first edition Hardcover
1893 · London
by Columbus, Christopher; John Cabot; Gaspar Corte Real; Clements R. Markham
London: Hakluyt Society, 1893. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). viii, liv, 259 pages of text including an index, [i], 4, 16 pages of publisher's advertisement. Original light blue stamped hardcover binding faded to gray, with gilt spine lettering and front cover gilt stamp of the ship "Victoria." Moderate shelfwear and sunning to spine, with small chips to spine extremities; protected in custom stiff archival mylar. Illustrated in black & white with a large fold-out map, three double page maps, and one plate. First Series, No. 86. With Paolo Toscanelli's sailing directions in letters to Columbus, and documents relating to Sebastien Cabot..
(Inventory #: 009190)