Lot 1572 , De Solis, Don Antonio - Historia de la Conquista de Mexico, poblacion, y progressos de la America Septentrional, conocida por el nombre de Nueva Espana ... nueva edicion ... y anmetada con la Vida de Autor, que escrivio

° De Solis, Don Antonio - Historia de la Conquista de Mexico, poblacion, y progressos de la America Septentrional, conocida por el nombre de Nueva Espana ... nueva edicion ... y anmetada con la Vida de Autor, que escrivio Don Juan de Goyeneche. title in red and black with engraved pictorial device, 2 maps, 2 folded panoramas, 8 folded views and 2 other plates, vignette engravings, head and tailpiece decorations, decorated initial letters; contemp. calf with gilt decorated and panelled spine, 4to. Antwerp: en Casa de Juan Bautista Verdussen, 1704. *first published Madrid, 1684; the Antwerp edition is uncommon, an English translation followed in 1724
£300-400

Condition:
Some leather wear, esp. head of spine and upper joint, e/ps. browning and stains, other foxing (some marked) elsewhere, but on plates mostly marginal, 1 corner tear (marginal) and 1 tear (repaired) also marginal; d-col. printing and column numbering, i.e.. title and (9) ff. prelims., 603 cols. text, 26 cols. index and 3ff. approbacion etc.