Click the images below for bigger versions: Irving, Washington (1783-1859),
Autograph Manuscript, portion of his History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus
octavo, one page, on recto only, no date, the work was published in 1828
the text concerns the line of demarcation and method of apportioning newly discovered territories between Spain and Portugal. The page is numbered 193 and contains twenty-five lines of text, with the author's occasional corrections and changes. Mounted on a larger sheet, extracted from a volume of the "Autograph Edition," of Irving's works, published in 1895. In fine clean condition.