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work. Resen probably published them himself in order to demonstrate that at least part of his enormous material was completed. The engravings were done by Johan Huus- man. In this exhibition the work is represented by six en­ gravings, (cat. nos. 2 , 5 , 9 , 1 5 , 1 6 , 1 7 , and 1 8 ).

devoted to the stately buildings in Copenhagen, the other the Royal palaces and other remarkable buildings from elsewhere in the kingdom. It was published in 1 7 4 9 . Thu­ rah's text accompanying the plates is written in Danish, French, and German. Volume I has 120 engraved plates, of which the major part consists of elevations, ground plans, and architectural details. In order to make the work more appealing to the public, 12 views of the city were inserted, of which four are included in this exhibition, i.e., cat. nos. 4 5 , 46 , 4 7 , and 48 , while cat. nos. 43 and 44 are Johan Jacob Bruun's drawings for the work. A new edition with an afterword and supplementary information about the building history by Hakon Lund, was issued in Copen­ hagen 19 6 6 . On that occasion volume II was published, and the following year followed volume III, which had until then only existed in manuscript (cat. no. 79 ).

15 1 CHRISTOPH MARSELIS:

VORSTELLUNG DER REMARQABELSTEN PROSPECTEN IN DENEMARKEN, AUGSBURG c. 17 2 0

Marselis worked as Royal master builder in Copenhagen 1703 - 1 9 . Before he left the country he had done six pic­ tures with motifs from Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Frede­ riksborg, and the Sound. They were published in Augs­ burg c. 17 2 0 by Jeremias W o lff and were engraved by Johan August Corvinus. This exhibition shows the three views of Copenhagen (cat. nos. 2 6 , 2 7 , and 28 ). A new edition of the work was issued in Copenhagen 19 6 5 with a fore­ word by Harald Langberg. LÆRE-KLUDE ETC., COPENHAGEN 174 1-43 Fosie was the drawing master at the naval and land cadet college, and his book, Lære-klude ("teaching-rags") was written as an introduction to the technique of etching, which he rightly considered a neglected art form in Den­ mark. Besides Fosie's text the book has 56 etchings done by his pupils. 10 of them have motifs from Copenhagen, in this exhibition cat. nos. 3 4 , 3 8 , and 39 can be seen, while cat. no. 35 is the prepatory drawing for this work. 152 JACOB FOSIE:

15 4 BARTHOLOMÆUS ROQUE: DANNEMARKS FORLYSTELSE, COPENHAGEN 1 7 4 7

17 3 9 the Swiss Bartholomæus Roque arrived in Copen­ hagen, and the same year he engraved the beautiful view of the Dock, cat. no. 3 2 . He ambitiously planned a work which was to show all the kingdom with a description of buildings, transport, principal branches of trade, customs, maps, and a lot of other things. However only this little book came out of it all, including four engraved views, of which three are of Copenhagen. Two of these can be seen in this exhibition, cat. nos. 52 and 5 3 . The book exists in a Danish as well as a French edition. It was re-issued with an introduction by Julius Clausen, Copenhagen 19 4 0 .

15 5 LAURITZ DE THURAH :

2 53 LAURITZ DE THUR AH :

HAFNIA HODIERNA, COPENHAGEN 174 8 Like the first volume of Vitruvius published in 1 7 4 6 , the text of Hafnia Hodierna is in three languages. W ith a few exceptions the views are identical, Hafnia Hodierna lack­

DEN DANSKE VITRUV IUS I, COPENHAGEN 17 4 6 Court master builder Thurah's folio was originally sup­ posed to have been in two volumes, one of which was

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