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PLINIUS SECUNDUS, GAIUS. Historia Natural. Spanish translation and commentary by Gerónimo de Huerta. Woodcut arms of the dedicatee, Philip IV of Spain, on titles. [56], 907, [1]; [16], 720, [15] pages, including woodcut portrait of the author; 6 full-page illustrations with multiple subjects showing creatures described in the text; full-page illustration of the creation of Eve; and double-hemispheric world map. 2 volumes. Folio, 293x204 mm, old vellum boards with spine titles in ink, vellum missing from upper outer corner of Volume 1 rear cover; contents toned with marginal dampstaining and soiling and occasional heavy browning, worming in lower outer corners through first half of Volume 1 minimally affecting text and illustrations, smeared ink blot on page 63, occasionally conspicuous worming through first half of Volume 2 with varying text loss, clean tear in A2. Unidentified Dominican branded ownership marks on top and bottom edges. Madrid: Luis Sánchez, 1624; Juan Gonçález, 1629
first complete edition in spanish, following Huerta's translations of books 7-8 in 1599 and book 9 in 1603. Pages 233-37 of Volume 1 deal with Mexico and Central America, 237-46 with Peru, and 247-48 with the region around the Strait of Magellan. The map depicts Tierra del Fuego as a single island roughly the size of New Spain. Alden 624/105; Palau 229069; not in Shirley or Burden.
