Facsimile Documents, Incunabula and Maps 15th Century Finn's Fine Books Facsimile and Limited Editions Book Catalogue

Facsimile Documents, Incunabula and Maps 15th Century

The Vatican Ptolemy - A Masterpiece Because of the Quality of its Text and the Accuracy of the Drawing of the Maps
Book of Marco Polo or The Wonders of the World - One of the Works Which Inspired Columbus to Set Out on His Voyages
Imago Mundi - Contains 18 Treaties that Include Beautiful Drawings and Sketches
Columbus' Log of the First Voyage - Fray Bartolomé de las Casas' Manuscript Reproducing Columbus' Own Account)
Historia Rerum Ubique Gestarum - A Compendium of the Scientific and Geographical Knowledge of the Time
Copy Book of Christopher Columbus - Six Letters Detailing Columbus' Journeys and Two Personal Letters to the Catholic Kings
Columbus' Success and the Discovery and Exchange System - A Collection of Letters, Permits, Ordinances, Capitulation's, Contracts and Other Documents
Deed of Marriage and Testament of Queen Isabella of Castile - Isabella's Political Experiences and Recommendations to Her Successors
Portuguese Memorial - The 1494 Memorial Sent by a Portuguese Noble to Queen Isabella
Bulls of Pope Alexander VI on the New World - The Five Papal Bulls Issued in 1493
Santa Fe Capitulation's - A Collection of Documents Dating from the Late 15th Century
Columbian Documents from the Simancas National Record Office - A Collection of 25 Documents
Tordesillas Treaties - The Document that Established the Demarcation Lines for the New World
The Gutenberg Bible - The 42 Lined Bible
Cosmography of Claudius Ptolemy - The Masterpiece of Humanism's Cartographic Art
Ulrich Boner - The Precious Stone - One of the First Books to Address a Bourgeois Readership
Portolani - Ancient Nautical Maps in the Este Library
The Map of the World by Giovanni Leardo - One of the First Circular Representations of the Earth
Francesco Tranchedino - Diplomatische Geheimschriften - Written by One of the Oldest Important Theoreticians in the Field of Cryptography

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Facsimile Documents, Incunabula and Maps 15th Century