The Uppsala Edda, 1746
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Johan Göransson (utg.):
De yfverborna atlingars eller sviogötars ok nordmänners Edda […] nu första gången på svensko öfversatt, med latinsk uttolkning försed; jämte et företal om Eddans ålder och innehåld.
Uppsala 1746. 4to. (21 x 17 cms.) [10] + XL + 94 pp.
Worn contemporary leather, text slightly browned and foxed, an initial free endpaper with old or near-contemporary annotations excised.
First Swedish edition of the co-called Uppsala Edda, a manuscript dating to 1300-25 in Uppsala University Library (DG 11). Snorri’s Edda is one of the most important Old Norse texts, a handbook for comprehending and composing skaldic poetry.
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