In laudem serenissimi Ferdinandi Hispania[rum] Regis Bethicae & Regni Granatae obsidio victoria & triu[m]phus : et de insulis in Mari Indico nuper inuentis

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Title:
In laudem serenissimi Ferdinandi Hispania[rum] Regis Bethicae & Regni Granatae obsidio victoria & triu[m]phus : et de insulis in Mari Indico nuper inuentis
Title (alt.):
In laudem serenissimi Ferdinandi Hispaniarum Regis Bethicae & Regni Granatae obsidio victoria & triumphus : et de insulis in Mari Indico nuper inventis
De insulis in Mari Indico nuper inuentis
Columbus letter
Creator:
Verardus, Carolus
Printer:
Bergmann, Johann, active 1494-1499
Author:
Columbus, Christopher
Former owner:
Henry Stevens, Son & Stiles
Date:
[1494]
Format:
Books
Genre:
Woodcuts
Incunabula
Incunabula--Switzerland
Chancery quartos
Vellum bindings
Limp bindings
Marginalia
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Incunabula (Collection of Distinction)
Subjects:
Columbus, Christopher--Correspondence
Indians of the West Indies--Early works to 1800
America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish--Early works to 1800
America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish--History--15th century--Sources
Places:
Switzerland > Basel
Extent:
[36] leaves : ill. ; 21 cm (4to)
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/8910km026
Terms of Use:
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Restrictions:
Access to physical copy/copies by appointment only. Please contact Boston Public Library Rare Books and Manuscripts Department for further information.
Publisher:
[Basel] : [Johann Bergmann de Olpe]
Language:
Latin
Table of Contents:
Title page, aa1 recto
Historia Baetica, aa1 verso
colophon, dd5
Christopher Columbus, De insulis nuper in mare Indico repertis, dd5 verso.
Notes:
Title from title page.
Imprint derived from colophon (dd5): " ... Anno a Natali Satuatoris. M. CCCC. XCII. Vndecimo Kalendas Maii. 1.4.9.4. NIHIL SINE CAVSA. I[ohann]. B[ergmann]."
Colophon (dd5 recto): " ... Anno a Natali Satuatoris. M. CCCC. XCII. Vndecimo Kalendas Maii. 1.4.9.4. NIHIL SINE CAVSA. I[ohann].B[ergmann]."
Notes (ownership):
PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.126 with pencil dealer's numbers on front pastedown, title page, and a2. Early/contemporary marginal annotations throughout. Purchased from Stevens in April, 1940.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
Incunabula short title catalogue, iv00125000
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, V125
Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, III, 794
Notes (object):
Signatures: aa-cc8 dd-ee6.
Chancery quarto; a3 (i.e. page 5): 28 lines, 153 x 100 mm; types: 180 (titles and headings), 109 (text); printed initials and initial spaces without guide letters; woodcuts, map.
COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.126 with leaf dimensions: 210 x 150 mm.
BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.126 bound in later limp vellum. Spine labeled in manuscript. Housed in a tan cloth box.
Identifier:
06_01_016845
Call #:
RARE BKS Q.405.126
Barcode:
39999091848232