de Solis, Antonio, transl. by Thomas Townsend.

THE HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO BY THE SPANIARDS.

T. Woodward: London. 1724. Item #96-7174

13.5 x 8.5, full leather, 163 pp, 252 pp, 152 pp, copper engraved frontispiece portrait of Cortes and 2 engraved maps (one folding map) and 6 engraved folding plates. Four-page list of subscribers. Five parts in one folio volume, both the first and second parts and the third and fourth parts have continuous pagination. Full leather binding is intact, but has several defects. Contemporary full calf, joints and hinges cracked, boards holding, text water stained but still sound. One of the great source books on the Spanish conquest of Mexico. First edition in English.

Price: $1,500.00