ÁLVAREZ CHANCA, DIEGO.

Tractatus de fascinatione
(on the title page: Libro del ojo).

ÁLVAREZ CHANCA, DIEGO.

Tractatus de fascinatione (on the title page: Libro del ojo). Printer: Pedro Brun. Seville, 1499. Size: 4º. 20 leaves (40 pages). ISBN: 84-87988-62-8

This is the famous "Libro del Ojo", as it appears on the title page of the volume, by the physician to the Catholic Monarchs, Diego Álvarez Chanca of Seville, who accompanied Columbus on his second journey and was very briefly quoted by Nicolás Antonio. This edition was unknown to Konrad Haebler and does not appear in the Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke. Particularly noteworthy are the ornamental borders at the start of the text which depict insects and other animals interwoven with stems and flowers.

-Our edition: Valencia, 1999. Coedited with the Lázaro Galdiano Foundation Library.
-An edition of 3,000 copies, numbered and signed by public notary, and personally signed by the printer-editor.
-Binding: Parchment upon wooden board.
-Fabric-covered presentation case with gold tooled leather spine containing the facsimile.
-Specially manufactured laid paper.
-Optional: Study in Spanish: author not yet determined. Included in Bibliofilia Antigua VII.