. [Americana]. TORQUEMADA (Fray Juan de). Primera [segunda & - Lot 265

. [Americana]. TORQUEMADA (Fray Juan de). Primera [segunda & tercera] parte de los veinte i un libros, rituales i monarchia indiana, con el origen y guerras de los Indios ocidentales, de sus poblaçones, descubrimiento, conquista, conversión y otras cosas maravillosas de la mesma tierra Madrid, Nicolas Rodriguez Franco, 1723. 3 vol. in-folio, period soft ivory parchment, smooth spine, handwritten title and tome on spine (hinges split, repairs to spine and boards, endpapers renewed, soiling, tiny wormholes in text up to p. 260 of vol. 3 (not serious, text very legible), marginal defects not serious, some repaired). Second, corrected and most complete edition of this important work on ancient Mexico. "An indispensable compendium for anyone wishing to know the ancient history of Mexico and its peoples, almost all special writers have borrowed heavily from it" (Leclerc). Each volume opens with a handsome copper-engraved illustrated title. The first volume contains a copper-engraved fold-out map of the American continent, centered on the Pacific Ocean. (Sabin 96212; Leclerc 70 & 1289).