Notice of Runic Inscriptions discovered during recent Excavations in the Orkneys

Editore: Printed for private circulation, Edinburgh, 1862

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An extremely scarce original copy of James Farrer's account of his work on the excavation of Maes-Howe in Stenness, Orkney, together with a few other barrows. James Farrer (1812-1879) was MP for Durham and an enthusiastic member of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. He 'opened' the mound in July 1861, at which time it had a conical shape, and removed the contents. Sadly, and typically of the time, there was no systematic analysis and recording. Farrer discovered a number of runic inscriptions inside the tomb and this work has images of them with translations. The binding has a gilt design (copied from the runic inscriptions in the Howe) to the front board and gilt titles to spine. Contents: colour printed frontispiece with tissue-guard; title page; contents list; preface; text with 5 plates - 2 double size and one colour printed; appendix; readings of the inscriptions with 7 further plates - 2 double size. The binding is bright and clean. There is light wear with some cloth loss to all corners and a small pale mark on the back board. The spine has cloth wear at the rear spine joint and wear and pulling to spine ends. Internally there is some splitting at the front endpaper joint, but the joint is currently sound. Contents are complete and clean. There is light toning to paper and some offsetting from plates and some light foxing eg to frontispiece tissue guard and margins.

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Titolo
Notice of Runic Inscriptions discovered during recent Excavations in the Orkneys
Autore
James Farrer
Editore
Printed for private circulation, Edinburgh
Anno di pubblicazione
1862
Condizione
Good
Sovraccoperta
No Jacket
Rilegatura
Decorative Cloth
Disegnatore
A Gibb
Edizione
1st Edition
Dimensioni
4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
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HISTORY, Orkney and Shetland

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We are a small online bookselling business specialising in rare and unusual books, generally published before 1900, with a focus on natural history, history, illustrated works and some literature. We are based in the beautiful Orkney Islands and have a specialist Orkney/Shetland section in our listings. We run a bookshop in Orkney - Birsay Books - where we have a wide range of stock from science fiction and fantasy to maritime and, of course, Orkney/Shetland and Scottish material. We take images of all of our books to supplement the online descriptions, and are always happy to provide more on request. When you order from us, we ensure that books are properly packed to protect their condition and we always use recorded or 'signed for' postal services for additional security. Because we are based on an island which depends on ferries and flights for shipping, we can not guarantee 'next day' delivery. We will simply get your purchase to you as quickly and safely as we can.

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