Apr 07, 2022 - Sale 2600

Sale 2600 - Lot 332

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(NATURAL HISTORY.) José de Acosta. Histoire naturelle et moralle des Indes. [8], 375, [17] leaves. 8vo, early stiff vellum, moderate wear, later manuscript title on backstrip; front hinge split, minimal worming, minor dampstaining; early and later inscriptions on title page. Paris: Marc Orry, 1600
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Second French edition of Acosta's important 1589 natural history of America, with extensive discussion of the Incas and Aztecs. European Americana 600/2; Medina BHA 330n; Palau 1987; Sabin 125n.