Icelandic sagas and other historical documents relating to the settlements and descents of the Northmen on the British Isles / edited by Gudbrand Vigfusson
1887, First Edition. London : Printed for H.M.S.O., by Eyre and Spottiswoode. Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked, cloth-backed boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. The set remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #427072
Physical description: 4 v. : facsims. (part fold.), geneal. tables ; 26 cm. Series: Rerum Britannicarum medii aevi scriptores ; 88. Contents: Incomplete contents v. 1. Orkneyinga saga, and Magnus saga, edited by Gudbrand Vigfusson. -- v. 2. Hakonar saga, and a fragment of Magnus saga, edited by Gudbrand Vigfusson. -- v. 3 The Orkneyingers' saga, translated by Sir G. W. Dasent -- v. 4. The saga of Hacon, and fragment of the saga of Magnus, translated by Sir G. W. Dasent.Subjects: Sturla Þórðarson 1214-1284. Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar; Orkneyinga Saga; Magnus Saga; Hakonar Saga; Magnúss saga Eyjajarls; Sagas; Old Norse literature; Northmen Great Britain; Icelandic literature Translations into English; Sagas Translations into English; Northmen; Icelandic Literature; Icelandic literature.
Price: €295.00