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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: Goff, Frederick R. Incunabula in American libraries: a third census. Millwood (N.Y.), 1973. (Reproduced from the annotated copy of the original edition (New York, 1964) maintained by Goff). (Supplement. New York, 1972.) C761
C: Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain’s Repertorium bibliographicum, Part II. 2 vols. & Addenda. London, 1898 & 1902. 1696, 1694 (A), 1695 (B)
Klebs: Klebs, Arnold C. Incunabula scientifica et medica: short title list. Bruges, 1938. (Reprinted from Osiris, vol.IV.) 284.5
Eames(C): Eames, Wilberforce. ‘Columbus’ letter on the discovery of America (1493-97)’. Bulletin of the New York Public Library (1924) pp.595-99. 11, 9 (A), 10 (B)
Seguin(Charles VIII): Seguin, Jean-Pierre. ‘L’information à la fin du XVe siècle en France. Pièces d’actualité imprimées sous le règne de Charles VIII’. Arts et traditions populaires 1956 no.4 pp.309-30; 1957 no.1 pp.46-74. 60, 58 (A), 59 (B)
Harr(BAV): Harrisse, Henry. Bibliotheca americana vetustissima: a description of works relating to America, published between the years 1492 and 1551. New York, 1866. (Additions. Paris, 1872). 6
Pell: Pellechet, Marie [and M.L. Polain]. Catalogue général des incunables des bibliothèques publiques de France. 3 vols. Nendeln, 1970. (Reproduced from the copy of the original edition (Paris, 1897-1909) annotated by Polain). 3864 (B)
CIBN: Bibliothèque Nationale. Catalogue des incunables. T. I (Xylographes, A-G); T. II (H-Z). Paris, 1981-2014. C-522
Kind(Göttingen): Kind, Helmut. Incunabula Gottingensia: Inkunabelkatalog der Niedersächsischen Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen. Bd.1 etc. Wiesbaden, 1995- [in progress]. 813 (A)
Walsh: Walsh, James E. A catalogue of the fifteenth-century printed books in the Harvard University Library. 5 vols. Binghamton NY, Tempe AZ, 1991-95. (Supplement ... , by David R. Whitesell. Harvard Library Bulletin 16 nos. 1-2 (2005)). 3618
Bod-inc: A catalogue of books printed in the fifteenth century now in the Bodleian Library. 6 vols. Oxford, 2005. C-389
Sheppard: Sheppard, L.A. Catalogue of XVth century books in the Bodleian Library. [Unpublished MS, 1954-71]. 6207
Pr: Proctor, Robert. An index to the early printed books in the British Museum from the invention of printing to the year MD, with notes of those in the Bodleian Library. 2 vols. London, 1898. 4 supplements, 1899-1902. (Part II, MDI-MDXX, Germany, London, 1903). 7988
Fac: London [1892]:
Massachusetts Historical Society (Americana ser. I) 1 & 17 etc.:
GW: Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke. Bd. I [etc.] Stuttgart, etc., 1968- [in progress]. (Vols. 1-7 reproduced with additions and corrections from the original edition (Leipzig, etc., 1925-38)). [See also GW Manuskript - GW M: http://www.gesamtkatalogderwiegendrucke.de] 7175
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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
Last Edit2021-03-26 09:24:02
 
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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: Goff, Frederick R. Incunabula in American libraries: a third census. Millwood (N.Y.), 1973. (Reproduced from the annotated copy of the original edition (New York, 1964) maintained by Goff). (Supplement. New York, 1972.) C761
C: Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain’s Repertorium bibliographicum, Part II. 2 vols. & Addenda. London, 1898 & 1902. 1696, 1694 (A), 1695 (B)
Klebs: Klebs, Arnold C. Incunabula scientifica et medica: short title list. Bruges, 1938. (Reprinted from Osiris, vol.IV.) 284.5
Eames(C): Eames, Wilberforce. ‘Columbus’ letter on the discovery of America (1493-97)’. Bulletin of the New York Public Library (1924) pp.595-99. 11, 9 (A), 10 (B)
Seguin(Charles VIII): Seguin, Jean-Pierre. ‘L’information à la fin du XVe siècle en France. Pièces d’actualité imprimées sous le règne de Charles VIII’. Arts et traditions populaires 1956 no.4 pp.309-30; 1957 no.1 pp.46-74. 60, 58 (A), 59 (B)
Harr(BAV): Harrisse, Henry. Bibliotheca americana vetustissima: a description of works relating to America, published between the years 1492 and 1551. New York, 1866. (Additions. Paris, 1872). 6
Pell: Pellechet, Marie [and M.L. Polain]. Catalogue général des incunables des bibliothèques publiques de France. 3 vols. Nendeln, 1970. (Reproduced from the copy of the original edition (Paris, 1897-1909) annotated by Polain). 3864 (B)
CIBN: Bibliothèque Nationale. Catalogue des incunables. T. I (Xylographes, A-G); T. II (H-Z). Paris, 1981-2014. C-522
Kind(Göttingen): Kind, Helmut. Incunabula Gottingensia: Inkunabelkatalog der Niedersächsischen Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen. Bd.1 etc. Wiesbaden, 1995- [in progress]. 813 (A)
Walsh: Walsh, James E. A catalogue of the fifteenth-century printed books in the Harvard University Library. 5 vols. Binghamton NY, Tempe AZ, 1991-95. (Supplement ... , by David R. Whitesell. Harvard Library Bulletin 16 nos. 1-2 (2005)). 3618
Bod-inc: A catalogue of books printed in the fifteenth century now in the Bodleian Library. 6 vols. Oxford, 2005. C-389
Sheppard: Sheppard, L.A. Catalogue of XVth century books in the Bodleian Library. [Unpublished MS, 1954-71]. 6207
Pr: Proctor, Robert. An index to the early printed books in the British Museum from the invention of printing to the year MD, with notes of those in the Bodleian Library. 2 vols. London, 1898. 4 supplements, 1899-1902. (Part II, MDI-MDXX, Germany, London, 1903). 7988
Fac: London [1892]:
Massachusetts Historical Society (Americana ser. I) 1 & 17 etc.:
GW: Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke. Bd. I [etc.] Stuttgart, etc., 1968- [in progress]. (Vols. 1-7 reproduced with additions and corrections from the original edition (Leipzig, etc., 1925-38)). [See also GW Manuskript - GW M: http://www.gesamtkatalogderwiegendrucke.de] 7175
show abbreviated references
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
Last Edit2021-03-26 09:24:02