(MEXICO) López de Gómara Francisco La historia general de la

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(MEXICO.) López de Gómara, Francisco. La historia general de las Indias * Historia de Mexico. Woodcut of buffalo on leaf I:288; armorial woodcut on second title page. 300; 349, [11] leaves. 2 volumes. Small 8vo, early unmatched vellum, minor wear; first volume lacking leaves 1-8, 297, and 300 (present in faded facsimile), with second volume complete with short repaired tear to title page and otherwise minimal wear, with occasional early marginal notes. Antwerp, 1554

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This two-part history went through several European editions in 1554. The defective first volume was published in Antwerp by Martin Nucio [Nuyts] in 1554. The second was published in the same time and place by Juan Steelsio [Hans Steels]; the colophon states that the printing was done by Juan Lacio [Laet]. European Americana 554/30, 32; Medina BHA 165, 168; Wagner, Spanish Southwest 2j, 2i.