The History of the Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards

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Author: Solis y Ribadeneyra, Antonio de (1610-1686) Year: 1738 Publisher: Printed for T Woodward Place: London Description: 2 volumes. x+479 pages with foldout frontispiece portrait of Hernan Cortez, four foldout plates and two fold out maps. xii+475+[1 ad] pages with two foldout plates. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original full leather with with gilt fillet borders on covers, the spine in six compartments separated by six raised bands, black morocco gilt lettering piece in one and the rest gilt-ruled (Field 1465, Sabin 86490, Palau: VI 530) First octavo edition. Originally published in Spanish in 1684, the first English edition was published in 1724. In 1661 Antonio de Solis was appointed to succeed Antonio de Leon Pinelo as chronicler of the Indies. He was a native of Alcala and had studied classics, philosophy, and laws there and in Salamanca. He served as secretary to the Conde de Oropesa and, after 1654, as Oficial of the first Secretariat of State. His writings prior to his appointment as chronicler were of a literary nature, principally dramatic and poetic. His work as chronicler showed the influence of his literary background. He at first intended to write a continuation of Herrera's Historia . In preparing himself for this he found a prejudice in the works of foreigners and his own nation that he decided to rewrite the story of the conquest of Mexico, which he found most in need of revision. His work, therefore, was affected by two elements which damaged its hi

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