(LANGEBEK, JACOB)

Det Kongelige Danske Selskabs Begyndelse og Tilvext I de Tre første Aar 1745. 1746. 1747.

Kiøbenhavn (Copenhagen), Georg Glasing, 1748.

8vo. Bound in a very beautiful Cambridge-style mirror binding with richly gilt spines, elaborate gilt borders to boards, inner gilt dentelles and gilt ornamentation to edges of boards. All edges gilt. Light wear to extremities. Some of gilting to spine worn off. With a bit of loss of leather to head of spine, showing headband. Internally very fine and clean - a magnificent copy printed on good paper. (16),360 pp.

First edition of this work containing the history of "Det Kgl. Danske Selskab for Fædrelandets Historie og Sprog" (i.e. ”Royal Danish Society for Fatherland History”), its foundational history, laws and constitution, and a cataglogue of its library.

The society is publishing “Danske Magazin” – the oldest existing Danish periodical. It is published irregularly, but has been issued since January 1745.

Order-nr.: 60987