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On the sea monsters of Norway View picture(s) 1 PONTOPPIDAN, Erich. The Natural History of Norway: containing, A particular and accurate Account of the Temperature of the Air, the different Soils, Waters, Vegetables, Metals, Minerals, Stones, Beasts, Birds, and Fishes; together with the Dispositions, Customs, and Manner of Living of the Inhabitants: Interspected with Physiological Notes from eminent Writers, and Transactions of Academies. London, A. Linde, 1755. 2 parts in 1 vol. Folio. Contemporary calf, spine ribbed and richly gilt and blind-stamped, sides with gilt fillet borders and blind-stamped inner pannel, gilt inner decoration, marbled edges. With large folding engraved map of Norway by John Baptist Homman, and 28 engraved plates depicting minerals, shells, fishes, birds, mammals, plants and the inhabitants of Norway. XXIV, 206; VIII, 291, (12) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  Natural History  Norway  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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History of the Danish King Christian IV (1577-1648) View picture(s) 2 SLANGE, Niels, & Hans GRAM. Den stormægtigste konges Christian den fierdes konges til Danmark og Norge, de Venders og Gothers, hertugs til Slesvig, Holsten, Stormarn og Ditmersken, greves til Oldenborg og Delmenhorst, historie. Copenhagen, trykt udi Hans Kongel. Majests. privilegerede Bogtrykkerie, 1749. Folio. Late 18th-century full calf, richly gilt spine with four bands painted black and a central gilt piece with a harp in roundel, both covers richly decorated with gilt centre piece: a walking Athena in roundel, within black painted borders decorated with gilt ornaments, gilt inner dentelles on black painted calf, green silk endpapers, g.e. Engraved portrait of the author after a painting by Denner (1718), engraved by C. Fritzsch (Hamburg, 1737), portrait of King Christian IV after a portrait painted by Carel van Mander, engraved by C. Fritzsch (1735), woodcut head- & tailpieces and initials. (6), 3-10, 1534 (=1535), (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Bindings  Denmark  History  Norway  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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