BIÖRNER, INTRODUCTION TO THE OLD BOOKS OF THE YFWER BORNA GÖTER,..., 1738.

BIÖRNER'S FAIRY HISTORY 1738. BIORNER, ERIC JULIUS. Introduction to the old books of the yfverborn Goeth, especially the advantage of the Gothic language and the fame of the tales. Introductio in antiquitates hyperboreo gothicas, præsertim prærogativam linguæ et cognitionem historiarum gothicarum, auctore Erico Julio Bioerner. Stockholm, Johan Lauritz Horrn, 1738.

Folio (approx. 300x200 mm.). (12), (1)-219, (1 blank) p.
Contemporary brown hfrbd, partly worn, spine with four raised bindings, darkened title label. Occasional brown spots. Signature on the inside of the front cover E. Bergström Ups. 1811.

Provenance: Karl Joar Westman (1939-2022) was a lawyer and banker, also an entrepreneur in India and Sri Lanka. He was a devoted collector of antiques, paintings, sculpture, arts and crafts and not least books. KJ Westman followed all book auctions from his student days and often visited countless second-hand bookshops. The travelogues of older times particularly interested him, but he was also fascinated by the book craft itself and therefore had many beautiful volumes in his collection. He was the son of the Prime Minister and Professor K. G. Westman and his wife Margit, née Printz.