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ACOSTA, JOSE DE. The Naturall and Morall Historie of the East and West Indies...translated into English by E. G [? Edward Grimeston]. London: Val. Sims for Edward Blount and William Aspley 1604. Small 4to, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, worn, upper cover detached, occasional light marginal foxing, pale dampstaining to quire Cc. First Edition in English, with the first leaf blank except for signature and with final blank leaf, woodcut head-pieces and initials.
"The Spanish Jesuit Acosta's account of Peru and Mexico...was the most convincing, detailed, and reliable account of the riches and new things of America...Consequently his work opened the eyes of the rest of Europe to the great wealth that Spain was drawing from America. Eventually Spain grew more secretive in these matters"--Hill, p. 3; STC 94; Sabin 131; Palau 1996; Church 308.
"The Spanish Jesuit Acosta's account of Peru and Mexico...was the most convincing, detailed, and reliable account of the riches and new things of America...Consequently his work opened the eyes of the rest of Europe to the great wealth that Spain was drawing from America. Eventually Spain grew more secretive in these matters"--Hill, p. 3; STC 94; Sabin 131; Palau 1996; Church 308.