Author: MALLET, PAUL HENRI, (1730-1807)
Title: Northern antiquities : or, An historical account of the manners, customs, religion and laws, maritime expeditions and discoveries, language and literature of the ancient Scandinavians... Translated from the French of M. Mallet
Description: London : Bell & Daldy 1873. New Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked. blind tooled navy cloth. Rebacked with the original spine laid back. Spine cover sun-toned. Panel edges slightly dulled and rubbed. Bumped corners. Light tanning around page margins. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Provenance: 'The William Libbey of Physical Geography presented to Clark University' --bookplate to front pastedown. No other library marks present. ; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 578 pages; 'New edition. revised throughout. and considerably enlarged; with a translation of the prose edda from the original Old Norse text ; and notes critical and explanatory by I.A. Blackwell. to which is added an abstract of the Eyrbyggja Saga by Sir Walter Scott.' --title page. Physical description: 578 p. : colour frontis. ; 19 cm. Subjects: Edda Snorra Sturlusonar. English -- Scandinavia -- Civilization -- History -- Culture -- Archaeology -- Antiquity -- Denmark -- Sweden -- Norway -- Iceland. Series: Bohn's Antiquarian Library. Notes: 31-page publisher's catalogue before and after main text. by Bishop Percy.Weight in Kg appr.:

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