[4], lxii, 496, [8] pages, [4] leaves of plates (2 folded) : illustrations, plan ; 23 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Place:
Iceland
Date:
1811
Notes:
First edition, 2nd issue, with additional dedication to Joseph Banks, dated 10 August 1811--Stafleu & Cowan, vol. 2, page 285.
Second edition was published in 1813.
Frontispiece plate is hand-colored.
"Appendix E. Icelandic plants": pages [459]-496.
Errata: page [7], last page group.
Stafleu, F.A. Taxonomic literature (2nd ed.), vol. 2, page 285
Also available online.
Ms. additions include 2 sketches.
Provenance: John Dawson Bungay(?) (autograph); Malden Public Library (blind-stamp)
Binder's label: C. A. Carpenter, Jr., Shrewsbury, Mass.
SCNHRB copy (39088002787877) has ink manuscript map of Iceland on verso of original front free endpaper and sketch of the mountain, Hekla, on page [392].
SCNHRB copy inscribed on verso of frontispiece: John Dawson / Bungay.
SCNHRB copy has blind-embossed property stamp on page 79: Malden Public Library.
SCNHRB copy has manuscript notes on back free endpaper.
SCNHRB copy half bound in modern polished calf and marbled paper boards, title in gilt within dark green leather spine label; with bookbinder's ticket: C. A. Carpenter, Jr., Shrewsbury, Mass.
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Summary:
Includes colour images of traditional Icelandic dress and natural landmarks, Journal of a Tour in Iceland was written after author William Jackson Hooker set out on a long expedition across Iceland. Paying particular attention to the political structures and religious institutions in the nation, the author includes intricate tables of how tax dollars were spent, how hospitals and schools were run and more in his lengthy introduction. As an academic botanist by trade, Hooker's journal entries of the text are largely spent on describing the beautiful and exotic flora of the country.
