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ACOSTA, José de (c.1539-1600). Historia natural y moral de las Indias. Barcelona: Jayme Cendrat, 1591. 8° (148 x 100mm). (Title repaired in the margins, title and first two gatherings browned, some mostly marginal repairs but sometimes touching a few letters as at E3 and gathering Vv, some bifolia from gatherings I and L transposed.) 20th-century crushed morocco, the spine and sides with a semé of fleur-de-lys, gilt edges, marbled endpapers. Provenance: purchased from José Porter, 1957.
Second edition in Castilian. Acosta is 'one of the first Europeans to provide a detailed image of the physical and human geography of Latin America' (DSB). First published in Latin in 1588, and in Spanish in 1590 (see previous lot). Palau I, 1980, noting that the supposed 1591 Seville edition is probably a ghost.
Second edition in Castilian. Acosta is 'one of the first Europeans to provide a detailed image of the physical and human geography of Latin America' (DSB). First published in Latin in 1588, and in Spanish in 1590 (see previous lot). Palau I, 1980, noting that the supposed 1591 Seville edition is probably a ghost.