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UTOPIAN FICTION AND IMAGINARY MAP (2 ITEMS). (VON SCHNEBELIN, JOHANN ANDREAS - NYRÉN, CARL (translator and editor). Mappa geographica scelestinae, eller Stora Skälms-Landets geographiska beskrifning. Stockholm (Johan Georg Lange) 1786 (but 1789).

8vo (188x110 mm). (14), 15-56, (1)-336, 335-37 pp. Title with woodcut vignette. 1 large folding engraved map "Land-Charta öfver Stora Skälms-landet med nästgränsande orter författad af et luftseglande sällskap 1785", engraved by Johann Laurentz Caton 1788 (some folds split with old repairs to verso, small tear to left part and short tear to left margin.
Blue modern cloth over original boards, binding slightly worn, spine blank. Title with some slight soiling to margins, some spotting. Signature on inside of cover, together with the bookplate of the library of Skottorp.

Rare.
Early Swedish fantasy / utopian fiction. In Nyrén's story, he travels to the Schlarraffenland with the new technology of that time (the Montgolfier Brothers made their first flights in 1783), the hot air balloon, in which he leaves Sweden from Södertörn, south of Stockholm, travels across the Baltics, Russia, Central Asia and eventually reaches the Pacific, where he enters the parallel fantasy world.
This Swedish translation and updating is based on von Schnebelin's famous work "Schlarraffenland" (Nürnberg 1694). The map was made by Johann Laurentz Caton dated 1788, size 485x560 mm, based on maps by Schenk and Homann.

Compare Lundwall: Illustrerad bibliografi över science fiction & fantasy 1741-1973 (Stockholm 1974), sid 226-227, Göran Bäärnhielm, article in Biblis 42.

Provenance: Skottorp Castle (Skottorps slott), situated in the province of Halland, southern Sweden. In 1813 the castle was bought by Peter von Möller, who together with his son Adolf Peter Möller, were the founders of the library.

TOGETHER WITH:

IMAGINARY MAP. (HOMANN, JOHANN BAPTIST). Accurata Utopiae Tabula Das ist Der Neu entdeckten Schalck Welt, oder des so offtbenannten, und doch nie erkanten Schlarraffenlandes Neu erfundene lächerliche Land tabell Worinnen alle und jede laster in besondere Königreich, Provintzen und Herrschafften ab getheilet Beyneben auch die negst angrentzende Länder der Frommen, des zeitlichen Auff und Untergangs auch ewigen Verderbens Regionen, samt einer erklerung anmuthig und nutzlich vorgestellt werden. Nürnberg c. 1690?

Hand-coloured (original colour) engraved allegorical map with large figurative cartouche in colours, c. 490x560 mm. Laid down on japan paper, some slight cracks, small repair in the middle, lower corners repaired, some soiling to margins.

Homann's rare imaginary map of the "Schlarraffenlandes", a German Fool's Paradise, and a country of idleness and luxury. It is based on the 16th century satire of Hans Sachs, where chickens, geese, and pigeons fly around already cooked and every house is surrounded by a hedge of sausage. Schlarraffenlandes is divided into 19 regions with such names as Prodigalia Regnum (Kingdom of Extravagance), Magni Stomachi Imperium (Empire of Fat Stomachs), Pigritaria (Land of Indolence) and Lurconia (Land of Gluttony) all surrounding a central Venerea Meer (Sea of Lust). There are many amusing names for places, rivers and geographical features, for example the Loafing Department, Braggadocio Center, Fool's Home, Blasphemy City, Tobacco Island, Sea of Trollops, and the Sea of Drunkenness.

The four kingdoms surrounding Utopia are Youth in the east and Old Age to the west. In the south is Tartari Regnu - the nether regions at the end of the earth or Hell where all inhabitants of Schlarraffenlandes are destined to go. In the north is the Terra Sancta Incognita (Unknown Land of Religion) where Jerusalem is shown shining from a mountaintop. The large title cartouche at bottom is surrounded by figures demonstrating all aspects of human debauchery and foolishness.   

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Auktionsnummer:

6445

Datum:

2017-11-21