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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, 515x353 mm, contemporary gilt-panelled calf, recased, endpapers renewed; each leaf rehinged, with scattered marginal repairs, including restored lower outer corner of title. [Copenhagen], 1709
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.
