Olaus Magnus’ Historia, Rome 1555, with woodcut map

Olaus Magnus:

Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus.

Roma, apud Ioannem Mariam de Viottis Parmensem, 1555 (colophon). Folio. (27,5 x 20 cms). [84] + 816 pp. Full-page woodcut map of Scandinavia on p. 8. With 472 woodcuts in text. Page 405 and last leaf with full-page printer’s device.

Full old blindstamped pigskin, worn and soiled, ties perished, later handwritten title label on spine (defective). A complete copy without serious defects, but lightly spotted and with occasional stains, several old marginal and corner repairs, a few marginal tears, some slight finger-soiling and occasional marginal waterstains, a few wormholes (i.a. one in outer margin of map), leaf 2K4 with a small hole and loss of a few letters, final leaf creased. Title-leaf supplied from another copy, slightly smaller and lightly soiled and with old inscriptions and deletions. Endleaves with a few old inscriptions, i. a. ”Johannis Kelleri 1705” and ”Bibliothecae Hammerianae”. A few text woodcuts hand-coloured.

Woodcut map fine with margins on all sides.

Lindberg, Swedish Books, 18. Collijn 2:221-27. First edition.

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