Christopher Columbus, his own book of privileges, 1502
Subtitle: photographic facsimile of the manuscript in the archives of the Foreign Office in Paris
By: the transliteration and translation by George F. Barwick ; the introduction by Henry Harris ; the whole compiled and edited, with preface, by Benjamin Franklin Stevens.
Contributors: Barwick, G. F. 1853-1931.; Harrisse, Henry, 1829-1910.; Stevens, Benjamin Franklin, 1833-1902.; Spain.
Series: Library of American civilization -- LAC 13607.
Publisher: B.F. Stevens
Published: 1893
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 284
Subjects: Columbus, Christopher
Other titles: Codex diplomaticus of Christopher Columbus.
Notes: "Now for the first time published, with expanded text, translation into English, and an historical introduction."

Half-title preceding facsimile: Codex diplomaticus of Christopher Columbus, 1502, 1  . ; translation of Spanish title, in red and black, 1  . Illuminated title: Cartas Preuilegios Cedulas y otras Escrituras de Dõ Xp̃oual Colon Almirãte Mayor del Mar Oçeano Vi sorey y Governador de las Islas y Tierra Firme, 1  .

Frontispiece: Illuminated arms of Columbus according to the letters patent of 20 May, 1893. Illuminated arms as drawn up by Columbus [1502] being a facsimile of the frontispiece of the Paris codex, p. [7]

"The original Codex on vellum is written on both sides of the leaf, and is here reproduced in the same form, but is interleaved with corresponding pages of transliteration and translation." -- p. [9] (The translation, in gothic type, is enclosed by transliteration, in italic type)

Appended to the Codex are facsimiles of the autograph letters of Columbus to Oderigo, and to the Bank of St. George, and of the Decree of the Republic of Genoa, 1670.

Microfiche. Chicago : Library Resources, 1970. 1 microfiche ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of American civilization ; LAC 13607)

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