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FINE COPY OF "ATLANTICAN" (5). RUDBECK, OLOF (RUDBECKIUS, OLAUS). Atland eller Manheim dedam Japhetz afkomne, de förnämste keyserlige och kungelige slechter ut till hela werlden, henne att styra utgångne äro,... I-IV + Atlas Uppsala (H. Curio) (1679)-1698, 1863.

Folio, atlas large folio. Text mostly complete. Collation see below. All engravings, except title, most probably made by Ph. J. Thelott.
Vol. I-II contemporary full calf, slightly worn, richly gilt (later gilting and title labels), spines in seven or six compartments, red speckled edges, vol. III contemporary brown half calf, slightly worn, sparsely gilt spine in six compartments, some minor worming in upper compartment, speckled edges, vol. IV and atlas later (late 19th century) full marbled calf, spines gilt as vol I-II in six compartments. Monogram I. v. U. stamped on titles to I-III (probably Jacob von Utfall). 5 volumes.

Olof Rudbeck´s Atlantica is the most remarkable manifestation of the ideas behind Sweden´s political aspirations to be a great power in the 17th century. Rudbeck believed that Plato´s description of the splendid island of Atlantis with its mighty and virtuos people referred to the temple at Old Uppsala and the Swedish people who were the grandchildren of Japhet and had settled in Sweden immediately after the fall of the town of Babel.
The Atlantica is one of the last attempts to reconcile the authority of the Ancients with the empirical observations of the Moderns. The text is an ingenious absurdity with fantastic etymologies mixed with new ideas. It aroused immense attention in the world of learning, and Rudbeck´s Gothic primitivism influenced many later writers, like Pierre Bayle, Montesquieu, Voltaire, and Edward Gibbon. Leibniz appreciated Rudbeck´s account of the early history of Sweden and admitted that even false or debatable opinions may sometimes stimulate people to brilliant achievements. (Sten G. Lindberg, Swedish Books 1280-1967, p. 27-28).

Collation:

Vol. I (1679). Size 315x200. Engraved frontispiece (mended in the margins, some spotting), (8), 1-891, (1, lacks errata leaf "Ad bibliopegos" as usual). Monogram "I. v. U." stamped on title. Inscription on first endpaper "Nääs Bibliotek".
Bibliotheca Rudbeckiana 704, Collijn 784.

Vol. II (1689). Size 310x195 mm. Engraved frontispiece (mended in the margins), (16), [1-38, testimonia], 1-672 (irregular pagination), 1-36 (Index), (8, emendanda to vol. I-II) pp. Woodcuts. First endpaper torn in lower outer corner. Monogram "I. v. U." stamped on title. Inscription on first endpaper "Nääs Bibliotek". Another inscription on inside of upper cover.
Bibliotheca Rudbeckiana 737, Collijn 785. With "Auctarium testimonorium de Cl. Rudbeckii Atlantica", new edition without title, Bibliotheca Rudbeckiana 704:4, Collijn 786.

Vol III (1698). Size 303x208 mm. (14, last blank), (48, index, lacks last 8 pp.), 1-762 pp. Woodcuts (not folded as often). Monogram "I. v. U." stamped on title. Inscription on first endpaper "Nääs Bibliotek".
Bibliotheca Rudbeckiana 759, Collijn 785.

Vol. IV (1863). Size 348x210 mm. (2), 1-210, (1-20, Anteckningar om Rudbecks Atland by G. E. Klemming) pp. 1 folding map.
Facsimile edition in photolithography of Bibliotheca Rudbeckiana number 766 (known in six copies), edited by the Royal librarian G. E. Klemming, and published in 100 copies. With the separately published facsimile engraving "Upsla Iovis..." and Klemmings annotations on Atland.
Bibliotheca Rudbeckiana 802.

Atlas (1679). Size 473x319 mm. (Lacks engraved title), (68, of 80 pp., lacks engraved map [pp. 5-8]tab II [fig 2], and [pp. 73-80]) consisting of maps and plates, engraved or in woodcut (the chronological tables missing). 2 leaves cut in the margins and partly dampstained (probably taken from another copy), last engraved map cut to platemark. Some foxing and spotting.
All engravings, except title, most probably made by Ph. J. Thelott.
Bibliotheca Rudbeckiana 705, Collijn 785.

Provenance: The library of Nääs, Sweden, which belonged, amongst others to Jacob von Utfall, director of the East Indian Company, Kulla Gunnarstorp castle, Sweden.

Auktionsnummer:

6107

Datum:

2017-06-20