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May 2007 Fine Art & Antiques Auction

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978. "Historias De Las Indias De Nueva Espana Y Islas De Tierra Firme" by el Padre Fray Diego Duran

Mexico: 1867-1880. 3 vols, including Atlas. 4to, light brown original cloth. With 65 plates (all but one handcolored); 13 browned or scorched with very little, if any loss, 8 of these have been professionally strengthened on versos. The books are in very good condition. This work is a basic source of pre-Hispanic history, but elusive. The entire edition of the first volume and the Atlas, with the exception of a small number of copies privately distributed by the author, were confiscated by the Mexican government. RARE. Box 6.



1,500/2,500   Sold $1,035.00
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