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  1. Anecdotes of Olave the black
    ANECDOTES | OF | OLAVE the BLACK, | KING of MAN, | AND | THE HEBRIDIAN PRINCES OF THE | SOMERLED FAMILY, | TO WHICH ARE ADDED | XVIII. EULOGIES | ON | HACO KING of NORWAY, | BY | SNORRO STURLSON[!] | POET TO THAT MONARCH, | NOW FIRST PUBLISHED | in the ORIGINAL ISLANDIC from | the FLATEYAN and OTHER | MANUSCRIPTS; with a LITERAL | VERSION, and NOTES. | – | By the | Rev. JAMES JOHNSTONE A. M. Chaplain | to His Britannic Majesty’s Envoy | Extraordinary at the Court of | Denmark. | – | Printed for the Author 1780.

    Publication location and year: Copenhagen, 1780
    Extent: [6], 48 p.

    Editor: Johnstone, James (-1798)
    Related item: Snorri Sturluson (1178-1241): „Nokorar Vísor or Háttalykli SNORRA STURLASONAR of Konong HAKON ok SKULA Jarl.“ 34.-48. p.
    Note: Suðureyinga þáttur úr Hákonar sögu Hákonarsonar.
    Keywords: Literature ; Antiquities ; Kings' sagas

  2. The Norwegian account of Haco's expedition
    THE | NORWEGIAN ACCOUNT | OF | HACO’S EXPEDITION | against | SCOTLAND; | A. D. MCCLXIII. | now first published, in the original Islandic, from the | FLATEYAN and FRISIAN mss. | with a literal English version and notes. | – | By | The Rev. James Johnstone A. M. Chaplain to | HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTYʼS | envoy extraordinary at the Court of | Denmark. | – | Printed for the Author 1782.

    Publication location and year: Copenhagen, 1782
    Extent: xv, [1], 143, [17] p.

    Editor: Johnstone, James (-1798)
    Keywords: Literature ; Antiquities ; Kings' sagas

  3. A fragment of ancient history
    A | FRAGMENT | OF | ANTIENT HISTORY.

    Publication location and year: Copenhagen, perhaps 1783-1784
    Extent: 12 p. 16° (½)

    Editor: Johnstone, James (-1798)
    Related item: „Compositio inter wilhelmum Episcopum et Haconem Johannis.“ 10.-12. p.
    Provenance: Brot úr Magnúss sögu lagabætis, texti ásamt enskri þýðingu. Eitt eintak þekkt er í Háskólabókasafni í Konungsbókhlöðu í Kaupmannahöfn. Á ritið er minnst m. a. í formála Birgis Thorlacius og E. C. Werlauffs fyrir Noregskonungasögum 5 (1818), xv: „Skiønt Fragmentet er trykt i Kiøbenhavn efter den da til Danmark sendte Engelske Legationspræst’s Jacob Johnstons … Foranstaltning (henved Aar 1783 eller 1784, i Duodez med Engelsk Oversættelse, og hosføiet Aftryk af en Forening mellem Biskop Vilhelm og Hakon, i alt 12 Sider), saa er det dog aldrig udkommet; og der skal deraf ikke være trykt i alt uden en Snees Exemplarer.“
    Keywords: Literature ; Antiquities ; Kings' sagas