Fernand Cortez & Antoine Solis - Histoire de la Conqueste du Mexique, ou de la Nouvelle Espagne - 1730

Rare two-volume illustrated edition with 14 engravings, 12 of which are folding -

The narrative is based on the work of the Spanish historian Antonio de Solís y Ribadeneyra, whose text, translated into French by the author of the Triumvirate, presents the events related to Hernán Cortés’s expedition and the fall of the Aztec Empire -

The first volume sets out the circumstances that led Cortés to undertake his expedition, after his departure from Cuba in 1519, and describes the initial stages of his advance into Mexican territory -

The second volume continues the account of the tensions between the Spaniards and the Aztec authorities and describes the events that precipitate the collapse of Tenochtitlan’s power. The uprisings, urban battles, supply difficulties, and losses suffered by both sides illustrate the increasing violence of the conflict -

Fernand Cortez & Antoine Solis - History of the Conquest of Mexico, or of New Spain - 1730 - Volume I and II - La Compagnie des Libraires -
15 francs, 606 pp., 13 francs, 6 francs, 560 pp., 12 francs

Good condition of the bindings, the work in their half-leather with corners, wear from use, some minor defects on covers and spine, crowns and corners worn, red edges, spine with raised bands, titling, pagination and author’s name gilded -

Good interior condition, browning, nice vignette on the title page, pretty headpieces, beautiful initial, works enriched with 14 engravings of which 12 are folding, endpapers in good condition, a pleasing copy -

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