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Book/Printed Material Vita e lettere di Amerigo Vespucci, gentiluomo fiorentino

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About this Item

Title

  • Vita e lettere di Amerigo Vespucci, gentiluomo fiorentino

Names

  • Bandini, Angelo Maria, 1726-1803
  • Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512
  • Jefferson Exhibit Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Firenze : Nella stamperia all'insegna di Apollo, MDCCXLV [1745]

Contents

  • Vita di Amerigo Vespucci -- Lettera delle isole nuovamente trovate in quattro suoi viaggi. Data in Lisbona adì 4. di settembre 1584 [i.e. 1504] -- Lettera indirizatta a Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de'Medici, 18. di luglio del 1500 -- Relazione inedita intorno alla spedizione che fece il Re di Portogallo verso il Capo di Buona Speranza, ed all città di Calicut, mandata al magnifico Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de'Medici da Amerigo Vespucci -- Lettera risguardante il suo terzo viaggio ... creduta indirizzata a Piero Soderini, ma ora ritrovata, mediante un'antica traduzione in latino della medisima, scritta a Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de'Medici.

Headings

  • -  Vespucci, Amerigo,--1451-1512
  • -  Gama, Vasco da,--1469-1524
  • -  Vespucci family
  • -  America--Early accounts to 1600
  • -  Calicut (India)
  • -  Italy--Florence

Notes

  • -  Imprint transposed: date appears before printer's information.
  • -  Signatures: a-h⁴ i⁶ A-Q⁴ [R]1.
  • -  The genealogical table is of the Vespucci family.
  • -  Includes index.
  • -  Errata: p. [1] at end.
  • -  LC copy forms part of the Jefferson Exhibit Collection.
  • -  Sowerby, E.M. Cat. of the lib. of Thomas Jefferson, 3970
  • -  LAC snh 2019-04-25 no edits (1 card)
  • -  E125.V5 V49 Copy 1 transferred from the general rare book collection to the Jefferson Exhibit Collection. he04 2014-12-11
  • -  Kislak accession no.: 2000.109.00.0001

Medium

  • LXXVI, 128, [2] p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. (1 engraving, 1 woodcut) , geneal. table ; 23 cm (4to)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E125.V5 V49
  • E125.V5 V49 Copy 2 Provenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 03028376

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Bandini, Angelo Maria, Amerigo Vespucci, Jefferson Exhibit Collection, and Jay I. Kislak Collection. Vita e lettere di Amerigo Vespucci, gentiluomo fiorentino. [Firenze: Nella stamperia all'insegna di Apollo, MDCCXLV, 1745] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/03028376/.

APA citation style:

Bandini, A. M., Vespucci, A., Jefferson Exhibit Collection & Jay I. Kislak Collection. (1745) Vita e lettere di Amerigo Vespucci, gentiluomo fiorentino. [Firenze: Nella stamperia all'insegna di Apollo, MDCCXLV] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/03028376/.

MLA citation style:

Bandini, Angelo Maria, et al. Vita e lettere di Amerigo Vespucci, gentiluomo fiorentino. [Firenze: Nella stamperia all'insegna di Apollo, MDCCXLV, 1745] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/03028376/>.