Collation of original: 4 leaves.

Black letter. Initials; 40 lines in a full page. Triangle, with explanatory words, at head of last leaf.

At head of text: Albericus vespucius Laurentio Petri de medicis salutem plurimam dicit.

At end: Ex italica in latinam linguam iocũdus interpres hãc epistolam vertit vt latinioẽs intelligant q̈[ue] multa mirãda in dies reperiant̃, [et] eo[rum] comprimatur audacia qui celũ et maiestatem scrutari et plus sapere q̈[ue] liceat sapere volunt: quando tanto tempore quo mundus cepit ignota sit vastitas terre [et] que contineãtur in ea. Laus deo.

For desription of the work cf. Harrisse, Bibl. amer. vetus., no. 22. For place and date of publication, cf. Vignaud, Americ Vespuce ... p. 8, no. 1.

Originally published: [Augsburg, 1504].

Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.

Sabin no. 99329.

Americana series : photostat reproductions by the Massachusetts Historical Society ; no. 18

Discoveries in geography > Early works to 1800.

America > Discovery and exploration > Early works to 1800.