Historia general y natural de las Indias, Islas y
Tierra Firme del Mar Oceano
Cotejado con el codice original por
Jose Amador de los Rios
Madrid, Imprenta Audiencia de la Historia 1851-1855
Palau 89532; Sabin 57990
4 Vols in large, thick quarto
Modern, red, grained morocco; spine, raised bands and gilt titles
Vol I: Frontis with Coat of Arms; 56 lvs Life and works of Oviedo; 632 pp;
5 plates. 1 Leaf: errata
Vol II: 4 lvs; 512 pp; 1 plate and two (one folding) maps
Vol III: 4 lvs; 652 pp; 1 plate; one map
Vol IV: 4 lvs; 620 pp; 4 plates, one folding and colored map
Complete set. Browning of the lithographed plates as usual. Maps and text are fine.
Oviedo spent 20 years ...
Colonization..Santo Thomas e Guatemala
Par la Compagnie Belge
In octavo, half calf. Title lables on spine
One bookplate: Verum atque decens
And in MS: Lee Hartwell, 1855
8pp
One double page world map
5 black and white lithos
4 maps: Central America and Santo Thomas district and
Border between Nicaragua and Costa Rica and a map of the ` Caribbean
Pp 5-64: Compagnie Belge: renseignement
Pp 1-170: Exploration de lAmerique Centrale
Pp1-70: Opinion des voyageurs
Pp 1-64: Opinion de la Presse Française
Relacion del ultimo viaje...
Estrecho de Magellanes...
& Apendice
Madrid, viuda de Ibarra. 1788 & idem 1793
(Palau 352514 y -515; Sabin 16765 & 1729; Hill 1756)
In quarto; contemporary red morocco
Spine comparted and gilt embossed
Handpainted, blue endpaper
Portrait: Magellan
2 lvs; 7 lvs; folded map; p. 1-70; 4 folded tables;
p. 75-160; one folded map; p. 161-360; two folding maps.
(Apendice 1793):
2 nn lvs; p.1-97; folding table (=98); p. 99-128; folded map
Complete with 5 folding maps and 5 folding tables. Good overall internal condition, slight water staining at the last leaves.
...
Relación del viaje..al descubrimiento del
Estrecho nuevo de San Vicente..hoy nombrado de Maire
y reconocimiento del de Magallanes
reimpreso ...
Cadiz, 1753
Palau 99486
Small in quarto, contemporary limp vellum
Title in manuscript on the spine: Viage de los capitanes Nodales
10 nn lvs; 162 pp 2 nn lvs
44 pp one original blank leaf.
One folding map, dated 1769: 19,5x17 cm on a larger folding leaf
Various small woodcut coastal profiles.
Complete and clean copy in its original condition. Tiny worming here and there, mainly marginal.
This is the one and only ...
