Sep 30, 2010 - Sale 2223

Sale 2223 - Lot 329

Price Realized: $ 120
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
MURILLO VELARDE, PEDRO. Geographia historica. Libro IX. De la America, y de las Islas Adyacentes y de las tierras Arcticas, y Antarcticas. 4to, contemporary vellum, minor wear; unevenly trimmed, marginal dampstaining, several short tears without loss of text, intermittent early underlining, moderate worming. Madrid, 1752
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The only volume relating to America from a ten-volume series. Written by a Spanish Jesuit, its primary emphasis is on the Spanish colonies, but chapters are devoted to Canada and the future United States. Palau 186218; Sabin 51448. Appears to be the only copy of the American volume at auction since 1979.