Shelfmark
Gd.5.11
Author
Title
Specimen Islandiæ historicum, et magna ex parte chorographicum; anno Iesu Christi 874. primum habitari caeptæ: quo simul sententia contraria, D. Ioh. Isaci Pontani, Regis Daniæ historiographi, in placidam considerationem venit; per Arngrimum Ionam W. Islandum..
Varying form of title
Specimen Islandiae historicvm, et magna ex parte chorographicvm
Publication, distribution, etc.
Amstelodami. : [s.n.] ; Anno Christi MDCXLIII. [1643]
Physical description
[12], 174, [2] p. ; 20 cm. (4to)
Note
An account of the settlement of Iceland, supplementing the author's Crymogasa, 1610, and written to refute the contention of J.I. Pontanus in his Rerum danicarum historia that Iceland was the Thule of the ancients.
Note
Signatures: *⁴ ²*² A-Y⁴.
Note
Woodcut title vignette (device?; armillary sphere with motto "Vivitur ingenio"), tail-piece, initials, marginal notes.
Note
Final leaf is blank.
Provenance
Book label of Nicholas Mann inside front cover, recording donation to Eton College in 1754.
Binding
Contemporary wrappers of printed waste; outer waste contains table of names and places; inner waste headed "First, second, and third books of the compleat mock-trumpet master. Containing plain and easy directions to sound the mock-trumpet."; text block edges sprinkled red.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Df.6.23.
Copy-specific note
Ms. on front cover: "8890" (crossed-out); "2300".
Subject
Pontanus, Johannes Isacius, 1571 - 1639 Rerum danicarum historia.
Subject
Iceland History Early works to 1800.
Subject
Iceland Historical geography Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Mann, Nicholas, ? - -1753 former owner.
Added entry--place
Netherlands Amsterdam.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B47872