Iceland in the eighteenth century # 85211

Eighteenth-century Iceland. A pictorial record from the Banks and Stanley expeditions. Eighteenth-century Iceland is a book of old pictures of Iceland. They are all from two scientific expeditions that came here from Britain in the 18th century - Banks's expedition in 1772 and Stanley's expedition in 1789. Most of these pictures are new for the first time, printed directly from the original pictures. Some have never before appeared in any book. These old pictures of Iceland are remarkable works of art. But they are also invaluable sources of a long-gone era, which rises vividly from the pages of the book. Frank Ponzi, an art historian, has had all the trouble and trouble of the book and has written a foreword about these two Icelandic expeditions and the artists who made the pictures.