Christopher Columbus: His Own Book Of Privileges 1502; Photographic Facsimile Of The Manuscript In The Archives Of The Foreign Office In Paris, Now For The First Time Published, With Expanded Text Translation Into English And An Historical Introduction. The Introduction By Henry Harrisse

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Large folio, [2], i-xii, [1], xiii-lxvi, 284pp, [2]. Rebacked in quarter brown morocco, original oak boards, title in gilt on spine with raised bands and five compartments. Full piece measures 9" x 14". Professionally reinforced hinges with cloth. Original pigskin leather spine laid-in. Brass anchor and chain clasps along fore edge of boards. Uncut edges. Frontispiece with Columbus coat of arms. Clean text throughout. An attractive example. The author of this work, Benjamin Franklin Stevens (1833 - 1902) was a noted bibliographer and a US dispatch agent in London. A facsimile of this book was published in Mexico in 1992. N° de ref. del artículo 11634

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