ULLOA, Alfonso de Historie, ende het leven van den aldermachtichsten ende victorieusten keyser Caerle de vijfde [...]. Amsterdam J.P. Paets 1610 Folio: [2 incl. engr. title]-221-[8] ff. (ff. I8, S7 and Cc7 missing, marg. dampst., min. marg. soiling and some spotting throughout). Contemp. sheep, spine with raised bands (tail missing, back joint starting to split, sl. rubbed, upper corners bumped). Later translation of the Italian work (1st 1560), that "deals at length with the conquests of the Spaniards in Mexico" (Sabin), by the Spanish Ulloa who published and translated works from Spanish to Italian. Ill. with an engr. title and 18 copper-engr. portraits in-text. Ref. Sabin 97678. - STCN.

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