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Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED
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I. Descripción de las Indias. Historia de las Indias. Década primera, libro 1-4.--II. Década primera, libro 5-10. Década segunda, libro 1-2.--III. Década segunda, libro 3-10.--IV. Década tercera, libro 1-7.--V. Década tercera, libro 8-10. Década quarta libro 1-7.--VI. Década quarta, libro 8-10. Década quinta, libro 1-6.--VII. Década quinta, libro 7-10. Década séptima, libro 1-4.--VIII. Década sexta, libro 5-10. Década séptima, libro 1-3.--IX. Década séptima, libro 4-10. Década octava, libro 1-2.--X. Década octava, libro 3-10. |
| Local note | Scanned copy imperfect: print to edge of gutter due to how the book was bound; bleed through of print; quality of print is poor and blurry at times. |
| Local note | Colonization. |
| Local note | 2012AG08001; 2012AG08002; 2012AG08003; 2012AG08004. |
| Local note | Scanned copy imperfect: print to edge of gutter due to how the book was bound; bleed through of print; quality of print is poor and blurry at times. |
| Local note | Colonization. |
| Local note | 2012AG08001; 2012AG08002; 2012AG08003; 2012AG08004. |
| General note | First published in 1601; this second ed. edited by Andrés González de Barcía Carballido y Zúñiga, who added notes and the [450] p. "Tabla general de las cosas notables y personas contenidas en la Descripcion de las Indias Occidentales, i en las ocho decadas antecedentes" that forms the 9th pt. |
| General note | The work is divided into eight "decadas", each with engraved t.p. with the royal arms, medallion ports. of important persons of the period, scenes of various battles and exploration. |
| General note | Imprint and dates vary: pts. 1, 4, 6, 7, and 8 are dated 1730; pts. 2 and 3 dated 1726, pt. 5 dated 1728; all are printed by Rodrigues except pt. 5, which has Francisco Martinez Abad on the t.p.; pt. 6 has Rodrigues on the t.p., Abad in the colophon. |
| General note | Includes: Descripcion de las Indias Ocidentales de Antonio de Herrera coronista mayor de Su. Md. de las Indias y su coronista de Castilia. En Madrid : En la Oficina real de Nicolas Rodriguez Franco, Año de 1730; with [14] maps; bound in v. 1, preceding the Historia general. |
| General note | Text set in double columns in each v., side notes. |
| General note | First book of each "decada" has engraved head-piece depicting scenes of battle and exploration; woodcut head-and tail-pieces and floriated initials throughout. |
| General note | "En quatro decades desde al año de 1492 hasta el de 531. Decada primera[-octava]." |
| General note | Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society. |
| General note | Sabin no. 31546. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2012. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| Other title | Descripcion de las Indias Ocidentales de Antonio de Herrera. |
