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THE EARLIEST DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS ON AMERICA, THE PAPAL BULLS OF 1493 AND THE TREATY OF TORDESILLAS REPRODUCED AND TRANSLATED.
Gottschalk, Paul
With Historical Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Paul Gottschalk.
172 copies printed of which 150 are for sale. This volume is an examination and translation of the Bulls of Pope Alexander VI issued in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. They are the earliest documents relating to the diplomatic history of America. With a preface, an historical introduction, an examination of the papal bulls, and a discussion of international and maritime law and colonization. Latin text with English translations. 130 black-and-white plates of documents and registers and maps dispersed throughout. With a bibliographical list and a selected list of maps. Soiling to vellum. Cloth curled away from vellum slightly on front cover, corners bumped with minor wear to extremities.
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THE MILL AND US.
by Garrett, Florence Rome
First edition. One of 450 copies printed by this private press of which this is one of 25 copies to be in a special binding and contains a specimen of paper made at the mill. A charming essay about the joys and pitfalls of starting a papermaking mill. The book is illustrated by Elmer Garrett. Presentation on the half-title. Loosely inserted is a prospectus to the book, a signed poem by Garrett, a large newspaper clipping giving us history of the mill and two newspaper clippings listing the sale price of the mill.
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