FROM JUEL'S LIBRARY
REICH, CHRISTOPH (+) NIELS JUEL.
Helden-Ruhm in den Heroischen Verrichtungen Dess Weld berümbten See-Helden Herren Niels Juel Herren zu Soebygaard etc. Ritter (...) So von dem selben in dem 1676sten wie auch im 1677sten Jahr vollenbracht.
(No place, nor year, but around 1680).
Folio (265 x 170 mm). In contemporary marbled wrappers. Paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Wear to extremities, missing part of the paper on spine. Internally with occassional light brownspotting. 18 ff.
Exceedingly rare first edition of this panegyric to Niels Juel, arguably the most famous commander in the Danish-Norwegian Navy only second to Tordenskjold. The present copy has until recently been house in the library of Valdemar's Castle, the very castle Juel was given by the king after his victory over Sweden in the Battle of Køge. The estate was transferred to him as payment for the Swedish ships captured in the battle. Niels Juel is beat known for his victories against Sweden during the Scanian War (1675–1679) and the present work focuses on his heroic deeds in the years 1676 and 1677, which were crucial in the war namely the Battle of Öland (1676) and the Battle of Køge Bay (1677) – One of Juel’s most famous triumphs where he decisively defeated the Swedish fleet. Biblioteca Danica III, 1209.
Order-nr.: 62056
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