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Title(s)
Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North / translated from the German of Madame Ida Pfeiffer ; with numerous explanatory notes and eight tinted engravings ; to which are added an Essay on Icelandic poetry, from the French of M. Bergmann ; a translation of the Icelandic poem, the Voluspa ; and a brief sketch of Icelandic history.
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Additional Title(s)
Reise nach dem skandinavischen Norden und der Insel Island im Jahre 1845. English
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Published/Created
London, Ingram, Cooke, and Co., 1852.
London : Ingram, Cooke, and Co., 1852. -
Physical Description
xv, [2], 18-354 pages, [8] leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 19 cm
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
DL312 P57
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Copyright Status
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Full YALE Library Record
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Classification
Books
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Notes
Friedman, J. Color printing in England, 1486-1870, 103
Selected exhibitions: "Color Printing in England, 1486-1870" (Yale Center for British Art, 20 April-25 June, 1978).
BAC : Abbey, Travel, 161 (Abbey copy).
BAC : Plates printed by Edmund Evans.--Cf. Evans, Edmund. Reminiscenses. Edited by Ruari McLean. Oxford, 1967, p. 77.
BAC : "Printed by Levey, Robson, and Franklyn."
BAC : Added t.-p., illus.
With added illustrated title page.
Völuspá has parallel texts in English and Icelandic on facing pages.
Includes index.
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Subject Terms
Iceland | Iceland -- Description and travel. | Old Norse poetry | Old Norse poetry -- History and criticism. | Scandinavia | Scandinavia -- Description and travel. | Travel
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Form/Genre
Criticism, interpretation, etc. | Gold blocked bindings -- Specimens -- Great Britain -- 1852. | Women's travel writings -- Iceland -- 1850-1859. | Women's travel writings -- Scandinavia -- 1850-1859. | Wood engravings -- Specimens -- Great Britain -- 1852.
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Export
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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