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(BIBLE, SWEDISH) Biblia. Thet ar, Hela then helga skrifft po swenska, med vtgaende verser, sampt i bradden concordantier. Stockholm: Niclas Wankijff, 1674. 12mo, full maroon leather binding with brass metal clasp and custom fleece-lined shelf case. a.e.g. First edition. Complete with an engraved title page by Isebrandus Compostell. [xciv], 1080 pages (Old Testament), followed by 300 pages (New Testament), [iv], 64 pages. Minor shelfwear to binding; minimal loosening of some page gatherings (signatures); first three leaves have small tears, a few tiny chips, and rubbing to the extremities. Several pages and slightly browned and/or slightly soiled. Estimate $ 600-800 Association: Previous owner's names/inscriptions on the front endpapers include: Rev. John Wigren No. 228; Denna booken Elmer hafven, ester min dod John Wigren; Giften til A. P. Wigren af E[ric] Shogren Den Jan 1873. John Wigren (1820-1907) a Swedish Methodist minister, came to the United States in 1852 and served churches in Andover, Swedona, Bishop Hill, Galva, Moline and Chicago. Erik Shogren (1824-1906). An adherent of the group of believers in Helsingland called Readers, or Devotionalists, he felt strongly drawn to Methodism. He travelled to California and elsewhere, eventually living in Chicago 1855-59 and 1864-65, Bishop Hill 1870-76, Galesburg 1883-84, and Rockford 1884-85. He served as presiding elder of the Chicago district in 1885 and 1886, and afterwards as pastor in South Chicago, retiring in 1889. Janssonites, Religious Separatist Colonies.