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Letter of Vespucci signed by Robert Grabhorn
Letter of Vespucci signed by Robert Grabhorn
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Author: Vespucci, Amerigo
Title: The Letter of Amerigo Vespucci, Describing His Four Voyages to the New World, 1497-1504
Place Published: San Francisco
Publisher:Book Club of California
Date Published: 1926
Description:


Introduction by Oscar Lewis. Illustrated with a hand-colored title page map, decorative initials, head and tail pieces adapted by Valenti Angelo from contemporary sources. (4to), 31x22.5 cm (12¼x8¾"), full vellum, hand-lettered spine, slipcase. No. 88 of 250 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. 



Signed by Robert Grabhorn in the colophon page. The text follows a translation of the original Italian edition published by Pietro Pacini at Florence in 1505 or 1506. This was the first book illustrated by Valenti Angelo for the press. GB 85; BCC 26.

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Slipcase toned and with shelfback lacking; expected darkening to vellum, rippling to covers and interior; very good or better.
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