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SOLÍS, Antonio de (1610-86). Istoria della conquista del Messico, della popolazione, e de' progressi nell'America settentrionale. Florence: G.F. Cecchi, 1699. 4° (262 x 203mm). Half-title, engraved frontispiece portrait of the author by Benedetto Farjat after Gioseppe Passari, vignette on title, 2 engraved portraits, head- and tailpieces. (Small hole in half-title, some, mainly marginal, light spotting or soiling.) 18th-century red morooco gilt, wide floral and foliate border on sides incorporating an acorn at centre of each side, spine with contrasting lettering-piece, decorated gilt in compartments, gilt and line gauffered edges with painted floral decoration (rubbed, with a few scuff marks, 3 small wormholes in spine).
SOLÍS, Antonio de (1610-86). Istoria della conquista del Messico, della popolazione, e de' progressi nell'America settentrionale. Florence: G.F. Cecchi, 1699. 4° (262 x 203mm). Half-title, engraved frontispiece portrait of the author by Benedetto Farjat after Gioseppe Passari, vignette on title, 2 engraved portraits, head- and tailpieces. (Small hole in half-title, some, mainly marginal, light spotting or soiling.) 18th-century red morooco gilt, wide floral and foliate border on sides incorporating an acorn at centre of each side, spine with contrasting lettering-piece, decorated gilt in compartments, gilt and line gauffered edges with painted floral decoration (rubbed, with a few scuff marks, 3 small wormholes in spine).

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SOLÍS, Antonio de (1610-86). Istoria della conquista del Messico, della popolazione, e de' progressi nell'America settentrionale. Florence: G.F. Cecchi, 1699. 4° (262 x 203mm). Half-title, engraved frontispiece portrait of the author by Benedetto Farjat after Gioseppe Passari, vignette on title, 2 engraved portraits, head- and tailpieces. (Small hole in half-title, some, mainly marginal, light spotting or soiling.) 18th-century red morooco gilt, wide floral and foliate border on sides incorporating an acorn at centre of each side, spine with contrasting lettering-piece, decorated gilt in compartments, gilt and line gauffered edges with painted floral decoration (rubbed, with a few scuff marks, 3 small wormholes in spine).

FIRST EDITION IN ITALIAN of this classic history of the conquest of Mexico by the Spanish under Hernando Cortés in 1520, translated from the Spanish by Filippo Corsini. Gamba 2092; Palau XXI, 318688; Sabin 86486.

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