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Barrow, John

A Visit to Iceland by way of Tronyem, in the "Flower of Yarrow" Yacht in the Summer of 1824

1835

240,64 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Anno di pubblicazione
1835
Luogo di stampa
London. John Murray
Autore
Barrow, John
Edizione
First edition.
Soggetto
Travel - Europe Geology, Paleontology
Lingue
Inglese
Prima edizione

Descrizione

12mo [21 x 13 cm]; xxiv, 320 pp, engraved frontis, 9 engraved plates (complete as per list), other engravings, engraved musical notation. original cloth, title printed on original paper spine label (bit worn), old joint repair, lightly foxed on some pages, very good clean copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author describes the people, towns, customs, and much on nature including two large chapters on geysers. Barrow described Iceland as "an island of deep interest, and one not easily accessible, where the grand agencies of Nature employed in creating, changing and destroying the earth's surface, are carried on to a greater extent probably than most other parts of the globe." National Maritime Museum 858. Catalogue of the Royal Geographical Society p. 31.