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

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Bookseller: James Cummins Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 313127
Title: Vita e Lettere di Amerigo Vespucci
Author: Bandini, Angelo Maria
Format/Binding: LACKING Engraved frontispiece by Menabuoni after Sveicarte, with fine folding engraved chart of the Vespucci genealogy at back,C
Book Condition: Used - Quarter nineteenth century cloth and marbled boards. Bookplate of Joaquin Garcia Icazbalceta
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: nella Stameria all' Insegna di Apollo
Place of Publication: Firenze
Date Published: 1745
Keywords: Americana | Incompletes
Bookseller catalogs: Americana;

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Founded in 1978 by James Cummins, the firm has grown to include two New Jersey locations as well as the main store at 699 Madison Avenue (between 62nd and 63rd Streets) in New York City.Hours: Monday - Friday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (During July & August, until 4:00 p.m. on Fridays.)The Madison Avenue store is a seventh-floor oasis for book-lovers, a quiet and pleasantly furnished book room with a carefully chosen, expertly catalogued and broad-based selection of fine and rare books, autographs, manuscripts, and works of art. We have built notable private collections for American and international clients. Our stock is always changing, and our steady input from private buying and public auctions assures our clients of new surprises (and temptations!) at each visit. Our stock covers a wide range of collecting interests, with particular emphasis in the following fields: British and American Literature, Sporting Books, Private Press and Illustrated Books, 19th-Century Color Plate Books, Americana, Travel, Sets and Fine Bindings, History, and Authors' Manuscripts and Letters. Our catalogued inventory exceeds 50,000 titles, much of which can be searched on the internet. In addition, our New Jersey warehouse contains over 400,000 books in all subject areas. We might have the books you're looking for.

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Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
Vignette: A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...