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Contemporary manuscript copy of his letter : Cochin, to Giuliano de'Medici, 1515 Jan. 6.

BIB_ID
108202
Accession number
MA 175
Creator
Corsali, Andrea, b. 1487.
Display Date
1515 Jan. 6.
Description
1 item (26 p. on 14 leaves)
Notes
There are copies of this letter in the Mitchell Library (State Library of New South Wales), the British Library, and the Seminario Vescovile di Padova.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Anchor in circle.
Provenance
With bookplate of the Marquis d'Adda (Gerolamo d'Adda). Acquired by J. Pierpont Morgan from the Florentine dealer De Marinis, 1909. (Incorrect notes on old catalog card and in volume indicate that Morgan acquired the manuscript from Imbert.)
Summary
Describing Corsali's voyage from Lisbon to Cochin and including a drawing of the Southern Cross.
Housed in
Marbled paper covered boards (likely 19th-century).