Juan de SOLÓRZANO PEREIRA
De iusta indiarum occidentalium inquisitione, acquisitione & retentione[On the fair investigation, acquisition, and preservation of the West Indies]
Ex typographia Francisco Martinez|Matriti [Madrid] • (Madrid) 1629|20 x 29.50 cm|relié
SOLÓRZANO PEREIRA Juan de
De iusta indiarum occidentalium inquisitione, acquisitione & retentione
Ex typographia Francisco Martinez, Matriti (Madrid) 1629, small in-folio (20 x 29,5 cm), (6) 751 pp. (100), contemporary vellum
First edition, very rare. A very attractive frontispiece-title by Roberto Cordier showing an altar with allegories of Faith and Religion, the king of Spain with one foot on an Globe supported by Neptune. A second volume was published in 1639 on the government of the West Indies.
Contemporary speckled limp vellum. Jansenist spine. Red morocco title-piece. Spine faded with black spots. Small lacks to h
€4,500