# 33652

[COLUMBUS]

The Latin letter of Columbus : printed in 1493 and announcing the discovery of America. Reproduced in facsimile, with a preface.

$75.00 AUD

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London : Bernard Quaritch, 1893. Royal octavo (220 x 180 mm), publisher’s printed stiff wrappers, pp vi, [8], partially uncut, a near fine copy.

Published by Quaritch to mark the 400th anniversary of Columbus’s letter.

Three copies traced in Australian collections: University of Sydney Library; National Library of Australia; State Library of New South Wales – with the date ‘1483’ (!!!) for ‘1493’ in the title field.