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BEUTER, PEDRO ANTONIO. Cronica Generale d'Hispagna, et del Regno di Valenza. Double-page woodcut map of the Iberian Peninsula. [72], 533, [3] pages, including final leaf with printer's device. 8vo, 155x96 mm, contemporary limp vellum with calligraphic spine title in ink, rear joint cracked, surface imperfections on rear cover, ties lacking; light dampstaining in lower inner corner of opening leaves, slightly rubbed monogram stamp on title. Venice: Gabriel Giolito de' Ferrari, 1556
first edition in italian of a history of Spain from biblical times to the 11th-century, devoting particular attention to the Kingdom of Valencia. The first part was originally published in Catalan in 1538, and the complete work in Spanish in 1546-51. The final chapters deal with the Moorish conquest; on page 423, a discussion of Spaniards fleeing the invasion notes that some were said to have reached Yucatán, which they settled and named New Spain. Alden 556/6; Palau 28828.
