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Lapland. SCHEFFER (Jean). History of Lapland,...

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[Lapland]. SCHEFFER (Jean). History of Lapland, its description, the origin, the customs, the way of life of its inhabitants, their religion, their magic and the rare things of the Country. Paris, Veuve Olivier de Varennes, 1678; in-4 (24x18 cm), 20th century vellum. (5)-408 pages. First edition of the French translation, translated from Latin by Father Augustin Lubin. Frontispiece, one folding map, twenty plates (nine plates with center margin witnesses, to even out the red speckled edges) and seven in-text. One of the most complete works on Lapland. Beautiful edition