[Rarebooks] FS: DISCOVERY AND CONQUEST OF MEXICO with Fine Color Plates by Miguel Covarrubias

[Charles Agvent]

DIAZ DEL CASTILLO, Bernal (COVARRUBIAS, Miguel). THE DISCOVERY AND 
CONQUEST OF MEXICO, 1517-1521. Mexico: Limited Editions Club, 1942. 
Quarto (9" x 12-1/2") bound in Mexican hand-marbled sheepskin with 
leather spine labels stamped in gold. Printed in Mexico City by Rafael 
Loera y Chavez. Edited from the only exact copy of the original 
manuscript by Genaro Garcia, translated by A. D. Maudslay, and with a 
new introduction by Harry Block. Illustrated with striking color plates 
by Miguel Covarrubias. Copy #845 of 1500 SIGNED by the printer, the 
editor, and the illustrator on the colophon page. Spine darkened with a 
few light scratches. Very Good in a Good slipcase with a split at the 
bottom edge. (#018303)        $200.00

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