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Wallace Rev. James
A Description of the Isles of Orkney. Reprinted from the Original Edition of 1693. With Illustrative Notes from an interleaved Copy in the Library of the University of Edinburgh. Edited by John Small. [Facsimile re-issue]. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE FACSIMILE EDITION
William Brown, Edinburgh, 1883
326,60 €
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Anno di pubblicazione
1883
Autore
Wallace Rev. James
Editori
William Brown, Edinburgh
Soggetto
topography, scotland, orkney islands, orkneys, shetland, ultima thule, james wallace
Lingue
Inglese
Descrizione
8vo., Sole Edition thus, on laid paper, with folding map as frontispiece, 2 folding plates and folding map; navy buckram, gilt back, upper hinge starting (but binding entirely sound), slightly pulled at head of backstrip else a near fine copy. Includes 'An Explication of some Norish Words used in Orkney and Zetland' and 'An Essay concerning the Thule of the Ancients' (1693). THIS HIGH QUALITY FACSIMILE IS ITSELF EXTREMELY SCARCE. Anderson, p.402 (recording the first edition).
