Lot no. 301
SOLÍS (Antonio de). Istoria della conquista del Messico, dalla popolazione, e de' progressi nell' America settentrionale conosciuta sotto nome di Nuova Spagna... Terza impressione veneta. Venice, Andrea Poletti, 1733. In-4, ecru boards, untrimmed (Italian binding of the period). Fourth edition of the Italian translation by Filippo Corsini, originally published in Florence in 1699 and reprinted in Venice in 1704, 1715 and 1733.
It is illustrated with eight copper-engraved plates hors texte: the portraits of the author, Hernán Cortés and Moctezuma by Isabella Piccini, the others by Alessandro dalla Via.
Armorial stamp to title. Tear to spine, foxing and spotting.
Sabin, n°86486.
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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