Olaj Magnj historien, Der Mittnächtigen Länder: Von allerley Thün/ Wesens/ Condition/ Sitten ... Warhafftige beschreibung/ Deßgleichen auch von allerley ... Thieren ...
Olaus Magnus's 1567 German history of the Northern Lands, translated by Johannes Baptista Fickler and printed in Basel, a natural and cultural history of the peoples and creatures of the north written for a German-reading audience. The pictures are small woodcut vignettes set beside decorative initial letters, showing sea monsters, ships, battles and figures in hand-to-hand combat, with dense black-line hatching that a designer could borrow for bold, high-contrast graphic work.
