[Rarebooks] FS: Olaus Magnus' important history of Scandinavia. Antwerp: 1558

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Olaus Magnus. HISTORIA DE GENTIBUS SEPTENTRIONALIBUS... Sic in Epitomen Redacta... Antwerp: Ex Officina Christophori Plantini. 1558. First 8vo. edition. ff.(8),192. Woodcut printer's device on title. Illustrated with 135 fine woodcuts (1-1/2" x 2-1/2") of Scandinavian life. Cont. vellum with yapped edge. Some old soiling on front cover and a fragment of a leather label on spine. Engraved royal armorial bookplate on front pastedown. Old faded water stain at lower inner margin, barely noticeable.    $2,500.00 (trade discount allowed)
The first epitome of Olaus Magnus' (1490-1557) important early history of Scandanvia, first issued in folio in Rome in 1555. Voet. THE PLANTIN PRESS. #1811.

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