[Rarebooks] FS: "Travels in Iceland" in the Summer of 1810

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(TRAVEL) Mackenzie, George Steuart. TRAVELS IN THE ISLAND OF ICELAND, DURING THE SUMMER OF THE YEAR MDCCCX. Edinburgh: Printed by Thomas Allan and Company for Archibald Constable and Company et al. 1811. First edition. Lg. 4to. xvii,(3),492pp. Uncut. Index and appendices. Illustrated with 2 engraved maps (1, folding and hand colored), 8 mounted colored aquatints, 7 engraved plates (1, folding & 1, of musical notation), and 4 folding letterpress tables. Complete. Cont. straight grained brown morocco, gilt (spine & tips a bit rubbed), over marbled boards. Map and title page facing it with some offset browning. Folding map with a closed tear (repaired with archival tape on verso).    $1,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
The appendices include lists of Icelandic diseases, plants, mineral, and folklore. "Although the scientific portions of the book have long been superceded, it contains much information of permanent interest on the social and economic condition of Iceland." DNB. Abbey Travel 160.

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