Copy of a Letter of the King of Portugal Sent to the King of Castile Concerning the Voyage and Success of India
by Pacifici, Sergio J
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine condition/Fine dust jacket
- Seller
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1955. Fine condition in a Fine clear plastic dust jacket. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. Hinges are perfect. Previous owner's bookplate on pastedown endpaper. NOT a library discard. Pages are fresh and crisp. A translation of the 1505 first edition concerning Portuguese voyages to the East to buy spices. Also contains the first printed reference to the discovery of Brazil. Illustrated. Translated by Sergio J. Pacifici. A publication from the James Ford Bell Collection in the University of Minnesota Library. Limited to 1000 numbered copies; this being #408. Map endpapers. Two-tone binding (decorated blue paper covered boards with a pale yellow cloth spine printed in blue). Complete with clear plastic dust jacket.. First Edition, Limited to 1000 copies. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. 8vo. (viii), 27pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Copy of a Letter of the King of Portugal Sent to the King of Castile Concerning the Voyage and Success of India
- Author
- Pacifici, Sergio J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition, Limited to 1000 copies
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Place of Publication
- Minneapolis
- Date Published
- 1955
- Size
- 8vo. (viii), 27pp
- Keywords
- Voyages and Travels.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Maps / Cartography;
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Henderson, Nevada
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