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Levenger, 2014-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. First ed., first printing from Library of Congress; includes facsimile of Papal bull in clear colder on front paste down; signature of John Hessler on half t.p.; 173 p., clean and otherwise unmarked on fine unaged paper; beautiful ill.; binding tight; glossy reinforced boards clean and unfaded but with bump on lower corner of front board. 4to. Extra postage.
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Christopher Columbus Book of Privileges: 1502, the Claiming of a New World Hardcover - 2014
by John W. Hessler
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- Title Christopher Columbus Book of Privileges: 1502, the Claiming of a New World
- Author John W. Hessler
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 173
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Levenger Press
- Date 2014-01
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9781929154531 / 1929154534
- Library of Congress subjects Spain, Columbus, Christopher
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2014014950
- Dewey Decimal Code 970.015
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Christopher Columbus Book of Privileges: The Claiming of a New World
by Chet Van Duzer; Daniel De Simone; John W. Hessler
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Christopher Columbus Book of Privileges: 1502 The Claiming of a New World
by John W. Hessler, Daniel De Simone, and Chet Van Duzer
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First edition hardcover, which is in fine condition and signed by two authors (see photos). Seller will carefully wrap book in bubble wrap, box it, and ship it with tracking.They are the documents that irrevocably changed the course of America's history, yet most of us have never heard of them. Christopher Columbus's Book of Privileges is the compilation of royal charters, papal letters and legal wranglings that became the business deal between Columbus, the Spanish royalty and the Pope on how a New World would be made theirs. So rare is this Book that when it moves within the Library of Congress, which owns it, it goes under armed guard. Here for the first time is the full-color, full-size facsimile of these elegantly lettered pages, with essays from three scholars on their meaning and legacy. It is here that you will find the first written reference to a New World, within a papal letter that we have reproduced as pocketed loose sheets, so you can hold close this extraordinary history. Don't look for…
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