Histoire de la conquete du Mexique, ou la Nouvelle Espagne, par Fernand Cortez, traduite de l'espagnol... par l'auteur du Triumvirat [Samuel de Broé].
SOLIS Y RIBADENEIRA Antonio de (1704)
£450.00
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2 volumes 12mo (170 x 93mm.) [36], 412, [20]; [12], 380 (=379), [33 ], last leaf blank, engraved map and plates (some folding), contemporary calf, gilt spines
Paris: Compagnie des libraires,
Antonio de Solis was a Spanish royal servant, dramatist, translator and historian of great renown, whose Historia de la conquista de México, población y progresos de la América septentrional, conocida por el nombre de Nueva España was first published in Madrid in folio in 1684. This translation was first published in 1691 in Paris and several times reprinted, receiving in its numerous editions a wide diffusion.
A very nice copy.
Provenance: Macclesfield North Library 67. F. 15-16 (old pressmark Study D viii 27-28); price paid 8 shillings (reduced from 9).
Stock Code: 67940
