villain who kills his brother, takes over the throne and then marries his brother's wifea cunning young hero, the King's son, who pretends to be mad to shield himself from his unclethree plots used by the King to uncover the young man's secrets: a young woman, a spy planted in the Queen's bedroom (who is uncovered and killed), and two escorts who take the prince to England (also outwitted and killed)a hero who returns home during a funeral and finally achieves his revenge through an exchange of swords. There are equivalents for Shakespeare's central characters - old and young Hamlet, old and young Fortinbras, Claudius and Gertrude, Polonius, Ophelia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. But Saxo has no ghost demanding vengeance, and the identity of the murderous uncle is known from the start. There is no Osric, no gravediggers or play within a play. The legend lacks a Laertes character and the young woman does not go mad or kill herself. Perhaps most crucially, Amleth lacks Hamlet's melancholy disposition and long self-reflexive soliloquies, and he survives after becoming king."" (""Saxo's legend of Amleth in the Gesta Danorum"" - The British Library.mht). ""Saxo Grammaticus, (flourished 12th century-early 13th century), historian whose Gesta Danorum (""Story of the Danes"") is the first important work on the history of Denmark and the first Danish contribution to world literature.Little is known of Saxo's life except that he was a Zealander belonging to a family of warriors and was probably a clerk in the service of Absalon, archbishop of Lund from 1178 to 1201. Saxo is first mentioned in Svend Aggesen's Historia Regum Danicae compendiosa (1185"" ""Short History of the Danish Kings"") as writing the history of Svend Estridsen (d. 1076).The Gesta Danorum was written at the suggestion of Archbishop Absalon: its 16 volumes begin with the legendary King Dan and end with the conquest of Pomerania by Canute IV in 1185. The work is written in a brilliant, ornate Latin. It was his Latin eloquence that early in the 14th century caused Saxo to be called ""Grammaticus."" The first nine books of the Gesta Danorum give an account of about 60 legendary Danish kings. For this part Saxo depended on ancient lays, romantic sagas, and the accounts of Icelanders. His legend of Amleth is thought to be the source of William Shakespeare's Hamlet" his Toke, the archer, the prototype of William Tell. Saxo incorporated also myths of national gods whom tradition claimed as Danish kings, as well as myths of foreign heroes. Three heroic poems are especially noteworthy, translated by Saxo into Latin hexameters. These oldest-known Danish poems are Bjarkemaalet, a battle hymn designed to arouse warlike feelings Ingjaldskvadet, a poem stressing the corruptive danger of luxury upon the old Viking spirit" and Hagbard and Signe, a tragedy of love and family feuds. The last seven books contain Saxo's account of the historical period, but he achieves independent authority only when writing of events close to his own time. His work is noteworthy for its sense of patriotic purpose based on a belief in the unifying influence of the monarchy. By presenting a 2,000-year-long panorama of Danish history, he aimed to show his country's antiquity and traditions. Saxo's work became a source of inspiration to many of the 19th-century Danish Romantic poets."" (Encycl. Britt.) Laur.Nielsen 240. - Thesaurus 190.‎

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‎"SAXO GRAMMATICUS.‎

‎Den Danske Krønike som Saxo Grammaticus skreff, Halffierde hundrede Aar forleden. Først Aff Latinen udsæt, flittelige offuerseet oc forbedret, Aar MDLXXV. Aff Anders Søffrenssøn Vedel. Oc nu, effter Kongelig Mayestats Privilegium i 10. Aar icke maa ef...‎

‎Kiøbenhaffn, Henrich Waldkirch, 1610. Folio. (30 x 20 cm.). Indbundet i et noget senere (omkr. 1740), velbevaret helldrbd. 4 ophøjede bind på ryggen. 2 intakte lukkestroppe af støbt messing. (32),DXLVII (=547),(29) pp. Titelbladet trykt i rød/sort, Der er to varianter af titelbladet, det ene med Vedels portræt på bagsiden, det andet uden, som her. Indvendig et stort udmærket og ganske rent eksemplar med kun lettere brugsspor. Gl. ejernamvne på titelbladet. På forsatse er indklæbet 29 små kobberstukne portrætter af danske konger taget fra et andet værk.‎

‎2. udgaven af den første dansk-sprogede Saxo-Udgave - et monumentalværk i dansk sprog og litteratur, idet værket først med Vedels oversættelse nåede frem til den almene læser, ""skrevet på et rent og frodigt dansk... langt senere blev den en sproglig inspirationskilde for romantikkens danske digtere...(DBL).Thesaurus 205.‎

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‎"SAXO GRAMMATICUS.‎

‎Historiæ Danicæ Libri XVI. Stephanus Iohannis Stephanius summo Studio recognovit, Notis uberioribus illustravit. 2 Dele.‎

‎Soræ, Joachim Moltke, Henrik Kruse,1644-45. Folio. (31,2 x 21 cm.). Velbevaret samtidigt helpergamentsbind med kalligraferet rygtitel. Ganske lille hak i pergamentet ved øverste kapitæl. Snittet rødt. Kobberstukket titelblad med Chr. IV, Valdemar I, Absalon og Saxo. (6), 384, (20), 252, (22) pp. samt talrige træsnitillustrationer i kommentardelen. Stephanius' kommentar har selvstændigt titelblad. Rent og velbevaret eksemplar hvor nogle læg er lettere brunede.‎

‎"SAXO GRAMMATICUS.‎

‎Saxonis Grammatici Danorum Historiae libri XVI, tre centis abhinc annis conscripta, tanta dictionis elegantia, rerung. gestarum varietate, ut cum omni vetustate contendere optimo iure videri possint. Accessit rerum memorabilium Index locupletissimus. ... - [THE FIRST NARRATIVE OF HAMLET]‎

‎Basel, Io. Bebelium, 1534. Folio. Later full vellum. (18th cent.). Some minor cracks to hinge. A few brownspots to title-page and last leaf. Title-label with gilt lettering. Fol. (16),189, (1, verso with printers woodcut device) . First leaf of text with a broad woodcut frame, made after Holbein. Many woodcut initials. Small stamp on titlepage and in one margin. A large exceptionally clean copy.‎

‎Second edition, also often referred to as the Basel-edition, of this monumental landmark work constituting the first full history of Denmark for posterity and to this day the most important of all Danish historical publications. This magnificent work preserves a wealth of Nordic legends, royal genealogies and mythic material otherwise lost - among them the earliest written account of the legend of Amleth, which later inspired Shakespeare to write Hamlet. This second edition (known as the Basel-edition) is considered even scarcer than the editio princeps printed in Paris in 1514. """"Hamlet"" is based on a Norse legend composed by Saxo Grammaticus in Latin around 1200 AD. The sixteen books that comprise Saxo Grammaticus' ""Gesta Danorum"", or ""History of the Danes"", tell of the rise and fall of the great rulers of Denmark, and the tale of Amleth, Saxo's Hamlet, is recounted in books three and four. In Saxo's version, King Rorik of the Danes places his trust in two brothers, Orvendil and Fengi. The brothers are appointed to rule over Jutland, and Orvendil weds the king's beautiful daughter, Geruth. They have a son, Amleth. But Fengi, lusting after Orvendil's new bride and longing to become the sole ruler of Jutland, kills his brother, marries Geruth, and declares himself king over the land. Amleth is desperately afraid, and feigns madness to keep from getting murdered. He plans revenge against his uncle and becomes the new and rightful king of Jutland. ([own translation] Carl S. Petersen). No complete manuscript of Saxo's work has survived, merely a few loose leaves have been preserved. Saxo Grammaticus (ab. 1150-1220) was probably a secular clerk or secretary to Absalon, Archbishop of Lund, the great Danish churchman, statesman and warrior. Saxo is remembered today as the author of the first full history of Denmark, in which he modelled himself on the classical authors (e.g. Virgil, Plato, Cicero) in order to glorify his fatherland. The work dates from the end of the 12th century and was edited by Christiern Pedersen, a Canon of Lund, and printed by Jodocus Badius Ascendius in Paris in 1514 (the present copy) with 16th century re-issues following in 1534 (Basel) and 1576 (Frankfurt). Only with the first printing of this seminal work did the work become known throughout academic circles. The work soon received international fame and is to this day renowned as not only being immensely important historically, but also being extremely well written (Saxo is praised by Erasmus, for instance, for possessing great power of eloquence). The work consists of sixteen books that cover the time from the founders of the Danish people (Dan I of Denmark) till Saxo's own time, ending around 1185 (with the submission of Pomerania), when the last part is supposedly written. The work thus covers the entire history of Denmark until Saxo's own time, seen under a somewhat glorified perspective, from heathen times with tales of Odin and the gods of Valhalla to the times of Absalon, who probably directly influenced the sections on the history of his own time, working closely with Saxo himself. The work also contains the first known written narration of the legend of Hamlet (Amleth, the son who took revenge for his murdered father). It is this narrative of Saxo's, which he based on an oral tale, that forms the basis for Shakespeare's ""Hamlet"", which takes place in Helsinore in Denmark. There is fairly certain evidence that Shakespeare knew Saxo's work on the History of Denmark and thus the legend of Amleth. ""This is the old, Norse folk-tale of Amleth, a literary ancestor of Shakespeare's ""Hamlet"". The Scandinavian legend was recorded in Latin around 1200 by the Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus (…). It is part of the collection of tales known as Gesta Danorum - a partly mythical history of the Danes. Saxo's Amleth story - a summary King Rørik of Denmark appoints two brothers, Horwendil and Fengo, as the rulers of Jutland. Horwendil slays the King of Norway, marries King Rørik's daughter Gerutha, and they have a son named Amleth. Consumed by envy of his brother, Fengo murders Horwendil and marries his wife Gerutha. Amleth then feigns madness, clothing himself in rags and spouting nonsense, to shield himself from his uncle's violence. In fact, the name 'Amleth' itself means 'stupid'. Yet Amleth's behaviour attracts suspicion, and the King attempts to trap him into admitting he has plans for revenge. First, a beautiful woman is used to lure him into betraying himself, but she proves loyal to Amleth. Then a spy is planted to eavesdrop on Amleth's conversation with his mother, in which she repents and he confesses his plans for revenge. Amleth detects the spy, kills him in a mad frenzy, throws his mutilated body in a sewer, and leaves it to be eaten by pigs. Fengo then deports Amleth to England with two escorts carrying a letter directing the King there to execute him. Amleth switches the letter with another one, which orders the death of the escorts and asks for the hand of the English Princess in marriage. Returning to Denmark, Amleth arrives disguised, in the midst of his own funeral, burns down the hall and hunts down his sleeping uncle. Because Amleth had wounded himself on his sword, attendants had made it harmless by nailing it to the scabbard (the sheath used to hold it). Amleth swaps this useless sword with Fengo's, succeeds in killing his uncle and next day is hailed as the King. ... Saxo's account has many of the defining features of Shakespeare's drama: a villain who kills his brother, takes over the throne and then marries his brother's wife a cunning young hero, the King's son, who pretends to be mad to shield himself from his uncle three plots used by the King to uncover the young man's secrets: a young woman, a spy planted in the Queen's bedroom (who is uncovered and killed), and two escorts who take the prince to England (also outwitted and killed) a hero who returns home during a funeral and finally achieves his revenge through an exchange of swords. There are equivalents for Shakespeare's central characters - old and young Hamlet, old and young Fortinbras, Claudius and Gertrude, Polonius, Ophelia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. But Saxo has no ghost demanding vengeance, and the identity of the murderous uncle is known from the start. There is no Osric, no gravediggers or play within a play. The legend lacks a Laertes character and the young woman does not go mad or kill herself. Perhaps most crucially, Amleth lacks Hamlet's melancholy disposition and long self-reflexive soliloquies, and he survives after becoming king."" (""Saxo's legend of Amleth in the Gesta Danorum"" - The British Library.mht). Adams S,631. Lauritz Nielsen, 241.‎

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‎"SAXO GRAMMATICUS. - RENAISSANCEBIND.‎

‎Den Danske Krønike som Saxo Grammaticus skreff, Halffierde hundrede Aar forleden. Først Aff Latinen udsæt, flittelige offuerseet oc forbedret, Aar MDLXXV. Aff Anders Søffrenssøn Vedel. Oc nu, effter Kongelig Mayestats Privilegium i 10. Aar icke maa ef...‎

‎Kiøbenhaffn, Henrich Waldkirch, 1610. Folio. (32 x 20 cm.). Indbundet i et samtidigt pragtfuldt renaissancebind i hellæder over træ med 4 ægte bind på ryggen, rigt udstyret med blindtryykte sammensatte rammer på begge permer og blindtrykt ornamentik i de centrale rektangulære felter. En del af ryg og hjørner restaureret, her er det gl. skind erstattet med nyt (uden blidtryk). Med 1 af 2 messinglukker. (32),DXLVII (=547),(29) pp. Forsatse fornyet. Titelbladet trykt i rød/sort, opklæbet og med lidt tab af blankt papir øverst (gl. navn bortklippet ?). Ydre margin af titelblad restaureret uden tab. Der er to varianter af titelbladet, det ene med Vedels portræt på bagsiden, det andet uden, som her. Indvendig et stort udmærket og ganske rent eksemplar, kun lettere bruning af marginer.‎

‎2. udgaven af den første dansk-sprogede Saxo-Udgave - et monumentalværk i dansk sprog og litteratur, idet værket først med Vedels oversættelse nåede frem til den almene læser, ""skrevet på et rent og frodigt dansk...langt senere blev den en sproglig inspirationskilde for romantikkens danske digtere...(DBL).Thesaurus 205.‎

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‎"SAXO GRAMMATICUS. - FIRST DANISH TRANSLATION OF SAXO.‎

‎Den Danske Krønicke som Saxo Grammaticus screff, hallfierde hundrede Aar forleden: Nu først aff Latinen udsæt, flittelige offuerseet oc forbedret, Aff Anders Søffrinssøn Vedel.‎

‎Kiøbenhaffn, Hans Støckelman oc Andreas Gutterwitz, 1575. Folio. Velbevaret, nær samtidigt hellæderbind over træ med ophøjede bind på ryggen. Rygfelter med blindtrykte stempler. Med begge originale messinghængsler. Ryg med svage krakeleringer og lidt overfladeslid langs ryggens kanter. Titelblad itrykt i rødt/sort. Titelbladet omkantet, men uden tab. Fr. II's træskårne portræt trykt på bagsiden af titelbladet. (36),547,(33) pp. Trykt på godt svært papir og ualmindelig ren med kun få svage marginale brunpletter. Et blad i Fortalen omkantet og nogle få små bladhjørner restaurerede.‎

‎"SAXO GRAMMATICUS. - FØRSTE DANSKSPROGEDE UDGAVE.‎

‎Den Danske Krønicke som Saxo Grammaticus screff, hallfierde hundrede Aar forleden: Nu først aff Latinen udsæt, flittelige offuerseet oc forbedret, Aff Anders Søffrinssøn Vedel.‎

‎Kiøbenhaffn, Hans Støckelman oc Andreas Gutterwitz, 1575. Folio. Nær samtidigt hellæderbind med ophøjede bind på ryggen, rig rygforgyldning. Skindtitel senere fornyet. Permer helt intakte, men med krakeleringer i skindets overflade. Titelblad i rødt/sort. Nederste højre hjørne af titelbladet bortrevet, men fint udbedret i faksimile. Fr. II's træskårne portræt trykt på bagsiden af titelbladet. (36),547,(33) pp. Trykt på godt svært papir. Mindre skjolder i nogle marginer til slut, få spredte brunpletter, enkelte tilskrifter.‎

‎"SAXO GRAMMATICUS. - FØRSTE DANSKSPROGEDE UDGAVE.‎

‎Den Danske Krønicke som Saxo Grammaticus screff, hallfierde hundrede Aar forleden: Nu først aff Latinen udsæt, flittelige offuerseet oc forbedret, Aff Anders Søffrinssøn Vedel.‎

‎Kiøbenhaffn, Hans Støckelman oc Andreas Gutterwitz, 1575. Folio. Nær samtidigt hellæderbind med ophøjede bind på ryggen, rig rygforgyldning. Skindtitel senere fornyet. Permer helt intakte, men med krakeleringer i skindets overflade. Titelblad i rødt/sort. Nederste højre hjørne af titelbladet bortrevet, men fint udbedret i faksimile. Fr. II's træskårne portræt trykt på bagsiden af titelbladet. (36),547,(33) pp. Trykt på godt svært papir. Mindre skjolder i nogle marginer til slut, få spredte brunpletter, enkelte tilskrifter.‎

‎Originaludgaven af den første dansk-sprogede Saxo-Udgave - et monumentalværk i dansk litteratur, idet værket først med Vedels oversættelse nåede frem til den almene læser. The first printed Danish translation of Saxo Grammaticus ""Danorum Regum heroumque Historie"".Laur. Nielsen 1451 - Thesaurus 205 (Ed. B).‎

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‎"SAXO GRAMMATICUS. - JONAS SKOUGAARDS EKSEMPLAR.‎

‎Historiæ Danicæ Libri XVI. Stephanus Iohannis Stephanius summo Studio recognovit, Notis uberioribus illustravit. 2 Dele.‎

‎Soræ, Joachim Moltke, Henrik Kruse,1644-45. Folio. (31,2 x 21 cm.). Samtidigt helpergamentsbind med håndskreven rygtitel. Bindet med lidt ældre blækpletter. Kobberstukket titelblad med Chr. IV, Valdemar I, Absalon og Saxo. (6), 384, (20), 252, (22) pp. samt talrige træsnitillustrationer i kommentardelen. Stephanius' kommentar har selvstændigt titelblad. Stort, rent og velbevaret eksemplar. Med Jonas Skougaards stilige kollationering i blyant på indersiden af forpermen, hvor han også bemærker, at dette eksemplar er større end normalen.‎

‎"SAXO GRAMMATICUS. - LUXDORPS EKSEMPLAR.‎

‎Historiæ Danicæ Libri XVI. Stephanus Iohannis Stephanius summo Studio recognovit, Notis uberioribus illustravit. 2 Dele.‎

‎Soræ, Joachim Moltke, Henrik Kruse,1644-45. Folio. (31,5 x 20,5 cm.). Samtidigt helpergamentsbind med håndskreven rygtitel. Kobberstukket titelblad med Chr. IV, Valdemar I, Absalon og Saxo. (6), 384, (20), 252, (22) pp. samt talrige træsnitillustrationer i kommentardelen. Stephanius' kommentar har selvstændigt titelblad. Stort, rent og velbevaret eksemplar. Luxdorphs elefant på forpermen, hans egenhændige navnetræk på indersiden af fribladet og 5 blade (friblade m.v.) fyldt med - sandsynligvis i egen hånd - sirligt skrevne optegnelser med sidehenvisninger, et slags register til bogen. Hertil er yderligere indsat på forpermens inderside Luxdorphs, i sort trykte, våbenskjold. Brugt som exlibris udtaler Elberling ""som Ex-Libris er det saare hæsligt, og det er vist kun meget sjældent benyttet paa denne Maade (af Luxdorph)"" (Breve fra en Bogelsker, p. 112-13).‎

‎"SAXO GRAMMATICUS. - RENAISSANCEBIND.‎

‎Den Danske Krønike som Saxo Grammaticus skreff, Halffierde hundrede Aar forleden. Først Aff Latinen udsæt, flittelige offuerseet oc forbedret, Aar MDLXXV. Aff Anders Søffrenssøn Vedel. Oc nu, effter Kongelig Mayestats Privilegium i 10. Aar icke maa ef...‎

‎Kiøbenhaffn, Henrich Waldkirch, 1610. Folio. (32 x 20 cm.). Indbundet i et samtidigt pragtfuldt renaissancebind i hellæder over træ med 4 ægte bind på ryggen, rigt udstyret med blindtryykte sammensatte rammer på begge permer og blindtrykt ornamentik i de centrale rektangulære felter. En del af ryg og hjørner restaureret, her er det gl. skind erstattet med nyt (uden blidtryk). Med 1 af 2 messinglukker. (32),DXLVII (=547),(29) pp. Forsatse fornyet. Titelbladet trykt i rød/sort, opklæbet og med lidt tab af blankt papir øverst (gl. navn bortklippet ?). Ydre margin af titelblad restaureret uden tab. Der er to varianter af titelbladet, det ene med Vedels portræt på bagsiden, det andet uden, som her. Indvendig et stort udmærket og ganske rent eksemplar, kun lettere bruning af marginer.‎