The general history of the vast continent and islands of America, . commonly call'd, the West-Indies, from the first discovery thereof: ... Collected from the original relations sent to the kings of Spain. By Antonio ded Herrera, ... Translated into English by Capt. John Stevens. ... Illustrated with cutts and maps.
Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas (d.1625)
Category
Books
Date
1725
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3088484
Summary
Bibliographic description
4v.,plates . maps,ports.. (engravings, woodcuts) . 8vo.. Imperfect: v.1-4 only. "Gold one grain" and "250" written on verso of final leaf. v.II: "7ng 37" on recto following p.436. Provenance: Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, Curzon impaling Colyear, signed 'P. Mazell': 'Recte et Suaviter' (Franks 7705 2nd state- fine text); pasted over eighteenth-century Curzon armorial bookplate: 'Nathaniel Curzon Esq. of Kedleston Derbyshire' [Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale (1726-1804) m. 1750 Lady Caroline Colyear]. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf; blind fillet border; blind tooled double panel; five raised bands; (missing) spine label.
Makers and roles
Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas (d.1625)