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COLUMBUS, Chrisopher. "THE LATIN VERSION OF 1493 OF THE FIRST LETTER OF COLUMBUS TO THE NOBLE LORD RAPHAEL SANCHEZ ANNOUNCING THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA. Reproduced in fac-simile by the heliotype process, with a note and a translation [by R. H. Mayor]." [Bulletin of the Boston Public Library, Volume 9, October, 1890.] pp. 390-444, + [1] plate and [8] pp. facsimile, extracted from the Bulletin. Slim 4to., blue cloth, gilt title at spine. Ex library; bookplate to front pastedown and one other discreet mark. Free endpapers and the first leaf of text detached. Some light soiling to bottom margin of a few leaves, but a clean and good copy overall. The facsimile is of the "Ferdinand" edition of Stephen Plannck (Rome, 1493). It is preceded by Mayor's translation, which is from a different Latin text, and appeared in his Select Letters of Christopher Columbus (London, 1847) - one of the publications of the Hakluyt Society., Good Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of COLUMBUS, Chrisopher : LATIN VERSION OF 1493 OF THE FIRST LETTER OF COLUMBUS TO THE NOBLE LOR. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. COLUMBUS, Chrisopher : LATIN VERSION OF 1493 OF THE FIRST LETTER OF COLUMBUS TO THE NOBLE LOR
COLUMBUS, Chrisopher. THE FIRST LETTER OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS TO THE NOBLE LORD RAPHAEL SANCHEZ ANNOUNCING THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA. Reproduced in fac-simile from the copy of the Latin version of 1493 now in the Boston Public Library, with a new translation [by Henry W. Haynes]. Boston: Published by the Trustees, 1891. 17 pp., + [1] plate and [8] pp. facsimile. Slim 4to., blue cloth, gilt title at spine; original paper wrappers bound in. Ex library; bookplate to front pastedown and one other discreet mark. Ffep. and front leaf of text detached. Text and binding are clean and fresh; it is a very good copy overall. Facsimile of the "Ferdinand" edition of Stephen Plannck (Rome, 1493), with a preface and translation by Haynes. The facsimile was first printed in the library Bulletin of October, 1890, but with a translation from a different Latin text by R. H. Mayor., Good Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of COLUMBUS, Chrisopher : LATIN VERSION OF 1493 OF THE FIRST LETTER OF COLUMBUS TO THE NOBLE LOR. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including used books, atlases, out-of-print books, incunabula and antiquarian books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |