Accession number
PML 3438
Creator
Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar, active 16th century.
Published
Washington : [publisher not identified], 1851.
Credit line
Purchased with the Irwin collection, 1900.
Notes
"One hundred and ten copies printed for private circulation only, by Mr. G.W. Riggs, Jr. of Washington, ten of which are on large paper."--Sabin, Bibl. Amer.
A list of persons to whom copies no. 1-16, and 23-72 were distributed is at the library of George W. Riggs; no. 1-16 are on large paper.
A translation of the first part of the author's "La relacion y comentariõs", Valladolid, 1555.
PML copy on large paper.
A list of persons to whom copies no. 1-16, and 23-72 were distributed is at the library of George W. Riggs; no. 1-16 are on large paper.
A translation of the first part of the author's "La relacion y comentariõs", Valladolid, 1555.
PML copy on large paper.
Description
viii, [1] 10-138 pages, [8] leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 35 cm
Provenance
Theodore Irwin (1827-1902), purchased in 1880; J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased with the Irwin collection, 1900.
Binding
Gilt-tooled red calf by Pawson & Nicholson.
Classification
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