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Lot 1010

ICELAND.
Laxdæla-Saga, sive historia de rebus gestis Laxdölensium. Copenhagen: Legati Magnæani, 1826.

12 February 2012, 09:00 PST
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ICELAND.

Laxdæla-Saga, sive historia de rebus gestis Laxdölensium. Copenhagen: Legati Magnæani, 1826.
4to (275 x 228 mm). [6], xviii, 442 pp. Half-title with engraved vignette. Later plain brown wrappers. Toning from wrappers, minor dust-soiling, wrappers chipped, ex-library with withdrawal stamp on bookplate from Mills College, small perforation stamp to title and a few other small markings.

FIRST EDITION OF THIS 13TH CENTURY ICELANDIC SAGA. Scholars date the composition of the Laxdæla saga to between 1230 and 1260 in western Iceland.

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