Note 5 — Front matter
Reading edition
Laxdæla Saga; or, the history of the county of Laxardal, in Iceland, during the 10th century, MS. confer. I. Reenhielm Observations on the Life of king Oluff Treggvason. Upsal, p. 127. This curious manuscript is now, among many other, in the possession of the British Museum, owing to the public spirit and unrivalled liberality of Sir Joseph Banks, baronet, president of the Royal Society, &c.