Traur-Rede

[20], 112, [64] p., [8] leaves of plates (7 folded) : 40 cm. (fol.) Masius' oration and the plates with their accompanying explanations are followed by additional eulogistic prose and verse in German, Danish and Latin. The latter are signed: T.K. (for Thomas Kingo, Bishop of Fyn; cf. Bibliotheca danica), I.P.R. (for Joh. Phil. Rateckens), M.C.T.H., A.v.d.B., M.E., and T. Lassen. Lassen's Latin verses are on a separate plate etched by H. Thiel Includes folded frontispiece and 6 large folded engravings, numbered A-F, by Andreas Reinhardt after Gottfrid Fuchs. The frontispiece was additionally drawn by J.S. Ebert. Five of the plates bear dates, which range from 1704 to 1707. The frontispiece and plate C incorporate a portrait of Gyldenløve. Plate A shows the casket being taken off an illuminated ship at night. Plate B, the procession to the church, is on 4 joined sheets measuring ca. 185 cm. in length. Plate C shows the "Pavillon" in which the casket lay in state. Plate D, on 3 joined sheets measuring ca. 147 cm. in length, shows the funeral ceremony with the casket on an elaborate catafalque. Plate E, on 3 joined sheets measuring ca. 160 cm. in length, shows the procession leaving the church with the casket. Plate F shows the elaborate copper casket Signatures: pi² A-D² ²A-2L² (2nd alphabet includes W; 2nd sequence interrupted after 2D2 by plates A-F, gathered with 18 unsigned leaves of explanation, and Trellund's eulogy) With, as issued: Immortali memoriae illustrissimi atque excellentissimi ... Christiani Guldenlovii ... / Johannes Trellund