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ANTONIO DE HERRERA Y TORDESILLAS (1559-1625)
Historia General de los Castellanos en las Islas i Tierra firme del Mar Oceano, escrita por... Coronista mayor de S.M de las Indias... Madrid, Imprenta Real, 1726-1730. 8 decades and the "Descripción de las Indias Occidentales" bound in 4 volumes. folio (30 x 21cm),nine engraved titles, 14 engraved maps. (Some worming to inner and lower margins). Contemporary figured sheep with red labels, spines gilt (somewhat rubbed and wormed, some wear to extremities).
Third Spanish edition. An essential work for the study of the Discovery, Conquest and Colonization of America, preferred in the third edition because it was compiled, amended and enlarged by Andres Gonzalez Barcia with the addition of the Tabla General de cosas notables bound at the end of volume IV. The "Descripción de las Indias Occidentales" is in volume I, with a different engraved title and separate foliation; it includes 14 maps of the American coasts, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific, Philippines, Moluccas Islands and Japan. Medina 2580; Sabin 31546; Palau 114287.
Historia General de los Castellanos en las Islas i Tierra firme del Mar Oceano, escrita por... Coronista mayor de S.M de las Indias... Madrid, Imprenta Real, 1726-1730. 8 decades and the "Descripción de las Indias Occidentales" bound in 4 volumes. folio (30 x 21cm),nine engraved titles, 14 engraved maps. (Some worming to inner and lower margins). Contemporary figured sheep with red labels, spines gilt (somewhat rubbed and wormed, some wear to extremities).
Third Spanish edition. An essential work for the study of the Discovery, Conquest and Colonization of America, preferred in the third edition because it was compiled, amended and enlarged by Andres Gonzalez Barcia with the addition of the Tabla General de cosas notables bound at the end of volume IV. The "Descripción de las Indias Occidentales" is in volume I, with a different engraved title and separate foliation; it includes 14 maps of the American coasts, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific, Philippines, Moluccas Islands and Japan. Medina 2580; Sabin 31546; Palau 114287.