Description
Interesting and very good facsimile edition of the “Book of Prophecies”, by Christopher Columbus, produced in 1984 by the publisher Testimonio for its collection “Tabula Americae”, of which it is number 2, and whose original has been kept since the 16th century in the Capitular and Colombina Library of Seville.
Edition limited to 750 copies, numbered and certified with notarial act.
Facsimile bound in dry carved leather, spine with 5 nerves and gold title, plans with 4 metal nails in a pyramidal shape, format 22.5 x 30.7 cm. 160 pages on aged and mutilated paper, as found in the original manuscript.
Accompanied by a complementary study book (ISBN 9788486290023), bound in paperback with flaps and dust jacket with wide flaps, format 17 x 23.5 cm. 128 pages with previous study, translation and notes by D. Francisco Álvarez Seisdedos. Foreword by Francisco Morales Padrón.
Both books are presented in a beautiful case lined in suede leather, dry-worked. Format 25 x 33.5 x 5.5 cm.
Copy complete and in perfect condition.
The somewhat mysterious title of “Book of Prophecies” leads many to think that it is predictions made by Christopher Columbus. This is not the case; but his content is indeed a set of predictions made in the Holy Scriptures and that the Admiral believed he could relate to his mission. Columbus, a great reader of the Bible, extracted from it all the biblical references regarding the recovery of Jerusalem, the discoveries and conversion of islands, Tarsis and Ophir. It is a work born after the Discovery and is interesting for the knowledge of the intellectual personality of the Discoverer.
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