MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01875nam a2200289 a 4500
001 2012370981
003 DLC
005 20120801091930.0
008 120801s1990 nyua c 000 0 eng
010 $a 2012370981
040 $aDLC$cDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aZ999$b.K88 no. 185
110 2 $aH.P. Kraus (Firm)
245 10 $aAmericana vetustissima :$bfifty books, manuscripts, & maps relating to America from the first fifty years after its discovery (1493-1542) : in celebration of the Columbus quincentenary.
260 $aNew York :$bH.P. Kraus,$c1990.
300 $a138, [4] p., [3] leaves of plates :$bill. ;$c32 cm.
490 0 $aCatalogue 185
500 $a"Appendix: A small group of books relating to the New World, but published after 1542": p. 126-138.
500 $a"400 copies printed at the press of A. Colish"--Colophon.
500 $aPrice list and sample documents inserted.
500 $aCatalog item 9: Waldseemüller, Martin. Globe Gores, [St. Dié, 1507], "The earliest map to use the name 'America,' one of two copies known"--P. 30-31 with reproduction of single woodcut of 12 gores for a globe inserted.
500 $aCatalog item 10: Waldseemüller, Martin. Cosmographiae Introductio cum quibusdam Geometriae ac Astronomiae Principiis ad eam Rem necessariis. Insuper quattuor Americi Vespucii navigationes. Universalis Chosmographiae descriptio tam in solido q[uam] plano, eis etiam insertis quae Ptholom[a]eo ignota a nuperis reperta sunt. (Second title): Quattuor Americi Vesputti Navigationes, St. Dié, [Vautrin & Nicolas Lud], 29 August 1507, "The book which gave America its name"--P. 32-33.
650 0 $aRare books$vCatalogs.
650 0 $aBooksellers' catalogs$zUnited States.
651 0 $aAmerica$xDiscovery and exploration$vBibliography$vCatalogs.
600 10 $aWaldseemüller, Martin,$d1470-1519.$tCosmographiae introductio.