Origines Islandicae: A Collection of the more important Sagas and other Native Writings relating to the Settlement and Early History of Iceland. Two Volumes complete.

Edited and translated by Gudbrand Vigfusson and F York Powell

Published by Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1905

About this Item

Two thick octavo vols., bound in solid buckram. Old Norse text with adjoining English translation Vol I, pp.xvi + 728, Three sections include sagas and legal documents covering Settlement and Settlers, The Old Constitution and Conversion and Early Church. Vol.II., pp.vii + 787 has sagas covering The Young Colony and Explorers. Previous owners name faintly visible at top corner inside cover. Includes some rarer sagas and documents.

Seller Inventory # 002320

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Origines Islandicae: A Collection of the more important Sagas and other Native Writings relating to the Settlement and Early History of Iceland. Two Volumes complete.
• Publisher: Clarendon Press, Oxford
• Publication Date: 1905
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket