Sep 17, 2009 - Sale 2186

Sale 2186 - Lot 374

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Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
PIZARRO Y ORELLANA, FERNANDO. Varones Ilustres del Nuevo Mundo. Folio, later calf, moderate wear; hinges split, contents browned, margins trimmed entering side-notes on a few leaves, scattered marginal repairs, lacks final 6 leaves (Part II index and errata); inked stamp of John Carter Brown on half-title, and his bookplate with library release stamp on front pastedown. (JCB) Madrid, 1639
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first edition of a collection of biographies of New World explorers, conquistadors, and other notables from Columbus onward, defending the conduct of the Spaniards toward the native population. The author was a great-grandson of Francisco Pizarro. "The treachery and brutality of the conquerors in the treatment of the Indians is palliated and defended"--Sabin 63189. European Americana 639/93; Medina, BHA II:999; Palau 227687.