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COLUMBUS, [Christopher].

THE LETTER OF COLUMBUS ON HIS DISCOVERY OF THE NEW WORLD.

Los Angeles: USC Fine Arts Press, 1989. ONE OF THREE HUNDRED NUMBERED COPIES, (whole edition, 326.)Tall 8vo, original turquoise morocco spine & patterned boards, nice copy. Illustrated. Printed in 2 colors. A facsimile edition of Columbus' letter to the Court of Spain reporting on his d iscoveries; consisting of: Introduction, by D. B. Numis & C. R. Ritcheson; facsimile of the Stephen Plannck 1493 Latin edition; English translation by Saml. Eliot Morison; & a bibliographical afterword by L. F. Sipe.

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