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People of Finland in Archaic Times, being sketches of them given in the Kalevala, and in other national works.

£75.00

Author/Editor: J.C. Brown
Year: 1892
Publisher: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, and Co. Ltd London
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Binding: Hardback
Size: 8vo
Overall condition: Very Good
Book weight (kg): 0.474

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SKU: 793 Category:

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Publisher’s green boards with gilt titles to front and spine. Contents include sketches of social life given in the Kalevala and other works (covering weddings, hunting, boatbuilding etc), legends about the origins of agriculture, brewing of beer, iron working and bronze working, and much more. Illustrated with substantial extracts from the poems themselves (in translation). 290 pages plus publisher’s catalogue. Private library plate to front paste down. Condition: Boards a little rubbed and bumped but sound. Internally clean and sound.