Amerika - Florida
Vega, Garcilaso de la
La Florida del Inca. Historia del adelantado Hernando de Soto, governador y capitan general del Reino de la Florida y de otros heroicos caballeros Españoles, e Indios ... Y El Ensaio Cronologico Que Contiene, Las Sucedidas, hasta en el Año de 1722. Titel in Rot und Schwarz sowie Holzschnitt-Buchschmuck. Madrid, Franco, 1723. 16 Bl., 268 S., 6 Bl. 4°. Flex. Pgt. d. Zt. mit Pgt.-Schließen (gering berieben u. tls. minimal angeschmutzt).
United States - Florida. - Second edition (first published in Lisbon in 1605) by Barcia Carballico y Zuniga, issued in conjunction with Barcia's own Ensayo cronologicco. - One of the early accounts of de Soto's expedition, which centered on Florida, but covered much of the American Southeast, and one of the three most important primary sources on the sixteenth century South and Texas. - De la Vega was the son of the Spanish conquistador Sebastian Garcias Lasso de la Vega y Vargas and Isabel Suarez Chimpu Ocllo, an Inca princess. He learned Spanish from a priest, and the Inca language from his mother. - Contemp. flex. vellum with orig. button fastenings (minor rubbing and soiling). - Inner hinges cracking, occ. somewhat stained, overall well preserved.
Zweite Auflage, erstmals 1605 in Lissabon erschienen. - Sabin 98745. - Field 588. - Howes B130. - Innengelenke angeplatzt, gelegentlich etwas fleckig, insgesamt wohlerhalten.
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