Nuova Raccolta Colombiana, Columbus, Christopher. English Edition. Published by Roma: Istituto Poligrafico E Zecca Dello Stato, Libreria Dello Stato, 1992-1999. Ministry of Cultural and Environmental Assets, National Commission for the Celebration of the Quincentennial of the Discovery of America. English Edition. Complete Set of Printed Books, Volumes I-VII, IX, XI-XII. 8vo up to 9½” tall. Pictorial boards. Volumes 1, 3, 4 & 6 are housed in linen-covered slipcases. Printed on special paper. Text in two columns. This beautiful set is as new with some volumes still in original wrapping.
Volume 1, Part 1 and 2: Christopher Columbus – The Journal: Account of the First Voyage and Discovery of the Indies In 2 Parts. 1992. 321pp.; 491pp. with 5 folding colour maps. Volume 2: The Discovery of the New World in the Writings of Peter Martyr of Anghiera, 1992. 509pp. Volume 3: Gaetano Ferro: Liguria and Genoa at the Time of Columbus, 1992. 291pp. with 18 folded colored maps. Volume 4, Part 1 and 2: Ferdinand Columbus, History Concerning the Life and Deeds of the Admiral Don Christopher Columbus, 1982. 330pp.; 428pp. Volume 5: Christopher Columbus´s Discoveries in the Testimonials of Diego Alvarez Chanca and Andrés Bernáldez, 1982. 330pp. Volume 6, Part 1 and 2: Christopher Columbus, Accounts and Letters of the Second, Third, and Fourth Voyages, 1994. 441pp.; 437pp. Volume 7: Franco Gay – Cesare Ciano, The Ships of Christopher Columbus, 1986. 311pp. Volume 9: Osvaldo Baldacci, Columbian Atlas of the Great Discovery. Atlas Folio up to 25″ tall. Tipped in colour and black and white plates many of which are folding. Printed on custom Rusticus Paper. Volume 11: Columbian iconography. Introduction, commentary and notes by Gaetano Ferro, Edited by the Italian Encyclopedia Institute, 1992. 657p. Volume 12: Gaetano Ferro: The Genoese Cartographic Tradition and Christopher Columbus, 1996. 217 pp. (Volumes 8 and 10 were issued on CD-Rom and not included.)
A heavy set which will incur additional shipping charges.
