Denne bog handler om, hvordan Tivoli blev anlagt på Dronningens Enghave uden for byens Vesterport i 1843. Arkitekten bag Carstensens forlystelsesprojekt hed H.C. Stilling. Han var dengang 27 år, og det var hans første opgave.

Alle de oprindelige malede træpavilloner er for længst borte, men Tivoli eksisterer fortsat med mange af de forlystelser, som blev etableret dengang: Bazaren, Glassalen, Bådene på søen, Rutschebanen, Pantomimeteatret, Divan 1 og Divan 2, Fyrværkerier, Kraftprøver og Karruseller.

Bogen indeholder mere end 100 illustrationer og billeder fra den tidlige periode af Tivolis historie.

English
This is a book about how Tivoli was founded at "Dronningens Enghave" outside the western citygate of Copenhagen in 1843. The architect behind Carstensen's amusement park was H.C. Stilling. At the time he was 27 years old and it was his first project as an architect and a garden architect.

The book describes the history of Tivoli, the original foundation plan with the buildings and the variety of pavilions and fun fares. It also explains the ideas behind and the reaction to it in contemporary journals and magazines. Most of the ideas have survived, but the buildings and pavilions in light wooden constructions exist no longer.

The book contains more than 100 illustrations and pictures from the early period of the history of Tivoli.