Auction 34 - The Arnie Druck Collections
Letter of Amerigo Vespucci – San Francisco, 1926 – Numbered Copy
Opening: $200
Sold for: $250
Including buyer's premium
The Letter of Amerigo Vespucci, Describing His Four Voyages to the New World 1497-1504. Published by The Book Club of California, San Francisco, 1926. English.
English translation of the letter by the discoverer Amerigo Vespucci written to Piero Soderini in which he describes his travels to the New World (the American continent) during the years 1497-1504. First letters are decorated, the illustrations (two black and white and a small map, hand painted, on title page) were done by Valenti Angelo.
Copy no. 3 from an edition of 250 copies. Signed by Valenti Angelo.
[8], 28, [1] pages, 31 cm. Good condition. Handsome binding, placed in heavy cardboard case (slightly damaged).
From the collection of Arnie Druck.
English translation of the letter by the discoverer Amerigo Vespucci written to Piero Soderini in which he describes his travels to the New World (the American continent) during the years 1497-1504. First letters are decorated, the illustrations (two black and white and a small map, hand painted, on title page) were done by Valenti Angelo.
Copy no. 3 from an edition of 250 copies. Signed by Valenti Angelo.
[8], 28, [1] pages, 31 cm. Good condition. Handsome binding, placed in heavy cardboard case (slightly damaged).
From the collection of Arnie Druck.
Artist's Books. Facsimiles. Bibliophilia
Artist's Books. Facsimiles. Bibliophilia