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DASENT, GEORGE WEBBE. The story of burnt Njal or, life in Iceland at the end of the tenth century. From the Icelandic of the Njals saga.
Edinburgh, Edmonston and Douglas, 1861. First edition, 2 vols., 8vo, double-p. frontispiece map of Iceland in vol. I, engraved frontis in vol. II, 2 folding maps, 5 engraved plans (1 double- p.); very good, bright copy in orig. green cloth gilt stamped on upper covers with an ornate and elaborate crest of swords and hatchets. Contains an appendix on the Vikings, Queen Gunnhillda, and money and currency in the tenth century. Njal (ca. 930-1011) was burnt alive in his home, one of the last in a series of man-slayings, the result of an Icelandic vendetta, or blood feud.
Offered for US$ 400.00 by: Rulon-Miller Books ABAA/ILAB - Book number: 21709