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The Conquest of Peru For the First Time In French (1545)
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[PERU] L’histoire de la terre neuve du Perù en l’Inde Occidentale, que est la principale mine d’or du monde. Paris, Pierre Gaultier for Jean Barbé and Vincent Sertenas, 1545.
Very rare first French edition of the first printed account of the conquest of Peru (editio princeps 1534), including a dramatic rendering of the capture of the Inca king Atahualpa and hyperbolic estimates of the mineral wealth of a country which was quickly becoming the focus of the European gold rush in the New World.
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Early Eyewitness Account On The New World
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ACOSTA, Jos Tr. REGNAULT, Robert. Histoire Naturelle et Morale des Indes, tant Orientalles quOccidentales. O'est traictes choses remarquables du ciel, des elemens, Metaux, Plantes & Animaux qui sont propres de ces
. Paris, Marc Orry, 1598.
Scarce first French edition of this classic on the Natural History of Latin America.
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First Italian Edition
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ACOSTA, Jose.. Historia Naturale, e Morale Delle Indie; Scritta Dal R.P... Della Compagnia del Giesu; Nella quale si trattano le cose notabili del Cielo, & de gli Elementi, Metalli, Piante, & Animali di quelle: ... Venice, Bernardo Basa, 1596.
First Italian edition of Acosta's most important book (Spanish editio princeps Seville, 1590).
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Brazil Comes to France, 1550
The First Work on Brazil Written in French
The Fourth Known Copy Printed in Vellum
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Anonymous. Cest la dedvction du sumptueux ordre plaisantz spectacles et magnifiqves theatres dresses, et exhibes par les citoiens de Rouen ville Metropolitaine du pays de Normandie, A la sacree Maiest'u Treschristian Roy de France, Henry sec.. Rouen, Jean Le Prest for Robert Le Hoy and Jean du Gord, 1551.
Rare and one of two complete luxury copies, printed on vellum and illuminated, of this work describing the earliest festival exhibiting the European experience in the New World.
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'Encyclopedie Americano' For Armchair Travellers
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Anonymous. Il gazzettiere americano contenente un Distinto Ragguaglio di Tutte le Parti del Nuovo Mondo della loro Situazione, Clima, Terreno, Prodotti, Stato Antico e Moderno... Livorno, Marco Coltellini, 1763.
First Italian edition of this comprehensive geographical dictionary of the New World, greatly enlarged with 80 newly engraved plates.
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