ERCILLA Y ZUNIGA, Alonso de. La Araucana, Madrid: D. Antonio de Sancha, 1776, 2 volumes, 8°, engraved portrait, folding map of Chile and 3 plates (occasional light browning), contemporary calf, spines gilt (lightly rubbed). [Palau 80425: "Bella edición"; Sabin 22725: "'the best edition'"] (2)

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ERCILLA Y ZUNIGA, Alonso de. La Araucana, Madrid: D. Antonio de Sancha, 1776, 2 volumes, 8°, engraved portrait, folding map of Chile and 3 plates (occasional light browning), contemporary calf, spines gilt (lightly rubbed). [Palau 80425: "Bella edición"; Sabin 22725: "'the best edition'"] (2)

Provenance

John Hely Hutchinson, armorial bookplate and signature on half title dated 1824, Paris. Presented by Mrs Margaret Hely-Hutchinson to Lord Donoughmore.

Lot Essay

Epic poem on the conquest of Chile by a member of the victorious Spanish expedition in the reign of Phillip II; a later printing by Antonio de Sancha, the foremost Spanish publisher of the 18th century.

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