Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus, earumque diuersis statibus, conditionibus ... ac mineris metallicis, & rebus mirabilibus, necnon vniuersis penè animalibus in septentrione degentibus, eorumq[ue] natura. : Opus vt varium, plurimarumque rerum cognitione refertum, atque cum exemplis externis, tum expressis rerum internarum picturis illustratum, ita delectatione iucunditatʹeque plenum, maxima lectoris animum voluptate facilè perfundens. / autore Olao Magno ... ; cum indice locupletissimo.

Author
Olaus, Magnus, Archbishop of Uppsala, 1490-1557 [Browse]
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Book
Language
Latin
Published/​Created
Romae : Apud Ioannem Mariam de Viottis ... , M.D.LV [1555].
Description
[84], 815, [1] p. : ill., map ; 27 cm. fol.

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    Notes
    • Ex copy lacks leaves A-G in sixs (first count) and all pages following 572 (i.e. CCC-XXX in sixs, YYY in eights).
    • Imprint from colophon.
    • Errata, p. 811-812.
    Binding note
    Ex copy in 19th cent calf stamped with arms blazoning a chevron between three lions rampant. These are the arms of William Owen of Porkington, Shropshire.
    Provenance
    • Ex copy is Gabriel Harvey's copy with his ms. notes. Signature and notes on front flyleaf and titlepage : Gabrielis Harveij 1578.
    • Ex copy is has armorial bookplate "High Legh Library Case c, shelf 5, no. 5' [seat of the Leighs, and the Egertons of Cheshire].
    Source acquisition
    Purchase Estate of Lucius Wilmerding, Jr. 2003
    References
    Alden, J.E. European Americana, 555/37.
    OCLC
    54743423
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