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Reference 589 (1698) Category General Polar; Author Scheffer, John & Sandys, George Title THE HISTORY OF LAPLAND 1674 Bound together with Sandys Travels 1673 Containing a History of the Original and Present state of the Turkish EMPIRE Publishing Information Oxford, At the Theatre, 1674 & London: Printed for John Williams Junior, 1673. Description THE HISTORY OF LAPLAND WHEREIN ARE SHEWED THE ORIGINAL MANNERS, HABITS, MARRIAGES, CONJURATIONS, &C. OF THAT PEOPLE 1st 1674 English Edition; (first published in Latin in Uppsala in 1670), woodcut title vignette, 25 woodcut illustrations in the text, 147 pages, adverts. Bound together with Sandys Travels, Containing an History of the Original and Present State of the Turkish Empire1673, The Seventh Edition with a folding map part of Africa. Title page, [ii], folding map, (torn and repaired, taped) 240pages. Contemporary owners inscription of 1830 on front board and top of title page. Boards, maps and some pages mended with a thick brown paper. Damp staining throughout, tops of some pages worn away, damaged but contents all still readable and clear. Hardly surprising considering the age. .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. SANDYS TRAVELS The 7th Edition; Foure Bookes Containing a description of the Turkish Empire, of Aegypt, of the Holy Land, of the remote parts of Italy and Ilands adjoyning. Illustrated with Fifty Graven Maps and Figures.Title continues: '..Military Force, Courts of Justice, and Commerce. The Mahometan Religion and Ceremonies: A Description of Constantinople, The Grand Signior's seraglio, and his manner of living: Also, Of Greece, With the Religion and Customs of the Grecians. Of Aegypt; the Antiquity, Hieroglyphicks, Rites, Customs, Discipline, and Religion of the Aegyptians. A Voyage on the River Nylus: Of Armenia, Grand Cairo, Rhodes, the Pyramides, Colossus; The former flourishing and present State of Alexandria. A Description of the Holy-Land; of the Jews, and several Sects of Christians living there; of Jerusalem, Sepulchre of Christ, Temple of Solomon; and what else either of Antiquity, or worth observation. Lastly, Italy described, and the Islands adjoining; as Cyprus, Crete, Malta, Sicilia, the Aeolian Islands; Of Rome, Venice, Naples, Syracusa, Mesena, Aetna, Scylla, and Charbdis; and other place of Note. Illustrated with Fifty Graven Maps and Figures.' SANDYS, George [1578-1644].First published in 1615, George Sandys' travels in the Levant quickly became the standard authority on the subject, being reprinted many times during the 17th century.The work chronicles the author's journey in 1610 from Venice to Constantinople, and thence to Greece, Egypt, Palestine, and the Mediterranean islands of Cyprus, Malta, Crete, Sicily, and Rhodes. "Sandys was an observant traveller. The volume was adorned with maps and illustrations, and at once became popular." (DNB). George Sandys also took part in the early English colonisation of America. In 1621 he became colonial treasurer of the Virginia Company and sailed to Virginia with the new governor, Sir Francis Wyat, where he became a member of the governing council in 1624-8. Sandys also did a translation of Ovid's "Metamorphosis" in 1621, upon which his reputation as a poet chiefly rests. Cox 1, 206. Wing S680.o, and his manner of living: Also, Of Greece, With the Religion and Customs of the Grecians. Of Aegypt; the Antiquity, Hieroglyphicks, Rites, Customs, Discipline, and Religion of the Aegyptians. A Voyage on the River Nylus: Of Armenia, Grand Cairo, Rhodes, the Pyramides, Colossus; The former flourishing and present State of Alexandria. A Description of the Holy-Land; of the Jews, and several Sects of Christians living there; of Jerusalem, Sepulchre of Christ, Temple of Solomon; and what else either of Antiquity, or worth observation. Lastly, Italy described, and the Islands adjoining; as Cyprus, Crete, Malta, Sicilia, the Aeolian Islands; Of Rome, Venice, Naples, Syracusa, Mesena, Aetna, Scylla, and Charbdis; and other place of Note. Illustrated with Fifty Graven Maps and Figures.' Title page, [ii], folding map, (torn and repaired, taped) 240pages. SANDYS, George [1578-1644].First published in 1615, George Sandys' travels in the Levant quickly became the standard authority on the subject, being reprinted many times during the 17th century.The work chronicles the author's journey in 1610 from Venice to Constantinople, and thence to Greece, Egypt, Palestine, and the Mediterranean islands of Cyprus, Malta, Crete, Sicily, and Rhodes. "Sandys was an observant traveller. The volume was adorned with maps and illustrations, and at once became popular." (DNB). George Sandys also took part in the early English colonisation of America. In 1621 he became colonial treasurer of the Virginia Company and sailed to Virginia with the new governor, Sir Francis Wyat, where he became a member of the governing council in 1624-8. Sandys also did a translation of Ovid's "Metamorphosis" in 1621, upon which his reputation as a poet chiefly rests. Cox 1, 206. Wing S680. Price £800.00 Keywords ISBN Add this to your basket
