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Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
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Nov 8, 2022
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Nov 9, 2022
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[EXPLORATION -- AMERICAS]. LAET, Johannes de (1593-1649). Hispania, sive de regis Hispaniae regnis et opibus commentarius. Leiden: Elzevir, 1629.
16mo (107 x 54 mm). Engraved title; woodcut head-pieces, tail-pieces and initials. (Some minor soiling to a few leaves.) Contemporary vellum, yapp edges, manuscript title on spine, edges stained red. Provenance: P. Dupre (ex dono to an unintelligible school).
Second edition, expanding on the first edition of the same year by the addition of information on the Canary Islands. Laet's work includes chapters on Florida, New Spain, Chile, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Yucatan, and Brazil. Alden & Landis 629/79; Sabin 38560; Willems 313.
Property from the Patrick Atkinson Collection, Minneapolis, Minnesota