(MEXICO) Cepeda Fernando de; and Fernando Alfonso Carrillo R

Sale 2455 - Lot 311

Price Realized: $ 12,500

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Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000

(MEXICO.) Cepeda, Fernando de; and Fernando Alfonso Carrillo. Relacion universal, legitima y verdadera del sitio en que esta fundada la . . . Ciudad de Mexico. [2], 31; 41; 28; [1], 11; 29-39 leaves (erratically paginated). 4 parts in one. Large 4to, contemporary calf gilt, minor wear; first leaf mounted on stub, a few other marginal early paper repairs, last 11 leaves of Part III misbound after Part IV. Mexico: Francisco Salbago, 1637

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Describes engineering efforts in early 17th-century Mexico. 'This very rare book contains an official account of the celebrated Desague, or canal of Gueguetoca . . . which was constructed to carry off the superabundant waters of the lake of Mexico'--Rich 216. Medina, Mexico 484; Palau 51558; Sabin 11693. None known at auction since 1986.