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Christopher Columbus and the Bank of Saint George (Ufficio di San Giorgio in Genoa) Two letters addressed to Samuel L. M. Barlow, esquire / by Henry Harrisse.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Folio E112 .H34
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harrisse, Henry, 1829-1910.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Columbus, Christopher.
- Colombo family.
- Genoa (Italy). Banca di San Giorgio.
- Genoa (Italy).
- Penn Provenance:
- Sturgis, Henry C. (inscription)
- Physical Description:
- 1 page ., 126 pages : including tables frontispiece, facsimile ; 34 x 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : privately printed. [Chiswick press; C. Wittingham and co., London], 1888.
- Contents:
- First letter, Christopher Columbus and the Bank of St. George. (Contains Columbus letter to the Bank of St. George, April 2, 1502, and its history, including the forgery offered for sale in 1887, with facsimiles of the original and counterfeit. List of authentic autographs of Columbus)
- Second letter. The Bank of St. George and Genoese archives. (History of the bank. Genoa, birthplace of Columbus. Columbus family)
- Notes and additions.
- Notes:
- No. 91 of 150 copies.
- OCLC:
- 1396785
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