OMNIUM GENTIUM MORES, PARIS 1538, by Boemus or Böhm.

BOEMUS, JOHANNES. Omnium Gentium Mores, Leges, et Ritus ex Multis Clarissimis Rerum Scriptoribus..., Teutonico Nuper Collecti, et Novissime Recogniti. Tribus Libris Absolutum Opus, Aphricam, Asiam, & Europam Describentibus. Paris, apud Ioannem Paruum, 1538

Small 8:o (about162x105 mm., binding 167x112 mm.). (2), 1-115, (19, last blank) pp.
Contemporary vellum, somewhat worn, spine in four compartments, manuscript title. Inner doublure at lower board loose, showing part of old manuscript on vellum. Some old marginal annotations and underlinings. Signature on first endpaper "Dalla Libreria Borromea".

Johannes Böhm (c. 1485-1534), German humanist.

Provenance: Sven Borgström was born in Malmö in 1927 and worked as a chemist in Stockholm, Malmö and Lund. His fine library which was built up over many years, consists mainly of older books dated from the 15th century to the late 18th century. His book-collecting began, as it perhaps should, with an incunabula. Borgström's interests included printers, book bindings, book illustrations, and he was interested in history, travel and maps. As a result of previous coin collecting, the subject of numismatics was also of interest in his library. Sven Borgström died 95 years old.

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