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HERRERA, Antonio de (1559-1625). Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos en las islas y tierra firme del mar oceano. Madrid: Imprenta Real, 1730-1726-1730.
8 decades and the "Descripcion de las Indias Occidentales" bound in 5 volumes, 2o (297 x 204 mm). 9 engraved titles, and 14 engraved folding maps. (M2 in the second decade torn, a few minor stains or reapirs.) 19th-century tree sheep, each spine with two black morocco labels (wear to one spine label).
Second Spanish edition, with the "Descripcion" and the "Tabla" bound together as the fifth volume. A highly important collection of Spanish narratives of exploration and conquest, drawing on some sources no longer extant. An essential work for the study of the discovery, conquest and colonization of America, preferred in the second 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 "Descripcion 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, and the engraved titles are divided in 10 to 14 compartments depicting different scenes from the conquest by the Spaniards, or portraits.
The accounts of Cabeza de Vaca, Coronado, Cabrillo, De Soto, and others, cover areas of the present United States. "There are copies of this edition dated 1727, 1728, 1729 and 1730, which are all alike except as the date-the work not having been completed till that year-the publishers changing the dates as circumstances suggested" (Sabin). Herrera was royal historiographer to Philip II, III and IV of Spain and had privileged access to the archives; his ambitious and comprehensive compilation was first in Madrid, 1601-1615. Alden & Landis 733/118; Borba de Moraes I:399-400 (1st edition); Hill 805 Palau 114287; Sabin 31546; Wagner Spanish Southwest 2l. (5)
8 decades and the "Descripcion de las Indias Occidentales" bound in 5 volumes, 2o (297 x 204 mm). 9 engraved titles, and 14 engraved folding maps. (M2 in the second decade torn, a few minor stains or reapirs.) 19th-century tree sheep, each spine with two black morocco labels (wear to one spine label).
Second Spanish edition, with the "Descripcion" and the "Tabla" bound together as the fifth volume. A highly important collection of Spanish narratives of exploration and conquest, drawing on some sources no longer extant. An essential work for the study of the discovery, conquest and colonization of America, preferred in the second 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 "Descripcion 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, and the engraved titles are divided in 10 to 14 compartments depicting different scenes from the conquest by the Spaniards, or portraits.
The accounts of Cabeza de Vaca, Coronado, Cabrillo, De Soto, and others, cover areas of the present United States. "There are copies of this edition dated 1727, 1728, 1729 and 1730, which are all alike except as the date-the work not having been completed till that year-the publishers changing the dates as circumstances suggested" (Sabin). Herrera was royal historiographer to Philip II, III and IV of Spain and had privileged access to the archives; his ambitious and comprehensive compilation was first in Madrid, 1601-1615. Alden & Landis 733/118; Borba de Moraes I:399-400 (1st edition); Hill 805 Palau 114287; Sabin 31546; Wagner Spanish Southwest 2l. (5)