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Korte en klare beschryvingh van Yslandt en Groenlandt. : Daer in naecktelijck d'ontdeckingh van Yslandt en Groenlandt, de godtsdienst, 't leven en de zeden der inwoonders, de vreemdigheden, en de wetten en rechten van 't landt vertoont worden.

Blefken, Dithmar · 1692 · t'Amsterdam, : by Nicolaes van Revesteyn, op S. Anthonis Marckt · 2 pictures

Korte en klare beschryvingh van Yslandt en Groenlandt is a 1692 Dutch travel account of Iceland and Greenland by Dithmar Blefken, printed in Amsterdam by Nicolaes van Revesteyn for general readers. Its two pictures are small woodcut decorations: a historiated initial G framed in ornamental scrollwork, and a tapering bouquet of tulip-like flowers and leaves, useful for designers seeking early modern printer's ornaments.

Iceland -- Description and travel · Greenland -- Description and travel

Internet Archive · John Carter Brown Library · Public domain (published before 1931) · More from this library