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THE COLUMBUS LETTER (COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER.) Robertus Monachus, Abbot of St. Remigius; et al. Bellum Christianorum principum, praecipue Gallorum, contra Saracenos, anno salutis M.LXXXVIII. pro terra sancta gestum [and other texts]. [6] (of [8]), 149, [1] (of [3]) pages; lacks blank at end of preliminaries, and final leaf with printer's device. Folio, 19th-century crude brown paper wrappers, lower outer corner off front cover; marginal dampstaining and burn marks at beginning and end, title trimmed in outer margin and mounted with soiling and early signature and scrawls, next 2 preliminaries and last 2 leaves restored in outer margins with slight text loss on last leaf. Basel: Henricus Petrus, (1533)
first edition. Though this collection is primarily concerned with European-Muslim affairs (e. g., the first Crusade, the expulsion of the Moors from Spain, etc.), pages 116-121 reprint the Latin translation by Leandro di Cosco of Columbus''s letter announcing his discovery of the New World. "The early authors, when referring to the first letter of Columbus, generally quote this collection"--Harrisse 175. Adams R612; Alden 533/6; Church 66.
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