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Magnus, Johannes,

Archiepiscopus Upsaliensis. Swea och Gotha Crönika. hwaruthinnan beskrifwes / icke allena the inriks Konungars lefwerne och namnkunnige bedriffter vthi theras eghit fosterland: Räknandes ifrån Magog Japhetson / Götha första Regent / intil then Stormächtige (Christeligh och höghlofligh i åminnelse) Konung Göstaff: Vthan och the vthländske Göthers loflighe Regimente och store Mandom / som die på mänga ortar vthöfwer wijda Werlden / och särdeles vthi Hispanien och Italien bedrifwit hafwe. Aldraförst på åthskillige tijder och rum vthgangen på latin, och nu på swenska vthålkat aff Erico Schrodero. Stockholm, Ignaz Meurer, 1620). Fol. 4 unnum. XVI p., 663 p., 13 unnum. Register. Heavily damaged 17th century leather binding with weathered gilt stamping on spine. (With some wormholes, rubbed, corners bumped: covers softened by moisture, broken behind inner joint). Collijn, Sveriges Bibliografi 1600 - Talet, 558. First Swedish edition by Eric Schroder of the first Swedish chronicle of the last Catholic Archbishop of Upsala, Johannes Magnus (1488-1544), the brother of Olaus Magnus, which was published posthumously in Rome in 1554 in the original Latin. Magnus had only been elevated to Archbishop of Upsala in 1523, against the will of the Pope. When tensions arose between Gustav I Vasa and Magnus - due to the latter's stance on the Reformation - Magnus was sent on a diplomatic mission to Russia. From there, he did not return to Sweden, but went into exile in Rome like his brother. It was there that he wrote his chronicle of the Goths, for which he drew on Jornandes' "Getica" and Saxo Grammaticus. Magnus' history is not a very reliable source for early Swedish history. The first six kings named Erik are a pure invention by Magnus! He also includes six invented kings. The numbering of the Swedish kings Erik and Charles is based on these invented kings; thus Gustav I Vasa's son was called Erik XIV and his son Charles became Charles IX. Not a good copy. The binding almost loosened, the book block detached from the binding. Numerous leaves split at the fold. Tear from title with some loss of text and image, old backing. Dampstaining and spotting throughout.

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