Title: Letter of Christopher Columbus Describing His First Voyage to the Western Hemisphere Author: Columbus, Christopher Place: New York Publisher: [N.Y. Lithographing and Engraving Company] Date: 1875 Description: [4] pp., with front blank present. Prefatory note by S.L.M. Barlow. 9x5¼, rebound in later half morocco & mottled boards, spine lettered in gilt. No. 19 of 50 copies only, privately printed for S.L.M. Barlow. Facsimile printing of Columbus's famous letter addressed to Lord Gabriel Sanchez, the Royal Treasurer of Spain, describing his 1492 voyage in which he felt he had reached the East Indies by traveling west. The facsimile is preceded by a translation into English. Formerly in the Forbes Library, Northampton, Mass., with perforated stamp to title-page, rubberstamp on following leaf, bookplate, white ink number along spine. Lot Amendments Condition: Rubbing to joints and extramities; marginal darkening to the contents, else very good. Item number: 168151
Title: Letter of Christopher Columbus Describing His First Voyage to the Western Hemisphere Author: Columbus, Christopher Place: New York Publisher: [N.Y. Lithographing and Engraving Company] Date: 1875 Description: [4] pp., with front blank present. Prefatory note by S.L.M. Barlow. 9x5¼, rebound in later half morocco & mottled boards, spine lettered in gilt. No. 19 of 50 copies only, privately printed for S.L.M. Barlow. Facsimile printing of Columbus's famous letter addressed to Lord Gabriel Sanchez, the Royal Treasurer of Spain, describing his 1492 voyage in which he felt he had reached the East Indies by traveling west. The facsimile is preceded by a translation into English. Formerly in the Forbes Library, Northampton, Mass., with perforated stamp to title-page, rubberstamp on following leaf, bookplate, white ink number along spine. Lot Amendments Condition: Rubbing to joints and extramities; marginal darkening to the contents, else very good. Item number: 168151
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