‎MÜNTER, FREDERIK.‎
‎Efterretninger om begge Sicilierne, samlede paa en Reise i disse Lande i Aarene 1785 og 1786. 1.-2. Deel (alt). 2 vols.‎

‎København, C.G. Prosts Forlag, 1788-90. 8vo. Uniformly bound in two contemporary full calf bindings with five raised bands with red leather title-label with gilt lettering to spine. Leather miscoloured and cracked. Ex-libris (Helge Sommer) pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Stamps to title-pages. With occassional brownspotting throughout. (22), 455 pp. (4), 456,(1) pp. + 2 folded plates. ‎

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‎First edition of Münster's much appraised work on Sicily. Friedrich Münter (1761-1830) was the bishop of Zealand from 1808 to 1830. He was born in Germany and came to Copenhagen at the age of four when his father, Balthasar Münter (1735-1793), took up a pastoral position at St. Peter's Church. He himself became a theologian in 1781, followed by a two-year stay in Göttingen, where he studied church history and archaeology. From 1784 to 1787, he stayed in Italy, which resulted in the present work.‎