OLAFSEN (OLAFSSON), EGGERT und BJARNE POVELSEN.

Reise durch Island, veranstaltet von der Königlichen Societät der Wissenschaften in Kopenhagen und beschrieben von bemeldtem Eggert Olafsen. Aus dem Dänischen übersetzt. Mit 25 (und 26) Kupfertafeln und einer neuen Charte von Island versehen. Erster - (Zweyter ) Theil.

Kopenhagen und Leipzig, Heinecke und Faber, 1774-75.

4to. Bound in one contemp. hcalf. Raised bands. Lower compartments with scratches. Gilt lineborders on spine. Light wear to spine ends. Spine a bit rubbed. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Stamp on title-page. (16),328;XVI,244 pp., 1 large folded engraved map (Nyt carte over Island, ved Erichsen og Schönning, 1771), 51 engraved plates, some folding (numb. I-L, + XXX bis). A few scattered brownspots. Occassional light browning.

First German edition of the most important description of Iceland in the 18th century, often called the foundation for all later researches on the island, an expedition initiated by the Royal Danish Society. The authors travelled around Iceland in the years between 1752 and 1757 describing the geology, geography, zoology, botany, archaeology, mineralogy etc. as well as the economic conditions.

Fiske I,439 - Klose, 598.

Order-nr.: 56449