1783-1784. BOOK: (HISTORY-MEXICO). SOLIS, ANTONIO DE: HISTORY OF...
1783-1784. BOOK: (HISTORY-MEXICO). SOLIS, ANTONIO DE: HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO, POPULATION AND PROGRESS OF NORTHERN AMERICA, KNOWN AS NEW SPAIN. Madrid: Imp. Antonio de Sancha, 1783-1784. 2 vol. in 4º. I: VIII p. + 489 p. + 4 h. and 14 engravings plus a folded map. One of the engravings is a portrait of Hernán Cortés as a front and another is a portrait of A. de Solís. II: 2 h. + VIII p. + 460 p. + 12 engraved plates and a folded map. All the prints by Moreno Tejada and drawn by Ximeno. Good paper, wide margins, marginal notes. Two vol. in the original Spanish paste enc., with golden threads in both planes, edges and eyebrows, nerves, double tejuelo and curdled lomera. A good copy of the most famous work ever written about the conquest of America. Antonio de Solis was the chief chronicler of the Indies as well as Secretary of State to Philip IV. Palau 318623. Salvá, 3734.
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1783-1784. BOOK: (HISTORY-MEXICO). SOLIS, ANTONIO DE: HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO, POPULATION AND PROGRESS OF NORTHERN AMERICA, KNOWN AS NEW SPAIN. Madrid: Imp. Antonio de Sancha, 1783-1784. 2 vol. in 4º. I: VIII p. + 489 p. + 4 h. and 14 engravings plus a folded map. One of the engravings is a portrait of Hernán Cortés as a front and another is a portrait of A. de Solís. II: 2 h. + VIII p. + 460 p. + 12 engraved plates and a folded map. All the prints by Moreno Tejada and drawn by Ximeno. Good paper, wide margins, marginal notes. Two vol. in the original Spanish paste enc., with golden threads in both planes, edges and eyebrows, nerves, double tejuelo and curdled lomera. A good copy of the most famous work ever written about the conquest of America. Antonio de Solis was the chief chronicler of the Indies as well as Secretary of State to Philip IV. Palau 318623. Salvá, 3734.
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