OLAUS MAGNUS HISTORY OF THE GENTLEMEN AND THE NATURE OF THE COSE SETTENTRIONALI, Venice, 1565.

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.
Folio (binding about 310x215 mm.). (25), 1-286 ll. 1 etched map of Scandinavia, meer dan 450 woodengravings in het tekst, en twee printer woodcut apparaten.
Near contemporary brown full calf, somewhat worn, mended in the joints and hinges, gilt border with small decorative elements in the corners, gilt edges of covers, gilt spine in six compartments, red edges. Leafel 147-48 med tear, blad 272 med stor tear och blad 156 med marginisk tear. Leaf 278-280 partly waterstained. About 20 leaves with brown spots or yellowed. Bookplate of the Library of Ragley Hall (Marquess of Hartford).

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.

Provenance: Sven Borgström was born in Malmö in 1927 and worked as a chemist in Stockholm, Malmö and Lund. His fine library, which was built up over many years, consists mainly of older books dated from the 16th century to the late 18th century.
His book-collecting began, as it perhaps should, with an incunabula. Borgström's interests included printers, book bindings, book illustrations, and he was interested in history, travel and maps. As a result of previous coin collecting, the subject of numismatics was also of interest in his library. Sven Borgström died 95 years old.Show more

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Leaf 147-48 with tear, and leaf 156 with marginal tear.

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