OLAUS MAGNUS HISTORY OF GENTI AND DELLA NATUTRA DELLE COSE SETTENTRIONALI, Venice, 1565.

WITH ENGRAVED MAP OF SCANDINAVIEN. (OLAUS MAGNUS. History of Genti and the Nature of the Cose Settentrionali. Nuovamente tradotta in lingua Toscana. Venice, nella stamperia di Domenico Nicolini; alla spese de gli heredi di Luc'antonio Giunti, 1565, lacks title leaf).
Foil. (binding about 305x205 mm.). (24, of 25, lacks title leaf), 1-286 ll. 1 engraved map of Scandinavia (close cut in left margin with some pictorial loss), more than 450 wood-engravings in the text, and a printer's woodcut device.
Latter (20th century) half vellum, boards of old musical print, blank spine
Hem i med. Partly close cut in upper margin with some loss of text. At the beginning of some worming in the lower margin. About 6 leaves with large mended tears, otherwise some minor marginal damages. Some foxing and spotting, a few leaves browned. Sold with all faults not subject to return.

BM, Italian books 404; Brunet III, 1302. Collijn II:330-332.
Second, but first complete illustrated Italian edition. Including the famous map of Scandinavia, here engraved and closely copied from the woodcut map used in the 1555 edition. It is based on the original map from 1537 in nine leaves.
From the library of Eivind and Ove Hassler.Show more

Condition

See text. Lacks title leaf, close cut in outer margins with loss of marginal text. Engraved map close cut in outer margin with some pictotrial loss.
Sold with all faults not subject to return.

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