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Sephton, J. (trans.)
Sverrissaga: The Saga of King Sverri of Norway.
Publisher: David Nutt, London;
Date of Publication: 1899
Stock Code: 15511
The first edition in English. Square octavo, pp., xxx, 288, [2], plus 8 maps, of which one is folding. Publisher’s green paper-covered boards over green cloth back; titled in gilt to spine. Ex-library bookplate (with withdrawl stamp) of Hexham Borough Library to front paste-down. Spine sunned; library call number to spine; corners and edges rubbed; binding otherwise strong and square. Internally clean. A very good copy. The first English translation of the main source for Norwegian history in the late twelfth-century. The work was first composed between 1185 and 1220. This translation is derived from the four surviving manuscript witnesses, and is accompanied by a scholarly introduction. £85.00