HERRERA, Antonio de
Historia General de los Hechos de los Castellanos en las Islas I Tierra Firme del Mar Océano.
Madrid, Rodríguez Franco, 1726-1730.
5 vols. Folio (305 x 201 mm.) Contemporary calf, spines gilt in compartments (somehow worn, specially on vol. 2 and 3). Engraved title page for each decade, 14 engraved folding maps. Printed in two columns, woodcut initials and vignettes.
Second Spanish edition, with the “Descripcion” in the first volume, of this essential work for the study of the discovery, exploration of America.
This is the genuine best edition of the work, compiled under the direction of one of the most important scholars of the early Spanish Enlightenment, Andrés González de Barcia, often referred to as the first Americanist.
“The best edition”. – Cowan.
The maps were re-engraved and the geography remains the same, but there are changes, for instance, to decorative elements. The handsome, historical vignettes and portraits on the engraved titles are the same in both first and second editions, except for the imprints.
“Of the greatest importance for the history of the conquest, colonies and progress of the Spaniards in America. On the title pages are the engraved portraits of the most famous missionaries, generals, governors, and soldiers who served America during its conquest and occupation.” – Maggs.
The “Descripcion de las Indias Occidentales” is in volume I, with a different engraved title and separate foliation, it includes 14 maps of the American coasts, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific, Philippines, Moluccas Islands and Japan. The “Tabla General de cosas notables” is bound at the end of volume V.
“Deservedly regarded as the best edition.” – Rodrigues.
In the present copy, volume I (“Descripcion” and first decade) bears date 1730 on title pages, volume II (second and third decades) 1726, volume III (four and fifth decades) 1730, volume IV (sixth and seventh decades) 1726 and volume V (eighth decade and “Tabla General de cosas notables”) 1730.
Provenance: Franc. L. Mosquera Villamarin (label at front endpapers), ink stamp on title pages (Estella seminary).
Palau 114287; Sabin 31546 y 31539; Medina Vol. IV, 2580; Maggs “Bibliotheca Brasiliensis”, 190; Hill I, pp. 143- 145; Cowan II, p. 276; Rodrigues Bibliotheca Brasiliense, 1224; Borba de Moraes I, pp. 401-402; Leclerc, Bibliotheca Americana (1867) 706; Maggs Spanish America, 347.
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