NANSEN'S ROST: Artikler og Taler av Fridtjof Nansen (Articles and Speeches of Fridtjof Nansen): Complete set of two volumes in the original Norwegian language): I. 1884-1905, II. 1908-1930

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Complete two volume set of Artikler og Taler (the Articles and Speeches) of Fridtjof Nansen in the original Norwegian language. Stated Copyright 1942 so presumed first edition. Portrait of Nansen bound in at the front of Volume I. ***Very good in brown marble-effect paper over brown cloth-covered boards, with gilt titles on black blocks and rules to the spines. Edges of boards slightly rubbed. Off-setting to front and rear free endpapers and pastedowns. Some unobtrusive foxing to the edges of prelims of Volume I. Rear hinge of spine of Volume I slightly splitting - cheap paper stock used for the endpapers which has become brittle with age. Spine to Volume II tight. Owner's name in soft pencil: 'Joh. Smith Novik' to top of title-page of Volume I. No dustwrappers. ***743 pages, both volumes. 240 mm x 170 mm.***Fridtjof Nansen (1861 ? 1930) was a Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He became famous after reaching the record northern latitude of 86°14? during his North Pole expedition of 1893?96. His techniques of polar travel and his innovations in equipment and clothing influenced a generation of Arctic and Antarctic expeditions. He studied zoology at the Royal Frederick University in Christiania (renamed Oslo in 1925), and later worked as a curator at the Bergen Museum. He researched the central nervous system of lower marine creatures, earning a doctorate and he helped establish modern theories of neurology. After 1896 he studied oceanography, undertook many scientific cruises, mostly in the North Atlantic, and helped to contribute to the development of modern oceanographic equipment. ***Complete set of two volumes of Nansen's Rost - Artikler og Taler av Fridjof Nansen in the original Norwegian language - published in 1942 during the Second World War. ***A scarce wartime production - very hard to find. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. N° de ref. del artículo 3214x

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