SIMON, Pedro Antonio (c.1560-c.1630). Primera parte de las Noticias historiales de las Conquistas de tierra firme en las Indias. Cuenca: Domingo de la Iglesia, 1637 [Colophon: 1627].

SIMON, Pedro Antonio (c.1560-c.1630). Primera parte de las Noticias historiales de las Conquistas de tierra firme en las Indias. Cuenca: Domingo de la Iglesia, 1637 [Colophon: 1627].

The first edition of a rare history of the Muisca people of South America—according to ABPC and RBH, the last appearance at auction was an incomplete copy in 1980. The Flemish historian Pedro Simon was sent as a missionary to New Granada. This work documents the histories of the tribes of the Cundinamarca region, including now extinct dialects of the Chibchan languages. The second part of his treatise was not printed until the 19th century. JCB II, 209; Palau VI, 519; Sabin 81286.

Folio (272 x 188mm). Woodcut title device, woodcut initials and ornaments (frontispiece supplied in facsimile; dampstained, several repaired tears reaching into the text). 19th-century red morocco gilt, edges gilt (front hinge loose).

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PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR IN ARGENTINA