Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos en las Islas y Tierra Firme del Mar Oceano,

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Escrita por Antonio de Herrera coronista mayor de Sv Md. de las Indias y sv coronista de Castilla. En quatro decades desde al año de 1492 hasta el de 531. Decada primera al rey Nuro Señor. Madrid : Officina Real de Nicolas Rodriguez Franco, 1726 1730. Eight volumes (decades) bound in five, with the compendious Tabla General de cosas notables bound at the end of the last volume, modern half-calf over marbled papered boards, new endpapers, engraved title pages, collation below, lacking some of the dedication leaves, internally clean, a good set. Vol. 1: Engraved title page dated 1730 for the Decada Primera , light foxing and small loss to right margin, 16 unnumbered leaves (of 19, lacking three leaves directions to the reader El Impresor ), 78 pages (lacking pp. 67-70); engraved title page dated 1730 for Descripción de las Indias Ocidentales , 2 preliminary leaves, 292 pages; and 14 folding engraved maps. Vol. 2 : Engraved title page dated 1726 for the Decada Segunda , light foxing and small loss to lower right corner, 2 unnumbered leaves, pp. 288; engraved title page dated 1726 for the Decada Tercera , staining and small loss to lower right corner, lacking the printed dedication leaf, pp. 296 (p, 17 misnumbered 19), final leaf foxed, small water stain to corner edges of final few leaves. Vol. 3 : Engraved title page dated 1730 for the Decada Quarta , light foxing and small loss to lower right corner, 2 unnumbered leaves, pp. 232; engraved title page dated 1728 for the Decada Q

• Binding: Hardcover

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