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357 - America – Mexico
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Estimate €800 - €1,200
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America – Mexico Solis y Ribadeneyra, Antonio de History of the Conquest of Mexico, or New Spain. Translated from the Spanish. 6th edition. With 12 (10 folded) copperplate plates and 2 folded maps. Paris, Villery 1691. 16 leaves, 630 pp., 13 leaves in 4° format. Contemporary cloth binding with roundel and gilt edging. (upper head and front joint damaged, slightly bumped and scuffed). Sabin 86475. Palau 318.66. Cf. Cox II, 239: ‘This was undoubtedly the most popular history of America that had then been written’. – First French edition and first printing. At the end of the preface, the addition: “Achevé d’imprimer pour la première fois, le vingt-deuxième jour de février mil six cents quatre-vingt-onze.” – The map shows Mexico by R. de Palmas, from the Gulf of Mexico to Oaxaca on the Pacific west coast, The plates are titled: Rivière de Panuco, otherwise known as Rio de Canoas; Isle de Cuba, Port St. Jacques; Vaisseaux de Cortez, damaged and run aground on his orders; Environs of Lake Mexico; A. Tezcuco; B. The main road. C. Quitlavaca. D. Iztacpalapa. E. Mexico. F. Aqueduct. G. Cuyoacan. H. Magiscatzingo. I. Cimameca. K. Suchimilco. L. Two further roads. The City of Mexico, The idol Viztzilipuztli, The Great Temple of Mexico, Dances known as Mitoles, An unnamed historical scene in which a Spanish soldier orders that an Aztec chieftain be chained and placed in irons, Battle in the Ottumba Valley, Battle between Cortez’s brigantines and the Mexicans’ canoes, Retreat of Guatimozin, captured by Holguin. – Only slightly browned or stained. A good copy. America. – Mexico. – First French edition and first printing. With 12 (10 folded) engraved plates and 2 folded maps. – Contemporary leather with spine label and spine gilding (with a small defect at the upper spine and front joint; minimally rubbed and bumped). - The map shows Mexico from R. de Palmas on the Gulf of Mexico to Oaxaca on the Pacific west coast. The plates are titled as listed above. - Only very slightly browned or stained. A good copy.
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