Heimskringla (PMM). Provenance: Luxdorph, Münter (2 vol)

Snorre Sturlasson:

Heims Kringla, eller Snorre Sturlusons nordländske konunga sagor. [...] Illustravit Johann. Peringskiöld. 1-2.

Stockholmiae, literis Wankiwianis, 1697 [-1700]. Folio. (31 x 20 cms.) [24] + 832; + [2] + 486 + [128] pp. First title with engraved vignette. Text in Old Icelandic, Swedish and Latin.

Two volumes: first part in contemporary full calf with gilt spine in compartments and six raised bands, worn but sound, slight soiling and worming of pastedowns. Second part in soiled full vellum. First part internally fine, but lightly finger-soiled and stained occasionally, a few short tears and marginal repairs, ink stain on pages 416-7, mostly confined to lower margin, first flyleaf torn with loss, and final blank torn in lower inner corner. Second part with insignificant damage to inner margin of title and following two leaves, several leaves darkened, stain from top edge partly visible in upper margin, leaf 2Y2 with slight corner loss (text unaffected) and leaf 3C1 torn into text.

Second volume with fine Danish provenances: worn supralibros and signature of Bolle Villum Luxdorph (1716-1788), and dated ownership inscription ”Freiderici Münteri Hafniae 1789”, i. e. Bishop Fredrik Münter (1761-1830). In the Waller Collection, Uppsala University Library, there is a Danish manuscript with the same dated double provenance (Waller Ms dk-01437).

Collijn col. 368 for part 1. Warmholtz 2627 & 2653. For Heimskringla, 1, see Printing and the Mind of Man (PMM), 168. Editio princeps of the first complete Icelandic text of the Heimskringla, the sagas of the Old Norse kings, edited by Johan Peringskiöld with translations into Latin and Swedish. It was written c. 1230 by the poet and historian Snorri Sturluson (1178/79-1241).

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