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Pfeiffer, Ida

Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North; to which are added and essay on Icelandic Poetry from the French of M. Bergmann, and a brief sketch of Icelandic History

1852

140,06 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canadá)

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Año de publicación
1852
Lugar de impresión
London. Ingram, Cooke, and Co
Autor
Pfeiffer, Ida
Edición
First edition in English, translated from the German.
Materia
Travel - Europe Women Travellers
Idiomas
Inlgés
Primera edición

Descripción

12mo [19.5 x 13.5 cm]; 354 pp, 8 tinted plates including frontis and extra pictorial title page, index. original blind-stamped cloth, elaborate gilted spine with gilt title lettering, short tear and slightly frayed spine end, lightly foxed on some leaves, but overall clean, very good sound copy, spine gilt bright. A picture of this book is available upon re Robinson p. 25: 'She was the first full-time woman traveller'. The author describes her travels in 1845 in interesting detail with some emphasis on the people and their customs, scenery, notable buildings and events. The US edition of same year had no plates, which are of scenery, geysers, Copenhagen, Christiania, Falls of Trolhatta, Stockholm, mines of Dannemora, etc.
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