(Stanislas de GUAÏTA's copy) Ludvig Baron de HOLBERG
Voyage de Nicolas Klimius dans le monde souterrain, contenant une nouvelle teorie de la terre, et l'histoire d'une cinquieme monarchie inconnue jusqu'à present
Chez Frid. Chretien Pelt.|à Copenhague [Copenhagen] • et à Lipsic [Leipzig] 1753|9.50 x 15.50 cm|relié
Second edition (after the first Latin and French of 1741) with a frontispiece and seven engraved plates (including one folding, a map of the underground world) by Brühl. It's worth noting that numerous copies from this date don't have eight plates, while the first French edition had only three and the Latin none. Originally translated from the Latin Nicolai Klimii Iter subterraneum by Eléazar de Mauvillon (1712-1779). Attributed to Holberg by Barbier (Dictionnaire des ouvrages anonymes). Manuel bibliographique des sciences psychiques et occultes, Caillet, 1912-1913. Engraved title.
Contemporary brown sheep. Spine in decorated compartments. Beige title-pi
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