In laudem Serenissimi Ferdinandi, Hispania[rum] Regis, Bethicae & regni Granatae obsidio victoria & triu[m]phus. Et De insulis in Mari Indico nuper inuentis.

Woodcut portrait on t.p.: Fernandus Rex Hispania[rum].Imprint from colophon of Verardi title (p. [57]): 1494 Nihil sine causa, I.B.Includes an "uncorrected" edition of the Columbus letter, omitting Isabella in the opening statement.Signatures: 2a-2c* 2d-2e¡.Goff V-125Hain-Copinger 15942BM 15th cent., III, p. 794 (IA.37918)Church, E.D. Discovery, 8Sabin 98923Palau y Dulcet (2. ed.) 359185 (v. 26, p. 146)"De insulis nuper in Mari Indico nuper repertis" (Leandro di Cosco's Latin translation of Columbus's letter to Raphael Sánchez concerning his discovery of America): pp. [58]-[72].LC Copy 1 (Vollbehr provenance) in blind-stamped half leather over boards; clasp; ms. on vellum tipped in; untrimmed. DL