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Argenis. Eller een Stats=Roman, sammenskrevet paa Latin af den Vidtberømte Johanne Barclajo: og nu udi det Danske Sprog oversat af H.P. (Hans Paus). Part 1 - 2 (out of 3).
Kjøbenhavn, Groth, 1746. 8vo. Uniformly bound in two contemporary full mottled calf binding with five raised bands and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. All edges gilt and upper and lower edge cisseled. Small paper-label pasted on to upper part of spines. Wear to extremities, parts of the gilting on spine worn off and spine-ends chipped. Printed on thick paper. Internally very nice and clean. (8), 371 pp.+ frontispiece (2), 445 pp. + frontispiece.
The very rare first (and only) Danish translation of Barclay's Argenis, a historical allegory which tells the story of the religious conflict in France under Henry III of France and Henry IV of France. Biblioteca Danica IV, 441.
