CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS'S PRIVILEGES IN MANUSCRIPT, 1502, with marginal notes in the Autograph of Christopher Columbus [cover title].

[London: Maggs Bros. 1893]. First separate edition (?), apparently an offprint from a Maggs catalogue, describing item 1724 in “Bibliotheca Americana et Philippina,” Vol. I, No. 3 (1923), an unpriced description of the annotated manuscript, quoting liberally from the text and emphasizing the item’s importance as “one of the most precious of Christopher Columbus’s relics.” Folio (14 ½ x 9 ¾ inches). (2, title leaf), (3) pp. [printed double-column]. Original printed self-wrappers, untrimmed. Central horizontal fold, but a very good copy. Item #65360

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