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DE INSULIS INVENTIS: Epistola Cristoferi Colom. Spine title "Columbus Brief 1494" ("The Columbus Letter")
by Columbus
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Light wear and slight discoloration to covers, previous owner bookplate (see description). Near fine
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About This Item
Munich: Dr. C Wolf & Sohn, 1922. Limited edition. Hardcover. Light wear and slight discoloration to covers, previous owner bookplate (see description). Near fine. (40) pp., 4 full-page woodcut illustrations, 12mo, vellum spine and decorative boards. Text in Latin and German.
Facsimile of the 1493 Basil edition of the Latin translation of Columbus' 1493 letter to the Spanish court of Ferdinand and Isabella announcing the discovery of the "isles of the Indies." Together with a facsimile of the first German translation of the letter published in Strasborg by Bartolomeus Kistler. Bookplate of Robert Ormes Dougan (1905-1999). Dougan was head librarian of the Huntington Library from 1958-1972. Limited edtion of 300 numbered copies, this #147.
Facsimile of the 1493 Basil edition of the Latin translation of Columbus' 1493 letter to the Spanish court of Ferdinand and Isabella announcing the discovery of the "isles of the Indies." Together with a facsimile of the first German translation of the letter published in Strasborg by Bartolomeus Kistler. Bookplate of Robert Ormes Dougan (1905-1999). Dougan was head librarian of the Huntington Library from 1958-1972. Limited edtion of 300 numbered copies, this #147.
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- Bookseller
- Chanticleer Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23802
- Title
- DE INSULIS INVENTIS: Epistola Cristoferi Colom. Spine title "Columbus Brief 1494" ("The Columbus Letter")
- Author
- Columbus
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Light wear and slight discoloration to covers, previous owner bookplate (see description). Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited edition
- Publisher
- Dr. C Wolf & Sohn
- Place of Publication
- Munich
- Date Published
- 1922
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- 12mo
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- Fine
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- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
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- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
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