May 11, 2010 - Sale 2214

Sale 2214 - Lot 147

Price Realized: $ 800
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
SCHEFFER, JOHANNES. The History of Lapland. Folding engraved map; 26 large woodcut illustrations, including vignette on letterpress title. [6], 147, [1] pages, including engraved additional title. Small folio, contemporary sheep, top of spine chipped, joints partly cracked; scattered minor stains, later owner's leaf of notes mounted inside front cover. Oxford: At the Theater for George West and Amos Curtein, 1674

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first edition in english of a study of the geography, natural history, and inhabitants of Lapland. Wing S851.