RINK, HENRY (HINRICH).

Tales and Traditions of the Eskimo with a Sketch of their Habits, religion, Language and other Pecularities. Translated from the Danish by the Author. Edityed by Robert Brown. With numerous Illustrations, drawn and engraved by Eskimo.

Edinburgh & London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1875. Orig. full pictorial cloth, gilt. Spine ends frayed and some discoloration to extremities. First inner hinge weak. XII,472,(1) pp., 6 wood-engraved plates (incl. folded frontispiece) and many wood-cut illustrations in the text (some full- page)

First English edition of "The first monumental work about eskimo's fairy tales and legends", translated from the authors "Eskimoiske Eventyr og Sagn 1-1. Copenhagen, 1866-71". The fine woodcuts by the native artists are taken from the original blocks as used in the Danish edition. "Starting from the tales, he identified the inland dwellers that occur in a number of Greenland tales with the American Indians, implying that the two people at one time were neighbours, and usually not on freindly terms." - Sabin: 71439.

Order-nr.: 31350