38. NORWEGIAN CODE FROM 1657, Den norske loubog & En kircke ordinantz 1657.

(BIELCKE, JENS) and others] Den Norske Loubog, offerseet, corrigerit oc forbedrit, item, Den Norske Lougs siummariske indhend... Kiöbenhavn, paa Jörgen Holsts... cost., 1657.

Small 4th (approx. 185x140 mm). Engraved title page (with crossed-out signature). (362 (of 364, 1 blank leaf missing), (2), 1-57, (1 blank), (12) p. Partially slightly browned pages.

BOUND WITH: A Church Ordinantz, Huor effter alle, Baade Geistlige och Verdslige vdi Norgis Rige, should correct and relate. Given year 1607. Here is found and printed, Ordinance om Ekteskab Sager, Huor efter alle Capitteler vdi Norway would have to rerte. Giffweit year 1582. Kiöbenhaffn, aff Peter Hake... at Jörgen Holst's... expense) 1657.

Small 4th (approx. 185x140 mm). (4), (1)-93, (7), (14) p.

Contemporary brown hfrbd, slightly worn, on the front cover Samuel af Ugglas gold-pressed ex-libris, richly gold-decorated spine with four raised bindings, dark red title label, splatter cut. Occasional brown spots. Some pages browned.

Provenance: Samuel af Ugglas (1750–1812), ennobled in 1772, formerly Ugla, as secretary in the law commission and governor of Stockholm County in 1788, baron in 1796, count in 1799 and president of the chamber collegium in 1802. In 1781, Samuel af Ugglas bought Forsmark's mill, which was in the family's possession until 1975.