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Epistola Albericij. De nouo mundo.
- Title
- Epistola Albericij. De nouo mundo.
- Author
- Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512.
- Publication
- [Rostock, Hermann Barkhusen, 1505]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Restricted use | *KB+ 1505 (Vespucci, A. Epistola Albericij) | Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 |
Details
- Description
- 4 l. illus., map, diagrs.; 30 cm. (fol.)
- Alternative Title
- Epistola Albericii De novo mundo
- Subject
- America > Discovery, Post-Columbian
- Note
- Leaf 1b: Mundus nouus / Albericus Uesputius laurentio petri / de medicis Salutem pluriman dicit / ...
- Leaf 4a: Ex italica in latinã linguã iocundus interpres / hanc epistolam vertit ... / ...
- Gothic type; 46-48 lines. With signature marks; without catchwords and foliation. Illustrated t.p.
- Signatures: a⁴.
- Seventy edition in Latin of the Mundus novus, according to Sabin.
- An account, possibly not by Vespucci, of his third voyage, which was undertaken in 1501-1502 for the king of Portugal.
- Includes, on leaf 4b, a globe map of the eastern hemisphere according to Ptolemy and, above it, a six-line paragraph comparing the old knowledge with the new discoveries.
- Indexed In (note)
- Sabin
- Harrisse BAV Add.
- Call Number
- *KB+ 1505 (Vespucci, A. Epistola Albericij)
- OCLC
- 42685671
- Author
- Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512.
- Title
- Epistola Albericij. De nouo mundo.
- Imprint
- [Rostock, Hermann Barkhusen, 1505]
- Indexed In:
- Sabin 99334Harrisse BAV Add. 13
- Local Note
- Photostat of the original in the British museum.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512. Mundus novus.
- Research Call Number
- *KB+ 1505 (Vespucci, A. Epistola Albericij)