Antiquitates Americanae Sive Scriptores Septentrionales Rerum Ante-Columbianarum In America.Edidit Societas Regia Antiquiorum Septentrionalium.
Published by Copenhagen: Typis Officinae Schultzianae, 1837., 1837
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, CanadaD & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB)
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4to. large-paper copy. pp. xliv, 479, [1]blank, [6]. 4 maps (2 double-page, 1 folding) & 14 plates & facsimiles (2 folding). contemporary half calf, gilt back (rubbed, short split in upper front joint). First Edition. "The pioneer investigation into the Norse discoveries, with original sagas included." (Howes) "The fullest and most important work that has yet been published relating to the discovery of America by the Northmen. It comprises a collection of the original accounts in Icelandic, with Danish and Latin translations and learned notes by the editor. "It is one of the most important contributions ever made to the study of the history and geography of our continent." (North American Review, No. xcviii, pp. 161-62.).". (Sabin) The engraved title was apparently not issued in large-paper copies. Howes R-13 & Sabin 67470 (both calling for an engraved title). Not listed in TPL or O'Dea. Winsor I p. 94.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Antiquitates Americanae Sive Scriptores Septentrionales Rerum Ante-Columbianarum In America.Edidit Societas Regia Antiquiorum Septentrionalium.
- Author
- [RAFN, Charles Christian] [1795-1864].
- Publisher
- Copenhagen: Typis Officinae Schultzianae, 1837.
- Publication year
- 1837
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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- Canadiana/Americana
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