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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.

Title: 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 represtation of the remarkable boiling fountain called by the inhabitants geyser.
Author: Troil, Uno von, Archbishop of Uppsala, 1746-1803.
Publication: London, Printed by and for W. Richardson [etc.] 1780.

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xxvi, 400 p. pl., fold. map.; 22 cm.

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Translated from the German version of J. G. P. Möller, by Mrs. Susanna Dorothy (Forster) Dixon.
"Catalogue of writers on Iceland", 120 entries: p. xviii-xxvi.

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GHYK (Troil, U. von. Letters on Iceland)

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03006490

OCLC

2273020

Author

Troil, Uno von, Archbishop of Uppsala, 1746-1803.

Title

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 represtation of the remarkable boiling fountain called by the inhabitants geyser.

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London, Printed by and for W. Richardson [etc.] 1780.

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Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820.

Bäck, Abraham, 1713-1795.

Ihre, Johan, 1707-1780.

Bergman, Torbern, 1735-1784.

Dixon, Susanna Dorothy Forster, 1757-1822. Translator

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GHYK (Troil, U. von. Letters on Iceland)

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