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Letter of Christopher Columbus describing his first voyage to the western hemisphere. Test in fac-simile.

Title: Letter of Christopher Columbus describing his first voyage to the western hemisphere. Test in fac-simile.
Author: Columbus, Christopher.
Publication: New York [N.Y. Lithographing and Engraving Co.] 1875.

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Description

3 p.l., facsim. (4 l.); 23 cm.

Alternative Title

Letter to Sanchez. (Latin). 1493

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Note

50 copies privately printed with an explanatory note by S.L.M. B[arlow].
In preparing the facsimile the plates were mixed and in this copy the pages are in the following order: [1, 4, 7, 6, 3, 2, 5, 8]
The original copy of the Plannck "Ferdinand" edition, Rome, 1493.
l. 1a of original: [par] Epi[s]tola Ch[r]i[s]tofo[r]i Colom: cui ętas no[s]tra multũ debet: de / Jn[s]ulis Jndię [s]up[r]a Gangem nuper inuentis. Ad quas perqui- / rendas octauo antea men[s]e au[s]picijs [et] ęre inuicti[ss]imi Fernan- / di Hi[s]paniarum Regis mi[ss]us fuerat: ad Magnificum dñm Ra / phaelem Sanxis: eiu[s]dem [s]ereni[ss]imi Regis Te[s]aurariũ mi[ss]a: / quam nobilis ac litteratus vir Aliander de Co[s]co ab Hi[s]pano / ideomate [sic] in latinum conuertit: tertio kal's Maij. M.cccc.xciij. / Pontificatus Alexandri Sexti Anno P[r]imo. / ...
l. 4a of original: ... Uale. Uli[s]bonę p[r]idie Maritj. / Ch[r]i[s]tofo[r]us Colom Oceanę cla[ss]is P[r]ęfectus.
Typographical description of original: Gothic type (Proctor 3712); 33-34 lines. With initial; without catchwords, foliation and signature marks.
Signature of original: [a]⁴.
l. 2a, line 17 of original: ... [?]multu ...
"[par] Epigramma. R.L. de Co[r]baria Epi[s]copi Monti[s]palu[s]ij. / Ad Jnuicti[ss]imum Regem Hi[s]paniarum. / [8 lines] / " l. 4b of original.

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Call Number

*KB 1493 (Columbus, C. Letter)

OCLC

42794823

Author

Columbus, Christopher.

Title

Letter of Christopher Columbus describing his first voyage to the western hemisphere. Test in fac-simile.

Imprint

New York [N.Y. Lithographing and Engraving Co.] 1875.

Indexed In:

GW 7173 Copy 1

Sabin 14628 Copy 1

JCB, 1919, I, 18 Copy 1

Harrisse BAV 1 Copy 1

Thacher C Copy 1

Local Note

Copy 1: No. 1 of 50 copies.

Copy 2: No. 38 of 50 copies.

Copy 2: In this copy the pages are in the following order: [1, 2, 5, 6, 3, 4, 7, 8]

Copy 2: With inscription: James Lenox Esq'r from Samuel LM Barlow Jany. 1877.

Copy 2: In envelope addressed to James Lenox, with Barlow's seal.

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Added Author

Carninis, Leonardus de.

Cosco, Leandro di. Translator

Barlow, Samuel L. M. (Samuel Latham Mitchill), 1826-1889.

Research Call Number

*KB 1493 (Columbus, C. Letter)