Buy this book on-line Thorkelin, Grimr Johnson : FRAGMENTS OF ENGLISH AND IRISH HISTORY IN THE NINTH AND TENTH CENTURYJohn Nichols; Printer to the Society of Antiquaries, London, 1788
large 4to. In Two Parts Translated from the Original Icelandic and Illustrated with Some Notes.....Fine map frontis. of Mappa Geographia 'Magnam Britanniam Hiberiam. xi, errata page [xii] 59 [i]; 95 [i] pp [Thorkelin, Grimr Johnson 1752-1829]. Beautifully bound in contemorary full red calf with gilt floral border decoration to the boards. a.e.g. and fine marble end-papers. Spine a trifle darkened. No inscriptions or book-plates. A fine and beautiful copy. 27cms. Two accounts of discoveries made by Icelandic navigators in the ninth century with records of the Orkney Islands. A rare volume in a fine binding. [Very early issue with only three corrections in the errata page for the first book [later issues slips have 7 typo errors listed].. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Thorkelin, Grimr Johnson : FRAGMENTS OF ENGLISH AND IRISH HISTORY IN THE NINTH AND TENTH CENTURY. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including out of print books, livres d'occasion, livres rares, libri rari and livres illustrées. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |