Itinerarium ad regiones sub aequinoctiali plaga constitutas. Opus antiquitates, ritus, mores, & religiones populoru[m], Aethiopie[a], Africae, Atlantici Oceani, Indicarumque regionum complectens

GERALDINUS, Alexander.

Published by Rome, Guglielmo Facciotti, 1631

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In-8. [40],284,[36]pp. With engraved title-page and engraved illustration on the letterpress title-page. Bound in old full vellum, title inked in the spine, red edges, some minor restaurations. One of the rares copies with the 12 additional preliminary leaves. Written in 1524 but not published until 1631, the present work is one of the earliest descriptions of the new world. Geraldini was born at Amerini about 1455, served as Ambassador to the Court of Henry VIII of England and later Bishop of St. Domingo. He was a close friend of Christopher Columbus and instrumental in convincing the court of King Ferdinand to support Columbus' explorations. "A very scarce and curious volume on the discovery of the West Indies.". Medina, Bibliotheca Hispano-Americana II, 890; Sabin 27116. CodBos.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Itinerarium ad regiones sub aequinoctiali plaga constitutas. Opus antiquitates, ritus, mores, & religiones populoru[m], Aethiopie[a], Africae, Atlantici Oceani, Indicarumque regionum complectens
• Publisher: Rome, Guglielmo Facciotti
• Publication Date: 1631
• Binding: Encuadernación de tapa dura
• Condition: Muy bien