Historia delle genti et della natura delle cose settentrionali / da Olao Magni ... descritta in XXII libri ; nuouamente tradotta in lingua toscana ; Opera molto diletteuole per le varie & mirabili cose, molto diuerse dalle nostre, che in essa si leggono ; con vna tauola copiosissima delle cose piu notabili, in quella contenute.
Olaus, Magnus, Archbishop of Uppsala, 1490-1557, author.; Nicolini, Domenico, da Sabbio, printer.; M. B., active 16th century?, former owner.; Fontaine, Andrew, Sir, 1676-1753, former owner.; Uchelen, Paulo van, 1641 or 1642-1702, former owner.; Magnus, Albertus, 1642-1689, attributed name.; Heredi di Lucantonio Giunta, printer.
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Historia delle genti et della natura delle cose settentrionali / da Olao Magni ... descritta in XXII libri ; nuouamente tradotta in lingua toscana ; Opera molto diletteuole per le varie & mirabili cose, molto diuerse dalle nostre, che in essa si leggono ; con vna tauola copiosissima delle cose piu notabili, in quella contenute.
Uniform title
Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus. Italian
Created/published
In Vinegia : Appresso I Giunti, 1565.
Description
[26], 286 leaves : ill. (woodcuts), map (engraving) ; 32 cm (fol.)
Associated name
Olaus, Magnus, Archbishop of Uppsala, 1490-1557, author.
Nicolini, Domenico, da Sabbio, printer.
M. B., active 16th century?, former owner.
Fontaine, Andrew, Sir, 1676-1753, former owner.
Uchelen, Paulo van, 1641 or 1642-1702, former owner.
Magnus, Albertus, 1642-1689, attributed name.
Heredi di Lucantonio Giunta, printer.
Nicolini, Domenico, da Sabbio, printer.
M. B., active 16th century?, former owner.
Fontaine, Andrew, Sir, 1676-1753, former owner.
Uchelen, Paulo van, 1641 or 1642-1702, former owner.
Magnus, Albertus, 1642-1689, attributed name.
Heredi di Lucantonio Giunta, printer.
Note
Translation of: Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus. Rome, 1555.
Colophon: In Venetia, Nella stamperia di Domenico Nicolini; alle spese de gli heredi di Luc'Antonio Giunti. M.D.LXV.
Signatures: *⁴ a-b⁸ c⁶ A-2M⁸ 2N⁶.
Cf. Mortimer, R. Italian 16th cent. books, 270.
Colophon: In Venetia, Nella stamperia di Domenico Nicolini; alle spese de gli heredi di Luc'Antonio Giunti. M.D.LXV.
Signatures: *⁴ a-b⁸ c⁶ A-2M⁸ 2N⁶.
Cf. Mortimer, R. Italian 16th cent. books, 270.
Cited/described in
BM STC Italian, 1465-1600, p. 404
Alden, J.E. European Americana, 565/40
Alden, J.E. European Americana, 565/40
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Bindings images and description for Folger Shakespeare Library DL45.M1 I7 1565 Cage (folio)
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Annotations.
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Italy -- Venice.
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DL45.M1 I7 1565 Cage (folio)
Folger-specific note
Folger copy: In a late 17th century Dutch "horn" binding with Sir Andrew Fontaine's (1676-1753) family armorial crest of an elephant on the spine. Paulo van Uchelen (1641 or 2-1702) copy, See Catalogus nitidissimorum & exquisitissimorum librorum & iconum viri spectatissimi Pauli Uchelii, Amsterdam 1703, p. 21. Most likely bound by Albertus Magnus (1642-1689), See H. de la Fontaine Verwey. "The binder Albert Magnus and the collectors of his age," Quaerendo I,3 (1971) p. 175. Bound in vellum, with gold tooling on covers and spine, and speckled edges; green leather label on spine with elephant and ornaments in gold, identified as the crest of Sir Andrew Fontaine. Inscription (16th cent.?): [maltese cross] MB[monogranm with flourish? above m] no. 2476. Manuscript notes.