Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625, The general history of the vast continent and islands of America , MDCCXXV-MDCCXXVI [1725-1726]
- Title:
- The general history of the vast continent and islands of America : commonly call'd the West-Indies, from the first discovery thereof : with the best accounts the people could give of their antiquities / collected from the original relations sent to the kings of Spain, by Antonio de Herrera ; historiographer to His Catholick Majesty ; translated into English by Capt. John Stevens ... ; illustrated with cutts and maps.
- Alternate Title(s):
- Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos. Selections. English
- Published/Created:
- London : Printed for Jer. Batley at the Dove in Pater-Noster-Row, MDCCXXV-MDCCXXVI [1725-1726]
- Physical Description:
- 6 volumes : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 20 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsE141 .H47 1725Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionAccessible by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1240849
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- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Volumes 1 and 2 dated 1725; volumes 3-6 dated 1726.
An abridged translation of the first three decades of Herrera's "Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos," first published in Madrid, 1601-1615.
The preface in volume 1 is in six pages, and the headpiece to the preface and to page 1 represents a hill with a flag on top, with a sun in the background; Sig. B is under the 'a' of "Seneca."
Title page printed in red and black.
Includes decorative head- and tail-pieces and initial letters.
Sabin, 31557
ESTC, N1037
Includes index in v. 6.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary panelled calf. Armorial bookplate from the library at Dalkeith Palace (?). - Contents:
- Frontispieces and further plates include: portrait of Christopher Columbus (vol. 1). -- 'A new map of South America' (vol. 2). -- 'A new map of as much of North and South America ... ' (vol. 3). -- "An hidrographical draught of Mexico as it lies in its lakes"(vol. 3) -- portrait of Ferdinand Cortes (vol. 4) -- minature portraits on frontispiece of 'The five most famous men in Peru and Chile' (vol. 5). -- illustration of 'The people of Florida sacrificing their first born to the sun'.
- Subject Terms:
- America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish.America -- Early accounts to 1600.Dalkeith Palace -- Bookplate.Latin America -- History -- To 1600 -- Early works to 1800.Slavery -- Latin American -- Early works to 1800.
- Form/Genre:
- Engravings -- 1725-1726.
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