Ouiedo Dela natural hystoria delas Indias

Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzalo, 1478-1557 · 1526 · [Toledo] : se imprimio a costas del autor Go[n]çalo Ferna[n]dez de Ouiedo al[ia]s e Valdes. : Por industria de maestre Remo[n] de Petras: & se acabo en la cibdad de Toledo · 18 pictures

This 1526 Toledo printing by Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés is a natural history of the Indies, printed in black letter with large decorated initials and set for a scholarly readership. The pictures are dense columns of Spanish type with ornamented woodcut initials, offering a designer a model for historic typography, drop caps and page layout.

Indians of the West Indies · Indians of Central America · Natural history -- West Indies · Natural history -- Latin America · America -- Discovery and exploration · Imprint 1526

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