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Book/Printed Material Praeclara Ferdina[n]di Cortesii de noua maris oceani Hyspania narratio sacratissimo, ac inuictissimo Carolo Romanoru[m] Imperatori semper Augusto, Hyspaniaru[m] &c. Regi anno Domini M.D.XX. transmissa Praeclara Ferdinandi Cortesii de nova maris oceani Hyspania narratio sacratissimo, ac invictissimo Carolo Romanorum Imperatori semper Augusto, Hyspaniarum &c. Regi anno Domini M.D.XX. transmissa

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Title

  • Praeclara Ferdina[n]di Cortesii de noua maris oceani Hyspania narratio sacratissimo, ac inuictissimo Carolo Romanoru[m] Imperatori semper Augusto, Hyspaniaru[m] &c. Regi anno Domini M.D.XX. transmissa : in qua continentur plurima scitu, & admiratione digna circa egregias earu[m] p[ro]uintiaru[m] urbes, incolaru[m] mores, pueroru[m] sacrificia, & reliogiosas personas, potissimu[m]q[ue] de celebri ciuitate Temixtitan variisq[ue] illi[us] mirabilib[us], qu[a]e lege[n]te[m] mirifice delectabu[n]t

Other Title

  • Praeclara Ferdinandi Cortesii de nova maris oceani Hyspania narratio sacratissimo, ac invictissimo Carolo Romanorum Imperatori semper Augusto, Hyspaniarum &c. Regi anno Domini M.D.XX. transmissa

Names

  • Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547.
  • Savorgnano, Pietro, active 1523-1530.
  • Mendel, Bernardo, former owner.
  • Anghiera, Pietro Martire d', 1457-1526.
  • Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington), former owner.
  • Riviere & Son, binder.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Impressa in celebri ciuitate Norimberga : Per Fridericum Peypus, anno D[omi]ni 1524 k[a]l[endis] Martii.

Headings

  • -  Mexico--History--Conquest, 1519-1540
  • -  Mexico City (Mexico)--Maps
  • -  America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish--Early works to 1800
  • -  America--Early accounts to 1600
  • -  Germany--Nuremberg

Genre

  • Morocco bindings

Notes

  • -  Latin translation of Cortes' second Carta de relación to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
  • -  Place of publication and publisher from colophon on recto of leaf XLIX; date in the colophon reads: anno D[om]ini M.D.XXIIII: quar. no. Mar.
  • -  Signatures: a⁴ A-G⁶ H⁸ 2a-2b⁶ (H8 blank).
  • -  Fol. VIII (1st sequence) misfoliated XI.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 654
  • -  Alden, J.E. European Americana 524/5
  • -  Church, E.D. Discovery 53
  • -  Sabin 16947
  • -  "De rebus, et insulis nouiter repertis a Sereniss. Carolo Imperatore, et variis earum gentium moribus" by Pietro Martire d'Anghiera: fol. i-xii at end.
  • -  LC copy has green morocco binding signed by Riviere & Son.
  • -  Kislak accession no.: 1987.051.00.0001.
  • -  LAC ael 2019-06-14 no edits (4 cards)

Medium

  • [4], XLIX, [1], XII leaves, [1] folded leaf of plates : coat of arms, map, port. (woodcuts) ; 31 cm. (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F1230 .C883 1524m
  • F1230 .C883 1524l Copy 1 Wanting the map. Under current cataloging rules not considered a variant.
  • F1230 .C883 1524m Copy 2 Provenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation. Riviere & Sons binding. Bookplates of Marvyn Carton and B. Mendel. With the duplicate ink stamp of the Lilly Library, Indiana University.

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 65059078

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Chicago citation style:

Cortés, Hernán, Pietro Savorgnano, Bernardo Mendel, Pietro Martire D' Anghiera, Former Owner Lilly Library, Binder Riviere & Son, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, and Jay I. Kislak Collection. Praeclara Ferdinandi Cortesii de noua maris oceani Hyspania narratio sacratissimo, ac inuictissimo Carolo Romanorum Imperatori semper Augusto, Hyspaniarum &c. Regi anno Domini M.D.XX. transmissa: in qua continentur plurima scitu, & admiratione digna circa egregias earum prouintiarum urbes, incolarum mores, puerorum sacrificia, & reliogiosas personas, potissimumque de celebri ciuitate Temixtitan variisque illius mirabilibus, quae legentem mirifice delectabunt. [Impressa in celebri ciuitate Norimberga: Per Fridericum Peypus, anno Domini kalendis Martii, 1524] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/65059078/.

APA citation style:

Cortés, H., Savorgnano, P., Mendel, B., Anghiera, P. M. D., Lilly Library, F. O., Riviere & Son, B. [...] Jay I. Kislak Collection. (1524) Praeclara Ferdinandi Cortesii de noua maris oceani Hyspania narratio sacratissimo, ac inuictissimo Carolo Romanorum Imperatori semper Augusto, Hyspaniarum &c. Regi anno Domini M.D.XX. transmissa: in qua continentur plurima scitu, & admiratione digna circa egregias earum prouintiarum urbes, incolarum mores, puerorum sacrificia, & reliogiosas personas, potissimumque de celebri ciuitate Temixtitan variisque illius mirabilibus, quae legentem mirifice delectabunt. [Impressa in celebri ciuitate Norimberga: Per Fridericum Peypus, anno Domini kalendis Martii] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/65059078/.

MLA citation style:

Cortés, Hernán, et al. Praeclara Ferdinandi Cortesii de noua maris oceani Hyspania narratio sacratissimo, ac inuictissimo Carolo Romanorum Imperatori semper Augusto, Hyspaniarum &c. Regi anno Domini M.D.XX. transmissa: in qua continentur plurima scitu, & admiratione digna circa egregias earum prouintiarum urbes, incolarum mores, puerorum sacrificia, & reliogiosas personas, potissimumque de celebri ciuitate Temixtitan variisque illius mirabilibus, quae legentem mirifice delectabunt. [Impressa in celebri ciuitate Norimberga: Per Fridericum Peypus, anno Domini kalendis Martii, 1524] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/65059078/>.