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SCHEFFER, Johannes.
The history of Lapland wherein are shewed the original, manners, habits, marriages, conjurations, &c. of that people ...
[Oxford] : At the Theater in Oxford. And are to be sold by George West and Amos Curtein, 1674. First edition in english, folio (295 x 185mm.), [4], 147, [1]pp., additional engraved title-page, folding map, vignette on title and 25 further illustrations in text, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments, occasional minor spotting, neat repairs to spine. Provenance: Earls of Macclesfield, (armorial bookplate and blindstamp).
Scheffer (1621-1679), Swedish philologist and archaeologist, was appointed professor at Uppsala University in 1647 where he undertook important archaeological research and translations of classical texts, some of which were illustrated with woodcuts after his designs. The present work, translated by Anton Cremer, was originally published as 'Lapponia' in Frankfurt in 1673 and is Scheffer's best-known publication. In addition to a general description of Lapland it includes observations on Lapp shamanism, with illustrations of shamanic drums and details of Lapp language, hunting, national dress, trade, Lapp houses and other ethnographic material.
Price: £ 2500
US Dollar Price: $ 4960
Stock Number: 77111