Leben und Thaten des beru?hmten Ko?nigl. Da?nischen Vice-Admirals Peter Tordenschilds. 3 vols.

Kopenhagen, Mumme, 1753. 8vo. Bound in one comtemporary full calf binding with four raised bands and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Wear to extremities, scratches to boards and with a few holes, showing the wooden boards underneath. Spine-ends with loss of leather. A worm-tract to lower margin of last few leaves, far from affecting text. A few stains to title-page but internally generally nice and clean. (16), 384, 408, 359 pp. + folded plate. The rare first German translation of Rothe?s famous account Peter Jansen Wessel Tordenskiold, commonly referred to as Tordenskjold, Vice-Admiral in the Great Nothern War. The work was first published in Danish under the title "Forsøg til navnkundige danske Mænds Livs og Levnets Beskrivelse, Andet Stykke, Indeholdende den Danske SøeHeldt og Vice-Admiral Peder Tordenskiolds omstændelige Livs og Heldte-Levnets", 1747-1750.Peter Jansen Wessel Tordenskiold (1690 ? 1720), commonly known as Tordenskjold, was a legendary naval officer in the Danish-Norwegian navy during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. He became famous for his role in the Great Northern War (1700?1721) between the Scandinavian countries and Russia. At the age of only 30 he was killed in a duel. In Scandinavia he is still celebrated as one of the greatest military figures in their history.