Title: The True History of the Conquest of Mexico Author: Diaz del Castillo, Bernal Place: London Publisher: Printed for J. Wright Date: 1800 Description: viii, 514 + [1] errata pp. Copper-engraved frontispiece map. (4to) 10¾x8¾, modern cloth, untrimmed page edges. First Edition in English. Important first-hand account of the conquest of Mexico written by a companion of Cortés, first published in Spanish in 1632, but not appearing in English until the present edition. Diaz del Castillo began the work in 1568, in response to Gomara's 1552 account of the conquest, which he felt gave to much credit to Cortes. The present copy is full-margined, contents untrimmed, rare in this state. Palau 72373; Sabin 19984 Lot Amendments Condition: Foxing to frontispiece, light offset from it to the title-page, darkening to extreme page edges, ink spot to margins of pages 321-324, else near fine internally in modern binding. Item number: 192993
Title: The True History of the Conquest of Mexico Author: Diaz del Castillo, Bernal Place: London Publisher: Printed for J. Wright Date: 1800 Description: viii, 514 + [1] errata pp. Copper-engraved frontispiece map. (4to) 10¾x8¾, modern cloth, untrimmed page edges. First Edition in English. Important first-hand account of the conquest of Mexico written by a companion of Cortés, first published in Spanish in 1632, but not appearing in English until the present edition. Diaz del Castillo began the work in 1568, in response to Gomara's 1552 account of the conquest, which he felt gave to much credit to Cortes. The present copy is full-margined, contents untrimmed, rare in this state. Palau 72373; Sabin 19984 Lot Amendments Condition: Foxing to frontispiece, light offset from it to the title-page, darkening to extreme page edges, ink spot to margins of pages 321-324, else near fine internally in modern binding. Item number: 192993
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