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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Sturlúnga-Saga edr Islendínga-Saga hin Mikla. Nú útgengin á prent ad tilhlutun hins íslenzka bókmentafègs, eptir samanburd hinaa merkilgusta handarrita er fengist gátu, Fyrra Bindini. Kaupmannaköfn, Prented ad forlagi fèlagsins hiá prentara porsteini Einarssyni Rangel, Vol. I Part I: 1817, 227 pp; Vol. I Part II: 1818, 260 pp; Vol. II Part I: 1818, 320 pp; Vol. II Part II: 1820, 192 pp; four texts in two volumes, Edited with a preface in Icelandic & danish parallel text by Bjarni Thorsteinson, Hans Birch Dahlerup provenance, 8 x 6.5", 8vos. In fair condition. Vol. I exhibits a moderate to large water dampness stain to spine & gutter throughout text-block. Both volumes cloth boards are scuffed at edges & worn/bumped at corners. Heads and tails of spines are collapsed & beginning to chip. Gilt lettering and ruling on spines moderately soiled, but still legible. Vol. I's front gutter beginning to split - cording exposed. Vol. I Part I's title page exhibits ownership signature and marginalia: Capitain Lieutenant H. Dahlerup. Toning throughout text-blocks, with some instances of finger soiling or foxing. Water dampness staining in volume one is most noticeable at front fly-leaf & title page. Bindings are intact. Reading copies. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Sturlúnga-Saga (Often simply called Sturlúnga) is a collection of Icelandic sagas by various authors from the 12th and 13th centuries; it was assembled in about 1300, in Old Norse. It mostly deals with the story of the Sturlungs, a powerful family clan during the Age of the Sturlungs period of the Icelandic Commonwealth. The saga mostly covers the history of Iceland from 1117 to 1264. It begins with geirmundar páttr heljarskinns, the legend of Geirmundr heljarskinn, a regional ruler in the late 9the century Norway, who moves to Iceland to escape the growing power of King Harald Finechair. Sturlúnga-Saga is the main source of Icelandic history during the 12th & 13th centuries and was written by people who experienced the internal power struggle which ended in Iceland's loss of sovereignty and submission to Norway in 1262-64. Indirect evidence suggests it was compiled by Þórðr Narfason (d. 1308). Bjarni Thorsteinsson (1781-1876), who wrote the preface for this work, was an Amtmann in Vesturamti in the years 1821-1849. He graduated from Hóvallar School in 1800 and then sailed to Copenhagen and completed in his law degree at Hafnarháskóli in 1807. He then worked in various government offices in Copenhagen, but in 1821 was appointed county commissioner in the western region and settled at Arnarstapa in Snæfellsnes. He rejected the idea that Iceland should have a national class assembly when that idea first appeared around 1831. He later became a member of the committee of officials that prepared the restoration of Alþingis and was the first president of the assembly when it was restored in 1844. Bjarni also founded the Icelandic Literature Society together with others and was president of its Copenhagen section from 1816-1819. Hans Birch Dahlerup (1790-1872) was a Danish admiral and baron. He was among Denmark's most important naval strategists in the 19th century. As a young naval officer, he participate int he defense of the Norwegian coast, against Great Britain's Royal Navy, during the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). No less than three times he was captured by the British and put in "prisonen" (the Norwegian-Danish term for British prisoner-of-war camps). In 1838, Dahlerup took the frigate HDMS Rota to the Mediterranean, partly as training for the crew, partly to bring the sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844) and his sculptures and reliefs home from Rome. Thorvaldsen was received as a hero in Copenhagen. The HDMS Rota was a frigate of the Royal Danish Navy & above all, she is remembered for picking up and safely returning the sculptor Thorvaldsen. Incredibly scarce work, with rich Icelandic history and Danish provenance.