Word: kristjan
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Dates: during 1931-1931
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...collection which bears Professor Schofield's name was the largest private library in Iceland, and was purchased directly from its former owner, Kristjan Kristjansson, a merchant of Reykjavik, who had spent many years gathering it. It contains works both of mediaeval and of modern literature but is particularly rich in the modern field...
...collection, which is to bear Professor Schofield's name, was the largest private library in Iceland, and was purchased directly from its former owner, Kristjan Kristjansson, a merchant of Reykjavik, who had spent many years gathering it. It contains works both of medieval and of modern literature but is particularly rich in the modern field. Most of the older books are in the original bindings; there are a large number of rarities and some unique items. Together with the Maurer Collection, given to the University in 1904 by the late Professor A. C. Coolidge, it gives Harvard...
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