Olafsen Eggert (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First English Edition. ; Contemporary 3/4 leather over scuffed marbled boards. Bright gilt lettering on spine. Text tight & intact. Rear hinge cracked & front hinge partially cracked with covers firmly attached. Early owner's ink stamp in front. Condition of individual books as noted after each title. Each book or part was issued separately at intervals throughout the year with the intention of having each series bound together although they were sometimes bound individually. There were 10 or more volumes published in this series. These books were of considerable interest because, at the time, they were one of the only sources of information as to current conditions in foreign countries. Most travel & exploration books were of a more historical nature. FULL Titles: (1) "TRAVELS IN ICELAND: PERFORMED BY ORDER OF HIS DANISH MAJESTY CONTAINING OBSERVATIONS ON THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE INHABITANTS, A DESCRIPTION OF THE LAKES, RIVERS, GLACIERS, HOT-SPRING AND VOLCANOES; OF THE VARIOUS KINDS OF EARTH, STONES, FOSSILS AND PETRIFACTIONS; AS WELL AS OF THE ANIMALS, INSECTS, FISHES, ETC." by Eggert Olafsen & Bjarni Povelsen, translated from the Danish. 2pp ads + title page + 2pp preface + pp 5-158 + 4pp index. Compete with 5 plates as called for at end of text (including fold-out map of Iceland ). Text tight & clean with very minor scattered foxing. (2) "VOYAGE TO, AND TRAVELS THROUGH THE FOUR PRINCIPAL ISLANDS OF THE AFRICAN SEAS, PERFORMED BY ORDER OF THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT, DURING THE YEARS 1801 AND 1802 WITH A NARRATIVE OF THE PASSAGE OF CAPTAIN BAUDIN TO PORT LOUIS IN MAURITIUS" by Bory de Saint Vincent, translated from the French. Title page + 2pp Ad + pp 5-208 + 2pp index. Complete with 7 plates as called for by binder's list at end of text. Includes 2 maps (1 fold-out). A total of 5 fold-out & 2 full page plates: 5 of these are acquatints. Plate (Inside Crater.Isle of Bourbon) has 1" tear along fold & & 5" x 1" dampstain along top edge. No other tears, but fold-out plate of St Croix was misfolded & has a few extra creases. Deals mainly with the islands of St Helena, Tenerife, Mauritius &Reunion. (3) " GLEANINGS OF A WANDERER IN VARIOUS PARTS OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND & NORTH WALES, MADE DURING AN EXCURSION IN THE YEAR 1804" by Anonymous (Mrs Leslie? ). Title page + pp 3-168 + 4pp index. 1 acquatint plate. (4) "TRAVELS FROM HAMBURGH THROUGH WESTPHALIA, HOLLAND, AND THE NETHERLANDS, TO HOLLAND" By Thomas Holcroft. No title page. This is an 84 page (+2pp index) summary with excerpts from his 2 volume, 1100 page work published in 1804. World Travel ; B.W. Plates; 8vo; 630 pages.

Sorøe, Jonas Lindgrens, 1772. 4to (260 x 214 mm). 2 volumes, uniformly bound in two nice contemporary half calf bindings with five raised bands and gilt title- and tome-labels to spines. Ex-libris (Hjalmar Hartmann) pasted on to pasted down front end-paper in both volumes. Previous owner's stamp (Hvedholm Castle) to upper part of title-page in both volumes and two small paper-labels (stating respectively 1592 and 1593 - indicating the booknumber in Hvedholm Castle's catalogue) to lower compartment on spines. A few leaves in vol. 1 with brown stripe in upper margin. An excellent and wide-margined copy. (12), 618 pp. Pp. (2), 519-1042, (62), 20, (2) + 51 engraved plates (numered I-L, with 2 plates numbered XXX) and 1 large folded map. First edition of Olafsson?s landmark work, which is considered the foundation for all later researches on Iceland. The authors travelled around Iceland between the years 1752 and 1757 describing the geology, geography, zoology, botany, archaeology, mineralogy, etc. as well as the economic conditions - an expedition initiated by the Royal Danish Society. ?His account is characterized by a certain independence from external references or foreign images he points out differences and yet confers equal value. This emancipation from a world view that exalts uniformity and homogeneity rather than difference and alterity is demonstrated in the auto references Eggert uses. Instead of continuously comparing Iceland to Denmark or other ?civilized? cultures, he compares one part of the island with another Icelandic region or the Icelandic status quo with the situation in the past.? (Schaer, From Hell to Homeland, Eggert Olafsson?s Reise igiennem Island and the Construction of Icelandic Identity). Unlike earlier travel accounts, Eggert structures his description in accordance with his actual travels. Thus, he does not give general statements about the land or the people, but he divides his work into four chapters which correspond to the four districts of the country and treats them according to his travels. The survey is generally characterized by a wish to note everything remarkable and does not discriminate between strange and easily-explainable phenomena.?In his detailed description of a natural environment profoundly different from the European one, Eggert does not in any way deny or dismiss the immense effect Icelandic nature must have had on the foreign visitor. But he discovers that discussion of hetero stereotypes, rather than adoption of these foreign views, is necessary to create an auto image. When examining the Icelandic glaciers on behalf of the Danish Academy of Sciences, he does not underestimate the impression these glaciers would have on a foreign spectator. He explicitly states that somebody who sees them for the first time in their life must be more impressed than the native Icelander. The intimidating effect of Icelandic nature thus becomes an attribute dependent on the recipient?s cultural background. Finally, Eggert states that one ?does not need the poetic terms of speech of the older days to imagine those effects of nature.? (ibid., p. 101) It is neither necessary to stress the Icelandic nature?s intimidating and terrifying aspect nor to defend the glaciers variance from European or Danish nature by declaring them something more valuable, or even supernatural.? (Schaer, From Hell to Homeland, Eggert Olafsson?s Reise igiennem Island and the Construction of Icelandic Identity). In Iceland, Eggert Ólafsson is also known for his moralist poems, some of which even today enjoy considerable popularity, and he is still considered one of the earliest founders of Icelandic nationalism. The work was later translated into German, French and English. An appendix on Icelandic plants (Flora Islandica) by Johan Zoega is at the end of vol. II.Fiske I 439.Klose 598.Biblioteca Danica III, 613.Regarding the map see Hermansson: The Carthography of Iceland p. 53.

Kopenhagen und Leipzig, Heinecke und Faber, 1774-75. 4to. Bound in one contemp. hcalf. Raised bands. Lower compartments with scratches. Gilt lineborders on spine. Light wear to spine ends. Spine a bit rubbed. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Stamp on title-page. (16),328XVI,244 pp., 1 large folded engraved map (Nyt carte over Island, ved Erichsen og Schönning, 1771), 51 engraved plates, some folding (numb. I-L, + XXX bis). A few scattered brownspots. Occassional light browning. First German edition of the most important description of Iceland in the 18th century, often called the foundation for all later researches on the island, an expedition initiated by the Royal Danish Society. The authors travelled around Iceland in the years between 1752 and 1757 describing the geology, geography, zoology, botany, archaeology, mineralogy etc. as well as the economic conditions.Fiske I,439 - Klose, 598.

Sorøe, Jonas Lindgrens Enke, 1772. 4to. Samtidigt hellæderbind. Ophøjede bind på ryggen. Rig rygforgyldning. Forgyldt titeletiket på ryg. Kapitæler slidte. lettere kantslid. (12),618 pp. De første ca. 50 blade med en gl. fugtskade i ydre margin, delvist reparerede. Ellers ren og på skrivepapir. Med det store kobberstukne foldekort (Nyt Carte over Island, ved Erichsen og Schönning, 1771), 42 kobberstukne plancher (= planche I-IX, XII-XLIII + XXX bis). Kortet med en mindre rift (uden tab) og reparert på bagsiden. Originaltrykket af den monumentale Islands-beskrivelse, men uden bind II. I det tilbudte første bind forefindes langst størstedelen af værkets 51 plancher. Bindet omfatter Sønder-Island og Vester-Island.Fiske I,439 - Klose, 598.

Paris, Chez les Frères Levrault, 1802, cinque volumi in-8° (cm. 20 x 12,5) bella legatura coeva in mezza pelle verde, con doppio tassello rosso con titoli dorati ai dorsi, risguardi marmorizzati, nastri segnalibro in seta verde, pp. (4)-IV-444 + (4)-434 + (4)-400 + (4)-451+ (4)-419 + Atlas du voyage en Islande, stessi dati editoriali, 4° (cm. 31 x 23,5) cartonato coevo blu, frontespizio calligrafico in cornice con motivi floreali e vignetta, con 60 tavole calcografiche di cui una grande carta ripiegata. Nato in Islanda, Eggert Olafsen studiò a Copenhagen e fu membro dell'Accademia di Scienze danese. Nel 1752 ebbe l'incarico di questa spedizione insieme a Bierne Povelsen, al fine di eseguire degli studi sulla storia naturale e sull'economia politica di quelle contrade. La presente opera è frutto del diario che Olafsen elaborò durante il suo viaggio di oltre cinque anni in Islanda, e fornisce una descrizione molto dettagliata di quelle regioni, arricchita da bellissime incisioni, soprattutto di uccelli. Lievi sbucciature alla pelle dei volumi di testo e abrasioni alla carta dei piatti; lievi abrasioni anche alla cartonatura dell'atlante. Ma copia in ottimo stato di conservazione, con tutti i volumi ancora freschi, compreso l'atlante, in barbe. Opera completa di tutti volumi e le tavole. Prima edizione francese tradotta dall'originale olandese del 1772. Anker 379; Cox, I, 187; Nissen, ZBI, 3009; Chavanne, Litr. Uber d. Polar-Regionen, 2194.