Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de.

First edition, folio (295 x 205mm.), engraved title, 14 double-page engraved maps, maps and initials with modern hand-colouring, maps ruled in red and gold, [Alden 601/41; Sabin 31539], old vellum with painted arms of Morosini of Venice added later, very occasional light browning, binding slightly stained, without ties

Painted arms of Morosini of Venice on upper cover

The condition of this lot is as described in the catalgue description
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The third printed atlas of the Americas.

"This work should go with the General History [i.e. Historia general de los hechos de los Castellanos en las islas y tierra firme del mar oceano (9 parts, Madrid, 1601-1616)], and is usually bound at the end of the second volume after the fourth Decade. In the composition of this work the author had access to the most secret of the archives of Spain. It embraces the history from the discovery of America to 1555. The engraved title contains a miniature of the author, and representations of Mexican Deities" (Sabin).