Historia de Gibraltar. 4to: xvi-xlviii-387-[1] pp.; 1 pl. (occ. spotting). - First edition, written by the historian and astronomer López de Áyala. It finishes before the Great Siege of Gibraltar in 1782 during which the French and Spanish armies took back the city from the British who owned it since 1704. Ill. with the large fold. view "Nueva vista de Gibraltar [...]" engr. by Bartolomé Vázquez. - Prov. André Laville, who bought it in 1891 (libr. stamp and ms. entry). - Old ms. entry on title