The general history of the vast continent and islands of America : commonly call'd the West-Indies, from the first discovery thereof : with the best accounts the people could give of their antiquities

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Description

Title: The general history of the vast continent and islands of America : commonly call'd the West-Indies, from the first discovery thereof : with the best accounts the people could give of their antiquities
Alternative Title: Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos. Selections. English
Creator: Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625, author
Contributor: Batley, Jeremiah, -1737, publisher.
Stevens, John, -1726, translator.
Published / Created: MDCCXXV-MDCCXXVI [1725-1726]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Jer. Batley at the Dove in Pater-Noster-Row
Description: Volumes 1 and 2 dated 1725; volumes 3-6 dated 1726.
An abridged translation of the first three decades of Herrera's "Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos," first published in Madrid, 1601-1615.
The preface in volume 1 is in six pages, and the headpiece to the preface and to page 1 represents a hill with a flag on top, with a sun in the background; Sig. B is under the 'a' of "Seneca."
Title page printed in red and black.
Includes decorative head- and tail-pieces and initial letters.
Includes index in v. 6.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary panelled calf. Armorial bookplate from the library at Dalkeith Palace (?).
Extent: 6 volumes : 20 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: Z6 22g 1

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre: Early works to 1800
Early accounts to 1600
Engravings 1725-1726
Armorial bindings (Binding)
Chron
Material: illustrations, maps, portraits ;
Resource Type: text
still image
Subject (Geographic): Latin America
America
Latin American
Subject (Topic): History
Discovery and exploration
Spanish
Slavery
Subjects: Latin America > History > To 1600 > Early works to 1800
America > Discovery and exploration > Spanish
America > Early accounts to 1600
Slavery > Latin American > Early works to 1800
1725-1726
Chron > 1725-1726
Dalkeith Palace > Bookplate

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Identifiers

Catalog Record: 1240849
Object ID (OID): 16808201