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COLLIJN, Isak (1875-1949). Sveriges Bibliografi instill ar 1600. Uppsala: Svenska Litteratursällskapet, 1834-1938 [vol. 1]; 1927-1931 [vol. 2]; 1932-1933 [vol. 3]. -- Sveriges Bibliografi 1600-Talet. Uppsala: Svenska Litteratursällskapet, 1942-1944. 2 parts in one.
Together 4 volumes, 4o (256 x 171 mm). Plates and illustrations in text. Uniformly bound in brown half calf, red and olive morocco lettering pieces, top edges gilt (one label partly lacking).
Complete set of Collijn's monumental Swedish bibliography 1478-1669, exhaustively describing 770 books printed between 1478 and 1599 and approximately 6,000 seventeenth-century books. Collijn is best known as an incunabulist whose contribution to the bibliography of fifteenth-century books was invaluable. He was director of the Royal Library, Stockholm. Laid-in is an obituary by T. Kleberg from Zentralblatt für Bibliothekswesen, 1950. (4)
Together 4 volumes, 4
Complete set of Collijn's monumental Swedish bibliography 1478-1669, exhaustively describing 770 books printed between 1478 and 1599 and approximately 6,000 seventeenth-century books. Collijn is best known as an incunabulist whose contribution to the bibliography of fifteenth-century books was invaluable. He was director of the Royal Library, Stockholm. Laid-in is an obituary by T. Kleberg from Zentralblatt für Bibliothekswesen, 1950. (4)