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Letters on Iceland: containing observations on the civil, literary, ecclesiastical, and natural history ; antiquities, volcanos, basaltes, hot springs, customs, dress, manners of the inhabitants, &c. &c., made, during a voyage undertaken in the year 1772, by Joseph Banks, assisted by Dr. Solander, Dr. J. Lind, Dr. Uno von Troil, and several other literary and ingenious gentlemen / written by Uno von Troil ; to which are added the letters of Dr. Ihre and Dr. Bach [i.e. Bäck] to the author, concerning the Edda and the elephantiasis of Iceland ; also Professor Bergman's curious observations and chemical examination of the lava and other substances produced on the island ; with a new map of the island, and a representation of the remarkable boiling fountain called by the inhabitants geyser.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Troil, Uno von, 1746-1803.
- Standardized Title:
- Bref, rörande en resa till Island. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Iceland--Description and travel.
- Iceland.
- Iceland--Bibliography.
- Genre:
- Bibliographies.
- Personal correspondence.
- Penn Provenance:
- Bonnell, Henry H. (Henry Houston), 1859-1926 (autograph) (donor)
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 400 pages : illustrations, folded map ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed by and for W. Richardson ; also for J. Robson, in New Bond Street, and N. Conant, in Fleet Street, 1780.
- Notes:
- Translated from the German version: Briefe welche eine von Herrn Dr. Uno von Troil im Jahr 1772 nach Island angestellte Reise betreffen (from the Swedish, of J.G.P. Möller) by Mrs. Susanna Dorothy (Forster) Dixon.
- "Catalogue of writers on Iceland", 120 entries: p. xviii-xxvi.
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy has autograph of Henry H. Bonnell.
- OCLC:
- 2273020
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