HERBERSTEIN, SIGMUND VON. Rerum Mosoviticarum commentarii. Antwerp: Joan Steels 1562. 8vo, 164 x 105 mm. (6½ x 4¼ in.), contemporary limp vellum, covers slightly soiled, text slightly browned. Folding woodcut map of Russia. Adams H-301. Provenance: Bibliotheca Dagni; Bibl. Gust. C. Galletti Flor., ink stamps on title; Landau-Finaly, bookplate. -- MAGNUS, OLAUS, Archbishop of Upsala. Historia de gentibus septentrionalis. Antwerp: Jean Bellère 1562. 8vo, 157 x 99 mm. (6 3/16 x 3 7/8 in.), contemporary limp vellum, remains of ties, leather cracked at upper hinge, cover soiled, wormed at upper gutter from signature S to end, catching an occasional rule border, text browned. 138 woodcut text illustrations of mining, travel, hunting and other subjects. Adams M-144; Nissen ZBI 2649. Three old ink inscriptions on title, two erased, and one unidentified ink library stamp with initials GBR. -- DIONYSIUS PERIEGETES. De situ orbis. Vienna: Johann Singreiner, February 1515. 4to, 210 x 155 mm. (8¼ x 6 in.), boards, first and last leaves rehinged, lower margins of a3 and a4 dampstained. (3)

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HERBERSTEIN, SIGMUND VON. Rerum Mosoviticarum commentarii. Antwerp: Joan Steels 1562. 8vo, 164 x 105 mm. (6½ x 4¼ in.), contemporary limp vellum, covers slightly soiled, text slightly browned. Folding woodcut map of Russia. Adams H-301. Provenance: Bibliotheca Dagni; Bibl. Gust. C. Galletti Flor., ink stamps on title; Landau-Finaly, bookplate. -- MAGNUS, OLAUS, Archbishop of Upsala. Historia de gentibus septentrionalis. Antwerp: Jean Bellère 1562. 8vo, 157 x 99 mm. (6 3/16 x 3 7/8 in.), contemporary limp vellum, remains of ties, leather cracked at upper hinge, cover soiled, wormed at upper gutter from signature S to end, catching an occasional rule border, text browned. 138 woodcut text illustrations of mining, travel, hunting and other subjects. Adams M-144; Nissen ZBI 2649. Three old ink inscriptions on title, two erased, and one unidentified ink library stamp with initials GBR. -- DIONYSIUS PERIEGETES. De situ orbis. Vienna: Johann Singreiner, February 1515. 4to, 210 x 155 mm. (8¼ x 6 in.), boards, first and last leaves rehinged, lower margins of a3 and a4 dampstained. (3)