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LA MARTINIERE, Pierre-Martin de.- Voyage des pays septentrionaux. Dans lequel se void les moeurs, ma
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LA MARTINIERE, Pierre-Martin de.- Voyage des pays septentrionaux. Dans lequel se void les moeurs, maniere de vivre, & superstitions des Norweguiens [...]. Seconde édition reveue & augmentée de nouveau. Paris, Louis Vandosme, 1676. Pet. in-8° : [8 dont titre gravé]-322-[6] pp. et 15 in texto (manque de papier aux coins de qqs pp.). Rel. de l'époque : plein vélin (coupes brunies, gardes décollées, coupes, dos et 2d plat part. bruni). Seconde édition, après celle de 1671, de cet intéressant ouvrage traitant, comme le précise le titre, des moeurs des Norvégiens, Lapons, "Kilopes", "Borandiens", Sibériens, Samoyèdes, Zembliens (Nouvelle-Zemble au nord de la Russie) et Islandais. Elle est illustrée de 15 petits in texto gravés sur cuivre figurant, outre une carte, divers autochtones des régions traversées, un traîneau tiré par un renne, une chasse à la baleine, une statue du dieu Fetizo des Borandais, un Zemblien avec son canoë, etc. Le récit est vraiment intéressant : visite des mines de cuivre, description des moeurs, de l'alimentation, des manières de chasse, d'une "maladie appellée Scorbut", de la "hardiesse des ours", etc.Grand voyageur, l'auteur visita les côtes de l'Asie, de l'Afrique puis se rendit au Danemark où il prit part à l'expédition envoyée dans les contrées boréales en 1653 par Frédéric III. Il finit sa vie en reprenant sa profession de médecin en France.# Sabin 38710; # JCB III, p. 221-222 (éd. 1671); # Chadenat n° 5401; # Larousse XIXe, X, p. 1285. 1.000 Euros
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