LA MARTINIERE, VOYAGE DES PAYS SEPTENTRIONAUX... DES NORWEGUIENS. LAPPONS,..., 1676.
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LA MARTINIÈRE,(PIERRE-MARTIN DE). Voyage des pays septentrionaux. Dans lequel se void les moeurs, maniere de vivre, & superstitions des Norweguiens, Lappons, Kiloppes, Borandiens, Syberiens, Samojedes, Zembliens, Isandois... Seconde edition,... Paris, chez Louis Vendosne, 1676. Small 8:o (about 152x83 mm.). (12, inkluding engraved title), 1-322, (2) pp. Engraved title (laid down, mended, partly browned), 15 small engravings in text (including a map). Later (late 19th century) vellum, slightly worn, spine in five compartments, red edges. Some foxing. Rare 2nd edition (1st 1671) of this first published travel report describing the Arctic coasts of Europe by P-M. de La Martinière (1634-1690), a French physician, surgeon and explorer. Curious illustrations depicting Native samples, a Sami and his familiar spirit (a cat), Samoyeds, etc. In 1670, La Martinière was enlisted as a surgeon in a naval exploration trip supported by King Frederick III of Denmark and thus had the opportunity to wander through the coasts of Norway, Lapland, northern Russia, Novaya Zemlya, Greenland and Iceland for a period of five months. Sabin 38711.