Vita e Lettere di Amerigo Vespucci
- LACKING Engraved frontispiece by Menabuoni after Sveicarte, with fine folding engraved chart of the Vespucci genealogy at back,C
- Firenze: nella Stameria all' Insegna di Apollo, 1745
Firenze: nella Stameria all' Insegna di Apollo, 1745. LACKING Engraved frontispiece by Menabuoni after Sveicarte, with fine folding engraved chart of the Vespucci genealogy at back,Copper engraved circular vignette on title page and ornamental woodcuts in the text. lxxvi, 128, [2] pp. Small 4to. Quarter nineteenth century cloth and marbled boards. Bookplate of Joaquin Garcia Icazbalceta. LACKING Engraved frontispiece by Menabuoni after Sveicarte, with fine folding engraved chart of the Vespucci genealogy at back,Copper engraved circular vignette on title page and ornamental woodcuts in the text. lxxvi, 128, [2] pp. Small 4to. "This classic work is much sought after....It can be affirmed that the book's publication inflamed the literary controversy about Vespucci that impassioned the greatest 'Americanists' of ensuing decades. It is an indispensable work, a true landmark in Vespucian studies" - Borba de Moraes. Sabin 3149; European Americana 745/218: Palau 23255. Borba de Moraes, p.59. J. C. Brown III:793: Sowerby, Jefferson's Library 3970