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Lot 78
[COLUMBUS, VOYAGES & THE AGE OF EXPLORATION] Approximately three hundred volumes on voyages, Columbus, and age of exploration topics.
Various dates and publishers. Includes first and later editions. Mostly original bindings or wrappers. Potential wear commensurate with age and use, ownership or other markings, dust jackets may be lacking, the lot sold as is.
A mostly biographical and historical collection on the discovery of the New World, the conquistadors and Columbus, European voyaging to the Americas, European contact with indigenous cultures, the Chinese and Viking voyages to America before Columbus, documents of Spanish government in the Americas, and the philosophical elements of exploration, discovery, and conquest. Includes a group of reference works on Christopher Columbus, including 19th and 20th century works such as [LARGE FOLDING MAP]. LA RONCIERE, CHARLES DE. La Carte de Christophe Colomb. Paris: 1924. Number 105 of 125 copies signed by the author, with a large linen-backed facsimile map (44 x 28 inches), the text in wrappers and glassine, slipcase, the map now separate, bookplate of Robert Walsingham Martin; [QUARITCH FACSIMILES]. The Spanish [and Latin] Letter of Columbus ... Discovery of America ... Reproduced in Facsimile. London: Quaritch, 1893. Two volumes in original wrappers; [QUARITCH] The first four voyages of Amerigo Vespucci, Quaritch, 1893, wrappers; NAVARRETE, M.F. Narrazione dei quatro viaggi intrapresi da Cristoforo Colombo per la scoperta del nuovo continente dal 1492 al 1504. Prato: 1840-41. First edition. Two volumes. Contemporary calf backed boards; VIGNAUD, HENRY. Histoire Critique de la Grande Entreprise de Christophe Colomb. Paris: 1911. Two volumes. Cloth, wrappers bound in, some wear; [BIBLIOGRAPHY]. Bibliotheca Americana Vetustissima. A Description of Works Relating to America. Madrid: 1958. Unopened in wrappers; [FACSIMILE]. Catalogue of the Library of Ferdinand Columbus. New York: Kraus Reprint Company, 1967. Cloth; and many other works; Together with a framed, hand-colored print Christophe Colomb Appaise une Revolte a Bord/Cristobal Colon Apaciguando una Rebelion a Bordo, Paris, Turgis, circa 1850 or later, 16 x 19 1/2 inches (41 x 50 cm), framed, spots and a closed tear; And a contemporary framed print depicting Columbus, titled Cristorao Colombo na Madiera by Ouveina, 26 x 18 inches (66 x 46 cm), nicely matted and framed. A valuable reference collection, difficult to assemble today.
C The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation
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