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Pizarro y Orellana, Fernando. Varones ilustres del nuevo mundo. Descubridores,conquistadores, y pacificadores del opulento, dilatado,y poderoso imperio, de las Indias Occidentales: sus vidas, virtud,valor, hazañas,y claros blasones con un discurso legal de la obligacion, que tienen los reyes a premiar los servicios de sus vasallos .ò en sus descendientes . Madrid, Diego Diaz de la Carrera,1639. Folio. [18]f + 427 (misnumbered 417) + [1 blank] + 72p + [16]f of index. Typographical ornaments. Contemporary vellum. First edition of this account of the lives and achievements of the great discoverers and conquerors of Spanish America including Christopher Columbus, Alonso de Ojeda, Hernán Cortés, Francisco & Juan Pizarro, Diego de Almagro, Hernán & Gonzalo Pizarro, and Diego García de Paredes, partly based on sources now lost and containing matter not found elsewhere. The author, a descendant of Francisco Pizarro, compiled this work on the glories of the conquest in order to claim grants and rights which he considers his due by lawful inheritance. In his last chapter Discurso legal y politico (72p), he petitions the dedicatee, King Philip IV of Spain, to honour the promise made by the Emperor Charles V to Francisco Pizarro to grant him and his descendants the services of 20,000 feudal vassals and the hereditary title of Marquess as a reward for his conquest of Peru. A very good copy, rare with the half-title and encomium-leaf preceding the title, from the collection of the noted Argentine explorer and historian Francisco P. Moreno (1819-1919) with his library stamp on first page of introduction; engraved bookplate of Thomas Stewart Trail M. D. Alden & Landis 639/93; JCB (3) II, 276; Leclerc 452; Medina BHA 999; Palau 227687; Sabin 63189; Salvá 63189. Seller Inventory # 5801
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