In laudem serenissimi Ferdinandi
Summary
Woodcut portrait on t.p.: Fernandus Rex Hispania[rum].
Imprint from colophon of Verardi title (p. [57]): 1494 Nihil sine causa, I.B.
Includes an "uncorrected" edition of the Columbus letter, omitting Isabella in the opening statement.
Signatures: 2a-2c⁸ 2d-2e⁶.
Goff V-125
Hain-Copinger 15942
BM 15th cent., III, p. 794 (IA.37918)
Church, E.D. Discovery, 8
Sabin 98923
Palau y Dulcet (2. ed.) 359185 (v. 26, p. 146)
"De insulis nuper in Mari Indico nuper repertis" (Leandro di Cosco's Latin translation of Columbus's letter to Raphael Sánchez concerning his discovery of America): pp. [58]-[72].
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
LC Copy 1 (Vollbehr provenance) in blind-stamped half leather over boards; clasp; ms. on vellum tipped in; untrimmed.
Vollbehr H15942. Thacher no. 731
Rosenwald copy 2 (now Kislak copy 2; 21.5 cm.) sold as duplicate 6-19-67; purchased by Kislak; returned to the Library as part of Kislak gift in 2003. vj01 2006-02-23
Kislak accession no.: 1985.002.00.0001
PA8585.V39H57 1494 copies 1-3 formerly shelved under: Incun. 1494 .V47 copies 1-3. vj05 2007-02-28
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