Epistola de insulis nuper inventis / With an English translation by Frank E. Robbins
1966, Facsimile Edition. Ann Arbor [Mich.] : University Microfilms. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked leatherette. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #430061
Physical description: 16 unnumbered pages, 7-17 pages ; 22 cm. Contents: Caption title of original reads: Epistola Christofori Colom: cui etas nostra multu debet: de Insulis Indie supra Gangem nuper invetis. Ad quas perquerendas octauo antea mense auspiciis r ere inuictissemoque [sic] Fernadi r Helisabet Hispaniaque Regu missus fuerat: ad magnificum dum Gabrielem Sanchis eorunde serenissimoque Regum Tesauariu missa: qua nobilis ac litteratus vir Leander de Cosco ab Hispano idiomate in Latinum couertit tertio Kal's Maii .M.CCCC.XCIII Pontificatus Alexandri Sexti anno primo. Subject: America Discovery and exploration Spanish.
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