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Den danske Vitruvius; : indeholder grundtegninger, opstalter, og giennemsnitter af de merkvaerdigste bygninger i Kongeriget Dannemark, samt de kongelige tydske provintzer, tilligemed en kort beskrivelse over hver bygning i sær. = Le Vitruve danois; contient les plans, les élévations et les profils des principaux bâtimens du Roiaume de Dannemarc, aussi bien que des provinces allemandes, dependantes du roi ... = Der dänische Vitruvius; enthält die Grundrisse, Aufrisse und Durchschnitte derer merkwürdigsten Geb̈aude des Königreichs Dännemark, und der königlichen teutschen Provintzen ... / Kiøbenhavn, Trykt udi E.H. Berlings bogtr., 1746-49.

Accession number
PML 76344
Creator
Thurah, Laurids de, 1706-1759.
Published
København : Thaning & Appels Forlag, [1966]-1967.
Credit line
Gift of Paul Mellon, 1979.
Notes
Vols. 1-2 are a facsim. (with additions by H. Lund) of copies in the Kongelige Bibliotek, the library of Akademiet for de skønne kunster, and the Universitetsbibliotek, all in Copenhagen.
Vol. 3 contains complete transcription of Danish text, and abridged transcription of German and French texts, of Thurah's unpublished MS of v.2. Included, in facsim., are selected pages of the MS., the 58 original plates, and 10 substitute plates.
Library only has volume 3 (377 pages, lxviii leaves of plates (folded)).
Mellon no.: L 76.5.
Description
3 volumes (349 leaves of plates, some folded) : illustrations, facsimiles ; 47 cm
Provenance
From the collection of Paul Mellon (with bookplate).
Binding
1/2 green morocco over patterned boards.
Classification
Department