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Histoire general des voyages et conquestes des Castillans, dans les isles & terre-ferme des Indes Occidentales.

Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625 · 1660 · A Paris, : Chez Nicolas & Iean de La Coste, au Mont Saint Hilaire, à l'Escu de Bretagne; et en leur boutique, à la petite porte du plais, qui regarde le Quay des Augustins. · 2 pictures

A 1660 Paris edition of Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas's history of Spanish voyages and conquests in the Indies, printed for the booksellers Nicolas and Jean de La Coste and aimed at a learned French readership. The two pictures are horizontal printed ornament bands, carved in a dense Renaissance manner with scrollwork, foliage, a central mask, and a heraldic shield with a fleur-de-lis, offering a designer ready models for decorative borders and panel dividers.

America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish · Latin America -- History

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