Author: SOLêS Y RIVADNEIRA, Antonio de.
Title: Historia de la conquista de México, poblacion, y progressos de la America Septentrional, conocida por el nombre de Nueva Espa–a. Escribiala Don Antonio de Solís, secretario de su Magestad, y su chronista mayor de la Indias. Divida in tres tomos.
Description: Barcelona: en la Imprenta de Francisco Olivér, y Martí, 1770. 8vo. 3 vols. Vol. 1: [20], 336p (possibly wanting 6 leaves of unpaginated prelims since NUC calls for 16 prelim. leaves). Vol. 2: 502p. Vol. 3: 367p. In vol. 2 the title is misbound after p.14, and pages 3-14 are re-margined at the fore-edge. Contemporary vellum; remains of ties; spine of vol. 2 repaired, covers of vol. 3 slightly sprung and a few quires loose. ***** The author, born at Alcalá de Henares in 1610 is known for his poetry, his lively and witty plays and for this important work of literary historiography. A model of Castilian prose, Solís's account of the conquest of Mexico (first published in 1684) covers a period of two years: from the journey of Juan de Grijalva in 1518 to the final surrender of Montezuma in 1520. Palau 318619; Medina, Biblioteca hispano-americana, 4506.

Keywords: Mexico, Americana, Spain, antiquarian


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