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Letters on Iceland: containing observations on the civil, literary, Ecclesiastical, and Natural hist...

Letters on Iceland: containing observations on the civil, literary, Ecclesiastical, and Natural hist...

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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. made, during a voyage undertaken in the year 1772, by Joseph Banks, Esq. P. R. S. Assisted by Dr. Solander, F. R. S. Dr. J. Lind, F. R. S. Dr. Uno Von Troil, And several other Literary and Ingenious Gentlemen. Written by Uno von Troil, D. D. First Chaplain to his Swedish Majesty, Almoner of the Swedish Orders of Knighthood, and Member of the Academy of Sciences at Stockholm. To which are added, the letters of Dr. Ihre and Dr. Bac 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 Representation of the remarkable Boiling Fountain called by the Inhabitants Geyser, [electronic resource].

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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. made, during a voyage undertaken in the year 1772, by Joseph Banks, Esq. P. R. S. Assisted by Dr. Solander, F. R. S. Dr. J. Lind, F. R. S. Dr. Uno Von Troil, And several other Literary and Ingenious Gentlemen. Written by Uno von Troil, D. D. First Chaplain to his Swedish Majesty, Almoner of the Swedish Orders of Knighthood, and Member of the Academy of Sciences at Stockholm. To which are added, the letters of Dr. Ihre and Dr. Bac 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 Representation of the remarkable Boiling Fountain called by the Inhabitants Geyser, [electronic resource].

Publisher

London : printed for J. Robson, in New Bond Street; W. Richardson, in the Strand; and N. Conant, in Fleet Street, MDCCLXXX. [1780]

Uniform title

Bref rörande en resa til Island. English.

Date

MDCCLXXX. [1780]

Record Identifier

74VvQdwzLQyM

MMS ID

991014419129702626

Language

English

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Physical content

xxiv,400p.,plates : map ; 8°.

Publication information

Publisher

London : printed for J. Robson, in New Bond Street; W. Richardson, in the Strand; and N. Conant, in Fleet Street, MDCCLXXX. [1780]

Edition

Second edition corrected and improved.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

MDCCLXXX. [1780]

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Access Conditions

Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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Full 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, Esq. P. R. S. Assisted by Dr. Solander, F. R. S. Dr. J. Lind, F. R. S. Dr. Uno...

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Notes

General note

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Citation / References Note

ESTC T110309.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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Record Identifier

74VvQdwzLQyM

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvQdwzLQyM

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MMS ID

991014419129702626