Letters on Iceland
Subtitle: 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 ... assisted by Dr. Solander ... Dr. J. Lind ... Dr. Uno von Troil, and several other literary and ingenious gentlemen
By: written by Uno von Troil ... to which are added the letters of Dr. Ihre and Dr. Bach [i.e. Bäck] 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
Contributors: Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820; Bäck, Abraham, 1713-1795; Bergman, Torbern, 1735-1784
Series: Landmarks II, monographs
Publisher: Printed by and for W. Richardson [etc.]
Published: 1780
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 400
Subjects: Iceland -- Description and travel; Iceland -- Bibliography
Work titles: Breife, welche eine von herrn dr. Uno von Troil im Jahr 1772 nach Island angestellte Reise betreffen.
Notes: Translation of: Briefe, welche eine von herrn dr. Uno von Troil im Jahr 1772 nach Island angestellte Reise betreffen

Master microform held by: Readex

"Catalogue of writers on Iceland," 120 entries: p. xviii-xxvi

Microfiche. New Canaan, CT : Readex. microfiches. (Landmarks II, monographs)