Catalogus librorum islandicorum et norvegicorum ætatis mediæ editorum versorum illustratorum : Skáldatal sive Poetarum recensus Eddæ upsaliensis / Theodorus Möbius concinnavit et edidit.

  • Theodor Möbius
Date:
1856
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Credit: Catalogus librorum islandicorum et norvegicorum ætatis mediæ editorum versorum illustratorum : Skáldatal sive Poetarum recensus Eddæ upsaliensis / Theodorus Möbius concinnavit et edidit. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    15 Jf. r Welicome Library for the Hisíory and Understanding ofMedicine THE ICELANDIC LITERARY SOCIETY. ThE ICELANDIC LlTERARY SOCIETY was founded in 1816 by the celebrated Danish h'nguist Rask, and several learned leelanders at Copenhagen, for the piirpose of maintaining the Icelandic tongue and literature by pu- blishing Icelandic books, and thereby advancing the education and honour of the Icelandic nation. This society consists of tvvo sections, the one of which has its seat in Reykjavik in Iceland, the other in Copen- hagen. The unanimity of both sections is required in iraportant matters; ordinary questions are decided by each separately. The statutes of the society prescribe the pubhcation of Icelandic works, especially those written by authors already deceased, and whose loss might be iraminent. Further the society is to publish such books, as may be useful to the lower classes, or for the instruction in the Icelandic college. The Co- penhagen section is bound to publish a yearly review of the political, economical, mercantile and literary events of the year, domestic as well as foreign, with an appendix setting forth the proceedings, financial condition and list of members of the society. The admission to become member of the society is general. The members pay a yearly contribution of 3 rixdollars (about 6 sh. 10 d.), and receive in return without any further payment the publications of both sections of the society. The payment may be sent to,
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