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(EARLY EXPLORATION.) Torquemada, Juan de.
Primera [-segunda,
-tercera] parte de los veinte i un libros rituales i monarchia indiana.
Folding map,
3 engraved title pages. [38], 768, [71]; [12], 623, [56]; [10], 4, 634, [42] pages. 3 volumes.
Folio, contemporary vellum, minor wear, first volume unmatched; minor dampstaining;
small inked “MM” stamps on verso of titles and pages 52.
Madrid: Rodríguez Franco, 1723 [1725]
[8,000/12,000]
Second edition, after the quite scarce 1615 Seville edition, most of which were lost in a ship-
wreck. An encyclopedic history of Indian culture and early exploration, including important
discussions of Vizcaíno’s early voyage to California and Oñate’s expedition to New Mexico.
One of a series of attractive folio editions of 17th-century works edited by Andrés González de
Barcia. European Americana 725/195; Hill 1707; Medina, BHA 2491; Palau 335033;
Sabin 96212; Wagner, Spanish Southwest 18a.