Liguria and Genoa at the Time of Columbus. [Two volumes: text & illustrations.] Volume One: Nuova Raccolta Colombiana, English Edition. With contributions from Pietro Barozzi, Baniela Galassi, Stefanella Guardo, and Maria Pia Rota. Translated into English by Anne Goodreich Heck; Revised by Luciano F. Farina. Volume Two: [ditto title, with "Illustrations" [diagrammatic maps]
Rome: Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato / Libreria Dello Stato, 1992. Hardcover. The pair in fine shape. 289p., hardbound in 12x8.5 inch decorated boards, accompanied by the maps volume - 18 folded maps in colors, also hardbound. Same dimensions, same decoration, the two volumes complete in a sturdy slipcase: matching boards with a raw linen backstrip. Books and slipcase are without blemish or any soil or any markings. FYI: spine titling of Text states it to be "Volume III" and so it is, but of a larger set devoted to Italian discovery of America. Ministry of Cultural and environmental assets.
Cat.No: 277008
ISBN: 8824002684
Price: $45.00
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