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MAGNUS, Olaus (Archbishop of Uppsala). Historiae de gentibus septentrionalibus, Rome: Giovanni Maria Viotto, January 1555. 2 (264 x 200mm.), Roman Type, shoulder notes, full-page woodcut map of Scandinavia and 472 woodcut illustrations, 4 of which are full-page, often with 2-part ornamental border which also apears as a tail-piece, full-page printer's device on MM1r, repeated at end, woodcut historiated initials, errata leaf 3Y6 and large woodcut arms on 3Y8 (some light browning and staining, slightly heavier at upper margin), 18th-century calf, spine gilt in compartments (morocco lettering-piece detached, head and tail of spine rubbed, hinges cracked).
FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST GEOGRAPHICAL AND ETHNOGRAPHICAL SURVEY OF SCANDINAVIA, it also includes a description of Greenland. Although forced to live in religious exile after the establishment of a national Lutheran church in Sweden in 1524, Magnus devoted much of his life to chronicling his native country. In 1539 he published a large and elaborate map consisting of nine woodblocks, the Carta Marina (indeed the book may be considered as an extension of Magnus's work on the map), and soon thereafter began work on his monumental Historia. He was personally involved in the production of the book. Having moved to Rome in 1541 with his brother, Johannes Magnus, Archbishop of Uppsala, he had a press installed in St. Brigitta's house and printed his own work under the supervision of Viotto. The woodcuts, illustrating a huge range of subjects, form an important part of his history, and their didactic value is discussed at length in the preface. While several had appeared in earlier works (see Mortimer for a full discussion), the majority were cut for this edition and appear here for the first time. They were then re-used at Venice for an Italian translation of the work in 1565 and copied for several later editions at Antwerp and Basel (cf. E. Lynam, The Carta Marina of Olaus Magnus, 1949). Adams M140; Brunet III, 1302; Mortimer Harvard Italian Sixteenth Century Books 270; Sabin 43830.
FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST GEOGRAPHICAL AND ETHNOGRAPHICAL SURVEY OF SCANDINAVIA, it also includes a description of Greenland. Although forced to live in religious exile after the establishment of a national Lutheran church in Sweden in 1524, Magnus devoted much of his life to chronicling his native country. In 1539 he published a large and elaborate map consisting of nine woodblocks, the Carta Marina (indeed the book may be considered as an extension of Magnus's work on the map), and soon thereafter began work on his monumental Historia. He was personally involved in the production of the book. Having moved to Rome in 1541 with his brother, Johannes Magnus, Archbishop of Uppsala, he had a press installed in St. Brigitta's house and printed his own work under the supervision of Viotto. The woodcuts, illustrating a huge range of subjects, form an important part of his history, and their didactic value is discussed at length in the preface. While several had appeared in earlier works (see Mortimer for a full discussion), the majority were cut for this edition and appear here for the first time. They were then re-used at Venice for an Italian translation of the work in 1565 and copied for several later editions at Antwerp and Basel (cf. E. Lynam, The Carta Marina of Olaus Magnus, 1949). Adams M140; Brunet III, 1302; Mortimer Harvard Italian Sixteenth Century Books 270; Sabin 43830.