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PIZARRO Y ORELLANA, FERNANDO. Varones Ilustres del Nuevo Mundo. 1639
PIZARRO Y ORELLANA, FERNANDO. Varones Ilustres del Nuevo Mundo. [33], 427, 72, [32] pages. Folio, 17th-century calf gilt, backstrip ends chipped, cover corners worn through, front cover and preliminaries detached, cloth slipcase; including half-title with approbation on verso, contents browned; armorial bookplate of Thomas Philip de Grey, second Earl de Grey (1781-1859) on front pastedown. Madrid: Diego Díaz de la Carrera, 1639
- Notes: first edition of a collection of biographies of New World explorers, conquistadors, and other notables, beginning with Columbus. The author was a great-grandson of Francisco Pizarro. "The treachery and brutality of the conquerors in the treatment of the Indians is palliated and defended"--Sabin 63189. European Americana 639/93, Palau 227687.
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