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Mundus nouus : Albericus Vespucius Laurentio Petri de Medicis salutem plurimam dicit.

Author/creator Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512
Other author/creatorMedici, Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de', 1463-1503.
Format Electronic and Book
Edition[2nd Latin ed.].
Publication Info[Venice] : [Johannes Baptista Sessa], [1504]
Description7 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Supplemental Content Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Subject(s)
Uniform titleMundus novus. Latin
General noteLatin translation by "iocundus interpres" (i.e. Fra Giovanni Giocondo da Verona) of the Italian manuscript giving Vespucci's account of his third voyage, addressed to Lorenzo de Medici in 1503.
General noteOriginally published as: Albericus Vespuccius Laurentio Petri Francisci de Medicis salutem plurimam dicit / Amerigo Vespucci. [Paris : F. Baligault and J. Lambert, 1503]. Generally known as: Mundus novus.
General notePublication statement based on Sabin.
General noteThere are two issues of this edition differing only in the size of the triangle on the 7th page and the spelling of one of the accompanying words. In the earlier issue, the triangle measures 17 x 29 mm. and the word hipotenussa lacks the initial h. In the second issue, the triangle measures 42 x 42 mm. and the word hipotenussa is spelled correctly.
General noteReproduction of original from Huntington Library.
General noteSabin no. 99328.
Citation/References note RLIN, CTRG01-B779
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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