Columbus, Christophorus:
Epistola de insulis nuper inventis [Latin] (Tr: Leandro di Cosco, 29 Apr. 1493)
ISTC No.ic00761000
AuthorColumbus, Christophorus
TitleEpistola de insulis nuper inventis [Latin] (Tr: Leandro di Cosco, 29 Apr. 1493)
ImprintParis : In campo Gaillardi (Guy Marchant), [summer 1494]
Imprint[after 29 Apr. 1493]
Format4°
NotesDated from the state of the device (CIBN).GW and Goff date after 4 Apr. 1493
GW notes two variants with slightly different titles and a different disposition of the woodcuts
The model is the edition by Stephan Plannck (Goff C-757), according to CIBN
For a note on the text, see CIBN
Language of itemlat
Reference worksGoff C761; C 1696, 1694 (A), 1695 (B); Klebs 284.5; Eames(C) 11, 9 (A), 10 (B); Seguin(Charles VIII) 60, 58 (A), 59 (B); Harr(BAV) 6; Pell 3864 (B); CIBN C-522; Kind(Göttingen) 813 (A); Walsh 3618; Bod-inc C-389; Sheppard 6207; Pr 7988; Fac: London [1892]; Massachusetts Historical Society (Americana ser. I) 1 & 17 etc.; GW 7175
Related resourcesMicrofiche: Primary Source Microfilm (an imprint of Cengage Learning), 1994. Incunabula: the Printing Revolution in Europe 1455-1500. Unit 6 - Image of the World: Travellers' Tales, TT 33
Holdings
FranceParis, Bibliothèque nationale de France (Eames 10)
GermanyGöttingen, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen (A)
ItalyTorino, Biblioteca Reale (A)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandOxford, Bodleian Library (Eames 11)
United States of AmericaCambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (the Bodleian Douce copy, presented to Harvard in 1936, Eames 11)
Providence RI, Brown University, John Carter Brown Library (Eames 10)
New York NY, Public Library, Rare Book Division (Eames 10)
Number of holding institutions7
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