MAINOLDUS GALERATUS J. De titulis Philippi Austrii regis catholici liber. Atquae in ipsis titulorum successiones tabulae.
Bologna, P. Bonardo, 1573. 4to: woodcut device on title-page, large woodcut royal arms and numeroussmaller arms in the text. Contemporary limp vellum, a little worming in pastedowns, a fine copy in its first binding. First edition of a rare collection of histories of the territories held by Phillip II. These include a 22 page chronological history of the New World with descriptions of Columbus's voyages and an account of events up to the 1540's. Palau 147458; Alden, European Americana 573-30; not in Sabin, Leclerc or Adams.
£2000
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