Ferdinand Columbus: Renaissance Collector

by Mark P. McDonald

Ferdinand Columbus, son of Christopher Columbus and author of the first published account of a voyage to the New World, was also the owner of one of the largest private libraries assembled during the Renaissance and the most important early collection of prints. Although the collection has vanished, about half of it has been reconstructed by Mark McDonald from information found in a detailed inventory that survives in Seville. This beautifully produced...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714126446
• ISBN13: 9780714126449
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: British Museum Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.4" x 11.6"