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ACOSTA (José d') Paris, Marc Orry, 1606.
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ACOSTA (José d') Paris, Marc Orry, 1606.
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Estimate €1,000 - €1,500
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Description
ACOSTA (José d')
Paris, Marc Orry, 1606.
Histoire naturelle et moralle des Indes, tant Orientalles qu'Occidentalles. Où il est traicté des choses remarquables du Ciel, des Elemens, Metaux, Plantes & Animaux qui sont propres de ces païs.
Pet. in-8 (17,8 × 10,8 cm), soft muted parchment, traces of laces (contemporary binding).
[8] pages for the title (verso blank), the epistle to the king, the warning, the poems and the excerpt from the privilege, 375 pages, [17] pages of table. Wood-engraved lettering and bands. Third edition of this French translation.
The Spanish Jesuit and naturalist José d'Acosta, born in Medina del Campo around 1539, died in Salamanca on 15 February 1600. He was sent to the West Indies as second provincial of the Jesuit order in Peru and worked ardently for the conversion of the Indians.
His Histoire naturelle et morale des Indes (Natural and Moral History of the Indies), his most important book, was a great success and was translated into many languages (last Spanish edition in 1792). Binding a little worn, stain at the head, weak solidarity of the body of the book and the cover. Fair inside.
Provenance
- A. de Lancy (?) Canon Laudun (handwritten bookplate, dated 1626).
- Duchesse de Berry (ex-libris of the Château de Rosny, with the motto "la Solitude").
- Paul Lebaudy (bookplate).
Bibliography
Sabin, n° 125. Leclerc, no. 10. Sommervogel, I, 36; Boucher de la Richarderie, I, p. 276 (editions of 1600 and 1619). Chadenat, no. 5487.
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