CASAS, BARTOLOME DE LAS Den Spiegel der Spaensche Tierannije geschiet in Westindien...
Amsterdam: Cornelis Lodewicksz, 1620; Part II by J.E. Cloppenburg, 1620. Early leather backed boards (nearly defective). Two parts in one. 7 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches (18.5 x 14 cm); the first part 52 leaves, A-N4 (without pagination), the second part [8] 126 pp., with engraved pictorial titles and 36 half-page engravings within the text. Worn with a few leaves detached, trimmed close at places, E4 with small loss to corner touching some text, some edges frayed, old dampstain affecting some leaves, the binding with losses and nearly defective, sold with all faults.

A scarce Dutch translation of Las Casas' 1552 Brevisima Relacion de la Destruccion de las Indias, which was first issued in 1610. The present edition used the same plates as the 1610 edition to print the terrifying illustrations of Spanish tortures inflicted upon natives in the new world. This copy with a slip laid in reporting it acquired in 1967 and the work is infrequent at auction. Sabin 11259 (the first part only)

C The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation

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