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SAGAS -- Laxdaela-Saga, sive Historia de rebus gestis Laxdölensium, in Old Icelandic and Latin. Edited by G. Oddsson and others. Stockholm: Arnamagnaean Foundation, 1826. 4° (251 x 202mm), half title with engraving by I.F. Clemens (occasional light spotting). Contemporary calf tooled in gilt and blind (rubbed). Provenance: Gunnlaugur Oddsen, an editor of the work (1786-1835, inscription) -- Gaimard, presentation inscription to Henri de la Harpe as a 'souvenir d'Islande', 1855 (flyleaf inscription) -- W. W. Greg (1875-1959), Park Lodge, 1920 (bibliographer; inscription, bookplate); Carl-Bertel Nathhorst. . EDITOR'S OWN COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION; subsequently owned by the renowned editor and bibliographer, W. W. Greg.
Sagan af Gunnlaugi Ormstungu ok Skalld-rafni, sive Gunnlaugi Vermilinguis & Rafnis Poetae Vita. Stockholm: Frid. Christian. Godiche for the widow A.H. [Anna Magdalena] Godiche at the university press, 1775. 4° (242 x 204mm). Printed on blue paper, half title with engraving by J.F. Clemens, 4 engraved head- and tailpieces by Georg Haas, 2 folding engraved plates by Haase after H. Naess, engraved plate of the manuscript text, folding letterpress genealogical table (very occasional faint spotting, fore-edge of last leaf neatly mended, neat tear repaired in index). 19th-century half sheep, flat spine gilt, red speckled edges, by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle. FIRST EDITION.
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Sagan af Gunnlaugi Ormstungu ok Skalld-rafni, sive Gunnlaugi Vermilinguis & Rafnis Poetae Vita. Stockholm: Frid. Christian. Godiche for the widow A.H. [Anna Magdalena] Godiche at the university press, 1775. 4° (242 x 204mm). Printed on blue paper, half title with engraving by J.F. Clemens, 4 engraved head- and tailpieces by Georg Haas, 2 folding engraved plates by Haase after H. Naess, engraved plate of the manuscript text, folding letterpress genealogical table (very occasional faint spotting, fore-edge of last leaf neatly mended, neat tear repaired in index). 19th-century half sheep, flat spine gilt, red speckled edges, by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle. FIRST EDITION.
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