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Facsimile reproduction from 1993 by the publisher Testimonio of the Testament of Hernando Colón, original from the 16th century preserved in the General Archive of the Indies, in Seville. What is most interesting is the choice of burial in the Cathedral of Seville and the meticulous measures that have to be taken for the maintenance of his library and his revolutionary archives.
Numbered edition, limited to 980 copies certified by the publisher. Facsimile beautifully bound in dry-embossed leather, format 23.3 x 33.3 cm. 50 pages. Complementary volume with study and transcription by José Manuel Ruiz Asencio.
Hernando, or Fernando, Colón y Enríquez de Arana (1488-1539) was a Spanish bibliographer and cosmographer, son of Christopher Columbus and brother of Diego Colón. He accompanied his father on the fourth trip to America and later his brother Diego and wrote the “History of the Admiral” in honor of his father. Hernando Colón owned the most important library of his time with more than 15,000 volumes.
Complete copy and in perfect condition, new, unused.
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