(MEXICO 1770) Cortes Hernando; and Francesco Lorenzana Hist

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(MEXICO--1770.) Cortes, Hernando; and Francesco Lorenzana. Historia de Nueva-España. 2 folding maps, illustrated title page, 33 (of 34) plates. Folio, contemporary; lacking frontispiece plate, two short tears on first map, moderate foxing, edges tinted. Mexico: 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. Medina, Mexico 5380; Palau 142408; Pilling 898; Sabin 16938.