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Martin Davies, trans.
Columbus in Italy: An Italian Versification of the Letter on the Discovery of the New World, with facsimiles of the Italian and Latin editions of 1493.
Published London: British Library, 1991.
ISBN 0712302638.
Binding: paperback, stitch bound.
Printer: Henry Ling, Dorchester.
Size: 148×219×6mm.
Page count: 56pp.
Main language: English, with Latin and Italian in the facsimiles.
Overall condition good: this copy has some scuffs on its covers, some minor wear and a little yellowing at the edges and corners, but overall doesn’t look heavily used, the spine is not creased from reading and the text appears to be free of marking.

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Weight without packaging: 148g.

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Contents:
The Letter on the islands newly found by the King of Spain;
Epistola Christofori Colon.

Illustrations: 2 monochrome illustrations, and 16 pages of facsimiles from the printed editions (monochrome on coloured backdrops)
Maps & plans: no

Introduction: 15pp
Notes: no
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 1 page, plus bibliographical notes on the two texts
Index: no

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