OLAUS MAGNUS IN GERMAN WITH LARGE WOODCUT MAP; BASEL 1567.
OLAUS MAGNUS. History of Mittnachtigen Länder, Von allerley Thun, Wesens, Condition, Sitten, Gebreuchen, Aberglauben, Underweisung, Uebung, Regiment, Narung, Kriegsrüstung... in Hochteutsch gebracht... durch J. B. Fickler, harder than that. Basel, Henric-Petrina, 1567.
Folio (about 292x195 mm., binding 300x215 mm.). (60, including one blank leaf), i-dcxxiii, (1) pp. Folding woodcut map (description see below), title verso with the woodcut coat-of-arms of Olaus Magnus, last page with woodcut printer's device, 334 woodcuts in text.
Contemporary brown marbled full leather, somewhat worn, some small cracks in upper joint, blindtoooled spine in six compartments, redspeckled edges. Title close cut in upper margin. Partly vaporized in lower outer corner or outer margin, harder to pp. xxxix and from pp. dxxvii to the end. Bookplate of Carl Trolle Farmer.
Collijn II:358-363; see also Warmholtz vol. 3, item 1414, pp 146-160.
First German edition. Besides Olaus Magnus preface this edition has a description of Marina Charter in German. The 334 woodcuts illustrating the books are mostly rather free, reversed copies of the pictures from the original edition, but smaller size.
Kaart van Scandinavië en Iceland. Grootte om 150x510 mm (top), 340x510 mm (bottom). Folded in upper margin. With the monogram initials THW and the year 1567 at the lower right corner = Thomas Weber, the woodcutter. With many sea monsters, ships, animals and skiing laplanders. In the middle of the lower half two larger brownspots. Ginsburg 23 - “Uncommon.” The map also shows part of Russia.
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.
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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OLAUS MAGNUS. History of Mittnachtigen Länder, Von allerley Thun, Wesens, Condition, Sitten, Gebreuchen, Aberglauben, Underweisung, Uebung, Regiment, Narung, Kriegsrüstung... in Hochteutsch gebracht... durch J. B. Fickler, harder than that. Basel, Henric-Petrina, 1567.
Folio (about 292x195 mm., binding 300x215 mm.). (60, including one blank leaf), i-dcxxiii, (1) pp. Folding woodcut map (description see below), title verso with the woodcut coat-of-arms of Olaus Magnus, last page with woodcut printer's device, 334 woodcuts in text.
Contemporary brown marbled full leather, somewhat worn, some small cracks in upper joint, blindtoooled spine in six compartments, redspeckled edges. Title close cut in upper margin. Partly vaporized in lower outer corner or outer margin, harder to pp. xxxix and from pp. dxxvii to the end. Bookplate of Carl Trolle Farmer.
Collijn II:358-363; see also Warmholtz vol. 3, item 1414, pp 146-160.
First German edition. Besides Olaus Magnus preface this edition has a description of Marina Charter in German. The 334 woodcuts illustrating the books are mostly rather free, reversed copies of the pictures from the original edition, but smaller size.
Kaart van Scandinavië en Iceland. Grootte om 150x510 mm (top), 340x510 mm (bottom). Folded in upper margin. With the monogram initials THW and the year 1567 at the lower right corner = Thomas Weber, the woodcutter. With many sea monsters, ships, animals and skiing laplanders. In the middle of the lower half two larger brownspots. Ginsburg 23 - “Uncommon.” The map also shows part of Russia.
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.
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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