The History of the Discovery and Conquest of the Canary Islands

£1,250 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

Divided into three parts, the first is Glas’s translation of Juan de Abreu Galindo’s manuscript concerning the voyage of John de Betancourt; the second, is an ethnography of the indigenous population and their language; the third, a description of the archipelago.Bearing the bookplate of Charles Hope Weir, the Scottish politician. Sabin 79; Gay 2946.

• Binding: Hardcover

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