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Lot 336
Sale 654 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
May 1, 2019
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SOLIS Y RIBADENEYRA, Antonio de (1610-1686). The History of the Conquest of Mexico.... London: for T. Woodward, J. Hooke and J. Peele, 1724.
Five parts in one volume, folio (344 x 219 mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait, 2 engraved maps (one folding), 6 engraved plates (5 folding, one double-page). (Frontispiece slightly soiled, some light spotting or staining, one folding plates with a few tears and old associated repairs verso.) Contemporary English panelled calf (rebacked, endpapers renewed, hinges repaired, some light wear). Provenance: Mrs. Kemp (signature dated July 22, 1798); K. E. H. (bookplate).
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, translated by Thomas Townsend. Alden & Landis 724/165; ESTC T135491; Hill 1601; Palau 318693; Sabin 86487.
Property from the Collection of Meredith Hill Kwiatkowski, Fort Collins, Colorado
Property from the Collection of Meredith Hill Kwiatkowski, Fort Collins, Colorado