Eskimoliv [Eskimo Life]
By Fritdjof Nansen
Kristiania (Oslo): 1891, First Norwegian Edition. 8vo – 22.7cm. [xiii], 293pp.,(1). Publisher’s dark-blue cloth on beveled boards with bright gilt titles on cover and spine. Frontispiece illustration plus 15 plates and numerous illustrations in text. A very good+ and complete copy of the first Norwegian edition. Arctic Bibliography 11982. Text in Norwegian. Rare.
Published in English as Eskimo Life contents include Greenland and its Eskimo, appearances and clothing, the kayak, winter houses, tents and umiaks, cookery, social conditions, art and poetry, religion, marriage, etc…
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