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Historia de la conquista de Mexico, poblacion, y progressos de la America Septentrional conocida por el nombre de Nueva Espana. First edition.
Solis y Ribadeneira, Antonio de (1610-1686); Theod. Ardeman inv; IF Leonardo sculp.artists of frontispiece.
Published by Madrid : en la imprenta de Bernardo de Villa-Diego., 1684
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Add to basketCondition: Good. Small folio. 19 x 28cm. Contemory vellum covers with new goatskin spine by the artisan binder, Sasha Mosalov. [34], 548, [8]pp. ; last 4 leaves of index at end lacking.First edition of Solís y Rivadeneira's account of Cortez's conquest in Mexico; containing the often missing engraved frontispiece, lacking the la…st four leaves; frontispiece heavily repaired, with tear on bottom edge affecting author's name; water stains mainly in the margins. Inscriptions of ownership to free endpapers dated 1812 and title page.References: Palau 318602 - Sabin 86446 - European Americana 684/167 - Brunet, V, col. 430 - Medina, BHA, 1773 - Chadenat, I, 984 -Hoefer, XLIV, col. 155.First edition of the famous story of the conquest of Mexico, both drama and saga, by one of the great Spanish Baroque authors.Edición original de la famosa historia de la conquista de México, a la vez drama y epopeya, escrita por uno de los grandes autores del barroco español.Ejemplar con encuadernación en pergamino de época.en las portadas.[Sabin 86446] Madrid: Bernardo de Villa-Diego, Impressor de su Magestad, 1684.
