Esias Tegner — The Tale of Frithiof

London, John Murray, 1872. Cloth. The first English edition of Tegner's Swedish epic poem based upon Icelandic legend, in a charming full cloth binding. Frithiof's Saga is an Icelandic legendary saga dating to circa 1300, set in eight century Norway. it follows Frithiof, the son of Thorstein Vikingsson, a character featuring in a prior saga.Esaias Tegner (1782-1846) was a Swedish author and Greek professor, regarded in contemporary view as the father of modern Swedish poetry as a result of this work. He began publishing his version of this work in 1820.Translated from the Swedish by Captain H. Spalding.A remarkable epic poem, and an important part of Swedish literary history translated in to English.The first English edition of this work. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally very smart with just a little bumping to the head and tail of the spine discolouring the cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .