ROBERTUS MONACHUS, Abbot of Saint-Rémy, Rheims. Bellum Christianorum principum, praecipue Callorum, contra Saracenos, anno salutis 1088 pro terra sancto gestum [and other texts]. Basel, Henricus Petrus, 1533. Woodcut initials, printer's device on verso of final leaf (recto blank). Folio, contemporary limp vellum, several wormholes or wormtracks in upper blank fore-margins (affecting same small area) throughout block, otherwise a crisp copy. FIRST EDITION in part. Sabin 72023; Church, I 65 ("This is the edition from which most early writers quote"); Adams R612.

细节

ROBERTUS MONACHUS, Abbot of Saint-Rémy, Rheims. Bellum Christianorum principum, praecipue Callorum, contra Saracenos, anno salutis 1088 pro terra sancto gestum [and other texts]. Basel, Henricus Petrus, 1533. Woodcut initials, printer's device on verso of final leaf (recto blank). Folio, contemporary limp vellum, several wormholes or wormtracks in upper blank fore-margins (affecting same small area) throughout block, otherwise a crisp copy. FIRST EDITION in part. Sabin 72023; Church, I 65 ("This is the edition from which most early writers quote"); Adams R612.

拍品专文

The fourth of the seven texts included in this collection is a reprint of Columbus's letter to Rafael Sanchez in Cosco's latin translation (pp. 116-121).