(MEXICAN IMPRINT 1770) Hernán Cortes; and Francesco Lorenza

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(MEXICAN IMPRINT--1770.) Hernán Cortes; and Francesco Lorenzana Historia de Nueva-España. 2 folding maps, 34 plates, and illustrated title page. [20], xvi, 400, [18] pages. Folio, contemporary calf, minor wear; minor worming in outer margin toward rear; title page in red and black. Mexico: José Antonio Hogal, 1770

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"An important and highly esteemed work, containing the celebrated letters of Cortez to the Emperor Charles V . . . illustrated with copious notes and documents, together with facsimiles of the Mexican mode of representing the tributes paid by the different towns in Mexico"--JCB III:1750. Includes an account of Californian exploration through 1769 (pages 322-328), followed by the first appearance in print of an early Cortés family map of California. An unusually crisp example. Medina, Mexico 5380; Palau 142408; Pilling 898; Sabin 16938.