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Additional authors

1. Coma, Guillermo.

Description

1. 10 l.; 23 cm. (4to.)

Subject

1. Columbus, Christopher
2. America > Discovery and exploration > Early works to 1800

Call number

1. *KB 1494 (Scillacio, N. De insulis meridiani atque Indici maris nuper inventis)

Note

1. Leaf 1a: Ad sapiẽtissimũ Ludouicũ Mariã Sfortiã ...
2. Leaf 2a: De insulis meridiani ...
3. Leaf 10b: Excellẽti ... viro ... Alphõso cauallarie ... / ... Nicolaus Scyllacius / Siculus .S.D. / [28 lines] / Uale ex papia Jdibus decembribus .Mcccclxxxxiiij.
4. Gothic type; 34 lines. With initial indicators; without catchwords and foliation. Printed in red and black.
5. Signatures: [A]¹⁰. Sig. [A]₃₋₅ numbered at foot.
6. An account of Columbus' second voyage based on letters written to Scillacio from Spain by Guillermo Coma, a nobleman of Aragon, sometimes wrongly described as a companion of Columbus on the voyage.--cf. Fumagalli, G. Una novissima riproduzione dell'opuscolo di Niccolò Scillacio De insulis nuper inventis. (IN: Bibliofilia. Firenze. v. 2 (1900/01) p. 205-216)

Indexed in (note)

1. Sabin
2. Harrisse BAV
3. Church
4. Reichling
5. Goff

Author

1. Scillacio, Noccolò, active 15th century.

Title

1. De insulis meridiani atque Indici maris nuper inventis.

Imprint

1. [Pavia? Franciscus Girardengus, 1494?]

Indexed in:

1. Sabin 94095
2. Harrisse BAV 16
3. Church 9
4. Reichling 320
5. Goff S-351

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Added author

1. Coma, Guillermo.

Research call number

1. *KB 1494 (Scillacio, N. De insulis meridiani atque Indici maris nuper inventis)