The History of the Conquest of Mexico

by the Spaniards. Done into English from the Original...by Thomas Townsend by Antonio de Solis, – Thomas Townstend

$1,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition in English. Portrait frontispiece of Hernan Cortes, 8 engraved maps and plates most folding . Elaborate woodcut devices, headpieces, and historiated initials. 18 , 163, 1 , 252, 152pp. 1 vols. Small Folio. Modern brown panelled calf. Inked library stamps to title-page and plates Peabody Institute , repairs to title-page to voids from signature removal without loss to text. European Americana 724/165; Sabin 86487; Palau 318693; Medina, BHA

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