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MAGNUS, Johannes (1488-1544, Archbishop of Upsala). Gothorum Sueonumque historia. Edited by Olaus Magnus. Rome: Giovanni Maria Viotto, January 1554.
2° (289 x 194mm.). Title set in a space in a full-page woodcut, printer's full-page Justice device on verso of E5 and final leaf, 238 woodcut illustrations, including a full-page map of Scandinavia (lacking final blank, some old dampstaining). Early 19th-century English russia gilt (joints split). Provenance: Jacob P.R.Lyell (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, issue with illustrated title and dedication to Erik of Sweden and dukes Johan, Magnus and Karl. Adams M-135; Mortimer Italian 269.
2° (289 x 194mm.). Title set in a space in a full-page woodcut, printer's full-page Justice device on verso of E5 and final leaf, 238 woodcut illustrations, including a full-page map of Scandinavia (lacking final blank, some old dampstaining). Early 19th-century English russia gilt (joints split). Provenance: Jacob P.R.Lyell (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, issue with illustrated title and dedication to Erik of Sweden and dukes Johan, Magnus and Karl. Adams M-135; Mortimer Italian 269.