Christopher Columbus, with Prospectus
[Providence, RI]: Printed by the Stone House Press for the John Carter Brown Library, 1992. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Item #8104
Octavo. 85, [1] pp., frontis, illus. Limited edition, number 42 of 200 copies, signed by De Pol, Smith, and the printer, M. A. Gelfand. In original cloth with title on the front cover and spine. An extremely nice copy with the top corner of the rear board a trifle bumped, else fine.
This is the regular issue of a translation of Bertin's French-language three-act play, "Christophe Colomb," here limited to 200 copies with "illustrations printed in black . . . from works in the John Carter Brown Library, selected by Norman Fiering. . . . the original wood engravings printed in colors other than blank, are by John De Pol" (colophon). There was also a deluxe edition limited to 20 copies bound by Deborah Evetts, design binder and conservator at the Pierpont Morgan Library.
Price: $75.00