Author: OVIEDO Y VALDES, Capt. Gonzalo Fernandes de
Title: The Conquest and Settlement of the Island of Boriquen or Puerto Rico
Description: Avon, CT, Limited Editions Club, 1975. Hardcover. Folio (7-1/2" x 12") bound in imported natural vellum-backed scarlet buckram boards with a gilt design. Translated and edited by Daymond Turner. Illustrated with drawings by Jack and Irene Delano including 8 full-page four-color serigraphs silk-screened from the originals by Pava Prints of San Juan. Copy #768 of 2000 SIGNED by both artists on the colophon page and printed at the Stinehour Press. This appears to be the only English translation of this section of Oviedo's HISTORIA GENERAL dealing with Puerto Rico. Ill.: Jack and Irene Delano. Fine in glassine and just about Fine slipcase .

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