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215 - OLAUS MAGNUS. History of the Northern Countries.
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Estimate €3,000 - €4,000
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OLAUS MAGNUS. History of the Northern Countries. In which all the rare or strange things found amongst the Northern Nations are briefly but clearly set out. Antwerp, Printed by Christophle Plantin, 1561. In-8, midnight blue morocco, ‘à la du Seuil’ decoration, decorated spine, interior lace, gilt edges (J.-F. Barbance). A very rare first and only edition of the French translation. A lovely Plantin edition, in which the dedicatory epistle to Jaspar Schets, counsellor and general treasurer to the King in these Low Countries, is printed in courtesy type. It is illustrated with some 135 charming wood-engraved vignettes, reduced copies of those from the original edition published in Rome in 1555. Some of these illustrations relate to hunting and fishing, and depict various wild animals from these northern regions (deer, fallow deer, bear, wolf, reindeer, lynx, otter, fox, marten, beaver, squirrel, etc.): this iconography is significant for the history of hunting and fishing practices amongst the peoples of the North. (Thiébaud, col. 691–692.) Expert: Mr Dominique Courvoisier
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About the sale TREASURES OF THE LOIRE VALLEY: books and archaeology
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Auction time 11/23/2026 at 2:00 PM
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