LYNGBYE, Hans Christian (editor). Faerøoiske Qvaeder om Sigurd Fafnersbane og hans Aet. Med et Anhang, Randers: S. Elmenhoff, 1822, 8°, FIRST EDITION, text in Faroese and Danish, engraved title vignette and folding engraved plate of music at end (occasional very light spotting), 19th-century half calf, spine gilt (very lightly rubbed) -- Faereyínga Saga eller Faerøoboernes Historie i den islandske Grundtext med faerøoisk og Dansk Oversaettelse, Copenhagen: Jens Hostrup Schultz, 1832, 8°, FIRST EDITION, coloured plate, folding engraved map at end (map with short tear, one leaf torn, occasional spotting), later cloth, ex Foreign Office Library. (2)

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LYNGBYE, Hans Christian (editor). Faerøoiske Qvaeder om Sigurd Fafnersbane og hans Aet. Med et Anhang, Randers: S. Elmenhoff, 1822, 8°, FIRST EDITION, text in Faroese and Danish, engraved title vignette and folding engraved plate of music at end (occasional very light spotting), 19th-century half calf, spine gilt (very lightly rubbed) -- Faereyínga Saga eller Faerøoboernes Historie i den islandske Grundtext med faerøoisk og Dansk Oversaettelse, Copenhagen: Jens Hostrup Schultz, 1832, 8°, FIRST EDITION, coloured plate, folding engraved map at end (map with short tear, one leaf torn, occasional spotting), later cloth, ex Foreign Office Library. (2)

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Two works important in the development of the Faroese language.

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