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(LIMA--1730.) Peralta Barnuevo, Pedro de. Historia de Espana vindicada. Frontispiece plate, 24 portrait plates. [35] leaves, 1644 columns (two per page). Folio, contemporary vellum, minor wear; minimal dampstaining, repaired closed tear on leaf Vv2, final page laid down on free endpaper, with erased inked library stamp in margin; 3-page manuscript document dated 1729 and signed by Peralta laid down on front pastedown. Lima: Francisco Sobrino, 1730
First and only edition of a history of ancient Spain through the early Christian era. The copious illustrations are unusual for a colonial Lima imprint. Medina, Lima 854 (calls for 37 preliminary leaves); Palau 218086, Sabin 60849 (both collate correctly).
