6039. Kellgren Aeneas in Carthage 1799.

(KELLGREN, JOHAN HENRIC). Æneas in Carthago, lyrical tragedy in five acts with prologue. In the king's and the king's the house's high presence, first erected, on large Kongl. The theater in Stockholm on November 18, 1799. At the festivities on the occasion of his congl. the birth of His Highness Crown Prince Gustaf. Stockholm, J. P. Lindh, 1799.

4th. (210x163 mm.). (10), 51 p. Modern green marbled cardboard binding with green spine strip, green cuts (Peter Mayer, Beck & son). Text slightly layer stained.

Klemming, Sweden's dramatic literature, p. 124. The music was written by Joseph Martin Kraus.

Provenance: Clas Ifvarsson (1941-2012), CEO and CEO of Stockholm Stadshus AB. Former CEO of a couple of companies within the city of Stockholm and for a period active in municipal politics. His impressive book collection consisted for the most part of Swedish wit from the 17th-19th centuries, but also of many other important works with an emphasis on Sweden. Ifvarsson was very interested in cultural history and was also a committed and knowledgeable collector, which was evident in his extensive library.