Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
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 ... Tr. from the French of M. Mallet, by Bishop Percy.
Edition:
New ed., rev. 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, esq. To which is added, an abstract of the Eyrbyggja saga, by Sir Walter Scott.
Published / Created:
London, H. G. Bohn, 1847.
Physical Description:
3 p.l., 578 p. front. 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Frontispiece engraved by George Baxter.
Subject Terms:
Newlands, W. B. R. -- Autograph. | Bohn, H. G. -- Publisher. | Scandinavia -- Antiquities.
Form/Genre:
Chromoxylographs -- 1847. | Wood engravings -- 1847.
Contributors:
Percy, Thomas, 1729-1811. | Blackwell, I. A. | Scott, Walter, 1771-1832. | Baxter, George, 1804-1867, engraver.