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Fine collection of Holberg, incl. the first printing of “Erasmus Montanus”. (30). Collection of books by Ludvig Holberg, mostly in first editions. In good condition, with some wear on select spines. The collection includes: Introduction Til de fornemme Europæiske Rigers Historier. Cph. 1711. 1st ed. With engraved frontisp. Cont. full calf. Fine copy of Holberg’s first book. Anhang Til hans Historiske Introduction. Part I (all issued). Cph. 1713. 1st ed. Later full calf (Harry Larsen). Introduction til Naturens- Og Folke-Rettens Kundskab. Part I-II. Cph. 1716 (“1715” is printed on titlepage of part II). 1st ed. Later full calf (Harry Larsen). Den Danske Skue-Plads Deelt Udi 5 Tomer. [Cph.] 1731. 5 vols. Title-pages prof. restored. Later full calf. With annotation on flyleaf in each volume: “Udgaaet af Universitetsbiblioteket og ombyttet med et andet Eksemplar, 5.9.1919, Sophus Larsen [chief librarian]”. Fine set of the first collected edition of Holberg’s comedies, in which he added 10 hitherto unpublished plays. Among others, this edition contains the first printing of “Erasmus Montanus”. Dannemarks Riges Historie. Part I-III. Cph. 1732–35. 3 vols. 1st ed. With engraved portrait of Holberg (the earliest known portrait). Cont. full calf. Opuscula quædam latina. Lipsiæ 1737. 1st ed. Cont. full calf. Den Berømmelige Norske Handel-Stad Bergens Beskrivelse. Cph.: J.J. Høpffner, 1737. 1st ed. Cont. full calf. Almindelig Kirke-Historie fra Christendommens første Begyndelse til Lutheri Reformation. Part I-II. Cph. 1738. 2 vols. bound in one. 1st ed. Cont. full calf. Nicolai Klimii Iter Subterraneum. Hafniæ & Lipsiæ 1741. 1st ed. With 4 engraved plates. Full cont. calf. Nicolai Klimii Iter Subterraneum. Hafniæ & Lipsiæ 1741. 1st ed. With 4 engraved plates (one plate restored). Bound with: Niels Klims Reise Under Jorden. Cph. 1742. 1st Danish ed. With 4 engraved plates. Full cont. calf. Jødiske Historie. Part I-II. Cph. 1742. 2 vols. 1st ed. Cont. full calf. Moralske Tanker. Part I-II. Cph. 1744. 1st ed. Titlepage restored + “Pirate”-edition. Both in cont. full calf. Trende Epistle. Cph. 1745. 1st ed. With engraved portrait. Cont. full calf. Herodiani Historie. Cph. 1746. 1st ed. Cont. full calf. Mindre Poetiske Skrifter. Cph. 1746. 1st ed. With engraved portrait and 3 engraved plates. Cont. full calf. Epistler. Part I-V. Cph. 1748–54. 1st ed. 5 vols. bound in 3 cont. full calf bindings. Moralske Fabler. Cph. 1751. 1st ed. Cont. full calf. Den Danske Skue-Plads, deelt Udi 7 Tomer. Part I-VII in one. Cph.: J.J. Høpffner [1758]. 2nd printing (“2. Høpffnerske eftertryk”). Bound in near cont. full calf. En Sandfærdig Ny Wiise Om Peder Paars Som gjorde en Reyse fra Calundborg til Aars. [Cph 1752]. 3rd imprint. With one engraved frontispiece (depicting Dorothea) and 14 woodcut plates. Later full calf. Peder Paars. Et heroisk-comisk Poema. Cph. 1772. With 16 engraved plates (one restored). Cont. full calf. (30).
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