The grand carousel in Stockholm in 1672
In the seventeenth century there were a handful of lavishly illustrated books published in Sweden. The most notable are Suecia antiqua et hodierna, containing topographical engravings of Sweden’s attractions, De rebus a Carolo Gustavo, about Charles X Gustav’s wars in Poland and Denmark from 1655 to 1660, and Certamen equestre, a volume depicting the carousel…