A GRAMMAR OF THE ICELANDIC OR OLD NORSE TONGUE

London: Williams & Northgate, 1843. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Issued the same year as the Pickering edition, this translation of Erasmus Rask’s Grammar is from the Swedish. It was published in Stockholm in 1818, and is an important work in Icelandic studies. “Rask’s ‘Guide to the Icelandic’ or old Nordic Language’ was the first of an important series of publications which qualify Rask as one of the founders of the modern science of language” [Printing and the Mind of Man, 266]. Half-calf over marbled boards; foxing throughout; previous owner name on the first blank. Very Good binding.