Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus [...]

A smaller-format version of the book ‘A Description of the Northern Peoples’ (1558) by Olaus Magnus (1490–1557), published by the Plantin Press in Antwerp.

Original binding by the Belgian bookbinder Charles de Samblanx (1855–1943), commissioned by the French collector Pierre Mouchon. A supralibros and decoration on the inside of the front cover. This type of book decoration is called doublure.

The Swedish historian, geographer and Catholic priest Olaus Magnus was strongly opposed to the Reformation, fell out with Gustav I (Vasa) of Sweden, and was exiled. He lived in Rome, later in Gdansk, and in Italy again. It is quite likely that he visited Lithuania. After the death of his brother Johannes Magnus, the Archbishop of Upsala, he was appointed his successor. In his main work ‘A Description of the Northern Peoples’, Olaus Magnus gives an account of the history of the Nordic peoples and the political life and customs of the time, and describes the geography, mineral resources and nature of the region.

 

Source: Law firm Valiunas Ellex art album ARS LIBRI (2022). Compiler Algimantas Muzikevičius, text authors Algimantas Muzikevičius, Rolandas Gustaitis

A smaller-format version of the book ‘A Description of the Northern Peoples’ (1558) by Olaus Magnus (1490–1557), published by the Plantin Press in Antwerp.

Original binding by the Belgian bookbinder Charles de Samblanx (1855–1943), commissioned by the French collector Pierre Mouchon. A supralibros and decoration on the inside of the front cover. This type of book decoration is called doublure.

The Swedish historian, geographer and Catholic priest Olaus Magnus was strongly opposed to the Reformation, fell out with Gustav I (Vasa) of Sweden, and was exiled. He lived in Rome, later in Gdansk, and in Italy again. It is quite likely that he visited Lithuania. After the death of his brother Johannes Magnus, the Archbishop of Upsala, he was appointed his successor. In his main work ‘A Description of the Northern Peoples’, Olaus Magnus gives an account of the history of the Nordic peoples and the political life and customs of the time, and describes the geography, mineral resources and nature of the region.

 

Source: Law firm Valiunas Ellex art album ARS LIBRI (2022). Compiler Algimantas Muzikevičius, text authors Algimantas Muzikevičius, Rolandas Gustaitis