La Historia del Mondo Nuovo

by Girolamo Benzoni

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8vo. 4 179, 1 ff., including author portrait and 18 half-page woodcuts. Bound in contemporary limp vellum with title inked on spine, hinges fragile, later endpapers, leaf 103 with repaired marginal tear. Some worming and staining to binding, some spotting, occasional foxing; several early ownership inscriptions scored on title; generally very good. Scarce first complete edition with 19 woodcuts of the second printed work devoted to the customs of the

• Binding: Leather

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