61 - Solis y Rivadeneyra, Antonio. History of the Conquest of Mexico. Venice, Poletti, 1704., A classic of Spanish travel literature

Solis y Rivadeneyra, Antonio. History of the Conquest of Mexico. Venice, Poletti, 1704., A classic of Spanish travel literature Solis y Rivadeneyra, Antonio. History of the Conquest of Mexico. Venice, Poletti, 1704. Quarto (210 x 155 mm); [xvi] 624 pages. Frontispiece with a portrait of the author; plates with portraits of Cortés and Montezuma, all engraved by Sister Isabella Piccini; 5 plates outside the text engraved by Alessandro Dalla Via (the Montezuma plate has been trimmed; scattered flourishes and browning.) Modern binding in stiff parchment, gold title on a red label on the spine, red edges. First published in Madrid in 1684, the work contains three chalcographic portraits engraved by Elisabetta Piccini—or rather, Sister Isabella Piccini—one of the rare and little-known female engravers. The other plates depict scenes from the conquest of Mexico. A classic of Spanish travel literature