[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce 1st ed. of "Historia de la Conquista de Mexico." Madrid: 1684

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(MEXICO) Solis y Ribadeneyra, Antonio de. HISTORIA DE LA CONQUISTA DE MEXICO, Poblacion, y Progressos de la America Septentrional, Conocida por el Nombre de Nueva Espana. Madrid: Bernardo de Villa-Diego. 1684. Folio. (32),548,(16)pp. Double column text. Index. With the fine added engraved title. Later full vellum (18th-19th century), red morocco spine label. A very attractive clean copy.       $7,500.00 (trade discount allowed)

The first edition of this important account of the conquest of Mexico by Cortez, written by Spain?s “Official Chronicler of the Indies,” Antonio de Solis (1610-1686). It is considered to be “a Spanish prose classic” (11th edition Britannica) and has been extensively reprinted and translated. The first edition of 1684 has become quite scarce, with only 2 auction appearances in the past 10 years. See Sabin 86446. Palau 318602 .
 

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