(No place nor printer), 1715. 4to. In contemporary full calf with five raised bands and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Light wear to extremities and a few holes to boards. Ex-libris (Juel of Valdemar's Castle) to pasted down front end-paper. Internally nice and clean 142, (2), (2), 150, (2) pp.
Reference : 62274
First edition of these two works on The Great Northern War (1700–1721) a major conflict in which Denmark-Norway, Russia and others fought against Sweden’s dominance in Northern Europe. Both works are polemical state publications meant to justify Denmark’s military action against Sweden by combining historical narrative, moral appeal and legal argumentation. Biblioteca Danica III, 297.
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