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NARRAZIONE DEI QUATTRO VIAGGI INTRAPRESI DA CRISTOFORO COLOMBO per la Scoperta del Nuovo Continente dal 1492 al 1504. Corredata di Varie Lettere ed Documenti Inediti Estrtti Dagli Archivi Della Monarchia Spagnuola e Pubblicati per la Prima Volta. 2 Vols.
by Di Navarrete, Don M.F
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good condition
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Prato, Italy: Tipografia Giachetti, 1840. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Italian edition. Octavo (8vo). Two volumes; Complete work on Columbus, but this is the first two volumes of a work that was continued to 19 volumes. Original quarter leather binding with moderate shelfwear and rubbing. Vol. I: 551 pages; frontis, 5 plates some of which are hand-colored, and 3 single page maps. Vol. II: 459 pages; colored frontis, 1 plate, 2 single page maps. Page edges are lightly soiled. First edition in Italian..
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- Bookseller
- Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017953
- Title
- NARRAZIONE DEI QUATTRO VIAGGI INTRAPRESI DA CRISTOFORO COLOMBO per la Scoperta del Nuovo Continente dal 1492 al 1504. Corredata di Varie Lettere ed Documenti Inediti Estrtti Dagli Archivi Della Monarchia Spagnuola e Pubblicati per la Prima Volta. 2 Vols.
- Author
- Di Navarrete, Don M.F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good condition
- Edition
- First Italian edition
- Publisher
- Tipografia Giachetti
- Place of Publication
- Prato, Italy
- Date Published
- 1840
- Size
- Octavo (8vo)
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
For most items, media mail shipping will cost $3.95 and Priority $7.95, and insurance is available for an additional cost. Books guaranteed to be as described; condition guaranteed if sent insured. Authenticity guaranteed on autograph and manuscript material. All items returnable within 10 days; notification of return is required; a small restocking fee may apply if return is due to customer error. Shipping rates are for normal octavo (8vo) titles; heavy, oversize (folio and quarto 4to), multi-volumes sets and special services such as insurance are extra.
About the Seller
Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
Biblio member since 2003
Chicago, Illinois
About Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
Primarily mail-order and shows; open bookstore only by appointment or invitation; select inventory of 30,000+ books, ephemera, autographs, maps and manuscript material. Most dustjackets protected in archival mylar. Many books without dustjackets protected in custom archival mylar. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), The Manuscript Society, and the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association (MWABA) (formerly the Midwest Bookhunters or MWBH). Proprietor: Kurt Gippert.
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- First Edition
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