Works of the Hon. and Very Rev. William Herbert, dean of Manchester, etc., excepting those on botany and natural history; with additions and corrections by the author.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herbert, William, 1778-1847.

Standardized Title:

Works

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Attila, -453.

Scandinavian poetry--Translations into English.

Old Norse poetry--Translations into English.

Latin poetry, Medieval and modern.

Old Norse poetry.

Scandinavian poetry.

Physical Description:

2 volumes ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London : H. G. Bohn, 1842.

Contents:

v. 1. Horæ scandicæ; or, Works relating to old Scandinavian literature. Select Icelandic poetry, tr. from the originals, with three pieces from Sæmund's Edda. Horæ pieriæ; or, Poetry on various subjects. Sylvarum liber [Latin & Greek verse]

v. 2. Horæ pedestres, or prose works [reviews, sermons, etc.]

v. 3. Attila; or, The triumph of Christianity. Attila and his predecessors. Attila, King of the Huns, supplement containing above six hundred additional lines to Attila, books VIII, XI, and XII. Supplement. 2d ed. 1841.

Notes:

Horæ scandicæ and Horæ pieriæ in v. 1 have separate paging.

A 3d vol., containing Attila, is wanting (Contents given at end of the author's "Sylvae recentiores", 1846) unless the 1838 edition of Attila be substituted.

The supplement to Attila appended to v. 2 belongs at the end of v. 3.

Cited in:

Halldór Hermannsson. Cat. of the Icelandic Coll. IcF26H537.

OCLC:

63578080