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Hin fríða mey by Jón Kjernested

Title page of an old Icelandic publication printed in Winnipeg. The title Hin fríða mey appears at the top in large Gothic-style script, followed by the word kvædi and the name Jón Bjarnason. Below is a line indicating it was worked on by Halldór Halldórsson. The text is centered and printed in black ink on aged white paper. The bottom of the page notes Winnipeg, Heimskringlu prentsmiðja with the date 1891. A small piece of tape is visible on the lower right corner.

Image courtesy of the Icelandic Special Collections, University of Manitoba Libraries

The cover of Jón Kjærnested’s short poetry book Hin fríða mey, published in Winnipeg in 1890.