ID 1471962
Los 39 | Epistola ... de victoriis habitis in India, et Malacha
Schätzwert
$ 12 000 – 18 000
"Deus cunctis ex gentibus unamIam facturus,
iter pandit, quo iungere possit
Ortus & occasus facili commertia nixu"
Second[?] Latin edition of the letter from the King of Portugal to Pope Leo X reporting on the conquest of Malacca. See lot 37 for a description of the contents. This edition includes an introduction by Jakob Spiegel (1483-1547), a prominent humanist at the court of Maximilian I. The quotation above is included in his introduction and loosely translates as: "God will make one of all nations / He lays the path by which he can join / Sunrise and sunset with easy commerce." VD16 P 4374.
Quarto (210 x 143mm). Four leaves. Woodcut arms of Portugal on the title (pressed). Full red morocco by Chambolle-Duru, gilt turn-ins, edges gilt (tips rubbed, boards mildly darkened). Provenance: Dorotheerkloster, Vienna (contemporary ownership inscription on colophon page) – José Pinto Leite, 2nd Count of Penha Longa, 1871–1956 (supralibros) – with Maggs Bros., A Royal Catalogue issued to Commemorate the Silver Jubilee of H.M. King George V, 1935, catalogue 606, no. 582 – José Mindlin (1914-2010; bookplate).
| Herkunftsort: | Österreich, Indien, Portugal |
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| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Gedruckte Bücher |
| Herkunftsort: | Österreich, Indien, Portugal |
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| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Gedruckte Bücher |
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