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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)
 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 and study book in Spanish.
-Specially manufactured laid paper.
-Study in Spanish: author not yet determined. Included in Bibliofilia Antigua
VII.
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