The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus and the Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus

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Sale 347: Travel & Exploration - Alaska & the Poles - Maps & Atlases (#347) 01/25/2007 1:00 PM PST Closed
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Lot #231The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus and the Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus

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Title:

The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus and the Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus

Author:

Irving, Washington

Place Published:

New York

Publisher:

G.P. Putnam's

Date Published:

1892

Description:

3 volumes. xviii, 399 pp; [xii], 461 pp; xiv, 425 pp. Illustrated with color frontispieces; etchings and steel engravings on India paper; photogravures on Japan paper; etc. (4to) 10¾x8, original full vellum, lettered and decorated in gilt, top edges gilt. The Quadri-Centennial Edition.

A wonderfully illustrated edition of Irving's classic history of the voyages of Columbus and his companions.

Condition:

Vellum heavily soiled and rubbed, small chip at foot of spine on Vol. 1; old bookseller's catalogue entry pasted to front endpaper in Vol. 1; else very good.

Item#:

176323

Headline:

Life & Voyages of Columbus Quadricentennial Edn
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