(ARCTIC.) Rafn, Carl Christian. Antiquitates Americanae sive Scriptores Septentrionales rerum Ante-Columbianarum in America. 4 maps, 14 plates, lacking the engraved frontispiece as usual. Large-paper 4to, contemporary 1/2 calf, moderate wear; intermittent foxing, musty. Copenhagen, 1837
"The pioneer investigation into the Norse discoveries, with original sagas included"--Howes R13 ("aa"). Discusses the Norse in Iceland, Greenland, Canada, and Massachusetts, including original accounts in Icelandic with translations into Danish and Latin. Sabin 67470.
