SCHEFFERUS, Joannis. Lapponia, id est, regionis Lapponum et gentis nova et verissima descriptio, Frankfurt: Christian Wolff, [date cropped but frontispiece dated 1674], 4°, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black and woodcut, folding engraved map, woodcut illustrations (imprint of map weak to outer upper corner, 3 leaves lightly dampstained) [bound with:] Enevaldus SVENONIUS. In nome Jesus artificium delilae mysticum: Jud. 16. v. 4. seqq. [part II: Index et judex syncretismorum religionis], Abo: Petrus Hansonius, 1673-75, 4°, 2 parts in one volume (first title with laminated repairs, upper corners of some leaves dampstained, light marginal worming towards the end), 2 works in one volume, contemporary vellum (front upper corner bumped), bookplates of W. Sainsbury and Robert, Earl of Crewe.
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SCHEFFERUS, Joannis. Lapponia, id est, regionis Lapponum et gentis nova et verissima descriptio, Frankfurt: Christian Wolff, [date cropped but frontispiece dated 1674], 4°, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black and woodcut, folding engraved map, woodcut illustrations (imprint of map weak to outer upper corner, 3 leaves lightly dampstained) [bound with:] Enevaldus SVENONIUS. In nome Jesus artificium delilae mysticum: Jud. 16. v. 4. seqq. [part II: Index et judex syncretismorum religionis], Abo: Petrus Hansonius, 1673-75, 4°, 2 parts in one volume (first title with laminated repairs, upper corners of some leaves dampstained, light marginal worming towards the end), 2 works in one volume, contemporary vellum (front upper corner bumped), bookplates of W. Sainsbury and Robert, Earl of Crewe.
Lot Essay
Schefferus's work remained the main source of information on Lapland for a long time.