FREDERIK III King of Denmark Lex Regia Det er Den Souveraine

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FREDERIK III, King of Denmark. Lex Regia. Det er: Den Souveraine Konge-Lov. [19] leaves, including 2 title pages and calligraphic equestrian portrait of the King. Each text page within lavish illustrated borders teeming with animals and floral and other ornament. entirely engraved throughout. Folio, 500x352 mm, somewhat later sheep, worn and discolored, covers slightly warped, front hinge reinforced with cloth tape; minor marginal soiling, slight chipping along fore edges, faint contemporary ownership inscription across bottom of title, clean tear across leaf 5 repaired on verso. [Copenhagen], 1709

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first edition of the royal law of 1665, providing the constitutional basis for absolute monarchy in Denmark, issued in a spectacular imitation of an illuminated calligraphic manuscript. "The publication was limited to 500 copies, reserved mostly for monarchs and nobles"--Harvard College Library, Danish Literature 24.