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Schefferus, Johannes (1621-1674) The History of Lapland.
Estimate:
$700 - $900
Sold
$1,300
Timed Auction
Fine Books
Description
Schefferus, Johannes (1621-1674)
The History of Lapland.
Oxford: At the Theater, and are to be sold by George West and Amos Curtein, 1674.
First edition in English, folio, added engraved pictorial title; large woodcut vignette of two Laplanders leading a reindeer used on the typographical title; illustrated throughout with text woodcuts depicting cultural artifacts, dress, and practices of the Sami people; with folding engraved map (marginal tears); bound in full contemporary speckled English calf, front board detached, no signs of earlier restoration; ex libris George Savile, with his period signature on the title page and flyleaf; armorial bookplate covered by front pastedown; 11 1/2 x 7 1/4 in.
Wing S-851.
The History of Lapland.
Oxford: At the Theater, and are to be sold by George West and Amos Curtein, 1674.
First edition in English, folio, added engraved pictorial title; large woodcut vignette of two Laplanders leading a reindeer used on the typographical title; illustrated throughout with text woodcuts depicting cultural artifacts, dress, and practices of the Sami people; with folding engraved map (marginal tears); bound in full contemporary speckled English calf, front board detached, no signs of earlier restoration; ex libris George Savile, with his period signature on the title page and flyleaf; armorial bookplate covered by front pastedown; 11 1/2 x 7 1/4 in.
Wing S-851.
Condition
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Devon Eastland, Senior Specialist: deastland@swanngalleries.com
Grace Meschery-McCormack, Cataloguer: gmccormack@swanngalleries.com