Columbus and the Discovery of the New World

Description

CHRISTOPHE COLOMB ET LA DECOUVERTE DU NOUVEAU MONDE by M. LE MARQUIS de Belloy. Paris: Eugene Ducrocq. Quarto format, half-leather and brown percaline binding with geometric motifs stamped in cold. 204 pages. Beautiful black and white etching as frontispiece. Illustrated with numerous black and white engravings and etchings throughout and as inserts. Gilt lettering and ornaments on spine. Gilt edges. Corners of covers bumped, boards somewhat faded, slight water staining at top of text and scattered foxing. Fine compositions and engravings by Leopold Flameng.