ANTIQUITATUM DANICARUM BY THOMAS BARTHOLIN 1689 First Edition

[BARTHOLIN, THOMAS (1659-1690)]. Antiquitatum Danicarum de causis contemptae a Danis adhuc gentilibus mortis libri tres: ex vetustis. codicibus & monumentis hactenus ineditis congesti. Hafniæ [Copenhagen] : Joh. Phil. Bockenhoffer, cIↄ Iↄ LXXXIX [1689].

Hardcover. First Edition. Three parts in one volume. Leather-bound. Square octavo (8°) (205 x 160 mm), pp. [16], 702, 18. Signatures: a-b⁴ ¹A⁴-⁴X⁴. Latin text in roman and italic letter. Bound in modern full calf. Six half- and full-page engraved illustrations. Decorative woodcut initials. Head- and tail-pieces. Rear index in double columns. Condition: FAIR to GOOD. Collated complete. Binding tight and secure. Contents browned and toned, some initial leaves with archival repairs. Extremely scarce.

References: BL STC Scandinavian B195.