Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva-España, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, the letterpress title within border of typographical ornaments, double column text, woodcut initials and tail-pieces, some staining and old ink scribbles and spills, a few leaves repaired (occasionally affecting text), modern mottled sheep, sides with gilt floral borders and central armorial device (lettered 'Ave Maria'), gilt spine with green morocco label, g.e., preserved in leather-backed solander box [Alden/Landis 632/27; Palau 73254; Sabin 19978, "of much rarity"], folio, Madrid, en la Imprenta del Reyno, 1632

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Recent scholarship has shown that this edition, with its letterpress title, is in fact the second edition. The use of the "u" in Nueva dates this work to c.1670 or later.
First edition of the most important eye witness account of the expeditions of Hernán Cortés and the conquest of Mexico. "Obra clásica por excelencia y una de las mejores sobre la conquista de Méjico" (Palau).

Diaz served with Cortés throughout the campaign in Mexico and Central America, participating in some 120 battles before the defeat of the Aztecs in 1521. The Historia verdadero de la conquista de la la Nueva España provides a first hand account of the entire period from the beginning of conquest until 1538. Written between 1552 and 1568, when Diaz was in Guatemala, it was partly intended to address inaccuracies in the only other previously published account of the conquest by Lopez de Gomara, Chaplain of the Cortés expedition. Diaz had settled in Guatemala in 1541 and remained there until the end of his life in 1584; in 1551 he was made governor of Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala, present-day Antigua Guatemala.

Saleroom notices

Recent scholarship has shown that this edition, with its letterpress title, is in fact the second edition. The use of the "u" in Nueva dates this work to c.1670 or later.

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BERNAL DIAZ DEL CASTILLO Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva-España, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, Madrid, en la Imprenta del Reyno, 1632

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