Note 630 — Chapter II

Professor Willard Fiske has paid particular attention to the early forms of the Danish in the Icelandic literature. In 1885 the British Museum issued a Catalogue of the books printed in Iceland from a.d. 1578 to 1880 in the library of the British Museum. In 1886 Mr. Fiske privately printed at Florence Bibliographical Notices, i.: Books printed in Iceland, 1578-1844, a supplement to the British Museum Catalogue, which enumerates 139 titles with full bibliographical detail and an index. He refers also to the principal bibliographical authorities. Laing’s introduction to the Heimskringla gives a survey.