Accession number
PML 76285
Creator
Dahlbergh, Erik Jönsson, greve, 1625-1703.
Published
[Stockholm] : [publisher not identified], [1667-1716?]
Credit line
Gift of Paul Mellon, 1979.
Notes
A collection of 353 plates of views of cities and towns, plans of fortresses, insignia, and various antiquities of Sweden, originally published without letterpress by Count E. Dahlberg at the expense of the king; issued in 3 v., with separate engraved title pages. Plates by Jean Marot, Samuel Blesendorff, Nicolas Perelle, Johannes van den Aveele and others, from paintings and drawings by Dahlberg.
"Volume 1: 150 plates, volume 2: 76 plates, volume 3: 127 plates. No text published"--Cf. Lindberg.
Include index at the end of volume 3 (13 pages).
Library's copy has 349 leaves of plates.
Mellon no.: T258.2.
"Volume 1: 150 plates, volume 2: 76 plates, volume 3: 127 plates. No text published"--Cf. Lindberg.
Include index at the end of volume 3 (13 pages).
Library's copy has 349 leaves of plates.
Mellon no.: T258.2.
Description
3 v. in 1 (16 leaves, [147], [75], [127] leaves of plates, some folded): all illustrations, maps, portraits, plans, coat of arms (engravings, etchings) ; 40 x 51 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscription in ink inside front cover: Larisa[?] Lansdonne[?] given me by dear Sherry who brought it frm Stockholm.
Provenance
Larisa Landsonne; from the collection of Paul Mellon (bookplate).
Binding
Brown calf tooled in gilt with green morocco onlays.
Classification
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