A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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Cristofano Colombo Promo Scopritore dell'America.
In Venezia, MDCCLXXXIII [1783] Nella Stamperia Gatti A spese di Leonardo e Giammaria Fratelli Bassaglia.
Engraving. 160 x 105mm (5¼ x 4¼"), with letterpress titlepage. Pasted label on titlepage.
A half-length portrait in oval of Italian explorer Christopher Colombus (1451-1506), the first known European to visit the West Indies. Various seafaring instruments shown. Published as the frontispiece portrait of volume 1 of 'Storia di America', an Italian edition of William Robertson's 'History of America', translated by Antonio Pillori.
[Ref: 67081] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
In Venezia, MDCCLXXXIII [1783] Nella Stamperia Gatti A spese di Leonardo e Giammaria Fratelli Bassaglia.
Engraving. 160 x 105mm (5¼ x 4¼"), with letterpress titlepage. Pasted label on titlepage.
A half-length portrait in oval of Italian explorer Christopher Colombus (1451-1506), the first known European to visit the West Indies. Various seafaring instruments shown. Published as the frontispiece portrait of volume 1 of 'Storia di America', an Italian edition of William Robertson's 'History of America', translated by Antonio Pillori.
[Ref: 67081] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Bartolammeo di Las Casas Vescovo di Chiappa.
In Venezia, MDCCLXXXIII [1783] Nella Stamperia Gatti A spese di Leonardo e Giammaria Fratelli Bassaglia.
Engraving. 160 x 105mm (5¼ x 4¼"), with letterpress titlepage, large margins Old ink in title box, pasted label on titlepage.
A half-length portrait in oval of Spanish historian Bartolomé de las Casas (1484-1566), who chronicled the plight of the indigenous Americans during the European conquests. Published as the frontispiece portrait of volume 2 of 'Storia di America', an Italian edition of William Robertson's 'History of America', translated by Antonio Pillori.
[Ref: 67080] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
In Venezia, MDCCLXXXIII [1783] Nella Stamperia Gatti A spese di Leonardo e Giammaria Fratelli Bassaglia.
Engraving. 160 x 105mm (5¼ x 4¼"), with letterpress titlepage, large margins Old ink in title box, pasted label on titlepage.
A half-length portrait in oval of Spanish historian Bartolomé de las Casas (1484-1566), who chronicled the plight of the indigenous Americans during the European conquests. Published as the frontispiece portrait of volume 2 of 'Storia di America', an Italian edition of William Robertson's 'History of America', translated by Antonio Pillori.
[Ref: 67080] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)