Lot 147
Dahlberg, Erik Jonsson
Printed Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 11 July 2006 at 12:00 BST
Description
Exequiae serenissimi ac potentissimi principis ac domini Caroli Gustavi Suecorum Gothorum et Wandalorum Regis. d. 3 Novemb. 1660 Holmiae celebratae. [?Stockholm, c. 1660], folding engraving (4485 x 360mm.), composed of 13 separate plates pasted together, in modern folding box
Footnote
Note: The engraving depicts the ceremonies marking the funeral of Carl Gustav, king of Sweden, involving processions of courtiers and officials, local dignitaries, and warships firing their cannons. In the centre is the bier of the king, surrounded by a panorama of Stockholm, surmounted by coats of arms of the different parts of the kingdom. Dahlberg was an engineer in the Swedish army and produced a volume of topgraphical engravings of Sweden entitled Sueciae antiqua et hodierna.