Author: NORCOPENSIS (NORDENHIELM), ANDREAS (Pres.) / WOLLIMHAUS (LEIJONSTEDT), ANDERS (Resp.):
Title: De politica orbis asiatici conservatione dissertatio. Uppsala, Henricus Curio, (1676).
Description: . Small 8vo. Pp. (viii), 125, (5). Dissertation date entered in ink (16 Febr.) on title. Last ten leaves with marginal stain, title page slightly dusty. Modern paper-covered boards, title label on front cover. The first Swedish thesis dealing with Asia titled "the political preservation of the Asian world". Deals with the Asian empires: the Ottoman, Tartary, Persia, Japan and China. The works cover topics such as religion, politics, war and peace, customs, the liberal arts, etc. Andreas Norcopensis (1633-94), professor in practical philosophy and later Swedish state secretary. Printed dedication to Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie. At end a tribute to Wollimhaus by Johannes Schefferus. Very rare.

Keywords: Asia general, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, ottoman, levant, turkey, japan, china, persia, travel, exploration, sweden, swedish, dissertation


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