Arx Regiae Holmiae.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haton, Claude, active 18th century.

Contributor:

Tessin, Nicodemus, 1654-1728.

Perkins Gift Fund.

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

Stockholms slott (Stockholm, Sweden).

Palaces--Sweden--Stockholm--Pictorial works.

Palaces.

Sweden--Stockholm.

Buildings--Pictorial works--Sweden--Stockholm.

Buildings.

Sweden.

Architecture--Sweden--Stockholm--Designs and plans.

Architecture.

Genre:

Pictorial works.

Architectural drawings.

Physical Description:

34 unnumbered leaves of plates (some folded) : all illustrations ; 60 cm (folio)

Other Title:

Arcis Regiae Stockholmensis omniumq[ue] eius partium ichnographica et orthographica descriptio

Arcis Regiae Stockholmensis omniumque eius partium ichnographica et orthographica descriptio

Place of Publication:

[Stockholm?] : [publisher not identified], [1714]

Notes:

Consists of 15 double plates and 4 single plates of architectural engravings of Stockholms slott. 17 of the plates were engraved by Haton following N. Tessin's drawings; another was engraved by Sébastien Le Clerc. These were issued in 1714 under the title: Arx Regiae Holmiae. An additional plate, engraved by Jean Eric Rehn and printed in 1752, is included in the library's copy. Cf. Kommer, B.R. Nicodemus Tessin der Jüngere und das Stockholmer Schloss.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Perkins Gift Fund.

Library's copy without t.p.; title taken from Kommer.

Binder's title on cover: Arcis Regiae Stockholmensis omniumq[ue] eius partium ichnographica et orthographica descriptio.

OCLC:

63549407