Description: The Voyage of The Venetian Brothers, Nicolo & Antonio Zeno, To The Northern Seas, In The XIV Century, Comprising The Latest Known Accounts of The Lost Colony of Greenland; And Of The Northmen in America Befor Columbus. Translated and Edited, With Notes and An Introduction. Author: Major, Richard Henry (October 3, 1818 - June 25, 1891) 8vo.(5.375" x 8.75") 1873. Major, Richard Henry. London. Printed for The Hakluyt Society. Full light blue publishers cloth with ornate blidstamp rule and corners framing boards, upper with gilt sailing ship centered to board, rear in blindstamp. Spine with blindstamp rule creating five compartments, gilt title to second compartment, gilt Publisher towards foot, gilt year at foot of spine. Semi-erased gilt inscription to half-title page. Several signatures not fully attached, hinges cracked internally, creating an uneven textblock (see pic). Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed, spine sun-faded, covers stained. Still, a decent, scarce copy of this book. From the Web: The Voyages of the Venetian Brothers, Nicolò and Antonio Zeno, to the Northern Seas in the XIVth Century is a book that describes a voyage made by the Zeno brothers in the 1390s. A Hakluyt Society publication of the Zeno voyages. The Zeno brothers were Italian aristocrats whose letters and map, which were published after their deaths, describe a voyage through the North Atlantic at the close of the 14th century. The voyage has been controversially regarded as a hoax by some historians and this publication is an attempt to validate the brothers' account. With a facsimile reproduction of the famous map which accompanied the publication of the first edition of the Zeno narrative in 1558. From Wiki: Richard Henry Major (October 3, 1818 - June 25, 1891) was a geographer and map librarian who curated the map collection of the British Museum from 1844 until his retirement in 1880. In 1854 he was elected fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and was active in it for the next twenty years. He also became a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 1845, where he was honorary secretary from 1866 to 1881 and vice-president between 1881 and 1884. From 1849 until 1858, he was the Secretary of the Hakluyt Society. He was appointed keeper of the newly created department of maps and charts in the British Museum in 1867. We are currently putting all 5000+ titles online, but if there is a specific title you are looking for, please reach out to sidekerbookselleratgmail.com, we may just have it! Free shipping via USPS for United State purchaser within the continental U.S., International shipping determined using USPS Priority Express, DHL, FedEx, or Parcel Monkey. Sonny Ideker Bookseller is located within City Antiques in Historic Roswell, Georgia at 700 Holcomb Bridge Road, Roswell, GA. 30076. We would love to have you visit or email us at sidekerbookselleratgmail.com for specific wants or needs, thanks! Find Us On: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Sonny-Ideker-Bookseller-Rare-Antiquarian-Leather-Vellum-Bound-Books-100068669041560/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SonnyIdekerBookseller/about Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sonny_ideker_bookseller Flickr: https://flic.kr/ps/2v6pn4 Website: https://sonnyideker.weebly.com/ Antique Books, Old Leather Book, Old Vellum Book, Decorative Binding, Antiquarian Book, Vintage decorative, Ancient Leather, Rare Books, Decorative Books, Decorative Leather, Beautiful Decorative Book That Rare Book Guy Sonny Ideker City Antiques & Interior Arts Georgia Antiquarian Booksellers Association Colette French Pastries
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