Hernán CORTÉS
Cartas y relaciones de Hernan Cortés al Emperador Carlos V, colegidas é ilustradas por Don Pascual de Gayangos
[Letters and Reports of Hernán Cortés to Emperor Charles V, collected and annotated by Don Pascual de Gayangos]
A. Chaix|Paris 1866|17.5 x 28 cm|Broché
New edition bringing together, in addition to Cortés's own correspondence, a collection of documents relating to the conquest of Peru, including letters addressed to the conquistador by his principal lieutenants (cf. Palau 63 205. Leclerc 2575.)
A pupil of Silvestre de Sacy in Arabic, Pascual de Gayangos y Arce (1809-1897) was one of the foremost Spanish orientalists of the nineteenth century; his research was chiefly devoted to Muslim history.
Spine cracked with small losses, a tear at the upper left corner of the front cover, some foxing, tears and marginal losses to the rear cover.
€600