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Northern Antiqs, p. 123 (16 May 1801) Mallet, Paul HenriGöransson, Johan (translator of the Edda)Percy, Thomas (translator)Northern antiquities, or, A description of the manners,
customs, religion and laws of the ancient Danes, and other
Northern nations, including those of our own Saxon ancestors. With
a translation of the Edda, or a system of runic mythology, and
other pieces, from the ancient Islandic tongue. In two volumes. 1770‘Translated from Mallet's Introduction à l'histoire de
Dannemarc, &c; with additional notes by the English Translator
and Göransson's Latin version of the Edda.' The translation of the
Edda is in the second volume. (WorldCat)
WG cites in his
biography of Chaucer:
Percy, Northern Antiquities, Vol. II
(1:179), as well as:
Mallet, Introduction à l'Histoire de
Dannemarc (1:32).
WG's sale catalog lists:
Mallet's Northern
Antiquities, with translation of the Edda or System of Runic
Mythology, by Bp. Percy, 2 vol.
1770 (item
511).
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