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Journals and other documents on the life and voyages of Christopher Columbus: PB 207-2003

Object information

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Titles

Journals and other documents on the life and voyages of Christopher Columbus

Maker(s)

Editor: Morison, Samuel Eliot
Illustrator: Freitas, Lima de
Publisher: Limited Editions Club
Typographer: White, Lewis F.
Printer: Hartford

Categories

Description

Translated and edited by Samuel Eliot Morison. Illustrated by Lima de Freitas.

Xvi, 417 p : illus. (part col.) maps ; 31 cm

Place(s) associated

  • New York

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

Production date: AD 1963

Note

"Fifteen hundred copies of this edition ... have been made from the typographic design of Lewis F. White. The book has been illustrated by Lima de Freitas and printed by the Connecticut printers of Hartford ..."--Colophon Museum has copy number "J.D." signed by Lima de Freitas. Bound in dark blue buckram with black leather gold-stamped spine label and black embossed portrait medallion on front cover. Issued in slipcase (black paper over card).

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Illustrations

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 207-2003
Primary reference Number: 95564
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 August 2012 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Journals and other documents on the life and voyages of Christopher Columbus" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/95564 Accessed: 2024-11-15 10:18:11

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