Northern antiquities, or, A description of the manners, customs, religion and laws of the ancient Danes, and other northern nations : including those of our own Saxon ancestors : with a translation of the Edda, or system of runic mythology, and other pieces, from the ancient Islandic tongue : in two volumes /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mallet, Paul Henri, 1730-1807 (Author)
Other Authors: Göransson, Johan, 1712-1769 (Translator), Percy, Thomas, 1729-1811 (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Latin
Language Notes:English translation of the French text Introduction à l'histoire de Dannemarc by Paul Henri Mallet and a translation into Latin of the Edda from Old Norse.
Published: London : Printed for T. Carnan and Co. at no. 65, in St. Paul's Church-yard, MDCCLXX [1770]
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Description
Item Description:Signatures: Volume 1. A⁸(+²A2,3) a-c⁸ B-D⁸ E⁸(±E2) F⁸(±F4) G⁸ H⁸(±H5) I-M⁸ N⁸(±N8) O⁸ P⁸(±P8) Q-T⁸ U⁸(±U5) X-Z⁸ 2A⁸(±2A8) 2B-2D⁸ [
Signatures: Volume 2. [A]⁴ a-b⁸ c⁴ B-H⁸ I⁸(±I7) K⁸ L⁸(±L1) M-R⁸ S⁸(±S8) T-Z⁸ 2A² [
Pagination: Volume 1. 12 unnumbered pages, lvi, 415 pages, 1 unnumbered page. -- Volume 2. 8 unnumbered pages, xl, 356 pages)
Translated from the French by Bishop Percy.
Includes "corrigenda" to both volumes at pages 355-356 of volume 2
Table of contents in each volume.
The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature.
Physical Description:2 volumes ; 21 cm
Also issued online.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
Place of Publication:England -- London.