
Scheffer, John, (1621-1679). (Johannes Schefferus). The History of Lapland wherein are shewed the Original, Manners, Habits, Marriages, Conjurations, &c. of that People. Written by Joh Scheffer, professor of Law and Rhetoric at Upsal in Sweden. At The Theater in Oxford, 1674. First English edition. Small folio in an older leather binding with professionally renewed spine with gilt text and gilt double frames on the covers. Red cuts and later marbled endpapers. Inner gilt dentelle. With extra engraved title page as frontispiece and a fold-out engraved map as well as 25 woodcuts in the text. Frontespis, (IV), fold-out map and 147 p. , (I).
Bibliographic ref. Collijn sp. 828., Fant 35, Warmholtz 705 note, Marklund 2608, Carlander III p. 568.
Bindings rubbed. Some layer stains on the first and last leaves, not hard. Ex libris.
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Scheffer, John, (1621-1679). (Johannes Schefferus). The History of Lapland wherein are shewed the Original, Manners, Habits, Marriages, Conjurations, &c. of that People. Written by Joh Scheffer, professor of Law and Rhetoric at Upsal in Sweden. At The Theater in Oxford, 1674. First English edition. Small folio in an older leather binding with professionally renewed spine with gilt text and gilt double frames on the covers. Red cuts and later marbled endpapers. Inner gilt dentelle. With extra engraved title page as frontispiece and a fold-out engraved map as well as 25 woodcuts in the text. Frontespis, (IV), fold-out map and 147 p. , (I).
Bibliographic ref. Collijn sp. 828., Fant 35, Warmholtz 705 note, Marklund 2608, Carlander III p. 568.
Bindings rubbed. Some layer stains on the first and last leaves, not hard. Ex libris.
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