Pierre-Martin de LA MARTINIÈRE
Voyage des pais septentrionaux. Dans lequel se void les mœurs, maniere de vivre, & superstitions des Norweguiens, Lappons, Kiloppes, Borandiens, Syberiens, Samojedes, Zembliens, & Islandois, enrichi de plusieurs figures[A New Voyage into the Northern Countries: Being a Description of the Manners, Customs, Superstitions, Buildings, and Habits of the People in Norway, Lapland, Siberia, and Iceland]
Vendôme, Louis (159.-168. ; libraire)|Paris 1671|9.9 x 15.2 cm|Relié
First edition, illustrated with a frontispiece, a portrait of the author, and 14 copper-engraved vignettes within the text, mostly depicting inhabitants of the North (cf Sabin, 38711.)
Restored binding in full grained morocco, spine with five false raised bands adorned with gilt fillets and double compartments, gilded roulettes on the partially faded caps, small repairs to the joints, gilt fillets on the edges, slightly worn corners, binding of the period.
Ink annotations on the white endpaper and at the top of the false-title page.
Born in Rouen in 1634, La Martinière embarked around 1670 as a surgeon on a ship of the Northern Company bound for Norway, and visited Lapla
€3,500