Note 42 — INTRODUCTION.

This book was privately printed (ninety-five copies) for Mr. S. L. M. Barlow, of New York. It has thrice, at least, occurred in sales (Menzies, no. 894,—$57.50; J. J. Cooke, vol. iii. no. 580; Brinley, no. 17). It is an extremely valuable key to the documentary and printed references on Columbus’ career. To a very small number (nine) of a separate issue of the portion relating to the letters of Columbus, a new Preface was added in 1865. Cf. Ernest Desjardin’s Rapport sur les deux ouvrages de bibliographie Américaine de M. Henri Harrisse (Paris, 1867, p. 8), extracted from the Bullétin de la Société de Géographie. The article on Columbus in Sabin’s Dictionary (iv. 274, etc.) is based on Harrisse, with revisions. Cf. references in H. H. Bancroft, Central America, i. 238; Saint-Martin, Histoire de la géographie (1873), p. 319; F. G. Cancellieri’s Dessertazioni epistolari bibliografiche sopra Colombo, etc. (Rome, 1809).