Epistola Christofori Colom: cui ętas nostra multũ debet: de Insulis Indię supra Gangem nuper inuentis

by Christopher Columbus

$3,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

First edition

One of 25 copies on vellum: XXV tantum exemplaribus membranaceis non venalibus. Printed on vellum. 8 , 2 pp. 8vo. Original decorated paper boards, sympathetically rebacked at an early date. Item #346106 A facsimile of the Rome 1493 edition of the Columbus printed by Stephan Plannck, the first edition in Latin.

• Binding: Leather

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