A history of the life and voyages of Christopher Columbus / by Washington Irving ; in three volumes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Irving, Washington, 1783-1859.

Contributor:

Robert Dechert Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Collection of British and American Fiction, 1660-1830 (University of Pennsylvania)

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Columbus, Christopher.

Explorers--Spain--Biography.

Explorers.

Spain.

Voyages and travels.

America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish.

America.

Discoveries in geography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Dechert, Robert (donor) (Dechert copy)

Kern, Beatrice (bookplate) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Kern, Edward (bookplate) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Orne, Samuel, 1786-1830 (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Orne, William W. (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Orne, James D. (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Physical Description:

3 volumes : map ; 22 cm

Manufacture:

[New York] : Elliott and Palmer, printers.

Other Title:

Life and voyages of Christopher Columbus.

Irving's Life and voyages of Christopher Columbus.

Place of Publication:

New-York : G. & C. Carvill, 1828.

Notes:

Vol. 1: xvi, 399 p., folded map inserted; v. 2: viii, [9]-367 p.; v. 3: viii, [13]-420 p.

Paper label on spine.

Half title: Life and voyages of Christopher Columbus.

First American edition.--Cf. Sabin, BAL.

Folded map bound after half-title of v. 1.

"Appendix containing documents": v. 3, p. [203]-420.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy has some unopened leaves.

Culture Class Collection copy has folded map bound before half-title of v. 1.

Culture Class Collection copy has [1] slip of paper with typewritten information about this book laid in.

Culture Class Collection copy has bookplate of Beatrice and Edward Kern, 1944.

Culture Class Collection copy has autographs of Saml. Orne, 1829, Wm. W. Orne, 1830, and James D. Orne, 1833.

Cited in:

BAL, 10124.

Sabin, 35169

Williams & Edge, p. 69

BAL 10124

Sabin 35169

Shoemaker 33676

OCLC:

879590