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1201 - LORENZANA, Francisco Antonio, *History of New Spain*, written by its illustrious conquistador Hernán Cortés, supplemented with other documents and notes [...]. Mexico City: J.A. de Hogal, 1770. Folio: [19]-xvi-176-[2]-177/400-[18] pp.; 36 pl. (very few spots). Contemporary vellum, flat spine, red edges (front joint beginning to split, slightly soiled). First edition of this important work compiling valuable historical documents on the history of Mexico, authored by Cardinal Lorenzana (1722–1804), who served as Archbishop of Mexico from 1766 to 1771. Illustrated with a frontispiece, 2 folding maps, 1 folding plate of the “Templo Mayor” (Tenochtitlan), 1 full-page plate depicting a calendar, and 31 plates depicting hieroglyphic characters. Ref. Sabin 42065. Formerly in the collection of the Marqués de Castaniza (collector’s label).
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LORENZANA, Francisco Antonio, *History of New Spain*, written by its illustrious conquistador Hernán Cortés, supplemented with other documents and notes [...]. Mexico City: J.A. de Hogal, 1770. Folio: [19]-xvi-176-[2]-177/400-[18] pp.; 36 pl. (very few spots). Contemporary vellum, flat spine, red edges (front joint beginning to split, slightly soiled). First edition of this important work compiling valuable historical documents on the history of Mexico, authored by Cardinal Lorenzana (1722–1804), who served as Archbishop of Mexico from 1766 to 1771. Illustrated with a frontispiece, 2 folding maps, 1 folding plate of the “Templo Mayor” (Tenochtitlan), 1 full-page plate depicting a calendar, and 31 plates depicting hieroglyphic characters. Ref. Sabin 42065. Formerly in the collection of the Marqués de Castaniza (collector’s label).
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