The Oxonian in Norway; or, notes of excursions in that country in 1854-1855, by the Rev. Freerick Metcalfe, MA, Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford.
Book Description
                        Crown 8vo. First edition. Two volumes in one; x, 300; vi, 324. Frontis, title page and contents to each volume. Later bookplate of Andrew Jameson Alloa. Contemporary half calf, edges speckled, later very good quality reback, utilizing original label . Internally very clean. An nd endpapers. Attractive work of travel, wherein the author travels from Oxford to Christiana, Hadeland, Valders, and Trondheim and up to the Russian frontier, with remarks on the peoples, customs, political situation and, frequently, fish and the fishing industry. A nice copy of a work difficult to find in good condition.
                    
                                    
                        Author
                        METCALFE, Frederick.
                    
                    
                                        
                        Date
                        1856
                    
                    
                                        
                        Binding
                        Hardcover
                    
                    
                                        
                        Publisher
                        London; Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 1856
                    
                    
                    
                                        
                        Condition
                        Very Good
                    
                    
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