Title: Vita di Cristoforo Colombo: Scritta e Corredata di Nuove Osservazioni di Note Storico-Critiche e di un' Appendice di Documenti Rari o Inediti dal Cavaliere Luigi Bossi . . . Author: Bossi, Luigi Place: Milano Publisher: Vincenzo Ferrario Date: 1818 Description: [3] leaves, [1]-255 pp. Copper engraved portait frontispiece and 5 plates. 8x4¾, somewhat later half cloth and marbled boards. First Edition. Considered the first modern biography of Columbus, text includes Columbus' letter to Sanchez regarding his first voyage, and his letter to King Ferdinand of Spain concerning the fourth voyage. 4 of the plates are facsimile reproductions of the woodcut illustrations which accompanied the original letters. Text and plates handsomely printed on good paper. Sabin 6463. Lot Amendments Condition: Cloth at front joint splitting; small ink personal name stamped to front free endpaper and title page; occasional foxing, very good. Item number: 168353
Title: Vita di Cristoforo Colombo: Scritta e Corredata di Nuove Osservazioni di Note Storico-Critiche e di un' Appendice di Documenti Rari o Inediti dal Cavaliere Luigi Bossi . . . Author: Bossi, Luigi Place: Milano Publisher: Vincenzo Ferrario Date: 1818 Description: [3] leaves, [1]-255 pp. Copper engraved portait frontispiece and 5 plates. 8x4¾, somewhat later half cloth and marbled boards. First Edition. Considered the first modern biography of Columbus, text includes Columbus' letter to Sanchez regarding his first voyage, and his letter to King Ferdinand of Spain concerning the fourth voyage. 4 of the plates are facsimile reproductions of the woodcut illustrations which accompanied the original letters. Text and plates handsomely printed on good paper. Sabin 6463. Lot Amendments Condition: Cloth at front joint splitting; small ink personal name stamped to front free endpaper and title page; occasional foxing, very good. Item number: 168353
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