1558 SCANDINAVIA SWEDEN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY Gothorum Sveonumque historia antique

SWEDEN

Gothorum Sveonum'que historia, ex probatis antiquorum monumentis collecta...

by Magnus, Johannes


Basel, ex off. Insingriana; 1558.


Size 4 3/4 by 7 1/4"

With a map of Sweden and 10 woodcut vignettes in the text.


Very good interior except faded dampstain on the title page and wormhole at the lower part of about 40 pages

Vellum binding, manuscript title to the spine.

Spine damaged, lacks ties.

Second edition with two added chapters written by his brother Olaus the Great, who also edited the first edition.

Text in Latin

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Johannes Magnus  (Ioannes Magnus, 1488 –  1544) was the last functioning Catholic Archbishop in Sweden, and also a theologian, genealogist, and historian.
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