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Voyage des pays septentrionaux. : Dans lequel se void [sic] les moeurs, maniere de vivre, & superstitions des Norweguiens, Lappons, Kiloppes, Borandiens, Syberiens, Samojedes, Zembliens, & Islandois.

La Martinière, Pierre Martin de, 1634-1690 · 1676 · A Paris : Chez Louis Vendosme, libraire au Palais dans la Salle Royalle, au sacrifice d'Abraham · 8 pictures

A 1676 Paris travel account by Pierre Martin de La Martinière, published by Louis Vendosme, describing the customs, daily life and superstitions of Northern peoples such as Norwegians, Lapps, Siberians, Samoyeds and Icelanders. The small etched plates show a sledge pulled by a reindeer, a strange crested bird, and figures in fur and feathered costume carrying axes, bows and hammers, offering a designer a plain 17th-century record of northern dress and fantastic natural-history imagery.

Voyages and travels · Imprint 1676

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