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Letters from Iceland

Auden, W H (1907-1973); MacNeice, Louis (1907-1963); Bridgen, John William

1937

Some of the letters are in verse.

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Letters from high latitudes : being some account of a voyage in 1856, in the schooner yacht "Foam", to Iceland, Jan Mayen, and Spitzbergen

Dufferin and Ava, Frederick Temple Blackwood Marquis of (1826-1902)

1891

Published also under title: A yacht voyage.

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Letters on Iceland : containing observations on the civil, literary, ecclesiastical, and natural history; antiquities, volcanoes, basaltes, hot springs, customs, dress, manners of the inhabitants, &c. &c

Troil, Uno von Archbishop of Uppsala (1746-1803); Banks, Sir Joseph (1743-1820); Ihre, Johan (1707-1780); Bäck, Abraham (1713-1795); Bergman, Torbern (1735-1784)

1780

Letter from Chev. Ihre concerning the Edda: p.289-318. Letter from Chev. Bach on Icelandic elephantatis: p.319-337.

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Nýja sagan (v.1)

Páll Melsteð (1812-1910); Íslenska bókmenntafélag

1868-83

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Nýja sagan (v.2)

Páll Melsteð (1812-1910); Íslenska bókmenntafélag

1868-83

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The lost manuscript of the Reverend Lewis Rou's 'Critical remarks upon the Letter to the Craftsman on the game of chess' : written in 1734 and dedicated to His Excellency William Cosby, governor of New York

Fiske, Willard (1831-1904)

1902

Reprinted, with additions and comments, from 'Notes and Queries' 9th Series, vol. X, no. 238, 1902, pp. 41-43. In the Craftsman, no.376, Sept. 15, 1733, appeared "A short essay on the game of chess"...

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Bref rörande en resa til Island MDCCLXXII

Troil, Uno von Archbishop of Uppsala (1746-1803); Ihre, Johan (1707-1780); Bäck, Abraham (1713-1795); Bergman, Torbern (1735-1784)

1777

Letter from J. Ihre on the Snorra Edda: p. 291-311. Letter from A. Bäck on elephantiasis in Iceland: p. 312-326. Letter from T.C. Bergman on volcanoes: p. 327-374.

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Fornaldarsagan, íslenzkuð og aukin eptir sögubók H.G. Bóhrs

Páll Melsteð (1812-1910); Bohrs, Henrik Georg Christian (1813-1880); Íslenska bókmenntafélag

1864

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Lög hins íslenzka náttúrufræðisfélags

Íslenska náttúrufræðisfelag

1911

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