278 - Pontoppidan, E. Den Danske Atlas Eller Konge-Riget Dannemark, Med dets Naturlige Egenskaber, Elementer ... Provintzer, Staeder, Kirker, Slotte og Heere-Garde. Forestillet ved en udförlig Lands-Beskrivelse ... 7 Tle. in 8 Bdn. Copenhagen, Godiche, 1763-1781. With 278 folded or double-page copperplate engravings and plans, 18 multi-fold copperplate maps, 6 folded tables, 2 engraved head vignettes and 1 text engraving. 4°. Contemporary leather bindings with rich spine decoration and label (spine somewhat rubbed, headcaps partly with tears).

Pontoppidan, E. Den Danske Atlas Eller Konge-Riget Dannemark, Med dets Naturlige Egenskaber, Elementer ... Provintzer, Staeder, Kirker, Slotte og Heere-Garde. Forestillet ved en udförlig Lands-Beskrivelse ... 7 Tle. in 8 Bdn. Copenhagen, Godiche, 1763-1781. With 278 folded or double-page copperplate engravings and plans, 18 multi-fold copperplate maps, 6 folded tables, 2 engraved head vignettes and 1 text engraving. 4°. Contemporary leather bindings with rich spine decoration and label (spine somewhat rubbed, headcaps partly with tears). Bruun, Bibliotheca Danica II, 600; Graesse V, 410. - First edition. - The Danish theologian and historian Erik Pontoppidan (1698-1764) was a pastor on the island of Als around 1730. It was here that he wrote his first topographical and historical works, from which his major work, the present atlas, grew decades later. This atlas was only completed after his death. - Richly illustrated atlas with a multi-folded overview map, numerous views and floor plans, illustrations of flora and fauna, coins, costumes, etc. Volume II covers Copenhagen and its surroundings, Volume VII the Duchy of Schleswig with views of Husum, Tönning, Friedrichstadt, Eckernförde, Flensburg, etc. - Continued from Volume IV onwards by H. de Hofmann. - Wide-margined copy on heavy paper.