68 242
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(MEXICO.) Solís y Ribadeneyra, Antonio de.
The history of the conquest of
Mexico by the Spaniards.
2 maps, engraved frontispiece portrait of Hernan Cortes, 6
plates. [18], 163, 252, 152 pages. 3 parts in one volume. Folio, contemporary calf, moderate
wear, rebacked; frontispiece with repaired tear running its length, bright later coloring
applied to plates as well as some tailpieces and initials, bottom edge of folding Lake
Tezcuco plate cropped; bookplate on front pastedown.
London: Woodward, Hooke & Peale, 1724
[500/750]
First English edition of what Hill calls “an authoritative and extremely popular history of
Mexico” with “an abundance of data concerning the intimate lives of the Indians.” European
Americana 724/165; Hill 1601; Palau 318693; Sabin 86487.
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(MEXICO.) Solís y Ribadeneyra, Antonio de.
Historia de la conquista de Mexico.
2 maps, 12 plates. [24], 276 pages. Large folio, contemporary calf, minor wear, rebacked;
minor dampstaining; title page in red and black; bookplate on front pastedown.
Brussels: Bousquet, 1741
[500/750]
9th Spanish edition of the above. European Americana 741/220; Medina, BHA 3294;
Palau 318610.
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(MEXICO.) Spilbergen, Joris van.
Journael van de voyagie gedaen met ses
scheepen, door de Straet Magalanes, near de Molucques.
Illustrated title page, full-
page portrait, other illustrations. 64 pages. 4to, later
1
/
4
calf; internally clean.
Amsterdam: Saeghman, [1663]
[400/600]
A later edition of the 1614 Dutch voyage through the Straits of Magellan and raiding up the
Pacific coast of Mexico. Issued as Volume 10 of Saeghman’s set of voyages, it adds a new three-
page section on American customs. European Americana 663/133; Palau 321556; Sabin
89449. None known at auction since 1966.
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(MEXICO.)
Group of 4 books and pamphlets relating to Mexico.
4 vol-
umes, various sizes, bindings, and conditions.
Vp, 1761-78
[250/350]
Constituciones del colegio de S. Ignacio de Mexico. Madrid, 1766 * Noticia de los portes de
cartas del correo de mar a Indias. Madrid, 1764 * Salguero. Vida del venerable Padre y
Exemplarissimo Varon el Maestro Fr. Diego Basalenque Provinicial que fue de la Provinica de
San Nicolas de Mechoacan. 2nd edition. Rome, 1761 * Vaca de Guzman. Las naves de
cortés destruidas. Canto premiado por la Real Academia Española en junta que celebró el dia
13 de agosto de 1778. Madrid, 1778.
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(MEXICO.)
Group of 4 tracts relating to a suit against the Jesuit order in
México concerning the tithes owed.
[1], 19 leaves; [2], 7; 40; 1 pages. Folio, contempo-
rary plain wrappers; minor dampstaining to second tract only.
[Madrid, 1735-36]
[500/750]
Suárez de Zayas. Discurso y alegacion juridica . . . en la Nueva-España. En el pleyto con la
sagrada religion de la Compañía de Jesus * Suárez de Zayas. Informe hecho al Real y
Supremo Consejo de las Indias . . . cuyo derecho coadyuba el de la Santa Iglesia Cathedral de
la Puebla de los Angeles: En el pleyto con la sagrada religion de la Compañía de Jesus *
Memorial ajustado y fiel extracto de los autos hechos * Copia de la resolucion expedida por su
Magestad, en el pleyto seguido por la Santa Iglesia Cathedral Metropolitana de Mexico.
Medina, BHA 3008-9, 3016; Palau 324189-90.