Bibliografia degli scritti italiani o stampati in Italia sopra Cristoforo Colombo, la scoperta del Nuovo Mondo, e i viaggi degli Italiani in America.
Roma: Auspice il Ministero della pubblica istruzione, 1893. xx, 217 pp. Folio (41 cm). Later green buckram, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, front wrapper bound in. First edition. Raccolta di documenti e studi, pub. della R. Commissione columbiana ...; pte. VI. A very good copy, boards and label rubbed, front wrappers soiled with small chips to the lower fore corner, else clean. Palau 95748. Spain & Spanish America I, 269. Bestermann 317. Jones 58. Item #34923
Very warmly inscribed by the second author, Pietro Amat di S. Filippo, to Pietro Cocchi on the front wrapper. A standard work and extremely scarce study on the explorations of Columbus, dealing principally with the bibliographical history of the publications on Columbus and his voyages, as well as the Italian contribution to the discovery of the New World. 1400 publications described.
Price: $500.00