Las Casas | Istoria della distruttione dell'Indie Occidentali, Venice, 1626, modern leather

Bartolomé de Las Casas

Istoria o brevissima relatione della distruttione dell'Indie Occidentali... con la traduttione in Italiano di Francesco Bersabita [i.e. Giacomo Castellani]. Venice: Marco Ginammi, 1626

4to (200 x 142mm.), woodcut printer's device on title-page, woodcut initials and headpieces, parallel text in Spanish and Italian, modern gilt burgundy leather, title-page with small paper repair

This first Italian translation uses the Spanish text from the 1552 Seville edition, as specified on the title-page; the translator's preface roundly condemns the Spanish atrocities inflicted on the native peoples of America. It was a successful publication, being reprinted by Ginammi several times; indeed Venice produced the largest number of editions of Las Casas at this time. Ginammi includes a list of his latest publications at the end, on T6r, in which this work is listed.

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