[Americana]. CASAS (Bartolomé de las). La découverte des Ind - Lot 233

[Americana]. CASAS (Bartolomé de las). La découverte des Indes Occidentales par les Espagnols, et les moyens dont ils se sont servis pour s'en rendre masters.A Paris, chez D. Mariette, 1701. In-12, [6] f. including frontis, 382-[2] p., contemporary mottled havana calf, 5-rib spine, brown title-piece, ornate caissons, gilt roulette on the edges, mottled edges, restorations (flaws including worm tracery at the head of a spine, tear without lack on pp. 293-4, browning at the end of the volume). Edition translated by Abbé de Bellegarde, illustrated with a title-frontispiece depicting F. Cortez with Emperor Montezuma surrounded by his subjects, and a vignette at the head of the dedication page, engraved on copper by Giffart.