Russian antiquities according to historical monuments of Icelandic and Old Scandinavian languages. Rafn, C.C. Antiquites russes d`apres les monuments historiques des islandais et des anciens scandinaves, editees par la Societe Royale des Antiquaires du Nord: In 2 Vol. – Copenhagen: De L`Imp. des freres Berling, 1850-1852. Vol. 1. – XXXII, 491 p.: tab. Vol. 2. – XVI, 496 p.: tab. Six genealogical tables included in pagination and 23 manuscript reproductions on individual sheets. The collection was published by the Danish archaeologist and researcher of Scandinavian antiquities Karl Christian Rafn and represents one of the earliest anthologies of the Scandinavian epic. The book contains selected passages from the Younger and Poetic Eddas, and later heroic sagas.