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De nuper sub D. Carolo repertis insulis, simulq[ue] incolarum moribus, R. Petri Martyris, enchiridion

Anghiera, Pietro Martire d', 1457-1526 · 1521 · Basileae, : [A. Petri] · 2 pictures

A 1521 Basel printing of Peter Martyr d'Anghiera's Latin account of recently discovered islands and their inhabitants, issued for a scholarly readership of Latin-reading humanists. The first picture is a historiated initial E with figures and foliage in a woodcut style, and the second is a title page framed by woodcut borders of putti, grotesque masks, and a column with a hanging ornament.

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