Nov 06, 2014 - Sale 2364

Sale 2364 - Lot 390

Price Realized: $ 4,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
(MEXICO--1778). Granados y Galvez, José Joaquín. Tardes americanas: Gobierno gentil y catolico. 4to, contemporary vellum with original printed spine label, minimal wear; internally quite nice. México: Felipe de Zuñiga y Ontiveros, 1778

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"An account or history of the early people of Mexico, from the first coming of the great Toltec nation to Anahuac to the present time, in the form of a dialogue between an Indian and a Spaniard. The author lived in Michoacan, and was guardian of a convent and superintendent of the missions among the Indians in that department. The work contains a good deal respecting the early Mexican archaeology and antiquities. It is a book of rarity"--JCB III:2467. "Obra estimada y rara, casi todos los ejemplares anunciados últimamete han adolecido de defectos"--Palau 108426. Field 620; Medina, México 7000; Sabin 28255.