68. CHARLES XII BIBLE 1703. ERLING EIDEMS SPECIMENS.

CHARLES XII'S BIBLE. Biblia, thet is all the Holy Scriptures in Swedish, by order of King Carl the Twelfth. Stockholm, H. Keyser, 1703, 02.

Folio (about 450x285 mm.). (96), 1-962 (last opag. among others missing) p. Extra cprst. title page (partly brown-toned in the margins)., title page in red and black with engraved vignette (folded, brown-toned in the margins), the king's portrait in kprst with poem by T. Polus (brown stained, tear in lower margin, taped clipping in lower margin .), 7 kprst. maps and plates (1 missing, 2 with tears and repairs mainly in lower margin, 3 slightly brown stained).
Contemporary binding of black calf on wooden bindings, crack in upper part of front fold, gold-pressed frames, center decoration, clasp o, brass fittings with Charles XII's monogram (1 slip damaged), gold-decorated spine with seven raised bindings. Partly slightly brown stained or stained, Later inscriptions on the front page. Bookplate Erling Eidem (archbishop 1931-1950).

The inscriptions read: "Erik Andersson and his wife Anna Ersdotter in Stafåker called for auction after the provost Aurivillius in Forssa 1875. " "Magnus Eidem gave this Bible to his brother Erling Eidem in 1931." The provost Eric Wilhelm Aurivillius was the son of Per Fabian Aurivillius, professor of wit and academy librarian in Uppsala.