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Libro primo della historia de l'Indie Occidentali

79, [1] leaves ; 21 cm. (4to) · Translated extract from the Latin and based on the first three decades of the author's: De orbe nouo decades, originally published Alcalá de Henares, 1516, according to Winsor and Arents. On the other hand, Moraes holds that the present work is an extract from Anghiera's fourth decade, originally published under title: De nuper sub D. Carolo repertis insulis, simulque incolarum moribus. Basel, 1521. Cf. also the statement of responsibility given in the title of the "Summario" (leaf [1] verso): "cauato da libri scrtti dal signor Don Pietro Martyre ... et da molte altre particulari relationi." · Issued as part 1 of: Summario de la generale hstoria de l'Indie Occidentali. Venice, 1534 · Very likely compiled and edited by Giovanni Battista Ramusio, according to Arents and Streeter coll. auction cat.; cf. also discussion in Winsor · Half title · Imprint statement from Alden · Caption title leaf 2 recto: Libro primo del Summario della generale historia delle Indie Occidentali · The map, reported by some sources to be part of the present work, belongs instead to part 2 of: Summario de la generale historia de l'Inde Occidentali. Venice, 1534 · Signatures: A-

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