Accession number
PML 76286
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.
Without the descriptive text, parts of which only were published. Cf. Warmholtz, "Bibliotheca historica sueo-gothica," 1782, v. 1, p. 61.
Includes index at the end of volume 3 (13 pages).
Library's copy has 340 leaves of plates.
Mellon no.: T258.2A.
Library's copy housed in blue cloth clamshell box.
"Volume 1: 150 plates, volume 2: 76 plates, volume 3: 127 plates. No text published"--Cf. Lindberg.
Without the descriptive text, parts of which only were published. Cf. Warmholtz, "Bibliotheca historica sueo-gothica," 1782, v. 1, p. 61.
Includes index at the end of volume 3 (13 pages).
Library's copy has 340 leaves of plates.
Mellon no.: T258.2A.
Library's copy housed in blue cloth clamshell box.
Description
3 v. in 1 (16 leaves, [142], [72], [126] leaves of plates, some folded) : all illustrations, maps, portraits, plans, coat of arms (engravings, etchings) ; 33 x 43 cm
Provenance
From the collection of Paul Mellon (bookplate).
Binding
Marbled calf tooled in gilt, marbled endpapers.
Classification
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