THURAH, LAURIDS DE. - [DEN DANSKE VITRUVIUS]
Den Danske Vitruvius [The Danish Vitruvius]. Indeholder Grundtegninger, Opstalter, og Giennemsnitter af de mærkværdigste Bygninger i Kongeriget Dannemark, samt de Kongelige Tydske Provintzer, Tilligemed en kort Beskrivelse over hver Bygning i sær. Deel udi Tvende Deele... Le Vitruve Danois contient les plans, les elevations et les profitls des principaux batimens du Roiaume de Dannemarc... Der Dänische Vitruvius. Enthält die Grundrisse, Aufrisse und Durchschnitte derer merkwürdigsten Gebäude Des Königreichs Dänemark... 2 Deele.
Kjøbenhavn [Copenhagen], I-II Deel, 1746-49 + III Deel (1967). In all three volumes. Folio. Vols. I-II in two cont. full mottled calfs w. raised bands on gilt backs. Corners and capitals neatly restored. Vol. III in the orig. hcalf. Complete w. engraved frontispiece and all 281 full page engraved plates, depicting prospects, designs and drawings (Koldinghus is later printed with the original plate).
¶ First edition of the only large Danish work of architecture. Volume three did not appear till 1967, and all three volumes are thus first editions. Text in Danish, French and German.
Lauritz de Thura (1706-1759) is one of the most important Danish architects ever, and he became the most important one of the late baroque period. His contributions as an architectural writer are priceless, and no one had done as much for the understanding of Danish architectural heritage and building construction as he. His works are also of great international importance, since much of his inspiration came from travels abroad. He brought the baroque style to Denmark, and kept developing it, in spite of the fact that it was losing terrain to the new rococo style that quickly became so popular.
In 1735 Thura received a royal grant to collect information with the purpose of writing a most comprehensive work on architecture in Denmark. The work took up more than a decade of his time, and finally, in 1746, the first part of the work appeared. The work contains 381 drawings, measurements, designs and prospects of Danish buildings, including, of course, the royal castles.
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