Sep 17, 2009 - Sale 2186

Sale 2186 - Lot 385

Price Realized: $ 6,720
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
(SOUTH AMERICA.) [Ruiz de Montoya, Antonio.] [Conquista Espiritual . . . en las Provincias del Paraguay, Parana, Uruguay, y Tape.] Small 4to, early calf, small chip detached from backstrip; trimmed to 7 inches with some headlines and side-notes cropped, some early annotations and graffiti, a few page faults, lacks title page, 3 other preliminary leaves, and colophon page; bookplate of Luis Montt on front pastedown; discreet library release stamp on final page. (JCB) [Madrid, 1639]
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first edition. Important work on the customs, religion and life of the Indians of those regions by a native of Lima, a celebrated missionary in the region of Paraguay. "A work of prime importance on the subject of the infiltration of the 'bandeiras' of São Paolo into Paraguay. Montoya was an eyewitness. . . . This first edition has been rare for about a century, and is always sought after"--Borba de Moraes page 587. European Americana 639/100; Medina, BHA 1001; Palau 282092; Sabin 74029.