Author: Niels Horrebow
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Category : Iceland
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
The Natural History of Iceland: Containing A Particular and Accurate Account of the Different Soils, Burning Mountains, Minerals, Vegetables, Metals, Stones, Beasts, Birds, and Fishes ; Together with the Disposition, Customs, and Manner of Living of the Inhabitants. Interspersed with an Account of the Island, by Mr. Anderson, Late Burgo-Master of Hamburgh. To which is Added, A Meteorological Table, with Remarks. Translated from the Danish Original of Mr. N. Horrebow. And Illustrated with a New General Map of the Island
Author: Niels Horrebow
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Category : Iceland
Languages : en
Pages : 207
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Publisher:
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Category : Iceland
Languages : en
Pages : 207
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History of the Literature of the Scandinavian North from the Most Ancient Times to the Present
Author: Fr. Winkel Horn
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Category : Scandinavian literature
Languages : en
Pages : 532
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Publisher:
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Category : Scandinavian literature
Languages : en
Pages : 532
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History of the Literature of the Scandinavian North
Author: Frederik Winkel Horn
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Category : Scandinavian literature
Languages : en
Pages : 550
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Category : Scandinavian literature
Languages : en
Pages : 550
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A Tale of a Fool?
Author: Guðný Hallgrímsdóttir
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351668102
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
A Tale of a Fool? explores the life of Guðrún Ketilsdóttir, a peasant woman born in Iceland around 1759. Guðrún worked as a farmhand for most of her adult life, and when she died she left behind a partial autobiography, which is believed to be the oldest autobiography of an Icelandic peasant woman. In this autobiography, Guðrún writes openly about her life and provides colourful depictions of the society in which she lived, providing one of the few first-hand accounts that have survived from members of the peasant class at that time. A Tale of a Fool? demonstrates how it is possible to work with this kind of source using the methods of microhistory as a historical tool to study events and individuals of the past. In doing so, it not only provides an illuminating study of the life of a peasant woman in the 18th and 19th centuries but also addresses the question of the methods, priorities and interpretations applied in the collecting, cataloguing and publication of women’s writing. Analysing the place of the individual in traditional agrarian societies and highlighting the impact that women have had on the cultural and social history of the period, A Tale of a Fool? is ideal for researchers of microhistory and early modern Iceland/Scandinavia.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351668102
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
A Tale of a Fool? explores the life of Guðrún Ketilsdóttir, a peasant woman born in Iceland around 1759. Guðrún worked as a farmhand for most of her adult life, and when she died she left behind a partial autobiography, which is believed to be the oldest autobiography of an Icelandic peasant woman. In this autobiography, Guðrún writes openly about her life and provides colourful depictions of the society in which she lived, providing one of the few first-hand accounts that have survived from members of the peasant class at that time. A Tale of a Fool? demonstrates how it is possible to work with this kind of source using the methods of microhistory as a historical tool to study events and individuals of the past. In doing so, it not only provides an illuminating study of the life of a peasant woman in the 18th and 19th centuries but also addresses the question of the methods, priorities and interpretations applied in the collecting, cataloguing and publication of women’s writing. Analysing the place of the individual in traditional agrarian societies and highlighting the impact that women have had on the cultural and social history of the period, A Tale of a Fool? is ideal for researchers of microhistory and early modern Iceland/Scandinavia.
The Library of Benjamin Franklin
Author: Edwin Wolf
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9780871692573
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1012
Book Description
Beginning in the 1950s, Edwin Wolf 2nd embarked on a biblio'l. quest to reconstruct the library of Benjamin Franklin, which was the largest & best private library in Amer. at the time of his death & was subsequently dispersed. The contents of Franklin's library were virtually unknown until Wolf identified the unique shelfmarks that Franklin used to organize his books. That discovery allowed Wolf to locate 2,700 titles in 1,000 vols. that Franklin actually owned. Wolf also identified a further 700 titles owned by Franklin. After wolf's death, Kevin Hayes took up the project & brought it to fruition. This catalogue includes almost 4,000 books known to have been owned by Franklin, & the Intro. tells the complete story of Franklin's library, its dispersal, & its reconstruction.
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9780871692573
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1012
Book Description
Beginning in the 1950s, Edwin Wolf 2nd embarked on a biblio'l. quest to reconstruct the library of Benjamin Franklin, which was the largest & best private library in Amer. at the time of his death & was subsequently dispersed. The contents of Franklin's library were virtually unknown until Wolf identified the unique shelfmarks that Franklin used to organize his books. That discovery allowed Wolf to locate 2,700 titles in 1,000 vols. that Franklin actually owned. Wolf also identified a further 700 titles owned by Franklin. After wolf's death, Kevin Hayes took up the project & brought it to fruition. This catalogue includes almost 4,000 books known to have been owned by Franklin, & the Intro. tells the complete story of Franklin's library, its dispersal, & its reconstruction.
History of the literature of the Scandinavian North, revised by the author, and tr. by R.B. Anderson, with a bibliography by T. Solberg
Author: Erhardt Frederik Winkel Horn
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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English Literature & Printing from the 15th to the 18th Century
Author: Maggs Bros
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Category : Early printed books
Languages : en
Pages : 1024
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Category : Early printed books
Languages : en
Pages : 1024
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Voyages and Travels in All Parts of the World, a Descriptive Catalogue
Author: Maggs Bros
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Category : Voyages and travels
Languages : en
Pages : 786
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Category : Voyages and travels
Languages : en
Pages : 786
Book Description
The General Evening Post
Catalogue
Author: Maggs Bros
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 528
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