HISTORIE DEL SIGNOR D. FERNANDO COLOMBO. NELLE QUALI S' HA PARTICOLARE, & VERA RELATIONE DELLA VITA E DE' FATTI DELL' AMMIRAGLIO D. CHRISTOFORO COLOMBO SUO PADRE. E DELLO SCOPRIMENTO, CH'EGLI FECE DELL'INDIE OCCIDENTALI, DETTE MONDO NUOVO, HORA POSS NUOVEDUTE DAL SERENISSIMO RE CATOLICO. NUOVAMENTE DI LINGUA SPAGNUOLA TRADOTTE NELL'ITALIANA DAL SIGN. ALFONSO ULLOA

Colombo, Fernando

Editore: Iseppo Prodocimo, Venice, Italy, 1678

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24mo. measuring 6.3 cm. x 3.74 cm. Handmade contemporary layered paper covers. Two fragments of original vellum spine with manuscript lettering, laid in. Handle with care; text-block split in two. Leaves appear made of handmade paper. Evidence of worming to about 40 pp. (app. pp. 41-80) but to bottom margin. Found no text loss. 489 pp. plus 11. A few old dates (1682) in manuscript at front and rear free endpapers. Writing to rear board as well, mostly obscured. Some signatures sprung and separated. Index (Tavola delle Cose piu degne) to front, and Table of Contents (Tavola de Capitoli) at rear. Venetian translation by Sign. Alfonso Ulloa of a work said (though contested) to have been written in Spanish but now lost, written by Fernando Colombo, son of Christopher Columbus. The author, born in Cordova, Spain, became page to the Prince Don Juan, who was Ferdinand and Isabella's son, and heir. He accompanied his father on his fourth voyage of discovery in 1502. He was an eyewitness to the facts he relates in this volume, particularly on that fourth voyage, since he possessed the associated papers and charts. "His work is an invaluable document entitled to great faith, and is the corner-stone of the history of the American continent". (English Catalogue) The work can be said to constitute in some part, a son's defense of his father's efforts, in light of his (Christopher Columbus's) first expeditions, which essentially did not succeed, and which engendered some disappointment in the court of Ferdinand and Isabella. 24 l., pp. 489 [11]. (Sabin 14673-14675; Vol. 4, pp. 284-285). Probable fourth edition. (Tr.) "From the printer 19 May, 1678." Title page continues with dedication thus: DEDICATO. AL ILLUSTRISS SIGN. MARC' ANTONIO COALTO CONTE DI SAN MICHIELE. Codice articolo 85055

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Titolo: HISTORIE DEL SIGNOR D. FERNANDO COLOMBO. ...

Casa editrice: Iseppo Prodocimo, Venice, Italy

Data di pubblicazione: 1678

Legatura: Hardcover

Condizione: Disbound